Shrewley Restaurant Guide

2022 Review: “A real gem in our local area” – this branch in the stylish, seven-strong Warwickshire-based 'Lovely Pubs' group has a lot to recommend it: “service is on the right side of friendly and very attentive”, they serve “great pub food, but restaurant quality” (including “fantastic seafood platters”), and if you stick to the main bar downstairs, there's plenty of atmosphere too.

2022 Review: This former fishmonger, butcher, casino, tailor etc. is acclaimed by locals for its “perfect fine dining in an intimate setting”. After pandemic lockdowns, it’s “back with a subtle but impactful makeover and a great new tasting menu” – now the only option, and ringing in at £65 for six courses.

2022 Review: Hilary & Barrie Cload's homage to Royal Thai cuisine (est. 2004) enjoys a “very pleasant” art gallery setting, and its “wonderful, beautifully presented” food just “never disappoints”; they also do a “great deal involving ‘lunch boxes’ which are delicious”.

Solid initial ratings in our annual diners’ poll for this Grade II-listed, Tudor-fronted hostelry in Shakespeare country, which was extensively renovated by Heartwood Inns and relaunched in late 2023. It now boasts a new oak-framed extension, and an attractive outdoor space leading to a stream, alongside a solid range of pub fare.

Glynn Purnell’s three-year-old operation has a bright, modern interior that’s in contrast to the period building it inhabits on an attractive high street and is hailed by its biggest fans as “a great pub where food, drinks and service are all very good”. As with last year, though, its ratings in general are middling and dragged further down by the odd more critical report.

This “lively local bar and restaurant with excellent food” is part of an owner-operated hotel midway between Warwick’s main attractions, the racecourse and the castle. The name derives from the price charged for a cup of coffee and a tot of rum here when the Grand Union Canal was under construction in the early 1800s.

“You can’t go wrong for a unique dining experience with Gerald” say fans of the owners ‘Boutique Cocina’ which he launched in 2017 after his return from a 30-year sojourn in Spain. “You get what the chef decides” as part of a ‘discovery menu’ – “course after course of inventive and delightful dishes served with continental flair” (“small plates based around mainly wood fired cooking”). The result is “different” and it’s a “nice, intimate venue” too.