After40 HotelDining at After40: three places, three moods
Dining at After40: three places, three moods
Willow Restaurant, the Brook Lounge and the coffee bar are three different meals. Here is which one to book, and when.
Not every meal wants the same room. After40 has three, and each answers a different need.
Willow Restaurant
Willow is the full dining room. It is where breakfast is laid out, where lunch is long and unhurried, and where dinner happens when there is something worth marking. The kitchen works halal, and it works with an eye on what is in season rather than on what is printed on the menu months in advance.
Book Willow when the meal is the point: a business dinner, a birthday, an evening you want to be slow about.
The Brook Lounge
The Brook is softer and lower. It is the room for a long afternoon with a coffee that turns into something else, a small plate that becomes a meal, or a table by the window where you can work without being disturbed.
Bring the laptop if you like. Ask for the window and leave the phone in your pocket.
The coffee bar
Between meetings, the coffee bar is the right answer. It is quick, it is good, and nobody minds you taking a table for an hour with a single cup.
Planning ahead
For groups, tell us the numbers and we will set the room, the menu and the timing before you arrive. For dietary needs, say so when you book rather than on the day, and the kitchen will plan around it properly.