South Street Wine Bar, Dorking
Posted by pop at Aug 9, 08 03:08 PM ... Comments (1)
We have been waiting quite a long time for venue to pop-up in Dorking that would tick the boxes of:
a) not an old man's pub
b) not a young man's pub
c) preferably called a 'wine bar'
d) has good nibbles
e) isn't pretentious
Finally yesterday we managed to test out the new Wine Bar on South Street along with the in-laws. Though the bar has a light food menu, we concluded that we could always order in multiples to be sated.
Food
Between the four of us we ordered four 1-person sized platters, namely 'seafood' (smoked salmon, roe, prawn spring roll, mackerel) 'charcuterie' (ham, chorizo, salami, jambon iberico) 'hot and spicy' (spicy chicken, sausage, very powerful chilli sauce to dip into) and 'crumpini' (homemade crumpets topped with cheese, tomato salsa, scrambled egg and mushrooms) and some chips. The chips were good I might add.
It was all rather lush and made for a very social meal, not unlike tapas.
Wine:
Yummy Beaujolais, light on the head, warming to the heart. The wine list was comprehensive enough to keep us entertained for a long time..
Ambience:
Chilled, mix of older furniture with warm red wall and a funky red chandelier. We weren't totally convinced by the choice of music (cheesy 60s stuff) and would recommend some Northern Soul to cure that.
Staff
We were really well looked after and made to feel at home - no rushing and a little bit of background on the crumpini made by the owner's mother - she makes good crumpet :)
The Conversation
Waterboarding, execution, family gatherings...but not all in the same breath
We will be going again soon, but next time for some late afternoon scones and jam.
Go there/Don't go there??
Please do! But what is it called - does anyone know?
Comments (1)
It is called "The South Street Wine Bar" and we have visited it several times and have yet to be disappointed! The service has always been superb,very friendly staff and great choice of wine.Food is simple but good.
Lovely place for ladies to relax,even if unaccompanied.
Posted by Sue Lee at Oct 20, 08 10:42 PM