Glastonbury's fine-dining experience comes with horrifying price for steak

28 June 2024 , 09:34

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Glastonbury's fine-dining experience doesn't come cheap staggering £40 prices (Image: Mirror)

Glastonbury has its own fine-dining restaurant - with food up to a staggering £40 a pop.

Hungry punters can settle down in the luxurious eaterie At the Festival which the VIPs flock to for fine food. Starters include Buttermilk squid in romesco sauce, with radicchio and lemon, as well as dressed Devon crab with a marinated fennel & lemon salad, dill, and grilled focaccia.

Mains include Parmesan crusted chicken with roasted pepper and sun blushed tomato pesto buckwheat & rocket salad, crispy fried hake fillet in a coconut curry sauce, black quinoa pilaf and lime, 300g dry aged sirloin steak and Merguez roasted aubergine with a crispy chickpea fritter.

The mains range from £28 to £40, all washed down with an array of different champagnes for thirsty festival-goers. The restaurant is in an exclusive spot situated behind the stage.One punter said: “I am not sure who spends £40 a pop on a steak but each to their own.” The festival even has an exclusive Soho House pop up as well, which is new this year.

The mains range from £28 to £40, all washed down with an array of different champagnes for thirsty festival-goers (Mirror)

This year's event sees headline performances from Dua Lipa, Coldplay and American R&B singer SZA, while country star Shania Twain will play the coveted Legends slot. Dua Lipa is to headline the British festival for the first time when she takes to the stage in Somerset tonight.

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The 28-year-old is expected to treat revellers to a selection of her hit songs, including Houdini and Training Season from her third studio album, Radical Optimism, released earlier this year. The British-Albanian singer, who took home the Brit Award for best pop act in March, said she was inspired by psychedelia, trip-hop, and Britpop styles when creating the new record.

Other acts include Squeeze will open the Pyramid Stage on Friday at midday, followed by rising star Olivia Dean, K-pop group Seventeen and singer Paul Heaton. Dean, 25, who won the BBC Introducing Artist Of The Year Award in 2023, performed on the The Lonely Hearts Club stage at the festival last year, but this will be her first time playing on the main stage.

LCD Soundsystem will then take to the stage at 7.45pm, ahead of Dua Lipa's set. The American rock band, whose hits include Dance Yrself Clean and All My Friends, last played Glastonbury in 2016 where they performed on the Other Stage.

Tom Bryant