Food & Drink Awards 2018

Page 20 www.lux-review.com LUX 2018 Food & Drink Awards Lloyd’s Lounge is a unique Café Lounge Bar in the heart of the beautiful city of Exeter. As part of our overview of a selection of the winners from this year’s Food & Drink Awards we profile the eatery and share an insight into the delicious dishes and friendly hospitality it offers to its valued guests. Lloyd's Lounge Best Independent Restaurant 2018 - Exeter the ruins of the City Wall and the busy traffic free pedestrian cobbled walkway that links the Town Centre to the Cathedral Green. To enjoy this premier location, visitors can sit back and relax in beautiful soft furnishings, listening to carefully selected cool music sipping on an ice-cool glass of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc whilst mulling over the light bite Tapas Menus. Alongside its beautiful interior, which has space for 40 covers, the lounge also boasts an outside terrace area which can seat another 40 covers. Enjoying the sun most of the day, it provides a Mediterranean alfresco haven to meet family and friends or celebrate a special occasion. Great emphasis has been put into quality at Lloyd’s Lounge. Every detail has been carefully researched, and as such only source local suppliers which meet the family’s high standards. The team never buy cheap alternatives, and instead focus on quality every time. This focus on quality extends to the lounge’s staff, and every member of the team is handpicked and carefully trained so that they can offer their diners a truly exceptional experience every time they visit. Investment is made regularly in staff development to ensure that they are always able to adapt around the latest industry developments and offer guests the service they expect. Thanks to this investment and focus on quality, over the past year Lloyd’s Lounge has become the sought-after venue for private parties and functions. Small, intimate and cool, it’s the perfect city centre venue to host Opened in December 2017 to fill a niche in the market and to complement their Award- Winning Restaurant, Lloyd’s Kitchen, situated opposite, Lloyd’s Lounge has been an immediate success and has quickly become Exeter’s most popular meeting place. It took Owner Lloyd Gardner five years to obtain planning consent and get the design agreed to bring this amazing project to reality, but the waiting has certainly been worth it. Today, the eatery is an independent family run establishment that has invested substantial sums of personal money to make Lloyds Lounge a big success. With a love of travel, the family have drawn on their experience of hospitality as a customer, to refine the delivery of a first class, five-star service within both their businesses. The eatery was established to fill a gap in the region’s market for a casual dining venue with a difference, and the team are proud to have achieved this in just a year. After all, in Exeter there are cafes, restaurants and bars, but there is nothing quite like Lloyd’s Lounge. By day it serves fresh Italian Blended coffee, fabulous breakfasts and amazing lunches, including a two course Set Lunch for £11.95; the lunch time menu is described as ‘Small plates and big flavours. After lunch service it seamlessly transforms into a contemporary Lounge Bar serving prosecco, cocktails and a vast range of gins, wines and beers. Aesthetically, Lloyd’s Lounge has been designed and fitted out with great taste and style to suit the most discerning customer and oozes quality and class. Basically, it is a glass cube which allows uninterrupted views of a memorable event. Every private hire is bespoke, and tailor made to the requirements of the customer, whether it be a birthday party, hen party or business function or any other celebration. Ultimately, Lloyd’s Lounge is the perfect place to have a great time. The venue is an independent and very driven, never complacent and constantly develop ideas and embrace change, without fear of failure. Standards are extremely high, and the team understand the market place and love their roles, and this passion and commitment to excellence will help drive Lloyd's Lounge to even greater success over the years to come. Company: Lloyd's Lounge Contact: Lloyd Gardner Address: Catherine Square, Exeter, EX1 1EU, UK Phone: 01392 431879 Website: www.lloydslounge.co.uk