No 4 Wood Street 

4 Wood Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 1QA

Booking:01623 424 824 Mention your Gourmet card!
Cuisine:Fine Dining

Danny Phillips and Maggie Kind were once fired with an ambition to open a quality restaurant, the sort that they really enjoyed themselves, in Mansfield, somewhere that they felt was woefully lacking in anywhere really good at the time.

They already owned a suitable building, two hundred years old and listed, and spent a small fortune on converting it to the needs of a modern restaurant. However, vital to their plans was finding the right chef, someone who shared their passion for food and creating a special dining out experience. Luckily they found Michael Sindall, a local lad from Mansfield, who was keen to come home; he had trained in such excellent local kitchens as Hart's and The Bay Tree before heading to the bright lights of London to study under the Roux Brothers and Marco Pierre White.

Michael has now taken over the business and it appears to be going from strength to strength. Cater Magazine recently featured him and the restaurant as "bright young things". When you visit restaurants day-in, day-out it is easy to become a little jaded; however, at Wood Street I'm convinced Michelin will come calling with their big red book. Let's just hope that No. 4 Wood Street is the start of a renaissance of good food in Mansfield, rather than an oasis in the desert.

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What our members say about No 4 Wood Street

Matthew Quinn

Mansfield

Really good food in lovely surroundings. Both my wife an I enjoyed ourselves and had many options to choose from on the menu. Service topped off the meal as it was perfect throughout - we were never left waiting at all. Will be doing back to try different dishes soon!

Paul Scully

Ilkeston

Having heard many good things about this restaurant, we came away quite disappointed!

Although the place is nicely finished and the staff are attentive, the main reason to go to a restaurant is the food which was found lacking

Cold starters of terrine and chicken liver parfait were ok but the main courses lacked imagination and finesse

One such was a sirloin steak dish which was £19.00 it consisted of a grissley piece of steak with mange tout, wet spinach, fried tomato, greasy garlic mushroom and a slice of potato Dauphinoise which was grey and dry (all served in a bowl!) this hardly constitutes a finished dish and not at all fine dining

We will not be travelling back to Mansfield any time soon.

Cheryl Walton

Nottingham

We ate at No 4 Wood Street on Friday 05/02/10. The food was excellent - well presented and very tasty. Having a complimentary taster of soup at the start of the meal was a welcome surprise, but we could only manage a starter and main course after that so cannot comment on the desserts. The speed of service was just right and the waitresses were polite and friendly. Overall - good quality and good value for money meal in a relaxed atmosphere. Will definitely go again.

Michael Allen

Nottingham

Lovely surroundings. Good service. Would have liked to have been offered draft lager rather than bottled. Food choice was excellent but lacked a little in seasonings. Having handed in a coat for safe keeping it was returned smelling of cooking oil! This did not impress my girlfriend! Such a pity as the thing the whole concept is excellent & much needed in Mansfield.

Derek Stephenson

Mansfield

We thoroughly enjoyed our meal. The menu showed a good balance with some fairly "normal" dishes whilst others were unusual. Our meals were very nicely presented and the service was good. Nice wine menu reasonably priced.

Kevin Hempsall

Mansfield

My review is for No. 4 Wood street which I visited on 20/02/2008 I have drove passed the building for years but never knew that was No. 4 Wood street although I had heard of the restaurant. I joined up to the society and noticed it was on the list plus it was my dad's birthday so I decided to try it. Before we set off we thought to have a look at the menu on the website and noticed an offer for a set three course. It included all the meals we had choosen to have so when we arrived I asked the waitress about this offer. She simply explained what it was and took down our order. After getting our drinks she mentioned that it included a free bottle of wine that she would have ready on the table when we were seated. As we were shown to our table the waitress then annouced, the chef had decided to give everybody in the restaurant a free sample of some soup and bread he had made. This along with the offer we had already taken apon made me wonder about using my card. In this review I am not talking about the food. Not because I dont want to the food was excellent but because going to a restaurant is more than that. I want to mention that my girlfriend loved the building, furnishings and arrangement of the restaurant. My mum enjoyed the service she felt she was not just seen as another one to feed the till (she also loved the little towels in the toilets). My dad for once did not say anything bad on the way home (which is good for him). Finally me I love eating in posh restaurants but I hate spending money, I hate when they charge excessive amounts and when they charge for extras. All that said I was the most happy about trying No. 4 Wood street I thought it was very well priced, fancy and the waitress was fine with me presenting my card. I will now join the many others who reckomend No. 4 Wood street it is a great restaurant and I will definitly be coming back. Thank you to all working on the night in question.

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