The Jews House Restaurant — Restaurant in Lincoln

Is this the best restaurant in Lincoln? If it isn't, it is certainly fabulous enough to be.

As a familial visitor to Lincoln, I tend to stay and eat the the home of my relations. On this occasion we had cause to celebrate and a friend of my Cousin's recommended the Jews House restaurant.

The Jews House is set in a medieval house with some considerable history, so it it is no surprise that the layout and feel of the building is cosy and unique. We were received with elegant grace by an immaculately presented team and invited to the ante-room upstairs, where we were offered a choice of wines as a pre-dinner drink.

The warm evening's choice was a very pleasant Rioja Rosé wine. So pleasant, we finished their stock of this particular wine before the end of our meal.

The menu may appear limited in quantity but it is exquisitely designed to cater for a broad range of tastes. How is that? when you receive your first course, you realise why it is so. The presentation of the food, the delicacy and range of flavour, the perfection of the textures and absolute attention to detail all but leave you in awe of the team working in the kitchen.

I was so inspired by the home made Focaccia, that I asked if I could possibly trouble Chef for the recipe. I don't expect I will receive it. If fact, I am not certain I would share it if it were mine!

The taster menu is tempting and as we watched the couple sitting next to our table travel through a wonderful and exciting culinary road trip, we considered it. But in the end, we each chose a different dish for starter, main and dessert. Without exception, everything was presented with style and elegance. Each and every bite released a unique explosion of flavours and textures, never to disappoint.

So, the verdict you know. 6 stars of course! But Google does not provide that option.

I judge a good restaurant by the atmosphere, the service and the food. Most provide a good mixture of two - I am seldom blown over by the food and often think on how I can improve it to fit my taste.

The Jews House Restaurant excels in all counts; The service is elegant, formal, precise and extremely professional. How do I judge this? I grew up in Vienna where service is always at the height of the profession and staff are professionals in the field.

The building, décor and atmosphere are simple, stylish, elegant and merge extremely well into a medieval building that is part of the unique history of the city.

The food and drink cannot fail. I cannot think of a single thing I would change to my taste. Not one element. Every mouthful a complete delight.

As we left to walk up the hill towards the Cathedral, we found ourselves satisfied but not replete. Happy and pleased with our find and a determination to return when I next visit family in Lincoln. I retain a slim hope of obtaining the recipe for the focaccia...

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Located in a beautiful 12th century stone house on the famous Steep Hill, I was told this is arguably the best restaurant in Lincoln. Based on my experience, I won't be the one disputing that. I absolutely loved it!

It is sympathetically restored and beautifully decorated. Modern additions of light stained framewood contrasts with the much older darker beams. The white painted ceiling between the beams and white walls brightens the place, but not too much, just enough, as it is combined with rich ochre and exposed stone walls. The palette of rich, bold ochre and red colours continues in the choice of materials, the velvet chairs and wall sitting area wonderfully complementing the darker wood of the tables.

At the same time, the dimmed lighting provided by the lamps carefully positioned, almost requires a few minutes for your eyes to get used to it and take it all in. It is then, when sitting at the table that one can really appreciate the beauty of the place: stylish, upmarket, very elegant and classy, almost with a feel of a stately home.

The way in, through a narrow and low ceiling side passage, is wonderfully quirky and totally belies what is to come. It almost has a theatrical way about it, opening into the compact entrance where you are met by the superb Samantha and staff.

The food is absolutely delicious. I went all fishy on the day: cornish turbot as starter and seabass as main. I loved the imagination of some of the elements on the plate and the combination of flavours and textures, as well as the presentation. I chose the strawberry n elderflower jelly dessert on the day, with champagne consommé, white chocolate mousse and a rapsberry sorbet. Sweetness and acidity perfectly balanced and a fitting end to a wonderful meal.

The atmosphere is great, very relaxed, so much so that I established easy conversation with some of the dinners, some regular customers driving over an hour to come to this restaurant as, according to them, it is not only the best restaurant in Lincoln but one of the very best in the area.

And if you are into wine, fear not, the wine list is extensive and Samantha's knowledge phenomenal.

A beautiful restaurant with delicious food, great staff and exceptional...

I always thought this place was the best restaurant in Lincoln until my last visit. We opted for the tasting menu and it look great. Let’s just say we were both massively underwhelmed and very disappointed. The tomato salad clearly hadn’t used the best quality tomato’s and as a result lacked flavour. The fish was ok but nothing special. The miso pork was superb and couldn’t fault that course at all. We were massively underwhelmed by the main course of lamb. The lamb was cooked nicely but didn’t have great flavour and wasn’t seasoned particularly well however what really ruined the dish was the smoked aubergine it completely overpowered every other element of the dish and tasted acrid. The couple to the right of me also commented themselves a similar opinion of the dish however were too polite to say anything. I did mention to the waiting staff my comments on the dish and she did say she will tell the chef but we heard nothing more. The final course was a tart which was nice however I presume we were the last cover of the night and they only gave us half a tart each bearing in mind they were the size of a jam tart. It was nice enough but very underwhelming for the price. Service was very good. All in all we had a pre drink, bottle of one of the cheaper wines and an after dinner drink and coffee and the bill was £223 without a tip so an expensive meal out which didn’t measure up to what was promised. I won’t be returning for a long time and won’t be recommending it to our Airbnb guests either as I had listed this as a must...