31/07/2026
An evening at Bel’s Kitchen
There’s a kind of magic to eating at The Hall Exeter, well spaced wooden tables, candlelight, high ceilings, and a low hum of good conversation. I was lucky to experience it again in July at Bel’s Kitchen Supper Club with three of my favourite girls.
Isabel Rose cooks the way you want someone to cook for you: Her food is seasonal, unfussy, locally sourced, and full of flavour. We started with fried rosemary almonds and whipped white beans, all chilli warmth and crunch, before a panzanella that made the most of summer tomatoes at their sweetest. Mains brought a choice of roast chicken with lemon and garlic, drunken potatoes and a bright, sharp salsa verde, or a gnocchi with fried artichoke and walnut brown butter for the veggies among us.
Dessert was a salted dark chocolate tart with raspberries that I’m still dreaming about.
Isabel and her partner have a way of making a room full of strangers feel like old friends, and the service matched the food: warm, unhurried, generous.
If this has whetted your appetite, she’s back at The Hall on Friday 9th October with a new autumn menu, Provençal fish soup, roast chicken with celeriac and thyme gratin, wild mushrooms, and a plum and almond tart to close. Tickets are limited. Grab yours via the link in her bio Isabel Rose 🎟️
