Mother’s Day 2014

With the birth of my daughter last summer, we suddenly had 4 generations of girls in our family, and 3 generations of Mums! It’s now the beginning of March, and I am so excited for Mother’s Day approaching on the 30^th, and to be celebrating as a Mum for the first time!

Traditionally for Mother’s Day Lunch, my Mum and I have always cooked together at her house. We invite the family round, and have a good old catch up over a lovely roast dinner. This year however, my Mum suggested to me that as it was my first Mother’s Day as a Mum myself, and that now there were 3 Mums in the family, it would be a nice idea to not do the cooking for once and to go out and make a real special day of it! As you can expect I was really on board with this idea, and we soon began searching for our ideal venue to have Mother’s Day lunch in Berkshire which is our local area.

We had many specifications for our ideal venue… that’s the trouble with having headstrong women in the family!My Grandmother wanted a traditional roast dinner, Mum wanted a venue with grounds where we could spend some time in the afternoon and the younger members of our family could run around, and I wanted to have our Mother’s Day meal somewhere big enough to house such a large group as ours! Including a high chair for my daughter, we were looking for a table of 14.

It was a colleague who suggested we go for Mother’s Day lunch in Bracknell. She had her Wedding at Stirrups Country House Hotel a few years before and just knew it would be the perfect place for our special lunch. Having not been to this Hotel before, Mum and I went for a little road test one Sunday lunch time. We pre-booked for the two of us, and it was just as well as the restaurant was really busy, full of happy diners and awash with the smell of absolutely gorgeous roast dinners. Our lunch was delicious, and after looking over the menu with the reception staff we were more than happy to pay our deposit for Mother’s Day lunch right there and then! The traditionally styled Hotel is a beautiful secluded gem, near Bracknell but with lovely huge grounds, making it the ideal location for our needs!

I absolutely cannot wait for 30^th March to come around and to celebrate my very special first Mother’s Day lunch at Stirrups! 

Celebration of Mothers day at Stirrups Country House Hotel

Last Mother’s Day I decided to spoil my mum and arrange a surprise for her. The plan was to whisk her away for the day to celebrate in style with the whole family without her knowing. I looked around different restaurants in Ascot, Bracknell and general Berkshire area but I couldn’t find anywhere special in regards to Mother’s Day meals.

I asked some friends around and they told me about the restaurant in Stirrups Country House Hotel. I had a look on their website and they had a lovely set lunch menu for Mother’s Day lunch. I decided to ring the hotel and someone answered the phone from reception in a very professional and friendly manner. They explained the mother’s day lunch menu in details and they explained the cost per person. I booked a table for 8 of us so the whole immediate family could come and surprise my mum. On the day I collected my mum and we arrived in the restaurant. The rest of the family was there awaiting for us. My mum was happily surprised. We had a lovely meal and all the staff in the restaurant were really polite and helpful. My mum really enjoyed the meal and it was clear that she had a great time because she kept talking about mother’s day lunch for months.

If you are looking for a nice restaurant to take your mum and spoil her for this mother’s day, make sure you check the restaurant in Stirrups Country House Hotel as it has a lovely atmosphere, excellent staff and reasonably priced.

Mother’s Day Lunch/ Mother’s Day Meal

Every year I treat my Mum to a special lunch on Mothering Sunday. I’ve tried cooking it in the past, but trust me, it’s much more of a treat when I take her out! She appreciates the effort I put in taking her out, but that doesn’t stop her from finding little niggles to complain about. I swear, this woman is impossible to please! 

I tried many places over the years for our Mother’s Day Lunch, but I found it hard to please my mum in every aspect of the day. If the food was nice then she didn’t like the setting, if she liked the setting she didn’t like the staff, if she liked the staff the food was a let down... Like I said she is simply impossible to please! I don’t know why I kept trying, but I’m so glad I did persist in my search to find the perfect venue, because I did find it. And the woman, who was impossible to please, suddenly had nothing to complain about. 

We’ve now been having our Mother’s Day meal at Stirrups Country House Hotel every year for the last 3 years, and it’s something Mum looks forward to as soon as March begins! The setting is simply beautiful; a country house hotel set in the Berkshire countryside, close to Windsor, Ascot and Bracknell. With perfectly manicured lawns and gardens the spring flowers are a delight to see, while the atmosphere and service from the staff is simply unrivalled. Everybody is so friendly and wanting to go out of their way to make everyone’s Mother’s Day lunch exceptional. And the food, well what can I say... It is always expertly cooked and you know you can rely on it to be delicious every time. 

With all of this combined, our Mother’s Day meals at Stirrups Country House Hotel are always a joy and completely surpass my Mum’s expectations. And now that she has nothing to complain about, spending quality time together is all the more a nice experience!