Drake's Restaurant

Housed in a beautiful Georgian building, this eponymous, 2-roomed restaurant is home to chef-patron Steve Drake, who boasts a fine pedigree (he's worked for Nico Ladenis and Marco Pierre White). The refurbished dining room has been decorated in a simple, eclectic, boutique style giving the room a light, airy feel with spacious tables affording privacy, whilst local gallery art hangs on the walls. The restaurant also has a small lounge area where you can enjoy an aperitif or coffee, but in the warmer months, you will want to head outside to the attractive walled garden scented with herbs destined for the kitchen. Tables are formally laid, service is knowledgeable and attentive. Steve's cooking takes a light modern approach and displays great skill, flair and finesse, creating dishes presented with elegant simplicity and clean, well-defined flavours from the very best seasonal produce. Take ravioli of aromatic duck, smoked beetroot, duck ham, langoustine and parmesan velouté, or perhaps poached and roasted saddle of venison, cocoa gnocchi, Jerusalem artichoke purée and venison burger. And do save room for desserts such as rhubarb fruit leather, bay leaf cream, ginger parfait and rhubarb consommé.

M25 junct 10, A3 towards Guildford. Follow Ripley signs. Restaurant in village centre
Nearest station: Woking, Guildford

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