La Zouch Cellars

Right, for starters La Zouch is not just an offy, it’s also a pretty good restaurant and listing it under off licenses isn’t doing it any favours at all, so I shall get that changed pdq.
As the name suggests, it has an extensive cellar and it takes as long (if not indeed much longer) to choose the wine as it does to choose the meal. The owner is very knowledgable and friendly, making the choice a little easier.
Upstairs there is a sitting room where you can take your drink while you wait for your table, so getting there a bit early is no problem. It also has a large whisky shop up there with the finest assortment of malts (and the odd brandy) this side of… ummm… Oh I dunno, somewhere that sells a lot of whisky. This isn’t the usual supermarket chioce either. While you’ll find a few bottles that you would recognise off the shelves of your local CostLo, the range at La Zouch is more what you would expect from a good whisky shop and contains some pretty fine drams. It’s not as extensive as some I have been in, but it’s probably similar to the whisky shop in York, for example.
Back down in the restaurant, the food is well cooked and well presented. I’ve been a few times and have yet to have anything to complain about. The service is always pleasant and the price is pretty reasonable. My only gripe with this place, and the reason it hasn’t hit the dizzy heights of 5 stars, is that they never seem to change the menu. I must admit I haven’t been for a while now, but the a La Carte menu is still the same now as it was 4 years ago when I first went.
If you happen to be visiting the bustling busy business district of Ashby de la Zouch and fancy a power lunch with some high flying clients, then La Zouch is a great place to visit, although you’ll soon get bored of the food choice, which, considering the baffling choice of drinks, lets this place down.
It doesn’t have the web site listed under the name here either, so here it is: