Where The Light Gets In - Stockport

A fabulous experience!! The food was amazing as was the service. Totally worth the wait!

The food and service were excellent, and the environment very much to our taste. The coffee was disappointingly weak, and since the set-price meal was by any standard expensive, we felt that to charge another £9.00 for coffee for two struck the wrong note. We liked having the choice of beer instead of wine as an aperitif, and would have welcomed another beer, say a strong stout or porter, as an alternative to the sweet wine at the end.

An all round amazing place: great food, incredible wine list, and service that is both attentive and informal a rare combination. The intimate setting and restricted covers means that we weren't rushed, and that staff had the time to explain each dish and each wine to us. Creative dishes put together with care and real skill. Loved it.

The experience begins with trying to find the place! Its up a dark alley and then a metal staircase, no signs and absolutely inaccessible for anyone with a mobility problem. Opening the door is like teleporting to a trendy New York loft with beards, braces and grey Tee shirts everywhere. A very warm welcome from the staff and an explanation of the concept, 8 courses, a choice of either water, juice flight or wine flight. An interesting snack at the reception seating area of crisps and a few pots of flavouring to bland your own style – quite neat and a talking point for sure. Our table was right next to the open kitchen which was actually fascinating, seeing the activity and watching the chefs prepare and cook, very immersive in the concept. The food ebbed between good and great not everyone liked everything but genuinely no criticism of the effort and creativity its just a great, immersive experience. The wine flight is certainly worth a mention, it was clearly something they’d worked hard on – the wines were all very well chosen and super quality. £45 a head for the flight was fair I think and certainly lifted the less proficient courses. So in summary I can’t say it was the best meal I’ve had but I would say it’s the best “experience” in a long time, it’s a great concept, really super service and something very different for us northern diners.

Wtlgi is the perfect restaurant with a brilliant team under the lead of sam. each dish is perfectly dimensioned and perfectly thought-out, delivered by the chefs who put it in the creation with all the love and care. excessively good.