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Eating Out in Warwickshire
Recommending restaurants is always risky - one diner's Michelin star experience might taste like another's Michelin tyre. Plus, I don't have a particularly sophisticated palette, and whilst in France have been known to skip the foi gras, oysters and truffles for a peperoni pizza.
So, any restaurants that may be highlighted will probably be as much about character, ambience and service as food (which is always a matter of taste:). Or they have been recognised as good by authorities far more authorative than I. Or I just like the sound of the name. But I may mention somewhere if I've enjoyed a meal there, either for the food or the setting... whether you agree with my opinion is another matter entirely.
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| The Red Lion Inn Little Compton, Shipston-on-Stour GL56 0RT Tel: 01608 674397 Fax: 01608 674521 | La Tavola Calda 68-70 Midland Road, Nuneaton CV11 5DY Tel: 0800 328 6892 Fax: 024 7638 1816 |
| The College Arms Lower Quinton, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8SG Tel: +44 (0)7976 878069 | Chapel House Hotel, Atherstone Friar's Gate, Atherstone CV9 1EY Tel: +44(0)1827 718949 Fax: +44(0)1827 717702 |
| The Oak at Baginton Coventry Road, Baginton CV8 3AU Tel: 024 76 518855 | The Great Western Hotel Deppers Bridge, Southam CV47 2ST Tel: 01926 611977 |
Restaurants in Warwickshire by cuisine
If you are looking for a particular type of restaurant, from American Diners to authentic Ghurkha, the establishments in this section are defined by their specialist cuisine.
Restaurants in Warwickshire by town
If you wish to eat in a particular town or location, this sets out the restaurants and eating houses you can expect find in and around the area.
Waterside Pubs, Cafes and Restaurants in Warwickshire
One of England's most famous rivers - the Avon - and the confluence of several major canal systems mean that there is a good choice of places for waterside wining and dining.
Cafes, Coffee Shops & Tea Rooms in Warwickshire
Wherever you are in the county, you won't be far from somewhere to get a 'cuppa'.
Bars, Wine Bars and Pubs in Warwickshire
From chic cafe-bars to traditional English black-and-white thatched pubs (some with quite strange names).
Hotel Restaurants in Warwickshire
Some of those hotels where the restaurants have their own, separate identity.
Al Fresco Dining in Warwickshire
Enjoy the pleasures of fresh-air wining and dining.
Inns of Warwickshire
From coaching inns to England's answer to continental cafe society - the gastropub.
A SHORT GUIDE TO RESTAURANTS IN WARWICKSHIRE BY CUISINE
American Diners Noo York Italian-American memorabilia or James Dean high school soda fountains | Bangladeshi Restaurants Forming over 80% of Indian restaurant dishes but rarely found under its own name | Bistros Casual eating in simple surroundings | Caribbean A huge range of influences and food fusions, with an overall feeling of creole | Chinese Restaurants | The ubiquitous Chinese restaurant, such a part of the food landscape of Britain for decades but still a little bit exotic | English Restaurants Still a way to go, but no longer the sad joke that it was 10 years ago | European Restaurants There are now 27 countries in the Union, so the menus must be getting awfully long | Fast Food Restaurants This is an inclusive guide, so it's on the list | Fish Restaurants Even if we are in the centre of England, surely it's not beyond the realms of modern transport to get fresh fish here within a couple of hours | French Restaurants From genuine French chefs to sanitised and pre-packaged Disney-France | Gastro-pubs Sometimes pretentious but there is no doubt they are one of the best things to happen on the English food scene for many years | Greek Restaurants Huge range of flavours and just good fun to eat | Indian Restaurants Which is more British Indian or Chinese? | Italian Restaurants Taste the sunshine | Malaysian Restaurants A sophisticated blend of Chinese and Indian. | Mediterranean Restaurants | One of the world's healthiest diets, low in saturated fats and high in red wine | Mexican Restaurants One of the great fun foods, which over here is likely to be the Tex-Mex variety rather than the really authentic stuff - but then I have no great desire to eat rattlesnake or spider monkey, | Middle Eastern Restaurants Like European food this tends to be focussed on one country's food rather than the many - often Lebanese | Modern Cuisine The focus of the modern movement on using good locally produced and sourced ingredients can only be a very good thing | Pizzerias As I may have mentioned before, I'll take a proper stone-baked peperoni pizza from an open-air wood oven over anything the French can do with offal. | Portuguese Portuguese restaurants are something of a rarity but good Portuguese food is really very good | Pubs with Food This is really pot luck and you could end up with anything from pretty boring to absolutely sublime | Spanish Restaurants Tapas are very trendy but originally they were always given away free with a drink in a bar - a custom that is unlikely to catch on here | Speciality Restaurants As this covers cuisine that is not easy to categorise, so I am not going to categorise it | Thai Restaurants These seem to be becoming much more popular, possibly as a result of the popularity of Thailand as a holiday destination | Traditional Restaurants Like pubs, something of a lottery with everything from steakhouses to award winning gourmet food | Turkish Restaurants Forget doner kebabs and try the dolma and baklava | Vegetarian Restaurants A much maligned cuisine but many cultures have vegetarian traditions and offer excellent vegetarian dishes, such as: Indian Gujarati (which is almost totally vegetarian), Spanish tumbet, Mexican quesadillas, Italian risottos, French ratatouille, Greek dolmas, Russina borcht, Middle Eastern falafels, many Chinese dishes, Japanese tempura, Thai pad kee maow, and Creole hush puppies. You may notice that Germany food has not been mentioned as a vegetarian option. The Germans have no word for 'vegetarian'. The nearest we have ever been to a vegetarian meal in Germany was a rather disdainful "well, this dish has only a got a little bit of meat in it".
A SHORT GUIDE TO RESTAURANTS IN WARWICKSHIRE BY TOWN
Restaurants in Alcester Italian, Indian, Mediterranean, Pub-grub, Speciality, & Traditional | Restaurants in Atherstone Bistros, Indian, Pubs with Food and Traditional | Restaurants in Bedworth Chinese, Fast Food, Indian, Pizzerias & Pubs with Food | Restaurants in Coleshill Bangladeshi, Chinese, French, Indian, Italian, Pubs with Food and Speciality | Restaurants in Henley-in-Arden Chinese, Gastro-Pub, Indian, Italian, Pubs with Food & Thai | Restaurants in Kenilworth Chinese, French, Indian, Italian, Malaysian, Pubs with Food, Speciality and Traditional | Restaurants in Leamington Spa Bistros, Chinese, English, European, Fast Food, French, Greek, Indian, Italian, Mexican, Modern, Pizzerias, Speciality, Thai & Traditional | Restaurants in Nuneaton American, Bistros, Chinese, Fast Food, Indian, Italian, Pizzeria, Pubs with Food, Speciality, Thai & Traditional | Restaurants in Rugby American, Bistros, Chinese, English, European, Fast Food, Fish & Chips, Indian, Italian, Pizzerias, Pubs with Food, Speciality, Thai, Traditional, Turkish & Vegetarian | Restaurants in Shipston-on-Stour Indian, Modern & Pubs with Food | Restaurants in Southam Chinese, English, Greek & Pubs with Food | Restaurants in Stratford-upon-Avon Bistros, Chinese, English, Fast Food, Fish & Chips, French, Gastro-Pubs, Indian, Malaysian, Pizzerias, Pubs with Food, Speciality, Thai & Traditional | Restaurants in Tanworth-in-Arden Pubs with Food | Restaurants in Warwick American, Chinese, English, Fast Food, Fish & Chips, Fish/Seafood, French, Gastro-Pubs, Indian, Italian, Pizzerias, Pubs with Food, Spanish, Speciality, Thai, Traditional & Turkish | Restaurants in Wishaw Gastro-Pubs, Hotel Restaurants.
A SHORT GUIDE TO SOME RESTAURANTS IN WARWICKSHIRE
In no particular order and with no particular theme, are a few restaurants, bars, cafes and tea rooms that you might like to try. This is not to say that those not mentioned are not as good (they may well be as good, or even better), but simply that I have tried them or heard any reviews.
| Henley Ice Cream Parlour & Tearooms Henley-In-Arden | Three Horseshoes Bubbenhall |
| Rocking Horse Coffee Shop Kenilworth | The Famous Virgins & Castle Kenilworth |
| Cafe Gusto Kenilworth | The Slug & Lettuce Leamington Spa |
| Time for Tea Kenilworth | Newbold Comyn Arms Leamington Spa |
| The Royal Pump Room Tea Rooms Leamington Spa | Mumbai Bluu Leamington Spa |
| Saints of Warwickshire Chilvers Coton Craft Centre | The Boat Inn Birdingbury |
| Nettys Cafe Willoughby | The Three Horse Shoes Princethorpe |
| Mrs Brown's Tearoom Shipston-On-Stour | The Howard Arms Ilmington |
| Drucker's Vienna Patisserie Stratford, Wilmcote & Leamington Spa | The Two Boats Inn Long Itchington |
| Hathaway Tea Rooms Stratford-Upon-Avon | Blue Lias Inn Stockton |
| Cafe Lavender Blue Hatton Craft Centre | The One Elm Stratford-Upon-Avon |
| The Open Door Hampton Magna | The Rose & Crown Warwick |
| St.Nicholas Park Cafe Warwick | Tom o' the Wood Rowington |
| The Waterman Inn Hatton | Cock Inn Wishaw |
| Joe Blake's American Diner Rugby | Restaurant 23 Leamington Spa |
| TOYK Farmhouse Restaurant Hatton | Badsey's Cafe Bistro Hillmorton |
Eating Out in Warwickshire