Godots Bar and Brasserie, Marlborough (From Swindon Advertiser)

Godots Bar and Brasserie, Marlborough

12:45pm Thursday 8th October 2009

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EVERY now and again it’s good to lunch with the girls.

So without further ado and minus the floral dresses, gloves and posh hats (this is the image I have of ladies who lunch), three close friends and I popped over to Marlborough.

We left the children with the men and took a long, early afternoon lunch at Godot Bar Brasserie.

Saturday is market day in Marlborough and generally when the sun shines everyone comes out with the same idea - to meander among the stalls and stop off for light refreshments.

For that reason we booked in advance, which I’d recommend for Marlborough eateries in general, and Godot’s in particular, as their tables fill up quite quickly at the weekends.

We arrived just before the lunchtime rush and were seated in the restaurant decorated with many framed pop culture-style posters of icons in their element, such as The Beatles and Marilyn Monroe.

There’s a really nice relaxed feel at Godot’s, even when it got busy. Nobody seemed to mind waiting an extra few minutes to be served.

And our young waitress did a great job of pirouetting among the tables seeing to everybody’s needs. Nothing seemed too much for her.

Times like these, when you get together with friends, don’t happen often enough in my book - so we didn’t hesitate ordering a bottle of Itynera Sicilia sauvignon blanc, (£15.75), recommended by the waitress as a fruity and crisp light Italian wine. And yummy it was too, a perfect accompaniment to our meals.

The menu consist of a varied choice for starters, light lunches and mains. My friends ordered a mushroom risotto (£11.50) from the mains and two chicken Caesar salads from the light lunch menu which offers a variety of dishes at £8.95.

I ordered smoked salmon and crayfish pancake with dill and creme fraiche and a honey mustard dressing from the starters menu, where most of the dishes are £6.95. The chef kindly doubled up as a main portion (£10.95).

There was little conversation between mouthfuls as we polished off our plates of food, which was surprising as we usually talk for England.

I think it was because of the delicious meals, which were so satisfying we couldn’t quite manage a pudding, despite the tempting list which included raspberry confit mousse, dark chocolate and orange tart an bread and butter pudding (all at £5.95).

The bill came to £55.65 and we tipped generously for the attentive service received.

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