This collection of restaurants with rooms has a handful of locations dotted around the UK, and readers praise it’s “value for money” and “charming environment”. Each hotel is set inside a country manor house, and their accompanying restaurants are either deli-style joints serving up homemade snacks and sandwiches, or fully-functioning kitchens dishing out a daily-changing menu of farm-to-plate dishes.
Kick-start your meal with snacks from the ‘piggy bits’ and ‘forest bites’ sections of the menu, which could include cheese straws or honey and mustard chipolatas. From a selection of starters, you might find dishes such as lamb’s liver on toast, or perhaps smoked salmon served with pickled cucumber.
Hearty mains major in seasonal game, steaks and seafood, while puddings see modern takes on the classics – think an early grey scented chocolate torte, or lemon basil posset and shortbread. To drink, there’s a selection of wines (ask the sommelier for their recommendations) alongside Champagne, beers and gin-infused cocktails.