Coln St Aldwyns, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

“A beautiful old pub in an idyllic village setting”, given a glow-up a few years back by locally based pizza duo Baz & Fred, with a “lovely terrace for al-fresco dining when the weather is kind” – “we cycle there when camping in the Cotswolds”. “They serve the best pint of Deya ale to wash down delicious grub”. Alongside the “fabulous burgers” there’s a good range of posh pub grub, including roasted fresh figs with goat’s curd and Iberico ham.

“Delicious seasonal food with interesting ingredients” can be enjoyed on occasion in the “splendid, ‘not quite formal, not quite informal’, setting” of the Hibbert family’s Cotswolds manor – a restaurant-cum-spa retreat-cum-beauty business. “Everyone is trying very hard to please and it shows, with that ‘local’ feel to everything” – however reported incidents of “amateurish” or “chaotic” service and meals of variable quality undermine a higher rating.