Am sorry to say, but is very stark in its appearance. No atmosphere and bad live music experience with a couple of midland so called musicians. Good cider and friendly staff. I did hear good food reviews, but that was expected from a chef with a following.
Review by Wendy Bartlett, May 8, 2010
Scotch egg tapa is amazing – go try it!!!
Review by mike garnham, May 3, 2010
Great to have a new venue in Puerto Sotogrande and maybe the Hairy Lemon is the place to knock Ke of it’s perch. Early days, but great food at good prices. I am normally a G&T person in the evenings but the Stowford Press cider has corrected me of that habit! Good team running the place and now the sun has finally arrived in southern Spain, some great terraces to enjoy sol and sombre!
Review by Wendy Bartlett, May 3, 2010
The Gastro pub is a great addition to Sotogrande port. It certainly is a welcome to have somewhere to go where the food is consistent, great value, and the chef has such a great reputation behind him. It is well managed with attentive service and a good atmosphere. The inside has a welcoming atmosphere – and joy oh joy – the test of all restaurants, the bathrooms are clean and nicely finished.
The menu choice means you struggle to decide what to chose and the menu length means you know everything is prepared fresh, that day, using the best ingredients available. Sotogrande port certainly has a destination lunch time place now.
Review by Fiona Baxter, May 3, 2010
Apart from the name, please change it, a great experience. It was one of the best roast dinners I have had in a long time. They can be a disappointment in other places but this one certainly wasn’t – People think it’s easy but its not. So well done. Great beer, lovely service – very attentive – A very relaxing Sunday lunch experience
Review by SAZ in SOTO, April 6, 2010
Nice to have a new bar in town, although this one feels like it could be a dangerous place. You know, pop in for one drink, and fall out hours later. Haven’t eaten there yet, but everyone who has says it is really good, with a nice variety and well priced. My only gripe is that it feels a bit too like an english wine bar. But I’m sure after the third drink I’ll get over that!
Review by Dominique Penalver, April 5, 2010
The Hairy Lemon is much bigger than it looks from the outside, cosy but enough space between tables and a choice of 2 terraces’s to soak up that sun! They make families welcome, with highchairs and buggy space. They also show sporting events like…so I’ve been informed the Moto Gp this weekend!
For weekday lunches, there are hot dishes from Ricotta and pine nut stuffed chicken breast wrapped in bacon with mushroom risotto (10.50euros) to Crab and lemongrass soup with crème fraîche (6.50 euros) The salads sound especially tempting (all about 7.50euros), like chicken Caesar or Baby spinach, goat’s cheese and walnut salad with bacon and honey mustard dressing. All I can say is YUM YUM YUM!
The Service and atmosphere is…..Informal, relaxed and buzzing with very friendly staff but best of all well-priced, well-cooked, fresh food, you won’t be disappointed.”
They offer a great selection of local wines, beers and ciders and even ALE….And don’t worry theirs also free parking facilities only 2 mins walk away! More money to spend on beer or wine in my case!
ENJOY.
X
Review by Simon Easter, April 4, 2010
A last there is finally somewhere in the port that cares about good food, excellent friendly service with a fair price.
Your first impression will probably be the ambiance, the cleanliness and the friendliness of the staff, how could you not sit down and sample a fine beer in comfort?!
The breakfast is like purest mana cooked to perfection, be it the eggs Benedict with salmon, scrambled eggs to die for or a hearty full English, the ingredients are second to none.
Maybe it’s evening and you just fancy a nibble with their fine local beers and English real ales, no problem there is an ample selection of tapas that will keep you coming back for another plateful, I would certainly recommend gamba pil pil with lots of mopping up bread along with some scotch eggs.
Lets see, ah yes, Sunday roast just sampled today and was not disappointed all the boxes ticked, good meat cooked, crunchy vegetables, Yorkshire puddings that I could have eaten a plateful of.
Wanting to try everything I managed to sample the roast cod with a sly fork is fantastic lighter alternative to the traditional roast.
The kids were well catered for as well with ‘custom home made’ chicken nuggets, demolished without complaint.
Desserts are dangerously nice beware!
Review by Rachel Meadows, March 26, 2010
Friday the 19th of March saw the doors open to a great new bar called the” Hairy Lemon”…….The rain had stopped and the sun was out.. The whole atmosphere was brilliant and there was a great buzz on the night ….. The copper kegs inside give a great twist… Great choice of Wine’s and Beer..etc. The Tapas that was served was mouth watering and I look forward to trying the full menu. Prices are excellent.. Music was laid on for the night,which I am sure there will be plenty more off… It’s going to be a great meeting place,and with the shop next door selling the newspapers there will a place to sit in the sun and read the paper with a glass of wine,tapas,coffee cream tea etc (out side furniture is planned) Am sure we will all have many great nights there in the month’s to come. There has been a lot of hard work and love over the months to completely renovate the building,it’s lovely to see the empty building come back to life.Can’t wait to be back girls night already planned !!…
9 Customer Reviews of “The Hairy Lemon”
Review by Rielly O'Callghan, June 2, 2010
Am sorry to say, but is very stark in its appearance. No atmosphere and bad live music experience with a couple of midland so called musicians. Good cider and friendly staff. I did hear good food reviews, but that was expected from a chef with a following.
Review by Wendy Bartlett, May 8, 2010
Scotch egg tapa is amazing – go try it!!!
Review by mike garnham, May 3, 2010
Great to have a new venue in Puerto Sotogrande and maybe the Hairy Lemon is the place to knock Ke of it’s perch. Early days, but great food at good prices. I am normally a G&T person in the evenings but the Stowford Press cider has corrected me of that habit! Good team running the place and now the sun has finally arrived in southern Spain, some great terraces to enjoy sol and sombre!
Review by Wendy Bartlett, May 3, 2010
The Gastro pub is a great addition to Sotogrande port. It certainly is a welcome to have somewhere to go where the food is consistent, great value, and the chef has such a great reputation behind him. It is well managed with attentive service and a good atmosphere. The inside has a welcoming atmosphere – and joy oh joy – the test of all restaurants, the bathrooms are clean and nicely finished.
The menu choice means you struggle to decide what to chose and the menu length means you know everything is prepared fresh, that day, using the best ingredients available. Sotogrande port certainly has a destination lunch time place now.
Review by Fiona Baxter, May 3, 2010
Apart from the name, please change it, a great experience. It was one of the best roast dinners I have had in a long time. They can be a disappointment in other places but this one certainly wasn’t – People think it’s easy but its not. So well done. Great beer, lovely service – very attentive – A very relaxing Sunday lunch experience
Review by SAZ in SOTO, April 6, 2010
Nice to have a new bar in town, although this one feels like it could be a dangerous place. You know, pop in for one drink, and fall out hours later. Haven’t eaten there yet, but everyone who has says it is really good, with a nice variety and well priced. My only gripe is that it feels a bit too like an english wine bar. But I’m sure after the third drink I’ll get over that!
Review by Dominique Penalver, April 5, 2010
The Hairy Lemon is much bigger than it looks from the outside, cosy but enough space between tables and a choice of 2 terraces’s to soak up that sun! They make families welcome, with highchairs and buggy space. They also show sporting events like…so I’ve been informed the Moto Gp this weekend!
For weekday lunches, there are hot dishes from Ricotta and pine nut stuffed chicken breast wrapped in bacon with mushroom risotto (10.50euros) to Crab and lemongrass soup with crème fraîche (6.50 euros) The salads sound especially tempting (all about 7.50euros), like chicken Caesar or Baby spinach, goat’s cheese and walnut salad with bacon and honey mustard dressing. All I can say is YUM YUM YUM!
The Service and atmosphere is…..Informal, relaxed and buzzing with very friendly staff but best of all well-priced, well-cooked, fresh food, you won’t be disappointed.”
They offer a great selection of local wines, beers and ciders and even ALE….And don’t worry theirs also free parking facilities only 2 mins walk away! More money to spend on beer or wine in my case!
ENJOY.
X
Review by Simon Easter, April 4, 2010
A last there is finally somewhere in the port that cares about good food, excellent friendly service with a fair price.
Your first impression will probably be the ambiance, the cleanliness and the friendliness of the staff, how could you not sit down and sample a fine beer in comfort?!
The breakfast is like purest mana cooked to perfection, be it the eggs Benedict with salmon, scrambled eggs to die for or a hearty full English, the ingredients are second to none.
Maybe it’s evening and you just fancy a nibble with their fine local beers and English real ales, no problem there is an ample selection of tapas that will keep you coming back for another plateful, I would certainly recommend gamba pil pil with lots of mopping up bread along with some scotch eggs.
Lets see, ah yes, Sunday roast just sampled today and was not disappointed all the boxes ticked, good meat cooked, crunchy vegetables, Yorkshire puddings that I could have eaten a plateful of.
Wanting to try everything I managed to sample the roast cod with a sly fork is fantastic lighter alternative to the traditional roast.
The kids were well catered for as well with ‘custom home made’ chicken nuggets, demolished without complaint.
Desserts are dangerously nice beware!
Review by Rachel Meadows, March 26, 2010
Friday the 19th of March saw the doors open to a great new bar called the” Hairy Lemon”…….The rain had stopped and the sun was out.. The whole atmosphere was brilliant and there was a great buzz on the night ….. The copper kegs inside give a great twist… Great choice of Wine’s and Beer..etc. The Tapas that was served was mouth watering and I look forward to trying the full menu. Prices are excellent.. Music was laid on for the night,which I am sure there will be plenty more off… It’s going to be a great meeting place,and with the shop next door selling the newspapers there will a place to sit in the sun and read the paper with a glass of wine,tapas,coffee cream tea etc (out side furniture is planned) Am sure we will all have many great nights there in the month’s to come. There has been a lot of hard work and love over the months to completely renovate the building,it’s lovely to see the empty building come back to life.Can’t wait to be back girls night already planned !!…
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