Seasonality
Maidenhead, Berkshire
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Seasonality grew out of the resourceful impetus to provide home dining kits during the first pandemic lockdowns. Its metamorphosis into a full-fledged restaurant, with an open kitchen in which Wesley Smalley rules the roost, has been cause for unalloyed celebration among Maidenhead's diners. The reason is not hard to see. Put simply, it offers cooking of demonstrable class that casts its net wide without accidentally gathering any inflated pretension. 'As a neighbourhood restaurant, it gives you a reason to go back time and again,' noted one reader. Regularly changing, innovative seasonal dishes might include a reimagined salt beef Reuben sandwich to start (complete with pickles and pink mayo) or watercress and cider soup with sour cream and Jersey Royals. Mains might look to Spain for black bream in ajo blanco with white asparagus, candied almonds and Muscat grapes, while a serving of Creedy Carver duck with smoked beetroot and celeriac, dressed with a cherry version of hoisin strikes a more eclectic note. Everyone is united in praising the evident price-quality ratio of the menus, which always end with a flourish – warm chocolate tart with blackcurrant-leaf ice cream, perhaps. Francesca Smalley runs the front of house with warm professionalism, and the whole offer extends to pre-payable tasting evenings on the last Friday and Saturday of each month. Wines are arranged by style and weight, with an inspired choice by the glass.
Dining Information:
Counter seating, Wheelchair access, Dog friendly, Credit card required
26 Queen Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1HZ
01628 963053
