This post is was written with tastecard but all thoughts are my own. What is tastecard? tastecard is a discount scheme which saves members up to half the cost of dining out. It costs £5.99 a month – or £39.99 for a full year – for membership. To get your discount, you download an app which gives you money off […]
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I worked with OpenTable on this restaurant review, who contributed towards the cost of a meal at The Ivy Soho Brasserie in London. Words and pictures are my own. We were given the opportunity to book a restaurant in Soho via the OpenTable website and with Valentine’s Day approaching, we thought we’d opt for something a bit more special than
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This post is in conjunction with tastecard but all thoughts are my own. Having the pubs and restaurants shut, then opened, then shut again during lockdown was the part of lockdown I really struggled with. With everything available online I discovered I can live without physical shops, and even homeschooling wasn’t so bad now which I’m happy to say now
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Disclaimer: This afternoon tea experience at Veeno was gifted by Buyagift in exchange for this review, but words and pictures are mine. This post contains affiliate links, see more information here. I’m a big fan of Buyagift experience vouchers, both as presents for other people and as an excuse to do something new! In December I used a Time Together Experience
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Disclaimer: I received this experience voucher free of charge from Buyagift for the purposes of this review, but words and pictures are mine. This post contains affiliate links, see more information here. To get 20% off until 31/12/21, use the code WHINGEWINE20 With Christmas literally a matter of days away (HOW?!) it might be that you’re suddenly panicking about presents. Maybe you’ve
Disclaimer: We received a three course meal for two with a bottle of wine at Coppa Club in Sonning, in exchange for this review. Words and pictures are my own (unless credited). Coppa Club is a small chain of bars and restaurants in the South East and South West, and there are two locally to Reading; one in Sonning (where
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Disclaimer: We received this family meal at The Waterside Restaurant, Bar & Terrace at Hever Castle Golf from the restaurant marketing team to review free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. As lockdown has started to ease and pubs and restaurants have been allowed to re-open for the past month, it’s fair to say we’ve made the most
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Disclaimer: We received a complimentary lunch for two in return for a review of Thackeray’s restaurant. Thackeray’s in Tunbridge Wells is a formerly Michelin-starred restaurant, named after novelist William Makepeace Thackeray who resided in the building which is, at over 300 years old, the oldest building in Tunbridge Wells. I have visited several times before – at least once with
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Just before Christmas, I was invited to go along to review the new Côte Brasserie French restaurant in Earl Street, Maidstone. New-ish at least; it’s been there two months or so. I took my friend Lizzie, and we decided to go on Friday, to bridge that weird time between Christmas and New Year when everyone is out of money and
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This weekend just gone it was my birthday, and my husband’s too. As luck would have it, my parents offered to babysit so that we could go away and have a nice meal to celebrate. We were invited along to The George Inn at Barford St Michael (about six miles from Banbury, Oxfordshire) to try out their autumn menu. (NB.
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