Denham Restaurant Guide

This village gastroboozer was taken over by Terry Wogan’s daughter Katherine and her husband Henry back in 2011 and “what a local” it still is, turning out “always superb food” (“Sunday lunch is amazing”) that’s “great value” too. Having called time on its elder sibling The White Oak in Cookham in 2024, after failing to renegotiate the lease (the new regime there is the Brucan Pubs group), this “top-notch gastropub” is now the couple’s only focus.

Reopened after a £450,000 refurb and extension in May 2024, this venue from Heartwood Inns, founded by Raymond Blanc as the White Brasserie Company, offers a French-influenced menu of more ambition than most gastropubs.

Billed on their website as the result – four decades later – of an Anglo-Argentine love affair, this upmarket venture is “great for a steak”, whether you find yourself at the Northwood original or newer Gerrard’s Cross sibling. The “very good” victuals are based around beef sourced from Aberdeen Angus cows reared on the Argentine Pampas, and then seared on master griller Daniel Veron’s ‘V-Bar’ grill; there’s also a decent range of (ceviche-centric) small plates, plus beef burgers, steak salads and “good alcohol-free beer”.