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Featured Hotels with Special Offers
The Cottage in the Wood
Malvern Wells, Worcestershire
Christmas and New Year Package 10% discount Special Offer
'Unparalleled views over the Severn Valley' can be seen from this hotel, in extensive grounds high above the Malvern Hills.
The Dog at Wingham
Canterbury, Kent
Super Special Two Night Special Offer
More a stylish gastropub than a community hub, this historic inn has a loyal following of foodies who rave about its 'delicious meals' as well as its 'lovely quiet rooms'.
The Gurnard's Head
St Ives, Cornwall
Winter Escape Special Offer
Friendly, unfussy, effortlessly stylish, Charles and Edmund Inkin's dining pub is an 'effortlessly stylish' base from which to explore some of Cornwall's best scenery on the coastal path.
The White Horse
Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
The superb setting of the Nye family's hotel overlooking salt marshes to the sea and Scolt Head Island is matched by 'exceptional food and service', say readers who go back year after year.
Cavens
Dumfries, Dumfries And Galloway
Summer Special Offer
'It is hard to better this small country house hotel,' write readers of Angus and Jane Fordyce's Georgian mansion, set in open countryside close to the dunes and salt marshes of the Solway coast.
The Traddock
Settle, North Yorkshire
Summer Midweek Special Offer
Family run, dog-friendly and beloved of readers, the Reynolds' small country house hotel is praised for the comfort, service and ambitious cooking.
Burleigh Court
Stroud, Gloucestershire
Autumn/Winter Special Offer
There are stunning views across the Golden Valley from this Georgian mansion, a smart but friendly hotel with fine-dining restaurant.
The Old Coastguard
Penzance, Cornwall
Winter Escape Special Offer
'The Inkin brothers know how to run hotels,' concludes a reader of this welcoming pub with rooms in an enchanting Cornish fishing village. 'There is nothing that needs improving.
Askham Hall
Penrith, Cumbria
Luxury Foodie Mid-Week Break Special Offer
With a Michelin-starred restaurant, Grade II listed garden, 17th-century pele tower and French drawing room, Askham Hall sounds as if it might be very formal; not a bit of it. 'The most homely stately hotel we have ever stayed in,' reports one reader.
The White Hart Inn
Colchester, Essex
Two Night Spring Special Offer
Cross the causeway to an island renowned for its seafood and tuck into some of its best at this 'lovely dog friendly foodie retreat', left empty and derelict from 2013 until Piers Baker (see The Sun Inn, Dedham), stepped in to revamp it in 2021.
Plumber Manor
Sturminster Newton, Dorset
Summer/Autumn Three Night Special Offer
For over 50 years the Prideaux-Brune family have welcomed guests to their ancestral Jacobean manor house in an English country garden with the Divelish stream skipping through.
Stanwell House
Lymington, Hampshire
Complimentary Dinner Special Offer
New owners have lavished millions on this Georgian hotel in a New Forest yachting town on the edge of the Solent.
The Fox at Willian
Willian, Hertfordshire
Complimentary Gin & Tonic Special Offer
By the parish church in a quiet village mentioned in the Domesday Book, this inviting pub is a popular gathering place, and makes an 'excellent overnight stop'.
Lewinnick Lodge
Newquay, Cornwall
Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
They market this seaside hotel on Cornwall's craggy Pentire headland as having rooms on the edge of the Atlantic, and they're not kidding: the views towards Towan Head and Fistral beach from most of the bedrooms are breathtaking.
The Bull Inn
Totnes, Devon
Sunday Night Add-On Special Offer
Ethical sourcing and sustainability are at the heart of this organic pub with beautifully styled rooms and imaginative food featuring local and seasonal produce.
The Farmhouse at Redcoats
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Foodie Staycation Package Special Offer
With many features dating from the 15th century, this well-restored old farmhouse stands in large, landscaped gardens amid serene countryside. The hotel and restaurant, part of the Nye family's Anglian Country Inns, have intimate sitting areas and warming fires in inglenook fireplaces.
More Best restaurants with rooms
Padstow Townhouse
Padstow, Cornwall
Hidden in a back street of Padstow's old town, these sybaritic B&B suites, created by chef Paul Ainsworth and his wife, are an ideal retreat for foodies.
The Brownlow Arms
Grantham, Lincolnshire
With its wing armchairs, antique settles, warm lighting, and Farrow and Ball palette, the bar of this 19th-century ironstone and limestone village pub-with-rooms is reassuringly cosy and welcoming.
The Grasmere Hotel
Grasmere, Cumbria
The River Rothay runs past the back garden of this small country house hotel with attractive individually styled bedrooms and a choice of dining options.
The Pear Tree Inn
Melksham, Wiltshire
This gastropub-with-rooms is set in a beguilingly pretty 17th-century Bath stone inn with mullioned windows and cascading wisteria, and lovely gardens outside.
Russell's
Broadway, Worcestershire
In a gem of a Cotswold town, with its green verges, galleries and tea shops, a honey-stone house is home to this first-class restaurant-with-rooms
Fischer's at Baslow Hall
Baslow, Derbyshire
An Edwardian homage to 17th-century style, this beautiful manor house with rich Jacobean-inspired interiors is run as a luxury hotel with fine-dining restaurant where you can enjoy a 'truly memorable meal'.
Locanda on the Weir
Exmoor National Park, Somerset
Where Exmoor meets the Bristol Channel, this foodie retreat that oozes personality and style has 'very comfortable rooms with lovely sea views; the food is up there with many Michelin-starred restaurants'.
Grassington House
Skipton, Yorkshire
The Whitebrook
Whitebrook, Monmouthshire
Tucked away amid woodlands in the Wye valley, Chris and Kirsty Harrod's restaurant-with-rooms is lauded for Chris's extraordinary tasting menus of locally sourced, home-grown and foraged ingredients.
The Star Inn at Harome
Nr Helmsley, Yorkshire
Rising phoenix-like from the ashes of a conflagration, Andrew Pern's thatched village gastropub retains its joyful eccentricity, with quirky, rustic bedrooms in converted farm buildings, while Mr Pern's modern Yorkshire cooking has lost none of its spark.
Plantation House
Plymouth, Devon
From bread to truffles, they cook as much as possible on site in this 'very cosy and friendly hotel' in the rolling South Hams countryside between wild Dartmoor and the sandy beaches of Bigbury Bay.
The Ship Inn
Elie, Fife
The catch of the day could be Shetland hake in the restaurant or nifty fielding on the sands at this pub-with-rooms overlooking the Firth of Forth, with its own beach cricket team.
The Cottage in the Wood
Braithwaite, Cumbria
Native at Pensons
Tenbury Wells, Herefordshire
The team from Covent Garden restaurant Native has taken over this exceptional restaurant with rooms, continuing the ethos of sustainability and localism with wonderfully creative cooking.
Coorie Inn
Muthill, Perth And Kinross
New chef-proprietor Phillip Skinazi has refurbished the bedrooms at this former coaching inn where guests dine in a beamed dining room on his inventive, locally sourced dishes.
Yalbury Cottage
Dorchester, Dorset
Deep in Thomas Hardy country, this picture-perfect thatched cottage is a popular restaurant with rooms run with great charm by Ariane Jones and her husband, Jamie.
The Peat Inn
Cupar, Fife
A dream destination for golfing gourmets, Geoffrey and Katherine Smeddle's restaurant with rooms offers Michelin-starred cooking just a 12-minute drive from St Andrews.
Old Downton Lodge
Ludlow, Shropshire
Amid rolling hills, where Shropshire nudges Herefordshire, Pippa and Willem Vlok's restaurant-with-rooms comprises a picturesque set piece of medieval and Georgian farm buildings.
Morston Hall
Holt, Norfolk
Birdwatchers and bon vivants beat a path to Tracy and Galton Blackiston's Michelin-starred restaurant-with-rooms in a flint farmhouse with Blakeney nature reserve on the doorstep.
The Orange
London, Middlesex
On the corner of a leafy Pimlico street, this handsome Georgian stuccoed gastropub is a popular neighbourhood drop-in, with four airy bedrooms, an open-plan ground-floor bar serving wood-fired pizzas, an atmospheric basement cocktail bar and first-floor restaurant.
No Twenty9
King's Lynn, Norfolk
'Offering a buzzy, stylish stay', this quirky venture 'has plenty of attitude within its Georgian exterior', starting with the propeller behind the chrome bar counter, writes an inspector.
Brocco on the Park
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Behind the solid exterior of an Edwardian park-side villa lies a Scandi-chic boutique hotel and popular drop-in restaurant.
The Inn at Whitewell
Clitheroe, Lancashire
Overlooking the River Hodder in the Forest of Bowland, this sprawling 18th-century manor house is joyously traditional, with stone-flagged floors, open fires and bags of atmosphere.
The Gunton Arms
Thorpe Market, Norfolk
The neon sign outside this former steward's house in a 1,000-acre deer park 'pretty much sets the tone for what to expect in this unique and interesting pub' which combines 'unusual, captivating artwork' with 'a real pub where locals come to play pool and chat', say inspectors.
The Yan at Broadrayne
Grasmere, Cumbria
Refreshingly different from some more traditional Lake District offerings, this contemporary hotel is in a beautiful setting overlooking Grasmere.
Pentonbridge Inn
Penton, Cumbria
The humble setting of this former coaching inn, half a mile from the Scottish border, belies its chic bedrooms and creative cooking.
The Terrace
Ventnor
Forget bed and breakfast and make it wine, bed and breakfast at this boutique guest house in Ashley and Tom Fahey's Italianate Victorian villa overlooking the promenade.
The Rose & Crown
Snettisham, Norfolk
The Three Daggers
Westbury, Wiltshire
With its own farm shop, brewery and spa barn with outdoor hot tub and sauna as well as a kiddies' playground, this 'buzzy boozer' is 'so much more than a pub with rooms', writes our inspector.
Mingary Castle
Kilchoan, Highland
Within a medieval castle and Georgian house above the Sound of Mull, this remote restaurant with rooms has four fantastic suites, spectacular views, and no less memorable cooking by chef-proprietor Colin