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The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers

Ascough's Bistro

81/100
  • Market Harborough, Leicestershire
  • Modern European bistro
  • By the glass
  • Mid-range
  • Beta
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Ascough's is a modern European bistro in Market Harborough cooking a compact, monthly-changing menu at an accessible wine-included price. The wine programme is far more ambitious than the room's size suggests — style-banded with a tasting note on every wine, flights, real Champagne and a serious Port-and-fortified finish — and it is built above all to be easy to use. It will most reward the curious drinker who likes to explore a well-explained list by the glass or the flight without spending much to do it.

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