Just went for a meal at the milestone in Shalesmoor (just moved into flat by there) and had an amazing meal. 2 courses for £18 or 3 for £22. Had amazing options, free bread and pre-courses that they did for us and fantastic service. The surroundings are really nice, would definitely recommend!!

OK, it's a decent restaurant, but what's the credit crunch in your thread title got to do with it?

I think the credit crunch was to do with the value of what they were offering.. although it might not seem cheap to some! I agree it's a lovely place to eat though, especially the brunch menu on saturdays!

Sorry I should have explained, they are calling it the credit crunch special.

Yep its not bad value. They call it Credit Crunch specials. The cocktails are 2 for 1 on Thursdays i think. What i like is that they are proper strength not watered down.

What are people's thoughts on Milestone? I've been there four times now and always felt a bit underwhelmed. Have only eaten downstairs but that has not encouraged me to progress upstairs. Drinks are good, bar is well stocked, nice selection of beers, clearly an aspirant menu/chef but food has been pretty average in my experience, last time was better.

The Sunday dinner is fantastic

Went for the Christmas menu last year and it was awesome. One of those rare places - independant with a PROPER chef who understands how tastes and textures work and who can put together an inventive and contemporary menu without taking the p*ss with the price.

The Sunday dinner is fantastic

I used to think that but I have stopped going. The last couple of times I have been I found it decidedly average and far too expensive. They are charging £10.95 now for a Sunday and it's nothing special.

Apparently they stopped selling Stella because the markup was not enough even though they were selling it for over £3 a pint.

who drinks stella these days??

who drinks stella these days??

What's that got to do with anything? I only drink Cider so am forced to pay nearly £4 a bottle when I go there! Just seems that an already expensive bar is getting greedy.

who drinks stella these days??
street drinkers and chavs

If you want to crunch your credit go to the Norfolk Arms Ringinglow - large glass of wine, pint and two steak sandwhiches (on what looked like value sliced bread, I hope it was at least Hovis) came to just under £30. The girl behind the bar couldn't even raise a smile for it either.