Don’t let the hotel and wedding venue exterior fool you – Badgers Mount in Elmesthorpe is home to an impressive restaurant run by skilled chef-owner Glen Watson, whose career includes time with the Roux brothers. Glen brings a Scottish influence to the menu, which showcases his flair for bold, well-balanced dishes using top-quality ingredients. Badgers Mount also runs The Rare Butcher in Earl Shilton, ensuring an enviable supply of outstanding meat.
The menu is wide-ranging, featuring everything from elegant starters like hoisin duck parcels and haggis bonbons to comforting mains such as lamb rump with red wine jus or pan-seared seabass with crushed new potatoes. There’s also a tempting selection of tapas, pasta dishes, pizzas and burgers. The herb-crumbed cod loin on barley risotto and the black cherry Bakewell tart with brandy cherries are particularly memorable.
Whether you fancy Scotch egg and Korean fried chicken or truffle mushroom arancini and goat’s cheese bon bons, there’s something for everyone here.
