New style fast food for busy workers and shoppers
11 June 2010
Busy office workers and shoppers wanting a quick lunch can now enjoy an exciting new style lunch at d’Arry’s Cookhouse and Wine Shop that’s guaranteed to be served within 15 minutes of ordering or it’s free.

The Stone Baked Flat Bread offers the speed and price of fast food, but is created with the freshest of ingredients to produce an unbeatable lunch. The toppings for the flatbreads, which start from £6.95 (but are £1 off throughout July) include:
- -Goats Cheese, Sun Blushed Tomatoes, Red Peppers, Toasted Chilled walnuts topped with Rocket with a Honey and Thyme Dressing
- Feta, Olives, Caramelised Red Onions, Cucumber, Tomatoes, Baby Gem with a Yoghurt and Mint Sauce
- Cajun Spiced Confit Chicken, Chorizo, Bacon, Baby Leaf Spinach, Gruyere Cheese and a Sun Dried Tomato Sauce
- Sardines, Capers, Cherry Tomatoes, Mozzarella, Spicy Tomato Sauce, Rocket leaf and Garlic Oil
- Aromatic Duck, Spring Onion, Bean Sprouts, Hoi Sin Sauce, Pak Choi and a Soy and Ginger Dressing
- Rib Eye Steak, Watercress, Stilton, Toasted Pine Nuts, Frisse Lettuce and a Blue Cheese Sauce.
Says d’Arry’s Managing Partner Solly Cham: “We know that people don’t have time for a long relaxed lunch every day, but why should that mean they have to put up with a low standard of food? These flatbreads are created by our chefs using the same standard of ingredients and attention to detail as everything else we do, but allow customers to be in and out quickly.”
For further details contact d’Arry’s on 01223 505015 www.darrys.co.uk




New Sunday Busk dates announced
July 2010
New dates for the popular Sunday busking nights have been announced.

Accoustic music from Chris Newman & Stella Hensley can be enjoyed on Sunday 1 August, followed by Lee Cave Berry & Kimberley Rew on 8 August.

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The music is from 7pm until 9.30pm.

For further details contact d'Arry's on 01223 505015 www.darrys.co.uk


The Sizzler returns
April 2010
The sizzler, our Australian-style outdoor eating area, is back. A big hit last year, the sizzler allows you to cook your own food on grill plates. So come along and enjoy some great food and/or wine. We've got outdoor heaters when things get nippy later on in the evening.

Book a table for Easter Sunday lunch
March 2010
d'Arry's Cookhouse and Wine Shop is offering a one off opportunity to book a table for Easter Sunday lunch.

Tables can be booked for brunch, lunch or dinner, at 10am, 12pm, 3pm and 6pm. The full menu and specials will be available along with Sunday roast from 12 to 4pm. Call 01223 505015 to take advantage of this special opportunity.
The restaurant is open for food all day over the Easter break, including, weather permitting, the outside courtyard


New top team for d'Arry's
10 March 2010
d'Arry's has a new Managing Partner and Head Chef,
Solly Cham and Nick Zwolinsky. Solly has joined as Managing Partner from Sidney Sussex College, where he was Senior Hall Manager. Educated in Cambridge Solly has worked in catering for 20 years, including at St John's and Gonville & Caius Colleges and as proprietor of his own bar and restaurant in East London.
Says Solly: "I've admired d'Arry's since it opened so it's great to now be part of it.. It's well known for its quality food and wonderful atmosphere and I'm looking forward to working with new head chef Nick and the team to make it even better."
New head chef Nick Zwolinsky was previously senior sous chef at Sheene Mill and has worked at a number of Michellin starred restaurants across the country. initially training as a pastry chef.


d'Arry's launches meetings and conference venue
24/02/2010
d’Arry’s Wineshop and Cook House in King Street is offering a service for businesses wanting a venue for small meetings or conferences.
The Wineshop – a separate room within the restaurant - is available to hire for any type of business function for £50, which will include a dedicated waiter/waitress. The restaurant will be able to offer tea and coffee on arrival (and brunch if preorderd), morning coffee and pastries, lunch in the main restaurant, afternoon tea and coffee with biscuits and evening drinks receptions with canapés. Bespoke wine tastings can also be arranged along with functions and receptions. in the heated outside courtyard area. Any specific requirements, such as arranging the hiring of audio visual equipment, can also be arranged.. The room fits 20 seated and 40 standing. There will also be a free bottle of bubbly for the organiser.
Explains d’Arry’s Managing Partner Solly Cham: “Companies wanting smaller meeting or conference venues often find themselves in windowless and soulless hotel rooms. What we can offer is an attractive venue with a great atmosphere and all the benefits of a quality restaurant along with extras, such as wine tastings. We’re very happy to discuss any options.”
d’Arry’s is at 2-4 King Street, Cambridge CB1 1LN. To find out more call the restaurant on 01223 505015.


Book your table now for Valentines!
14/02/2010
On Valentines Day 2010 we will be offering you and your loved one the chance to indulge in some of our amazing sharing specials...these include a Gruyere and Dijon mustard fondue, whole baked lobster and a roast fillet of beef, not to mention our "taste of d'Arry's" dessert sharing platter (you may want one all to yourself!!).

Book your table now!! Call 01223 505015

Still Some Spaces left!!!

We still have a few spaces left for Christmas Day and New Year's Eve!!

Join us for delicious food and wine to celebrate Christmas and New Year - it's hassle free! Let us look after you.

Click on "delicious food" to see our delicious Christmas Day options and our irresistible 5 course New Years Eve menu!

Call now to book your table 01223 505015

Book your table for Chef's night in!!
Thurs 26th Nov
Join us Thursday 26th November for our first "Chef's Night In"...book your table and enjoy chef's special 3 course menu for £29.95 (wine matched £39.95). This month's menu:

Smoked haddock risotto with cod cheeks, rocket and a caper vinaigrette

Roast loin of lamb with caramelised sweet breads, ceps, carrot puree and a date sauce

Dark chocolate mousse with white chocolate shavings and a milk chocolate pannacotta

Call 01223 505015 to book your table.

Hog Roast 'to go' on Bonfire Night
15 October 2009
The d'Arry's hog roast 'to go' will again be a Bonfire Night highlight. So if you're heading for the Midsummer Common fireworks on 5 November why not follow it by enjoying the d'Arry's hog roast in a bun for £5 from 8 to 9.30pm .

Christmas and New Year 2009
15 September 2009
Our Christmas and New Year Menus are now available to download click 'Delicious Food' and down load the Christmas menu and New Years eve PDF files.

Bookings for the Wine Shop are going quickly for Christmas, book now!

NEW AUSSIE OUTSIDE EATING AREA
4 June 2009
Our new Australian-style outdoor eating area where customers can cook their own food on grill plates is now open.

Each of the outdoor tables (seating six or ten people) comes with a hot plate in the centre, from which delicious platters of marinated meat are cooked by customers, with staff on hand to assist if necessary. The platter (£11.95 per person) includes marinated chicken strips, ribeye strips and pork belly served with a honey, soy and ginger baste, mixed tossed salad, smoked paprika chunky chips and a lime, sweet chilli and corinader dip. Tables are bookable for lunch or dinner.

Bookings can be taken for the outdoor tables. For further information please contact 01223 505015.


D’ARRY’S WINS TOP NATIONAL FOOD AWARD
16 April 2009
The team at d'Arry's Cookhouse and Wine Shop in Cambridge are celebrating their business being named Food Operator of the Year in the Food Excellence Awards from top industry newspaper The Morning Advertiser.
The awards recognise skills, creativity and passion of pub chefs, managers and companies and d'Arry's won the award following a mystery visit from the judges. The judges were particularly impressed with the business d'Arry's food sourcing, quality of menus and value for money offered.
d'Arry's Cookhouse and Wine Shop is a restaurant that brings together the best in food and wine within a contemporary yet comfortable atmosphere. Devastated by fire in summer 08 the restaurant has risen from the ashes even better than before. Head chef Rook Gouldie has a passion for fresh, regionally sourced ingredients, and uses them to create excellent British food with a twist.

Says Managing Partner Matt Dellar: "At d'Arry'sWe know that our customers appreciate the passion we put into preparing the highest quality food using the freshest, locally sourced where possible ingredients and now it's great to also have the recognition of industry experts with this prestigious award."

d'Arry's is at 2-4 King Street, Cambridge, 01223 505015 www.darrys.co.uk.


D’ARRY’S CREATES MENU FOR ENGLAND AND ST GEORGE
15 April 2009
The very best of traditional English food will be on the menu at a special St George's Day event at d'Arry'sCookhouse and Wine Shop on 23 April.

Chef Rook Gouldie's usual menu of British food with a twist will, for one day only, come without the twist, but will be a showcase for locally sourced traditional English ingredients and recipes. These will include Spring Vegetable Pottage, Mutton casserole with creamy potatoes, Confit of roast chicken with bubble n' squeak cakes, Slow cooked spare ribs in a plum and rhubarb compote. All this will be served at the table for customers to help themselves and will be finished off with Warm almond and raspberry tart with clotted cream. The menu costs £18.95 per head.

Says Managing Partner Matt Dellar: "St George's Day is often a forgotten date on the calendar, so we thought we'd bring it back by creating a menu that brings together some of the best English ingredients and recipes and allows customers to celebrate Englishness in a positive light."

d'Arry's sister establishment, the Bun Shop, will be hosting an evening of English revellry, including fish and chips, the opportunity to try a yard of ale and entertainment from a 'traditional English rock band'. Staff will also be dressing up in traditional Medieval costume.

St George's Day was once a major feast in England on a par with Christmas from the early 15th century, but had virtually died out by the 18th century, Recently there have been calls to bring it back, including a campaign to make St George's Day a public holiday.

d'Arry's , at 2-4 King Street, will be taking bookings for this event on 01223 505015. For more information visit www.darrys.co.uk.