Olive Tree/Blackstone's
Olive Tree
Location: Queensberry Hotel, Russel St., Bath BA1 2QF
Down a slender flight of steps, in the basement of the Queensberry Hotel, lies a suite of white dining rooms, tastefully decorated with cubist renditions of Monet's waterlilies and modern, clean-lined chairs. At lunchtime, crossed white table runners are weighted with a miniature succulent garden, and white linen napkins frill the waiting wine glasses.
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All in all, it was a decent meal, indifferent at worst, and very good in its highlights. Service was generally attentive and always friendly, and the space comfortable. The menu changes frequently, and many of the items on the menu we were choosing from were tempting.
Blackstone's Restaurant
Location: 10A Queen Street, Bath BA1 1HE
Blackstone's Kitchen across the street is still a takeaway place but, from what our group's local told me, the owners' attention is now focused on their relatively new venture, the restaurant across the street. Furnished at the intersection of modernist plastic furnishings and early twentieth-century upholstry, the restaurant was welcoming of a pleasant variety of parties, from families with infants and toddlers, to larger gatherings of friends.
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Blackstone's Restaurant seems like a competent, reliable restaurant, a decent all-rounder in a very convenient location, with a versatile-but-not-too-big menu. I didn't get to try what must have been the best dish of our evening, so I don't know how good it gets. There were no real hits in what I eat, but it was all properly cooked and respectably presented. And I really do approve of restaurants with a good non-alcholic drinks list.
Location: Queensberry Hotel, Russel St., Bath BA1 2QF
Down a slender flight of steps, in the basement of the Queensberry Hotel, lies a suite of white dining rooms, tastefully decorated with cubist renditions of Monet's waterlilies and modern, clean-lined chairs. At lunchtime, crossed white table runners are weighted with a miniature succulent garden, and white linen napkins frill the waiting wine glasses.
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All in all, it was a decent meal, indifferent at worst, and very good in its highlights. Service was generally attentive and always friendly, and the space comfortable. The menu changes frequently, and many of the items on the menu we were choosing from were tempting.
Blackstone's Restaurant
Location: 10A Queen Street, Bath BA1 1HE
Blackstone's Kitchen across the street is still a takeaway place but, from what our group's local told me, the owners' attention is now focused on their relatively new venture, the restaurant across the street. Furnished at the intersection of modernist plastic furnishings and early twentieth-century upholstry, the restaurant was welcoming of a pleasant variety of parties, from families with infants and toddlers, to larger gatherings of friends.
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Blackstone's Restaurant seems like a competent, reliable restaurant, a decent all-rounder in a very convenient location, with a versatile-but-not-too-big menu. I didn't get to try what must have been the best dish of our evening, so I don't know how good it gets. There were no real hits in what I eat, but it was all properly cooked and respectably presented. And I really do approve of restaurants with a good non-alcholic drinks list.