Reading Restaurant Guide

2018 Review: A large, well-equipped garden is just one highlight of this stylishly refurbished ancient inn (with accommodation), near Caversham Lakes (part of the local Tailor Made Dining Company). Reviews are still few, but praise its hearty gastropub fare, majoring in steaks (and on Sundays there’s a carvery).

2017 Review: Off the M4, next to the Winnersh Triangle, this modern hotel dining room (with outside terrace) is an extremely convenient stopping-off point, serving a wide range of affordable menus.

“Reading? It feels more like you’re in San Francisco” at this “fantastic” four-year-old venture, where “you can watch the swimmers” in the Edwardian lido, rescued after 40 years’ dereliction by the people behind Bristol’s Lido. “The décor, lighting, setting and service are modern, and the food Mediterranean/North African fusion, with fish and shellfish to the fore”. “We love the lido!” – “anyone with a sense of adventure will not be disappointed”.

The “best thing in central Reading” (not to dismiss the city’s charms naturally) – this “unexpected gem” enjoys a “wonderful location” in an eighteenth century tollhouse, and the food is “interesting” and “well-cooked” to boot.

The restaurant (and cocktail bar) within the hotel previously known as The Forbury.

A third venture from Rarebreed Dining, the team behind Cobham's The Plough and The Shurlock Inn in Reading; this steak restaurant, bar and members’ lounge is housed in a Victorian listed building and showcases British meats.