Epworth, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

“A truly memorable experience…”, “an all-time favourite” – this converted 16th-century manor house near the south bank of the Humber remains a culinary bastion in a thinly provided region: it remains North Lincs’ only holder of a Michelin star. Chef James Nicklin has been in the team for four years and took over the reins as head chef in early 2024. He continues to offer an eight-course menu for £170 per person (next to which a room for £59 Wed-Fri and £100 on Saturday sounds like a bargain!). All reports suggest the food continues to be “excellent as always” despite (because of?) “the restructure to a more informal setting” whereby the open kitchen has been incorporated into the dining room itself: “it was good to see the new head chef at work, getting involved with the guests”.

San Pietro is a beautiful fine dining restaurant and boutique hotel set in a grade two listed windmill, with its onion-shaped ogee and ball finial, in the heart of North Lincolnshire. For more than 20 years, San Pietro has brought Greater Lincolnshire and the surrounding borou...