Table 10

Fantastic little local restaurant, lovely service. Last night we had the scallops & black pudding, crispy cheese parcels, venison & guinea fowl. All cooked perfectly — can’t recommend this place highly enough.

Mmmmm the review I never thought I’d write. This is my secret (top secret — this review will self destruct in 5 seconds) favourite restaurant. I hardly ever tell anyone it exists for fear it will become super busy and we’ll never be able to get a table there. I must be going soft in my old age as I am letting you all in on the secret, probably banking on the fact you won’t want to be bothered coming all the way to Sale for a meal and my monogamous love affair with Table 10 can continue uninterrupted.
Run by the two loveliest people, lady front of house and chef in the kitchen who I’ve never met but as our favourite table sits under somewhere we can hear into the kitchen we feel we know him by his voice. It’s a tiny restaurant (hence my irrational fear of overcrowding the reservations book!) traditional English in its décor, if there is such a thing, with a menu hand written on a blackboard that they prop up on a chair next to you. Got to love a handwritten blackboard menu!
We love the bobotie pie here so much that Dan F has had to perfect his own version at home. It’s not quite the same but we are close. Dan has an uncanny knack of ordering the best thing on any menu, seriously if you are out with him always order what he chooses or you will regret it. He went for the venison and it was fantastic. I had chicken which was lovely but after one small mouthful of what was left of Bambi I wanted to grab his off him and refuse to share the remained with him, probably not great valentines etiquette…
This review is now far too long so I’ll just say desserts are classic ‘nursery’ choices and always delicious. They have a wine list that we are always happy to order off and usually have far more than we should as we enjoy it so much.

Good food, great friendly service and chef is always happy to impress. Perfectly priced and fresh every time I’ve been. The scallops and black pudding are especially excellent