Harden's survey result
Summary
A “country house atmosphere”, “excellent service” and “delicious food” win praise from fans of this “beautiful” Cotswolds hotel – owned by greetings card mogul Andrew Brownsword – and it “should please every romantic”. Ratings were dragged down, though, by other reporters who feel that the house is “lovely but tired”, while “the food is good-ish, but certainly could be better”.
Summary
Relais & Châteaux’s “really nice country house hotel restaurant”, with a quintessential Cotswolds vibe, where chef Will Guthrie delivers “top-notch cooking” that is English to the core but not without innovation (and features the bounties of the county's market garden, the neighbouring Vale of Evesham).
Summary
“A first class experience from the warm welcome on arrival” – this Relais & Châteaux country house hotel is the epitome of a traditional Cotswolds destination and “very efficiently run, but in a very charming and stylish way”. William Guthrie and his team deliver “wonderful” updated cuisine, be it from the three-course menu for £70, or the hardly more expensive seven-course taster option for £80. This is also a splendid choice for afternoon tea: “a little piece of calm luxury”.
Summary
“A first class experience from the warm welcome on arrival” – this Relais & Châteaux country house hotel is the epitome of a traditional Cotswolds destination and “very efficiently run, but in a very charming and stylish way”. William Guthrie and his team deliver “wonderful” updated cuisine, be it from the three-course menu for £70, or the hardly more expensive seven-course taster option for £80. This is also a splendid choice for afternoon tea: “a little piece of calm luxury”.
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Restaurant details
Buckland Manor Restaurant Diner Reviews
"This is a beautiful Relais et Chateaux hotel in the middle of the Gloucestershire countryside. The restaurant is quite small but the service is exceptional and the food very good, although not quite Michelin star. Not cheap but nonetheless good value for what we had. You start with drinks and both nibbles and canapes are brought unbidden. The food is beautifully presented and there are petits fours even though we did not have a dessert. For 3 of us the cost was £420. At £140 a head not cheap, but with inflation and the whoe ambiance we did not begrudge this."
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £40.00 | £45.00 |  |
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| Dinner | £72.00 | £95.00 | |
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| Wine per bottle | £22.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.00 |
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| Service | 10.00% |
Buckland, WR12 7LY
Opening hours
| Monday | 12:30 pm‑2 pm, 7 pm‑9 pm |
| Tuesday | 12:30 pm‑2 pm, 7 pm‑9 pm |
| Wednesday | 12:30 pm‑2 pm, 7 pm‑9 pm |
| Thursday | 12:30 pm‑2 pm, 7 pm‑9 pm |
| Friday | 12:30 pm‑2 pm, 7 pm‑9 pm |
| Saturday | 12:30 pm‑2 pm, 7 pm‑9 pm |
| Sunday | 12:30 pm‑2 pm, 7 pm‑9 pm |
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