Hand and Flowers Marlow

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

Two stars restaurant, 2024

All Michelin stars in Marlow All Michelin stars in United Kingdom All 2 stars Michelin in Marlow All 2 stars Michelin in United Kingdom

OAD

European Restaurants 2023, Recommended

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La Liste

La Liste, #730

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Restaurant Ranking

Restaurant Ranking 2023, #895

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Chef

Tom Kerridge

Cuisine

Modern British

• 2020
• 2012

Dinner at Hand and Flowers

on 09 May 2020

by Neil A. Chef

Bitter orange soufflé with dark chocolate sorbet and marmalade custard
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Hand & Flowers chocolate and ale cake with salted caramel and muscovado ice cream .

Dinner a while ago @handfmarlow ⭐️ ⭐️The Hand and Flowers in Marlow where a steak & chips will set you back an eye watering £50.50 plus service charge. I think the cheapest main course on the menu was nearly 40 quid for the pork belly, so it’s certainly not for the faint of heart in terms of price point.
It was an enjoyable... More

Bitter orange soufflé with dark chocolate sorbet and marmalade custard
.

Hand & Flowers chocolate and ale cake with salted caramel and muscovado ice cream .

Dinner a while ago @handfmarlow ⭐️ ⭐️The Hand and Flowers in Marlow where a steak & chips will set you back an eye watering £50.50 plus service charge. I think the cheapest main course on the menu was nearly 40 quid for the pork belly, so it’s certainly not for the faint of heart in terms of price point.
It was an enjoyable meal but I struggle to see how the guide Michelin @michelinguide can justify giving this pub restaurant two stars.
I don’t want to come across too negative, especially at a time when the hospitality sector is in serious trouble, so I would say that if this was a 1⭐️ with a less punchy price point then I would certainly recommend it. .

Michelin Guide - ⭐️⭐️
OAD -
W50Best - .

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6 / 10

Dinner at Hand and Flowers

on 21 Jan 2020

by Neil A. Chef

Lunch a little while ago at the eye-wateringly pricey ⭐️⭐️ Hand & Flowers in Marlow where a mediocre fillet steak will set you back £50.50 excluding service charge. It seems that Tom Kerridge is very much taking advantage of his celebrity chef status here. The cheapest main course is £39.50 for pork belly plus service and sides if you want them. Compare the price of this very unremarkable fillet steak with some of the most respected steak joints in London, Hawksmoor £36, Smith & Wollensky... More

Lunch a little while ago at the eye-wateringly pricey ⭐️⭐️ Hand & Flowers in Marlow where a mediocre fillet steak will set you back £50.50 excluding service charge. It seems that Tom Kerridge is very much taking advantage of his celebrity chef status here. The cheapest main course is £39.50 for pork belly plus service and sides if you want them. Compare the price of this very unremarkable fillet steak with some of the most respected steak joints in London, Hawksmoor £36, Smith & Wollensky £40, Temper £33, Hix £42 and for an equivalent steak at Cut at the Dorchester, it will set you back £30. (I am suddenly conscious that this is sounding like a Jay Rayner review with all the moaning about price🤦🏼‍♂️). The other dishes were fine but nothing that warrants the two michelin stars in my opinion. I am always a bit wary of a pub where the car park is exclusively filled with Aston Martins, Jags and Audi R8s. It usually suggests a clientele that really don’t care (or know) when they are being taken to the cleaners. And here it seems that Kerridge is eager to oblige. Harsh maybe, but if you are going to charge me fifty quid plus for steak and chips then it better be fucking tasty. Less

9 / 10

Meal at The Hand and Flowers

on 30 Jun 2012

by Richard Bagnold

Another repeat of the classic dishes, squeezed in whilst we could and before the reservation calendar was to become untenable. Simply put, a powerhouse of dishes, although I was disappointed to see the onion jam around the parfait clearly older than necessary with not enough moisture, as if it had been left out for 30 minutes; clearly they expect to sell more and have numerous prepped in advance but either this one was prepped far too far in advance or left in a warm area. Either way, not great... More

Another repeat of the classic dishes, squeezed in whilst we could and before the reservation calendar was to become untenable. Simply put, a powerhouse of dishes, although I was disappointed to see the onion jam around the parfait clearly older than necessary with not enough moisture, as if it had been left out for 30 minutes; clearly they expect to sell more and have numerous prepped in advance but either this one was prepped far too far in advance or left in a warm area. Either way, not great as it has caused me to remember this and write the majority of this piece on that rather than the meal which, was again, on the whole, wonderful.

Food Grade: 88%

The chicken liver parfait rivals that of Heston Blumenthal’s mandarin meat fruit which is hard to do and the fish and chips were simply the best standard you can get with succulent sweetness of the meat surrounded by an unbelievably light and crispy batter. The Great British Menu duck dish with butter gravy was just wonderful (a must if you go) and the mustard mash with the pork was a true delight. In short, there was nothing that we tried that was not liked by everyone.

Tom Kerridge’s food here is worthy of its 2 stars without question based purely on the sure-fire victories in the mouth they produce and it is wonderful to be able to have a pint with your meal if you so wish as opposed to wine only, such is the nature of the gastropub. Although, that word should be used with caution as it is not really a gastro pub – it is a restaurant in a pub shell with no room for anyone to us the bar in the conventional pub way, although one can dine at the very small bar as an emergency option. The bar itself has had to be turned in to counter dining to make up for the extremely high demand. Getting a table here is now so difficult, my recommendation would be to take a day off work on a Mon or Tues and go for lunch or dinner any way possible a few months in advance.

A superb place for food, just such a shame the secret is out as it is such an effort to book, find a date, wait the distance and then travel there with my only reservation being that when that day comes, you had better not be late as they do double booking sessions so your table is only good for 2 hours which does not seem long enough. Diners should not expect a refined service as many on the front of house are quite young, however, this adds to a cosy, family and unpretentious place it is and the ones I have spoken seemed passionate about the food.

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