Lyddington, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

Fern is a seasonal restaurant rooted in Rutland, serving small plates, organic wines and British aperitifs with quiet confidence. Our menu is led by ingredients — not trends — and shaped entirely by what’s growing, reared or landed nearby. Our drinks reflect ...

The “calm and generally quiet dining room” of this 450-year-old townhouse in the old part of this cute town – now a “slightly old-fashioned (which we love) and tremendously good value” restaurant-with-rooms that takes its name from a poem by WB Yeats – serves “excellent food: fine dining without Michelin-style fussiness” from chef Stuart Mead, who has run the kitchen for more than 20 years. (“We had our wedding breakfast here and have returned every year since – it gets better and better”). Top Tip – vegetables undergo “especially thoughtful treatment, which will satisfy the vegan in your family”.