Burcot Restaurant Guide

2022 Review: “Some pubs in the Cotswolds really go above and beyond, and this is one of them” – Steven Sanderson’s 400-year-old thatched village boozer with rooms (and garden) offers “lots of interesting small dishes as well as the usual suspects” (notably grass-fed British steak).

2022 Review: Despite its weird and wonderful decor, this lavishly decked out hotel not far from Oxford – a fixture of the area for over a quarter of a century – attracts relatively little feedback nowadays. It’s all still positive though, especially when it comes to the Thai dining room (there’s also a more traditional, British one). Service is “very engaged” and the classic twelve-dish sharing menu “well presented and flavoured food that reflects the cuisine”, without being “touristy”.

This “charming pub with delicious, imaginative food and a welcoming atmosphere” is “tucked away down a narrow road” in a village close to Oxford. “Fantastic garden” for dining in the summer.

Opened in May 2021, this high street venture has yet to inspire feedback in our annual diners’ poll, but did provide the fodder for an April 2022 review from The Observer’s Jay Rayner: a “well-dressed, smart little bistro”, whose menu lists “interesting-sounding things” and dishes up “the best kind of nourishing, invalid food… supremely comforting even if you’re not under the weather”.