A refreshing experience: compelling, Japanese-influenced, semi-fine dining that tests the boundaries of Nottingham’s eating out scene
Almost all new restaurants claim to be a labour of love, hewn from an unswerving chef’s blood, sweat and tears. Chefs are really dramatic people. However, the opening of Alchemilla in Nottingham is a gargantuan feat by any measure.
Alchemilla lives below-ground in a crypt-like space, formerly an abandoned coaching house on the Derby Road. The premises sat unloved and festering for more than 100 years, full of rubbish and rot. It was the sort of loveless hell portal over which Kevin from Grand Designs might become quite animated. Especially if chef Alex Bond had told him he planned to spend part of spring 2017 renovating the place himself.
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