2020 Editor's Choice Restaurants-with-Rooms
Best restaurants with rooms in the UK
Blackaddie House - Two Night Signature Tasting Menu Getaway Special Offer
Sanquhar
Sweet flows Rabbie Burns’s beloved River Nith, past the garden of an old manse that the poet knew well. Owned by Jane and Ian McAndrew, it is swept up from the Shortlist on a wave of reader approval.
The Seafood Restaurant
Padstow
Rick and Jill Stein’s boutique restaurant-with-rooms has been riding the crest of a wave since it opened more than four decades ago.
Lake Isle
Uppingham
‘The real break we had hoped for.’ ‘We haven’t had a bad meal here in over 30 years.’ High praise from readers in 2019, suggesting this small restaurant-with-rooms was right to name itself after Yeats’s ode to tranquillity and relaxation.
Crossways Hotel
Wilmington
David Stott and Clive James ‘nurture an atmosphere of repose and tranquillity, along with informality and laughter and the friendliest of warm welcomes’ at their restaurant-with-rooms beneath the South Downs.
The Cottage in the Wood
Braithwaite
‘Everything about this small, personal hotel was faultless, from the accommodation, food and helpful staff to the overall atmosphere.’ Readers loved this year’s stay at Kath and Liam Berney’s restaurant-with-rooms on Whinlatter Pass.
Grassington House
Grassington
‘Grassington House provided all I could want for a most enjoyable break in this busy but beautiful village.’ A full entry this year for Sue and John Rudden’s restaurant-with-rooms overlooking the cobbled square.
Gordon’s
Inverkeilor
‘We spent three nights at Gordon’s. Maria Watson made us feel as if we were staying in her home.’
The Mash Inn
Radnage
Nick Mash has taken a step back to the future in reinventing the 18th-century red brick Three Horseshoes pub as a restaurant-with-rooms.
The Little Gloster
Gurnard
The Little Gloster is closing at the end of September 2020. A Scandinavian breeze flows through this pretty corner of the Isle of Wight. Visitors in 2019 share Guide inspectors’ enthusiasm for the ‘lovely, fresh food’, ‘amenable service’, and sweeping Solent views from inside and out at this buzzing restaurant-with-rooms.
Restaurant James Sommerin
Penarth
In a ‘lovely location on the quiet seafront’, with views over the Severn estuary and the pier pavilion with its Mughal-style roof, James Sommerin and family run this acclaimed restaurant-with-rooms.
2019 Editor's Choice Restaurants-with-Rooms
Best restaurants with rooms in the UK
Little Barwick House - Three Night Special Offer
Yeovil
Classically inspired food and an exceptional wine list win praise at Emma and Tim Ford’s Georgian country house. Airy, comfortable bedrooms have flowers and shortbread. There are gardens, warm hospitality and an excellent breakfast. A place to relax.
Lake Isle
Uppingham
Not on lake-lapped Innisfree but in a Rutland market town, Richard Burton’s romantically named former shop, with bijou bedrooms, rates highly for gourmet cooking. Chef Stuart Mead has a sure touch with local, seasonal ingredients. Breakfast includes fishcakes and fresh juice.
The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By
Dunvegan
Long-standing owners Shirley and Eddie Spear are welcoming hosts at their loch- side island retreat. Suites are generously equipped. Chef Scott Davies uses excellent local produce in his highly creative cooking.
Barley Bree
Muthill
Modern French cuisine, local produce and warm Scottish hospitality are the prime ingredients at Alison and Fabrice Bouteloup’s former coaching inn. He cooks with flair (perhaps brisket of beef sous vide); she is a wine expert.
Tuddenham Mill
Newmarket
The name sounds folksy, but this 17th- century converted mill has contemporary rooms with perhaps an alfresco hot tub or a Philippe Starck bath. Chef/patron Lee Bye’s cooking is ambitious; breakfasts are first class.
The Mash Inn
Radnage
There is rural peace without, a happy buzz within, as guests tuck in to Jon Parry’s no- choice menus at Nick Mash’s reinvented village inn. Meat and fish sizzle on a bespoke wood-fired grill. Vegetables are fresh from the garden. Simply brilliant.
Tyddyn Llan
Corwen
‘We’re not a hotel,’ say Susan and Bryan Webb, but rooms at their rural stone house are of a high standard, while Mr Webb’s Michelin-starred cooking showcases the best of seasonal Welsh produce.
The Neptune
Old Hunstanton
Kevin Mangeolles’s Michelin-starred menus at this former coaching inn delighted Guide regulars this year. Pork and game are from surrounding estates, fish and shellfish locally landed. Jacki Mangeolles is welcoming front-of-house. Full marks for enthusiasm.
JSW
PETERSFIELD
Guests arrive for Jake Saul Watkins’s memorable Michelin-starred cooking (perhaps a tasting or vegetarian menu), sleep in comfort, awake to freshly squeezed orange juice and pastries from Paris.
The Hardwick
Abergavenny
Stephen and Joanna Terry alchemised a grotty roadside pub into an establishment that inspires readers to make return visits. Alongside Mr Terry’s first-rate menu, offering plenty of choice at a fair price, there are modern, well-equipped bedrooms.
2018 Editor's Choice Restaurants-with-Rooms
Best restaurants with rooms in the UK
Little Barwick House - Three Night Special Offer
Yeovil
‘Hospitality was as good as ever, with a welcome log fire on a chilly day.’ Guests are warmly received at Emma and Tim Ford’s Georgian country house, set in mature gardens.
The Peat Inn
Cupar
In the middle of nowhere, this 18th-century coaching inn-turned-gastronomic destination defines the village to which it gives its name.
The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By
Dunvegan
Lang may the lums reek at this remote restaurant-with-rooms on the shores of Loch Dunvegan. After 34 years, Shirley and Eddie Spear have moved on, but all is well.
Tuddenham Mill
Newmarket
Otters frolic on the banks as guests frolic in an outdoor hot tub at this old mill by a stream. A white-painted clapboard and brick structure, its chimney cutting ‘a striking silhouette’, it is run as a hotel by chef/patron Lee Bye.
Tyddyn Llan
Corwen
‘Not quite the back of beyond’, but this restaurant-with-rooms ‘in a very pleasant, quiet, rural location’ is well worth the trek, according to trusted Guide readers.
The Crown and Castle
Woodbridge
‘We enjoyed our stay’, say trusted readers this year, returning to this much-loved Suffolk restaurant-with-rooms in a coastal town dominated by its castle.
Read’s
Faversham
‘From the moment the front door opened, we were made to feel most welcome.’ Guide inspectors were deeply impressed this year when visiting David and Rona Pitchford’s restaurant-with-rooms in a Georgian manor house on the outskirts of this market town.
JSW
PETERSFIELD
‘Stand-out’ Michelin-starred food is at the core of this ‘elegant’ restaurant-with-rooms in a whitewashed 17th-century coaching inn on a ‘pleasant, leafy street’.
The Black Swan at Oldstead
York
Tommy Banks was just 17 with dreams of a professional cricket career, when his dad bowled him a googly.
The Hardwick
Abergavenny
In an ‘attractive rural setting’ outside the town, chef/patron Stephen Terry has transformed a former roadside pub into a destination restaurant-with-rooms.
2017 Editor's Choice Gourmet
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Morston Hall
Holt
‘The drama of dinner is played out in fine style’ at Tracy and Galton Blackiston’s ‘gorgeous’ restaurant-with-rooms in a coastal village.
The Whitebrook
Whitebrook
Some forest findings with your roast Jerusalem artichokes? Estuary greens with the scallops? Nature's wild bounty features prominently at this lauded restaurant-with-rooms owned by Michelin-starred chef Chris Harrod and his wife, Kirsty.
The Peat Inn
Cupar
In the middle of nowhere, this 18th-century coaching inn-turned-gastronomic destination defines the village to which it gives its name.
Fischer’s at Baslow Hall
Baslow
On the edge of the village, with the Peak District on the doorstep, this Jacobean-style Edwardian manor house stands in a beautifully tended garden with sculpted box and yews, potager and arboretum.
The Yorke Arms
Harrogate
The Yorke Arms is now an exclusive use venue. In the rolling Yorkshire Dales, the creeper-covered 18th-century shooting lodge, with extensive gardens, has an ‘unsurpassed’ location and dominates tiny Ramsgill.
Llys Meddyg
Newport
‘You sense that hospitality comes naturally to the owners and their team.’ A Guide insider was impressed by Edward and Louise Sykes’s ‘personable’, family-run restaurant-with-rooms inside the Pembrokeshire Coast national park.
Tyddyn Llan
Corwen
‘Not quite the back of beyond’, but this restaurant-with-rooms ‘in a very pleasant, quiet, rural location’ is well worth the trek, according to trusted Guide readers.
The Albannach
LOCHINVER
In a wild coastal corner of the Highlands, this white-painted Victorian house gazes out across moorland, croft and sea.
The Neptune
Old Hunstanton
A creeper-covered, former 18th-century coaching inn, The Neptune has been run as a ‘most enjoyable restaurant-with-rooms’ since 2007 by Kevin and Jacki Mangeolles – and has held its Michelin star since 2009.
Eckington Manor
Eckington
Pickles entrepreneur Judy Gardner preserved the historic character of a timber-frame farmhouse and outbuildings when she restored and converted them to create a stylish restaurant with ‘beautifully decorated’ rooms.
2016 Editor's Choice Gourmet
Best restaurants with rooms in the UK
Plas Bodegroes
PWLLHELI
In a sylvan setting on the remote Lleyn peninsula, Gunna and Chris Chown’s Georgian country house has had an entry in the Guide for many years.
The Royal Oak
Keswick
‘A really classic walkers’ delight’, the former 18th-century farmhouse and one-time miners’ tavern continues its century-old tradition of providing accommodation for visitors and hikers, and the Downey family’s inn now provides food too.
Read’s
Faversham
‘From the moment the front door opened, we were made to feel most welcome.’ Guide inspectors were deeply impressed this year when visiting David and Rona Pitchford’s restaurant-with-rooms in a Georgian manor house on the outskirts of this market town.
Mr Underhill’s
LUDLOW
Named after a cat (no longer around), Chris and Judy Bradley’s ‘unpretentious’ restaurant-with-rooms, in this lovely old market town, stands on the banks of the River Teme. Sadly, Mr Underhill’s is closed for the first six months of 2016. Please check in the Autumn.
Leave room for dessert is probably the best advice when visiting these restaurants with rooms. Ranging from a ringside seat with the chef to the most exquisite fine dining, Michelin starred chefs are never far away in the gourmet restaurants that are peppered around the country – as long as you know where to find them. Set in charming inns and beautiful country house hotels, good food is always combined with excellent locations and atmospheres, not to mention wonderful customer service. Here are the Good Hotel Guide’s Editor’s Choice Restaurants-with-Rooms.
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