Chef Ivan Tisdall-Downes and business partner Imogen Davis, the duo behind the Native restaurant brand, have announced plans to open at the Netherwood Estate, on the former Pensons site.

Scheduled to open on 22 May 2024, the new Native at Pensons will showcase their diligent, hyper-sustainable menu style. The grounds of the Netherwood Estate, tended by a team of gardeners, farmers and foragers, will supply many of the ingredients showcased on the menus.

The 32-cover restaurant with rooms (two in an adjacent building, with additional accommodation on the Estate), also features a 14-seat private dining room on the upper level.

There will be three menus, with four courses at £65pp, seven courses for £105pp, and a Sunday lunch three-course offering at £45pp. (Vegetarian and vegan options will be available at all levels.) 

The wine and cocktail lists will focus on organic, biodynamic, natural, and low-intervention wines, with bottles from £35 (by the glass £6.50). Kombuchas and rich, foraged teas are also offered, alongside Butty Batch beer from Wye Valley Brewery. On the cocktail front, two of the favoured apéritifs will be the Native Negroni and Meadowsweet Sour.

Guests will also be welcome to wander through the restaurant’s courtyard and kitchen garden and greenhouses. 

Reservations for Native at Pensons are now being taken at nativerestaurant.co.uk.

Photo credit: Britt Willoughby Dyer Photography