Archive of Recommended
English Country Hotels and Restaurants
Caution:
some of these reviews go back
quite a long way!
Alphabetical List
of Restaurants & Hotels:
Avant
Garde French Restaurant *Thames
Ditton, Surrey, near Hampton
Court
Ashdown
Park * A Gothick Country
House in East Sussex
The Arundell
Arms Traditional and Modern
British * Devon/Cornwall
border - very old review, but
standards are high as ever, we're
told!
Ashelford,
North Devon Michael Pelham finds
rustic charm and great cooking
The
Bath Spa Hotel Modern fusion
in Georgian grandeur
Bertie's Modern
British * Romsey, Hampshire
Bishopstrow
House * Wiltshire Country
House Dining
Biskra Beach Bohemian
Paradise on the Isle of Wight!
The
Chaucer Hotel Trad British *
Canterbury, Kent
The Churchill Arms Modern eclectic * Paxford,
Worcestershire
The Chewton Glen Modern International Haute
Cuisine * New Forest, Hampshire
Combe House in Devon * Dine Online's December 1999
Discovery! Updated 2004
Cornish restaurants * Lots of Super Seafood
Cromlix House Modern International * Perthshire,
Scotland
The
Drewe Arms Upmarket pub
restaurant * Broadhembry,
Devon
Edwinns
Restaurant Modern British *
Englefield Green, Surrey very
old review
Elderton Lodge One of Vivian Salter'sNorth
Norfolk favourites
The
Fat DuckCooking for serious
foodies in Thames-side Bray
The Fox Inn We tried the interesting menu at this pretty
Dorset pub
Gidleigh
Park Modern International
Haute Cuisine * Chagford,
Devon
Gilby's, Cardiff Rather retro decor but interesting
food
Trouble at Mill, yet again! The Gordleton Mill
- another cock up?
Hambleton
Hall Modern International *
Rutland
Hanbury Manor Golf, spa and haute cuisine in Hertfordshire
The Horse & Jockey Peter Lippit finds Gourmet
pub grub in Shropshire
Hotel du Vin Traditional and Modern British *
Winchester, Hampshire
The House on the Bridge Trad international *
Eton, Berkshire
Kinnaird
House Modern International *
Perthsire, Scotland
The King's Head A no-nonsense Norfolk riverside
pub-restaurant
Little
Hammonds Modern International *
Ingatestone, Essex
The Latymer Restaurant * Fine country house dining
at Penny Hill Park near Bagshot, Surrey
Left Bank Modern British * Runnymede, Egham,
Surrey
La Roche Modern International* Nr Poole,
Dorset
The Lygon Arms Modern Haute Cuisine * Broadway,
Worcesterhire
The
Madhatter Another Surrey
diner makes a serious bid for
worst restaurant of the year!
Le Manoir aux quat' Saisons Lisa has a posh girls'
lunch!
The Master Builder Riverside paradise near Beaulieu
in the New Forest
The Merchant House, Ludlow Shaun Hill's cooking
continues to delight
Michells' Modern International Haute Cuisine *
Ripley, Surrey * 1996 Award
The Mirabelle - Modern Cuisine at the Grand Hotel,
Eastbourne
Newbury
Manor A rural idyll with
cuisine to die for, says Clifford
Mould
Oaks
Restaurant and Les
Marches at Overton Grange
Fred Chan was our hungry Shropshire lad in Ludlow
The Old Black Lion Down to earth but jolly good
grub in Hereford
The Olive Tree A sharp new Modern Med in
Southampton's trendy Oxford Street
Partners
in Dorking Clifford Mould
put this popular Surrey foodie
haunt to the test
Pennyhill Park, Bagshot (see under Latymer Restaurant)
The Pheasant at Kelling Another of Vivian Salter'sNorth
Norfolk favourites
The Portmeirion Hotel A flight of fantasy in Wales
Powdermills Hotel * near Hastings, Sussex - Autumn
1999 Dine Online Discovery
Priory Court Serious pub food * Pevensey,
East Sussex
Rhinefield
House Hotel Modern International *
Nr Lymington, Hampshire
Rothay Manor Hotel Modern International *
Cumbria
Sheen
Mill Penny Cottee dined
at this pretty waterside brasserie
near Cambridge
Sir Christopher Wren's House, Windsor * Elegant Thames-side
hotel with fine dining
Soughton Hall Modern British Mold, Wales *
1997 Award
Stakis Keswick Lodore Hotel * Cumbria
Summer Lodge Traditional and Modern British *Evershot,
Dorset
Taplow
House This Upper Thameside
retreat has a Kiwi chef doing
the latest in Pacific fusion
style cuisine!
Tillmouth Park Hotel Modern International *
Northumbria
The Three Lions Modern British * Stuckton,
Hampshire
The
Walnut Tree Inn, Classic & Modern
Italian * Abergavenny, Wales
The Vineyard at Stockcross Sir Peter Michael's Berkshire
showcase
Whites' Traditional and Modern British *
Oxford
The Whitstable Oyster Fishery Co Traditional
fish but not 'n' chips * near Canterbury, Kent * 1996 Award
The Wykeham Arms Imaginative, quality Pub meals *
Winchester, Hampshire
The
Watercress Line * Clifford
Mould steps onboard this historic
steam hauled Pulman carriage
to dine online, literally!
