The Old Bridge Hotel & Riverside Restaurant, Huntingdon, for a lovely lunch and delightful decor

 This historic hotel is on the riverside and is run by a Master of Wine and has a wine shop on the premises.

River Ouse seen from the car park of the Old Bridge Hotel as you arrive. Photo by Angela Lansbury, copyright..

We booked a table and drove up from north London to one of our favourite restaurants. Now that the Harrow at Little Bedwyn has closed down, the Old Bridge looks likely becoming our favourite for a special meal out, out of home, and out of London.

The car park is beside the green tree-lined river. The hotel has greenery covering walls and patio tables.

The bightly lit restaurant has brick walls, big mirrors and blue-green banquettes.

Angela Lansbury in the restaurant of The Old Bridge, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Prosecco and cocktail with fresh mint. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

The sourdough bread and butter was tops, chewy bread, and tasty butter. 

I began with a glass of Prosecco. The shaped thin glass seemed slightly better than most glassware offered by restaurants.

Toilet Temptations

I dashed down to the ladies toilets beside the bar. The wallpaper features fish. 

Fish wallpaper. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

If you fancy the handwashing gel and/or the moisturizer, both are on sale in the shop. I don't understand why all hotels and restaurants don't do this. 

The gents toilet has different wallpaper. Bottle theme.

We chose from the set menu. 

Seriously Special Starters

Beetroot starter. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

My starter was a small deep bowl of deep beetroot purple colour. Yes, beetroot. Not the creamy Polish and Jewish style borscht. Certainly not the transparent Russian style borsht. Much thicker. With a Greek yogurt texture white blob submerged. Delightful. I used the last of my sourdough, French style, I mean in the fashion of diners in France, to sweep every last morsel. Compliments to the chef.

The grilled broccoli was tasty. Cooked just right. No alarming black.  

Broccoli starter. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Main Course

We had a choice of three dishes on the set menu. Our main courses were different. Leaving out the vegetarian option, one was a pork pie, the other fish. 

Main course. Pork pie.

Dessert

Dessert, summer pudding, at The Old Bridge Hotel, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

My dessert option was summer pudding.

My husband chose cheese.

The coffee could be accompanied by breads. 

Coffee and biscuit at The Old Bridge Hotel. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

By the time we had finished lunch, the tea time crowd were enjoying three tier stands of sandwiches, what looked like scones and cakes. I was wondering whether I could sell my home and move into a hotel for a year. But I would double in size as there is no gym nor swimming pool.

Shopping For Souvenirs

Before leaving, we looked at the shop, which had wall to wall wines, a description of the owner, a Master Of Wine, and an Enoteca machine which allows you to buy a card and select tastes of different sizes, small, tiny or teeny of various drinks. for those not driving home. If you are driving, you might buy a bottle. Or look at the gifts, which are different seasonally and on my every visit. This year, this month, they had paper folding origami sets, tea towels.

Traditional tea and coffee. Brown and white sugar cubes. A milk jug in blue Willow pattern.

Useful Information and Websites

Old Bridge Hotel, 1 High Street, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

https://www.oldbridgehuntingdon.co.uk/

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g209939-d313733-Reviews-The_Old_Bridge-Huntingdon_Cambridgeshire_England.html

https://www.google.com.my/travel/hotels/Cambridgeshire/entity/ChcIvq2puNqY8YseGgsvZy8xdGc2djY2YhAB?utm_campai

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