A dream for meat lovers, Nottingham's newest restaurant will be serving supersize tomahawk steaks, chateaubriand and the ultimate wagyu carnivore board, costing nearly £140. Tomahawk Steakhouse opens on Friday, November 11, with a menu of Himalayan salt-dry aged steaks - and much more besides.
It's the 13th restaurant for the brand and they're hoping it will be lucky as the finishing touches are put to the premises in Low Pavement ready for opening weekend. There's been such a good response with around 500 people booked in that they had to cap reservations for the first three days.
Steak aficionados can choose from flat iron, rump, ribeye, sirloin, fillet and Porterhouse and a range of wagyu steaks. The sharing boards include a 36oz-38oz tomahawk - a prime cut that's rich, tender, juicy and full of flavour.
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But most spectacular of all is the wagyu carnivore board with rump, ribeye, fillet and sirloin steaks, which comes with garlic prawns and four sides, priced £139.95. At the group's other sites it's one of the best sellers, enjoyed by couples, groups of three and, in some cases, an individual with a huge appetite. The cheapest steak on the menu is the flat iron at £22.95.
What's a steak without chips? At Tomahawk they serve them cooked in beef dripping. For something more fancy there's parmesan truffle fries. Sweet potato wedges, with feta and harissa yoghurt, add an edgy twist, or diners can keep it simple with creamy mash.
While steak is the star of the show, it's not all Tomahawk has to offer. Other evening mains include chicken shawarma, cod and prawns, pork loin, lobster and a wagyu burger. A strong presence in Teesside explains the restaurant's inclusion of that northern institution, chicken parmo - fried breaded chicken, topped with béchamel sauce and cheese.
Diners can kick off with a range of starters such as garlic bread, duck pancakes, nachos and even oysters. To wrap up the feast there's desserts of sticky toffee pudding, Sicilian lemon cheesecake and the Tomahawk bombe filled with vanilla ice cream and honeycomb, served with toasted marshmallow and hot salted caramel sauce.
A lunchtime menu features all the steaks and mains including fish and chips, a chicken fajita wrap and a beef gravy dipper sandwich. Breakfast will be served Friday to Sunday - starting November 18 - with two sizes of a Full English, Mexican-style eggs, and a Tomahawk hash brown stuffed with beef brisket and cheese and topped with two fried eggs and cheese sauce. Too much? There's also toasted bloomer with strawberry jam or marmalade.
Sunday roast lovers are being spoilt with a sharing board laden with roast beef wagyu topside, roast chicken and roast pork. It's served with all the trimmings - beef dripping roasties, cauliflower cheese, Yorkshire pudding, savoy cabbage, seasonal vegetables, roasted parsnips and carrots, and bottomless red wine gravy.
Meat lovers can take their veggie and vegan friends along. A separate menu features plant-based duck pancakes, a 'mooless' moo pie and vegetable katsu curry. Gluten-free diners aren't left out - there's a huge menu just for them.
It's the company's first foray intothe Midlands. At 105 seats it's a sizeable restaurant and there's further seating upstairs for private dining. Once Carluccio's, it was more recently the short-lived British tapas experience Esculent, which became a victim of the pandemic. Opening just as Covid restrictions were lifted in 2020 it barely lasted a year.
The restaurant has been given a monochrome makeover with booths, chairs backed with faux cow hide, a back wall decorated with model cows and plants and copper cage wine cellars. The group had its eye on Nottingham for a while. When the site came up, owner Howard Eggleston was quick to act saying it was a “no brainer”.
He said: “The exterior finish of the building is absolutely gorgeous and a real show stopper for us. Outside was in need of a little TLC and I hope people of Nottingham can see we have cleaned it up and brought it back to life with a new lick of paint and our Tomahawk sign pack."
General manager Corey Brindley has moved to Nottingham to work at the restaurant and he heads up a 35-strong staff team. He said: "The steak here is absolutely fantastic. The best steak I have tasted without a doubt. It's phenomenal."
Chris Barron, operations director, said bookings are looking healthy, despite the cost of living crisis. Around 500 people are booked in Friday to Sunday for the opening weekend.
He said: "We are picking up the bookings. Yesterday I went through up until New Year and some of the Saturdays are just crazy. We've got 145 people booked in one Saturday night towards the end of the month.
"We will be introducing set menus coming into the new year to make it a little bit easier for guests so they can enjoy a night out and it's not hurting their wallet as much. We know times are tough - we just want to make sure our guests have the best experience and enjoy our food."
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