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Alcester is an ancient Roman town so it is only to be expected that there is at least one Italian restaurant.

For a small town it has a good number of eating out places, possibly reflecting its proximity to Stratford-upon-Avon and the stately homes of Ragley Hall and Coughton Court.

Ragley Hall has a great children's adventure playground and holds lots of events, I was once there during a car rally and the entire AC Cobra contingent arrived in a single convoy, sweeping up the drive with the most amazing group engine growl I have ever heard. Even for non-petrol heads it was a memorable sight.

Coughton Court is the seat of the Throkmorton Family, who have something of a history of plotting against the throne (plot to overthrow Elizabeth I in 1584; Robert Catesby, Gunpowder Plotter of 1605). In 1658 St Botolph without Bishopsgate parish held a “Gunpowder Treason dinner” at The Red Lion for a total cost of 5 pounds 12s 6d, which comprised: “five stone, two pounds of beef 11s 6d; two legs of mutton 6s 6d; four capons 10s 0d; four mince pies 12s 0d; a gallon of canary 8s 0d; a gallon of claret 3s 4d; twenty dozen of bread 1 pound 0s 0d; for a sermon 10s 0d; the porter 4d; the sexton 8d; the maid 1s 0d; two ounces of tobacco 2s 0d; the house bill of the Red Lion 1 pound 5s 10d"* It's interesting to see that the total Red Lion bill was 5s 10d but the sermon cost nearly twice as much, 10s 0d. Although there are certain places where canaries are still considered a delicacy (in the Azores, I have seen them served whole, like whitebait, complete with beaks and tail feathers) in this case the 'Canary' referred to was probably Canary wine, a sweet wine from Tenerife which was popular in 17th & 18th century England.

Hopefully free from canary hors d'oeuvres, here is a selection of Italian, Indian, Mediterranean, Pub Food, Speciality and Traditional restaurants in Alcester.

Chinese
Summer Palace Restaurant
Birmingham Rd, Mappleborough Green, Studley, Alcester B80 7DF
Tel: 01527 857118

Italian
Rossini Restaurant
50, Birmingham Rd, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5EP
Tel: 01789 762764

Indian
Balti Hut
80, High St, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester, Warwickshire B50 4AD
Tel: 01789 773283

Cardamom
2, Swan St, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5DP
Tel: 01789 765859

Cellar Restaurant
7, Market Place,High St, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5AE
Tel: 01789 764635

Romna Ii Balti Restaurant
Unit 1, Gateway, Moorfield Rd, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5DA
Tel: 01789 765430

Spice Avon
72, High St, Bidford On Avon, Alcester, Warwickshire B50 4AD
Tel: 01789 490888

Mediterranean
Terra Sana
Long Barn Village, Alcester Heath, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5JJ
Tel: 01789 766300

Pub Food
Bulls Head Inn
36, High St, Alcester, Warwickshire B50 4AA
Tel: 01789 772242

The Golden Cross
Wixford Rd, Ardens Grafton, Alcester, Warwickshire B50 4LG
Tel: 01789 772420

Speciality
The Bridge
55, High St, Bidford On Avon, Alcester, Warwickshire B50 4BG
Tel: 01789 773700

Traditional
Little Chef
A435, Oversley Mill, Birmingham Rd, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5EB
Tel: 01789 763933

Tudor Rose Tearoom
9b, High St, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5AE
Tel: 01789 763025

Blue Boar Inn
Temple Grafton, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 6NR
Tel: 01789 750010






Restaurants in Alcester




*David Cressy. Bonfires and Bells. ”National Memory and
the Protestant Calendar in Elizabethan and Stuart England.,
University of California Press, Berkeley,1989. p.165.