Reviews of Lumière!
Michelin 2012
"Elegant, comfortable and personally run restaurant, decorated in chic purples and leather. Cooking is modern, original and inventive, and makes excellent use of local suppliers"
Hardens 2012
"Under Jon Howe & Helen Aubrey’s two year reign, this ’intimate’ town centre operation has become an "outstanding" destination, thanks to its "personalised" service, and it’s "innovative"and "artistically presented" cuisine (which features some "unusual ingredients" Food: 1, Service: 2, Ambience: 2 (This makes us 4th in the country for our price!)
The Good Food Guide 2012
"The unassuming frontage on a busy road close to Cheltenham’s central bus station certainly hasn’t hindered the progress of Jon Howe & Helen Aubrey’s intimate and cutting edge restaurant since they took over in 2009.
Service here is ’calm and understated’,with Helen and her small team skillfully avoiding cliché or stuffiness. The purple hues and leather banquettes add an elegance to the relaxed contemporary room, which forms the backdrop to Jon’s bold and innovative cooking. An ’ingenious’ starter was ’exciting, surprising and sublime’, according to one contented recipient, whilst others have praised a ’delicious’ main course of local Butts Farm Hogget cooked in three ways and served with a rich lamb jus. A ’beautifully presented’ poached rhubarb, hibiscus sorbet, caramelised filo, ginger and yoghurt panna cotta is typical of the noteworthy desserts. The serious wine list starts at £19.
Toast to Roast Blog - November 2011
Gourmet Traveller Blog - August 2011
The Critical Couple Blog- 20th April, 2011
Lumière: the next generation of Great British talent.
Giles Coren, The Times Magazine - 30th October, 2010
’This is a beautiful, well-run restaurant with great staff, good produce, smart wine list & a talented chef’
Cooking:7, Service:8, Dining Room:7, Score:7.33
Cotswold Life Review October 2010
We even made it onto a couple of "The Best of 2011" lists
Critical Couple: Restaurant Surprise of 2011
London Tastin : 10 Most Memorable Dishes of 2011
From Our Customers
“Dear Helen & Jon,
Just an email to thank you for a wonderful night out last Friday.
It was my wife’s birthday and we celebrated at your Restaurant with my son and his wife.
This is the second time we have been to your Restaurant and the second time we have been
absolutely thrilled with the quality (and quantity) of your food - the between course
tasters are a delight and each course is cooked to perfection. Without doubt having
eaten regularly at Le Petit Blanc, Hotel Du Vin, The Greenway and many other top quality
restaurants in Cheltenham, yours has become our out and out favourite.
Keep up the good work - your food is definitely on the right lines and needed in
Cheltenham.
Kind regards,
Alan & Kathryn Redwood”
“Dear Helen and Jon,
I had the pleasure of dining at Lumière on Wednesday and just wanted to
write a quick email to say ‘thank you’ to both front and back of house for a superlative
experience and to congratulate you on a thoroughly professional, sophisticated and
inviting set up.
We both enjoyed every course and were in agreement that it’s one of,
quite possibly the, nicest meals we’ve ever had. We’ve dined at Claridge’s in the past
and I can honestly say that Wednesday’s meal comfortably surpassed that day, in terms of flavour, choice, atmosphere and presentation Lumière won, and won easily.
I’ve been recommending you to friends, family and colleagues and I think
I must have been eulogising a little too much at work as they’ve now asked me to see if
it’d be possible to book our Christmas meal at your place this year!
Alastair”
“Dear Jon and Helen and Team,
Kate and I would just like to write some words of encouragement after our excellent
experience at Lumiere last Thursday night 26th February.
Over the last 6 months or so we have dined at approximately ten Michelin rated
restaurants including three with two stars. We had your tasting menu and in our opinion
your standards of food, service and ambience were easily comparable if not of a higher
standard than some of the single-starred restaurants we’ve visited.
We wish you every success and we will be recommending Lumiere to all our friends. We
look forward to our next visit!
Dr Richard Ward
& Mrs Kate Ward”
