Nottingham Venues Announces £1M Investment in Orchard Hotel and Bramley’s Restaurant
21 March 2025
The Orchard Hotel’s lobby, bar and Bramley’s restaurant is being transformed to enhance the guest experience.
Nottingham Venues’ Orchard Hotel and Bramley’s Restaurant, located within the University of Nottingham campus, is being transformed, with a significant refurbishment project currently underway.
The Orchard Hotel’s lobby, mezzanine, bar area and Bramley’s restaurant is being re-designed to create a new layout and environment to enhance the guest experience for both corporate and leisure guests.
The £1 million project will transform the ground floor of the hotel, creating a stylish space where guests can gather for coffee, drinks and dinner. The bar will be repositioned and expanded, and the guest check-in area will be relocated to the front of the lobby, ensuring a more seamless arrival experience. Work is expected to be completed in April 2025.
The hotel’s restaurant, Bramley’s, is also undergoing a full reimagination to create a welcoming environment for both corporate and leisure guests.
With a vision to establish Bramley’s as a premier dining destination in Nottingham, Nottingham Venues has appointed David Cartwright as Head Chef. Cartwright, formerly the Head Chef at the renowned fine dining restaurant World Service, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to elevate the restaurant’s culinary offering.
The bar will also be enhanced, with a newly appointed Bar Manager overseeing an expanded cocktail menu and a selection of small plates and casual dining options will be available throughout the day.
The refurbishment project is currently underway and is being carefully managed to ensure The Orchard Hotel remained open, with the team working diligently to minimise disruption to guests.
Tom Waldron-Lynch, CEO of Nottingham Venues, commented: "This refurbishment marks a significant step forward in our commitment to providing outstanding hospitality. We want to create an enhanced space where all guests will want to spend time in, particularly our corporate guests who want to unwind and socialise following meetings or conferences at the adjacent East Midlands Conference Centre.
Our Bramley’s restaurant is a huge focus for us, and I am looking forward to seeing the restaurant develop in the coming months. We want to put the restaurant on the food map in Nottingham and create a high-quality restaurant that people in Nottingham want to visit, along with our corporate guests. The new environment will help this, but we are also refining our food and beverage offering, with a real focus on sustainable sourcing of quality produce. The new menu David is creating will help us to showcase this produce to create a memorable experience for our guests.”
The investment in The Orchard Hotel signals Nottingham Venues’ ongoing focus on delivering excellence across its hotels and restaurants to become the leading destination for both business and leisure visitors in Nottingham, supporting the visitor economy.
Situated amidst 330 acres of University of Nottingham parkland, close to Nottingham city centre, The Orchard Hotel seamlessly fuses modern design with a deep-rooted commitment to the environment. The hotel has 203 comfortable bedrooms, 7 adaptable meeting spaces, and Bramleys Restaurant to ensure a complete guest experience.
Nottingham Venues is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Nottingham, comprising of a collection of independent venues which specialise in meeting and events. Located across three of the University of Nottingham’s campuses; University Park, Jubilee and Sutton Bonington, Nottingham Venues brings all the University’s conferencing, hotel and event spaces together under one iconic brand, providing an unrivalled guest experience.
For more information about Nottingham Venues visit: https://nottinghamvenues.com/
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