Restaurant Review - The Priest's House ***** The Priest's House is situated at Barden Tower on the Bolton Abbey Estate, a stunningly beautiful location, especially on the searing hot English summers day that Mrs YS and myself went for lunch. No bookings are taken for lunch so we turned up good and early, had a quick chat with chef Robert and partner Jo, and were then shown through to the beautiful Oak Room with its view out over the orchard. We both opted for the Lamb Kofta from the short but imaginative menu, three fat koftas arrived with a pretty garnish and a dipping bowl of minted dressing. The koftas were delightful, full of flavour without being overly spicy, and plenty of them for a starter with Mrs YS declaring she was halfway full already. Main course for myself was braised lamb sweetbreads in chasseur sauce with golden croutons from the main menu, Mrs YS opted for a jacket potato with creamy mushrooms and bacon from the lighter bites menu. The sweetbreads melted in the mouth, lovely, the croutons nice and crunchy added a good contrast of texture. My main meal came with well seasoned roasted potatoes, nice firm courgettes in thick tomato sauce, and mildly spiced yam. I opted for a half bottle of Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon to accompany my offal, a half bottle ?! I know, I'm slowing down in my dotage. Mrs YS passed on the pudding, but it would be rude not to wouldn't it ? I chose the pear and almond tart with chocolate sauce. It was warm, and inch deep of luscious, buttery filling with thin sliced pears and lashings of very dark sauce. I had a couple of glasses of port with the dessert. All in all, a superb lunch in a fantastic venue, we were treated to a look round after our meal and I'm sorely tempted to get a dozen folk together just so we can have an evening meal in the lovely Stargazers Room upstairs. Lunch with drinks, wine and port came to a very reasonable £45. The Priest's House