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Overall Jono at V&V was a worthwhile experience. Some really good food and friendly service. Not particularly expensive and certainly not a place I regret spending an evening. The Good Bits Overall the food was really interesting. We had the 5 course menu. The chicken liver cereal was an interesting deconstructed ‘pate on toast’. The roast onion and Parmesan was tasty with great texture, like a chunky French onion soup, but not a soup!The haddock was good too as was the chocolate dessert (not a fan of eating ants though!!) Staff were really friendly and attentive, without being overly intrusive. The Bits that could be better The ‘sweet and sour’ chicken wasn’t great. Let down I think by bad chicken. Stringy, tough and not in the same league as the rest of the meal. Only part of the food experience that was below par. Was surprised it left the kitchen like that. Asked about dessert wine as there isn’t one on the wine list (there is a perfectly good Muscat in the wine flight). Was pointed to the digestif section which had no wines at all on it. Odd that a server would think a desert wine is the same as a Baileys, port, brandy or a Kahlua -but they did serve us a glass of the muscat. Lastly, the lighting is a touch on the bright side. I’d be tempted to get some decent white table cloths and tone the lighting down a notch. But maybe I’m just being overly picky!

The taster menu was a great mix of different tastes and flavours. Staff were excellent and the setting is lovely tables not to close together so not too noisy. We were here for our sons 21st and couldn't have been a better choice. The joy of a taster menu, aside from variety is that you have a full 3 hour evening of chat, food and drink. What could be better.

We had Sunday lunch here today and it was great. The food was really good, and it was fun to bring the fine dining/tasting menu concept to a Sunday roast. We particularly enjoyed the vinegar butter and the lamb/pea/mint course. Good selection of cocktails on the menu. The service was brilliant: a really friendly and attentive team added to the experience. Very much deserving of a Michelin Guide recommendation, so it's a shame it didn't make it this year. One suggestion: too many potatoes were served with the beef: as part of such a large meal, I think a couple of less potatoes per bowl would be absolutely fine (you could always offer extra if required). Good playlist too!

We had a fab meal at @ chef Jono. The service was fantastic without being over bearing. Nice atmosphere, not over pretentious and music playing which was a welcomed treat. So that set the night up nicely. As for the food. Well. The boy can cook of that there is no doubt. Every course was mouth watering. For once I can say that I left a tasting menu meal surprisingly full as well. We had the vegetarian tasting menu. The main of salt baked celeriac was delicious. I believe that the rest of the menu followed the meat version. However can’t be sure? I can’t comment on the drinks served as I don’t drink. I would say there looked to be a lot of happy faces around the place. That can’t be a bad sign. I will definitely be back to see what comes next.

Absolutely incredible experience, thank you so much to Chef Jono and his team for a wonderful afternoon. We enjoyed the Sunday lunch tasting menu as a birthday treat and what a treat it was! I opted for the drinks pairing too which really did complement each dish perfectly. Wonderful service, beautiful attention to detail and even the background music was fantastic. All in all I highly recommend a visit to Chef Jono at V&V.