The Elephant Restaurant and Brasserie
3-4 Beacon Terrace
Torquay
TQ1 2BH
Tel: 01803 200044
Fax: 01803 202717
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Description
The Elephant's refurbished fine-dining restaurant and brasserie are housed in two stylishly converted Georgian houses overlooking the bustling harbour. Downstairs, the Elephant Brasserie offers a more informal setting, open for lunch and dinner and serving good quality, simple brasserie dishes at affordable prices. The fine-dining restaurant - The Room - is located on the first floor with spectacular bay views, the showcase for the award-winning cuisine of Simon Hulstone and his accomplished team. At the stove is a chef with a strong culinary pedigree, whose growing reputation for precise, confident and accomplished cooking sees the popularity of this establishment continue to blossom. Quality West Country ingredients and vibrant flavours shine through well-constructed dishes, and a six-course tasting menu is available alongside the carte; perhaps fillet of Torbay brill on parsnip purée with spring onion and verjus butter sauce, or aged fillet of Ruby Red beef on the bone with fondant potato and snail and wild garlic butter sauce might jostle for your attention. To finish, perhaps gingerbread tansy pudding with pumpkin and vanilla ice cream with pumpkin seed tuile.
Open/closed
Days closed: Sun-Mon
Dates closed: Jan
Days closed for lunch: all week
Restaurant information
Cooking type: Modern British
Chef: Simon Hulstone
Number of seats: 24
No children under 12 yrs.
Non-smoking area in restaurant.
Directions
Follow signs for Living Coast, restaurant opposite
Nearest station:
Newton Abbot/Torquay
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The Elephant Restaurant and Brasserie, Torquay
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dined in the upstairs fine dining restaurant 'The Room' which has the 3 rosettes, different to the casual steak grill downstairs. We found the food to be some of the most intesting and original dishes for a long long time, ingredients were fresh and of the best quality. Afantastic 9 course tasting menu was breathtakingly good and i would recommend to anyone staying in torquay. Only Gripe was the room was quite warm but it was a hot day and the sun was beating in
Reviewer: kat, cheltenham
Visited: 24 May 2009
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The evening started brilliantly with Artichoke / Garlic soup and a great white wine. After this, things appeared to slip. I returned my steak twice as it was raw! There was however, no hesitation with changing the dish, although sadly the staff seemed uninterested and did not want to engage in conversation on this particular evening.
Reviewer: Ken, TORQUAY
Visited: 02 September 2008
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