Looking for a special way to show your love this Mother's Day that isn’t flowers and chocolates? We’ve rounded up some of the best places to take mum for a meal from the best gastropubs the UK has to offer.
Unruly Pig, Woodbridge
A meal at the number one gastropub in the UK is the ultimate way to show gratitude, especially with The Unruly Pig’s Mothering Sunday lunch. At £65 for four courses, you can be dining on the finest produce Suffolk has to offer delicately out together by some of its best chefs. Children can also enjoy for £29 for 3 courses.
Start your meal off with a selection of snacks such as sourdough focaccia, oysters or arancini. Follow it up with chalk stream trout with crispy oyster, oyster velouté and dill then move onto the main course of roast rack of pork with roasties, roots, greens and of course lashings of gravy. Finish it off with a simple dessert or maybe even some cheese.
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Freemasons at Wiswell, Clitheroe
Treat your mum to some wining and dining the Freemasons' way with a carefully curated menu for you to enjoy. It’s priced at 3 courses for £60 per person with children under 10 charged at just £30.
You could be dining on starters such as white asparagus with a crispy hen’s egg, aged parmesan and leek emulsion, or chicken liver parfait with Yorkshire rhubarb and toasted sourdough. Be sure to order the main of Lancashire 60 day aged roasted sirloin, all the trimmings, Yorkshire pudding, duck fat potato and cauliflower cheese. A selection of sweet treats are also available to top off the meal.
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The Black Bull, Sedbergh
You could be enjoying the delicious Yorkshire dishes with a Japanese twist from The Black Bull. For £25 for one course or 3 for a modest £39.50 you can treat mum and the whole family this Sunday.
Start with some crab agnolotti with wild garlic, or twice baked courtyard dairy cheese souffle with bitter leaf salad. Dive into a main of roast British white beef, treacle carrot and Yorkshire pudding or braised napa cabbage, beetroot and pink fir potato. A selection of delectable sides are also available to elevate your meal even further.
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The Fox, Oddington
Join The Fox this Mothering Sunday for a delicious seasonal lunch and a special gift of seasonal bulbs on your table at arrival.
At £60 per head, you could be tucking into twice baked Daylesford organic cheddar soufflé with spinach and a wholegrain mustard sauce followed by a main of Wootton organic roast leg of lamb, stuffed with spinach and wild garlic served with redcurrant jelly, a Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables. A selection of puddings is also available for afters.
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The Barrington Boar, Ilminster
The pub has teamed up with a local florist so you can order your mum a unique bouquet which will be presented on arrival. Book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as tables get snatched up quickly.
Start your meal off with some nibbles of herby mixed olives then move to a starter of barbecued fillet of silver bream with South Indian coconut moilee sauce and prawn fritter. Follow this up with the main event of a roast, choose from slow roast Somerset beef, Somerset pork belly or chargrilled celeriac, all served with roasties, Yorkshire pudding, glazed carrot, buttered greens and cauliflower cheese.
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The Beehive, White Waltham
You and mum can enjoy a delicious Sunday lunch with the a la carte menu at The Beehive. Why not add a little extra treat of a cocktail or glass of champagne?
A selection of snacks, starters, mains, specials and desserts are available for you to dine on. Perhaps a coastal cheddar ‘Welsh rarebit’ to tantalise you before you dive into a starter - lasagne of wild rabbit, wood blewits and chervil. Mains could include day boat Cornish whiting “fish n chips”, curry sauce, mushy peas and tartare sauce or a classic 35 day dry aged roast sirloin, Yorkshire pudding, greens, horseradish cream and gravy.
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