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At The Atlantic Hotel in Saint Helier, Jersey, Ocean Restaurant has earned its place as one of the island’s leading dining destinations. Its Michelin Recommended status and AA Four Rosette rating, held for six consecutive years, reflect a commitment to exceptional modern cuisine that draws directly from Jersey’s fields, farms, and shores.
The dining room is designed around the view. Soft blues, whites, and beiges create a calm, contemporary atmosphere, with bespoke furniture and artwork that echo the coastal setting. White American shutters frame the panorama across ten acres of private gardens and out to the Atlantic, where Jersey’s sunsets provide the backdrop.
Executive Chef Will Holland leads the kitchen. Predicted by The Good Food Guide to be one of the ten most influential chefs of the next decade, Holland earned his first Michelin star before turning 30. He joined The Atlantic Hotel in 2017, bringing a relaxed yet refined vision of luxury dining. His menus change with the seasons, celebrating exemplary British ingredients sourced locally. The à la carte menu features seasonal signature dishes, while the Market Menu shifts with ingredient availability. There is also a dedicated vegan menu, and Sunday Lunch offers a traditional roast with all the trimmings.
An extensive, carefully curated wine list offers pairings for every course. For those seeking a more discreet setting, The Tasting Room provides private dining for up to twenty guests. In warmer months, al fresco dining on The Terrace offers the same menus with an open-air view of St Ouen’s Bay.
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Tucked away in the upmarket St Brelade district of Jersey, the Atlantic Hotel looks toward the Rue de la Pulente and the beach from a stand-offish distance. Inside, an old-school tone prevails, with attentive, well-drilled but friendly, service in the expansive spaces of the Ocean Restaurant. Here, menus are formulated to suit every eventuality, from a taster highlighting Jersey produce to a short 'market menu', vegetarian/vegan offerings and a carte. A certain air of restrained classicism pervades Will Holland's dishes, witness a ballotine of foie gras with home-cured duck breast, sour cherries and bitter leaves. For the main business, locally landed fish is always a strong suit, from pan-roasted monkfish with salt-baked celeriac, locally foraged vegetables and a dill cream sauce to butter-roasted brill fillet on hand-rolled tagliatelle with a rich Jersey crab butter sauce and a touch of chilli. There’s plenty of meat and game too – perhaps roast venison loin with smoked mushroom purée and fresh figs or a duo of pork with pickled blackberries, apple fondant and sauce of La Mare apple brandy. Desserts are very much the grand finale, with bursts of inventive flair in the likes of strawberry bavarois with pink peppercorns, shiso and strawberry ‘cheong’ syrup. A thoroughly encyclopaedic wine list strays well beyond France, even to the extent of dividing Germany into its regions (more or less unheard of now). The glass selections represent a decent range of flavours and quality levels, from good to outstanding.
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