Woven by Adam Smith
Hotel restaurants can be tricky to master; they’re often transient places, where bland interiors and uninspired menus are designed to please all who pass through. Earlier this year, Ascot’s 71-room luxury country house hotel, Coworth Park, made the brave decision to close its popular, flagship dining destination and open a brand-new restaurant in its place - but would Woven by Adam Smith break the mould?
After passing through the elegant hotel foyer, we rounded the corner and there was Woven. After an incredibly warm welcome, we stepped through the doorway and into an epicurean’s dream. To the left, a small pantry, brimming with an array of spectacular cheeses, fat figs, giant quince, golden loaves of bread, piles of tennis ball-sized truffles, glass jars of glistening pickled treats, and shelves carefully lined with bespoke ceramics.
This was framed by not one, but two temperature-controlled wine rooms, both encased in floor-to-ceiling glass, with slick tiled floors and wooden ladders to reach the magnums of vintage Dom Perignon up top.
Taking centre stage, a vast kitchen island adorned with plants and fragrant herbs, where an aproned chef wielded a pair of extra-long tweezers, carefully placing micro petals and flecks of fresh truffle on to flower-shaped canapés. Had I died and gone to heaven? Quite possibly….
Review continued here. Published November 2022 on Essential Surrey & SW London.
