Nottingham fine dining restaurant to close due to ‘changes in the market’

World Service Restaurant in Nottingham is to close after 24 years of trading due to the challenges of offering fine dining “at an affordable cost”.

The modern British restaurant said the difficult decision had been made due to “changes in the market”.

A post on the restaurant’s Instagram read: “Keeping at the forefront of the Nottingham restaurant scene for 24 years is no mean feat.

"We feel incredibly proud and honoured to be seen as a restaurant that helped change the landscape of modern fine dining and considered an institution. There are so many happy moments to remember. It is endless!”

“Writing this provokes such a spectrum of emotions – from joyful memories to sadness that it’s all over. But, as they say, all good things must come to an end.”

Over the years, World Service Restaurant has also hosted chef collaborations with Great British Menu competitor Louisa Ellis and MasterChef: The Professionals 2019 semi-finalist Michelle Trusselle.

It won two-AA-rosettes under head chef David Cartwright inthe AA Restaurant Guide 2023 and was also listed in the Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland in 2021.

The restaurant is housed in a 17th-century, Grade II-listed building, Newdigate House, and is famed for its distinctive red doorway.

World Service Restaurant will be closing on 3 August.

Image: Shutterstock