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Hotels with outdoor alfresco dining

The Lygon Arms - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
Broadway
This sprawling honey-stone building with its tall chimneys and leaded windows offers history, grand rooms and antiques, along with a thoroughly modern spa and 21st-century luxuries.

The Horn of Plenty - January 25% Discount Special Offer
Tavistock
Gazing over a glorious sweep of the Tamar valley, the Horn of Plenty has garnered praise for gastronomic excellence since it opened as a restaurant in 1967.

Chewton Glen - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
New Milton
This quintessential English country house with spa, pools, kids' club, elegant bedrooms and fun tree houses, hits all the right luxurious notes for a romantic or family stay.

The Rose & Crown - 'Winter Snuggler' Special Offer
Barnard Castle
This 18th century coaching inn sits beside the village’s Saxon church means picturesque views from both the room and the courtyard areas.

Soar Mill Cove Hotel - 'Stay Longer Save more' Special Offer
Salcombe
Nestled into the landscape and looking out to sea, the entire hotel is focused on the views from afternoon teas on the terrace to the private patios outside most of the rooms.

The Priory - Gin Stay Package Special Offer
Wareham
There’s certainly nothing monastic about the rooms in this much-loved hotel, standing in four acres of ‘beautiful grounds’ bordered by the River Frome beside the Saxon priory church.

Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - Health and Beauty Spa Break Special Offer
York
First-time visitors can’t help but stand and stare at this exquisite country house, with its William and Mary symmetry and 20 acres of gardens and parkland.

Knockinaam Lodge - 'Refurb Rates' Special Offer
Portpatrick
Where the road ends and the Irish Sea begins, this former Victorian hunting lodge with a private cove is secluded, unapologetically traditional and rich in comforts and good food.

The George of Stamford - 'Irresistible Stay' Special Offer
Stamford
‘Over five decades the dear old George has never missed a beat, and our stay was as perfect as ever in this beautiful, old but supremely comfortable hotel in a lovely town.’
From £195.00 per night

The Nare - 'Four Nights of Romance' Special Offer
Veryan-in-Roseland
‘A year spent without a visit to The Nare is a year wasted,’ writes a returning guest of this perennially popular country house hotel overlooking the sands of Carne Bay.

Bedruthan Hotel and Spa - Christmas Breaks Special Offer
Mawgan Porth
Seen through walls of windows, the sea is a huge presence at this family-run hotel ‘in a fabulous location’ on the cliffs above a surfers’ beach.

The Peacock at Rowsley - 'Complimentary tea or coffee and homemade shortbread biscuits on arrival' Special Offer
Rowsley
'Really excellent' food is at the very heart of this lovely Peak District hotel in a 17-century manor house, surrounded by good walking country, and known for its fly-fishing.

The Black Swan - Dinner, Bed & Breakfast Special Offer
Kirkby Stephen
Holding court in the centre of Ravenstonedale, ‘twixt the Lakes and the Dales, The Black Swan has the hallmarks of a much-loved village inn: home-cooked food, cheery atmosphere and comforting bedrooms.

The Old Bridge - 2 nights for the price of 1 100% Flexible Special Offer
Huntingdon
In the fine tradition of a town-centre hostelry, this ivy-smothered inn hums with energy, as people drop in for drinks and snacks in the buzzy lounge, bar or patio garden.

Widbrook Grange - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
Bradford-on-Avon
This pet friendly former farmhouse is surrounded by beautiful gardens that are peppered with old farm curiosities by way of decoration. The outside is also brought in - for example, in the dining room there’s a display of garden tools!

Seaham Hall - 'Dine & Stay' Special Offer
Seaham
Garden suites with hot tubs, a state-of-the-art spa, brightly coloured sofas under gleaming chandeliers . . . this country house hotel offers luxury with a contemporary edge.

The Angel Hotel - 'January Flash Break' Special Offer
Abergavenny
The handsome Georgian coaching inn, in the centre of Abergavenny, ‘the Gateway to Wales’, has been whisked into a smart townhouse hotel with convivial bar, interesting menus and cheerful staff.

The Scarlet - 'Essence of Scarlet' Special Offer from £225 per night
Mawgan Porth
Eco values as well as enjoyment are fundamental to this cliff-top hotel, with sea thrift-covered roof, sweeping curves, reed-filtered pool and walls of windows to soak up the light and the seascape.

Cary Arms & Spa - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
Babbacombe
Perched just above the beach, Cary Arms and Spa offers guests plenty of outside space to dine or relax in, both in the common areas and in the privacy of some of the rooms and suites.

Southernhay House - 25% Discount Special Offer
Exeter
A Roman Doric portico makes a swanky statement about this Grade II listed Georgian house, but within lies a stylish yet relaxed and fun boutique hotel.

The Feathered Nest - Two or Three Night Discount Special Offer
Chipping Norton
Guests have a bird’s-eye view over the Evenlode valley from Adam Taylor’s gastropub-with-rooms in a hilltop Cotswold village.

The Red Lion Freehouse - Two Nights for the Price of One Special Offer
East Chisenbury
A ‘laid-back, fire-in-the hearth, village pub atmosphere’ prevails at this thatched gastropub with riverside guesthouse on the edge of Salisbury Plain.

The Beaumont - Four Nights for the Price of Three Special Offer
London
The elegance is timeless, the style is Jazz Age glamour, the feel is New York fun, all of which makes The Beaumont, in the heart of Mayfair, one of London’s leading luxury hotels.

Cuckoo Brow Inn - Three Night 15% Discount Special Offer
Ambleside
This jolly country inn, between Lake Windermere and Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top home, welcomes walkers, dogs and children with smiles, robust food and toasty log-burners.

The Dial House - 'Free Bottle of Fizz' September Special Offer
Norwich
Highly idiosyncratic and seriously fun, Hannah Springham and Andrew Jones’s hotel features bedrooms themed on the Georgian Grand Tour and Victorian global gallivanting.

The Dog at Wingham - Dinner, Bed and Breakfast from £99 per Person per night Special Offer
Canterbury
This Kent pub with rooms sits in a pretty village with a selection of tables outside the front to watch the world go by and a pretty pub garden for dining or savouring a morning coffee.

The Eastbury Hotel & Spa - Twilight Tranquility Special Offer
Sherborne
Close to Sherborne Abbey, this handsome Georgian town house in ‘lovely’ walled gardens makes a ‘pleasant retreat’ in the heart of the historic market town.

Lucknam Park - Gourmet Getaway Special Offer
Chippenham
Approached down a mile-long avenue of lime and beech trees, this ‘very grand and lovely’ Palladian mansion exults in 500 acres of parkland and gardens.

The Dunstane Houses - Stay Longer, Save More Special Offer
Edinburgh
The epitome of tweed chic, two handsomely refurbished Victorian villas – Dunstane House, and Hampton House, opposite – make up one smart hotel. The Dunstane Houses has recently changed ownership.

Talland Bay Hotel - Two Night Weekend Break Special Offer
Talland-by-Looe
In 'one of the most idyllic spots ever', this dog-friendly hotel 'near the end of an extremely narrow lane' overlooks cliff-top gardens filled with larky sculpture and Wonderland whimsy.

Longueville Manor - Autumn and Winter Special Offer
St Saviour
'Unbelievably perfect in every way', Malcolm and Patricia Lewis's manor-house hotel (Relais & Châteaux) sits in landscaped gardens with a lake and specimen trees.

La Sablonnerie - Suite Upgrade Special Offer
Little Sark
On this car free island, you arrive by horse and carriage at a magical hotel where the abundant gardens have even carefully cultivated across the years by proprietor Elizabeth Perree.

Montagu Arms - Winter Indulgence Fine Dining Break Special Offer
Beaulieu
This handsome wisteria-covered Victorian building, in a picturesque village by the Beaulieu river on the edge of the New Forest, is a pleasing prospect.

The Atlantic Hotel - Celebration Gourmet Break Special Offer
St Brelade
Ocean views are on show through the floor-to-ceiling windows from some of the rooms at this hotel, on a headland above St Ouen's Bay.

Watersmeet - Rambler's Package Special Offer
Woolacombe
‘The location is stunning, with views of the Devon coast with its sandy beaches and tumbled rocks,’ writes a reader delighted by this family-friendly hotel, promoted from the Shortlist this year.

The White Horse - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
Brancaster Staithe
The superb setting of the Nye family's hotel overlooking salt marshes to the sea and Scolt Head Island is matched by a 'really good atmosphere', say readers, who visit year after year.

Cowley Manor - Spa and Stay Special Offer
Cheltenham
A hotel in an Italianate mansion in landscaped gardens and pleasure grounds, Cowley Manor will re-open in June after major refurbishment.

Blue Hayes - Pre-Easter Break 25% Discount Special Offer
St Ives
After a day browsing the galleries of this buzzy, arty town, you can escape the crowds to sit serenely sipping cocktails in the sub-tropical gardens at Malcolm Herring’s small hotel.

Goldstone Hall - Winter Break Special Offer
Market Drayton
Everything in the garden is lovely at John and Sue Cushing’s red brick Georgian manor house hotel in dairy-farming country five miles outside Market Drayton.

The Old Coastguard - Winter Escape Special Offer
Penzance
‘My favourite hotel anywhere in the world,’ writes a reader, of this welcoming pub-with-rooms in an enchanting fishing village.