Middletons Steakhouse & Grill Leicester

Middleton's is a smaller group of chain of steakhouses starting out in Middleton near Kings Lynn. I decided to visit Leicester's branch with a total of 9 in their group now. The exterior and interior of this restaurant was gorgeous. It had really tall ceilings and it's chic touch without going over the top help retain the buildings character which used to be NatWest bank. I was seen my a host and shown to my booked table promptly. You can also pre order your food online which I had never seen before and nice to have that option. Likewise when seated I was given water automatically without asking. This was a lovely touch to see more restaurants adopting also. I opted for their very reasonablely priced Fixed Price Lunch Menu which at 2 courses for £10.95 or 3 courses for £11.95 this is excellent value. The rest of the menu is also reasonably priced and is cheaper than Miller and Carter overall. Cocktails are priced at around £7. I did note that I had to order from the menu manually as I was not offered this menu on entry and had to get it off their website. The restaurant had nice ambient background music on and given it was warm outside it was suitably air conditioned. Exterior dining tables were avaliable and busy at the time but quieter inside when I visited.

One thing I liked was that the starter and main dish came with tissue underneath it which helped given there was only one napkin on the table for those messy eaters.

I had the following today:

Starter - Garlic Mushrooms Mushrooms are my favourite thing to have. It was in a lemon and herby sauce with sourdough on the side. The sourdough was on the hard side with that extra crunch to it. It was nice that it was separate to the garlic mushrooms as opposed to being on top of it to avoid it going soggy. They tasted fresh and a good pallet cleanser to start with. I received this in around 7 minutes.

Main - Minute Steak I opted for this medium rare as per the hosts recommendation. A steak knife was already on the table in advance and I did not need to ask for this. I opted for wedges as a side with this. The steak was cooked exactly to how I wanted it and had a distinct chargrilled taste to it. It was a little chewy but nothing excessive to expect of a minute steak. It had a lean and tender flavour to it and tasted great. The mushroom tasted as expected alongside the tomato. The wedges were a good size and well salted with a crisp outer layer to them. Overall I had no issues! I received this within 12 minutes of the starter being cleared.

Dessert - Eton Mess Cheesecake Eton Mess crossed with a cheesecake. I had never heard of a combination in a restaurant before. This worked so well and was very rich in its flavour. A generous amount of berries on the top of it coupled with the vanilla ice cream made it an awesome summer dessert. I received this 7 minutes after the main.

Overall, I was very happy with Middleton's given it was my first visit to one. Great value food with friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere and good quality for what you get. I did report a hand dryer issue to the team who said they would get it sorted. Toilets are unisex here with individual cubicles. The location also offers Blue Light Card 20% discount Monday - Friday on the a la carte menu only.