Diners' Choice: Best Ambience restaurants in Gloucestershire/Wiltshire

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Updated 05 December 2024

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Pythouse Kitchen Garden

4.8

4.8 (1622)

£25 and under

British

Salisbury

About the restaurant

At Pythouse Kitchen Garden, you'll find an idyllic atmosphere in which to enjoy fantastic food. We offer covered outdoor seating in our glorious garden and indoor seating in the conservatory and potting shed. Pythouse Kitchen Garden is a lunchtime destination only at present.

Head chef Darren Broom's passion lies in producing food with an unmistakable sense of terroir. For Darren, provenance is not just the backstory to his ingredients, it’s everywhere in the look, feel and taste of his food.

We are keen to champion our own produce first and foremost, providing guests with a unique and ever-changing insight into the seasons. We work closely with the garden team to manage and maintain the garden and to deliver a programme of regeneration and sustainability.

Top review

Michael

Dined 3 days ago

Beautiful place. Impeccable friendly service. Really wonderful subtly flavoured food. What a discovery!

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Experience

Savour The Season - Winter Solstice Party 2024

The Ship Inn

4.7

4.7 (685)

£25 and under

British

Stroud

About the restaurant

Here at The Ship, we are proud to offer a wide range of great British favourites and locally-brewed beers.

In addition, our fabulous food, great atmosphere, convenient location and community focus means that we’re well worth a visit!

So if you haven’t tried The Ship Inn before, or just haven’t visited us for a while, why not pop along?! We guarantee you’ll be glad you did!

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Serena

Dined today

Always fabulous which is why we keep coming back.

Lola & Co Tapas

4.7

4.7 (472)

£26 to £40

Tapas / Small Plates

Tetbury

About the restaurant

We are a Mediterranean Spanish family who like to sit at the table, talk about life and laugh at our stories while we eat a good meal and drink a glass of wine; we like to live life because these little things give us meaning.

We have a 15-minute grace period. Please call us if you are running later than 15 minutes after your booked time.

We may contact you about this booking, so please ensure your email and phone number are up to date.
Your table will be booked for 1 hour 30 minutes for parties of up to 2, and 2 hours for parties between two and four. And 2 hours 30 minutes for 5+.

Top review

OpenTable Diner

Dined 4 days ago

Lola's is simply the highest quality food and most desirable location for ambience and great quality service in the Cotswolds. It is priced at the higher end yet always delivers.

Nasprias

5.0

5 (158)

£25 and under

Italian

Cheltenham

About the restaurant

Nasprías is the name of the land where our family has had its vineyard in Sardinia for almost a century. It is a name that we relate to family and traditions, values which are at the core of our food: pizza al taglio, croissants, cakes and much more. We use real Sardinian ingredients together with the freshest local produce sourced from right here in the Costwolds. We don’t buy pre-made or frozen doughs, we source the best flour and yeast and let our doughs raise for 24-48 hours, just like our families did in the past; the way it should be done.
Nasprías tips its hat to my Sardinian roots and also serves Illy coffee, the best that Italy has to offer made to Illy’s exacting high standards alongside other drinks that you can find in any Italian bar.
We are looking forward to welcoming you with some Sardinian hospitality.
Piero & Jessie

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Paulette

Dined on 12 Dec 2024

brilliant meal and staff lovely atmosphere will definitely go back

Lumière

4.9

4.9 (144)

£41 and over

British

Cheltenham

About the restaurant

Cheltenham’s newest MICHELIN Star - Lumiere is an elegant, ingredient-led, innovative, fine dining experience in the heart of Cheltenham. Lead by husband and wife team, Somerset born Chef Jon and general manager Helen, the restaurant has a focus on the best British produce sourced from a network of dedicated farmers, fishermen, producers & our own family run farm.
Since opening in January 2009, Lumiere has received numerous local and national awards including a MICHELIN Star, AA Restaurant of the Year for England, 3AA Rosettes and is regularly listed amongst the Top 20 Restaurants in the UK by Hardens and Tripadvisor. Jon was also shortlisted for Restauranteur of the Year by The Caterer for all of his efforts during the pandemic.

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Alan

Dined 2 days ago

Once again this restaurant fails to disappointment, fantastic tasting food, new flavours and food types. I'm not a cheese fan per sė bur the stinking bishop canapés were a delight. Eel was a revelation and to top it all, the wine selection was perfect, accompanying the food and also the food bringing the flavours of the wine to the fore. See you again in 2025 Alan and Ginny

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4.8

4.8 (1174)

£25 and under

British

Swindon

About the restaurant

Kaileigh & Guy Tasker would like to welcome you to The Bell Inn.
Coming from The Langley Tap, on the outskirts of Chippenham, and formerly of The Weighbridge Brewhouse & The Three Crowns in Brinkworth, we have moved back closer to Swindon.

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PatVIP

Dined 2 days ago

Fabulous place to eat with fantastic food and wonderful and friendly staff. Will definitely return.

La Flambé

4.8

4.8 (245)

£41 and over

European

Sutton Benger

About the restaurant

Welcome to La Flambe! We look forward to seeing you.

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Rosemary

Dined 6 days ago

Consistently good food and service from the family owned restaurant

The Ox Barn

4.7

4.7 (897)

£41 and over

British

Lechlade

About the restaurant

The Ox Barn is a 56-seater destination restaurant under the direction of Head Chef, Charlie Hibbert. Rooted in a passion for the local land, food and entertaining, the carefully curated menus are farm-based and plant-inspired. His team and the gardeners at Thyme work together to select and grow the fruits, vegetables and herbs used to create his Modern British Countryside fare.

The nineteenth century former oxen house is the newest addition to the family of meticulously restored farm buildings. A state-of-the-art piece of agricultural architecture at its conception, Caryn Hibbert worked meticulously to preserve the soaring archways and original Cotswold stone rubble walls, to now house a modern, dining destination - including a contemporary bar and seven and a half metre Charvet open kitchen - to allow for an authentic, heritage-rich dining experience, enabled by today’s best culinary technologies.

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francesVIP

Dined on 7 Dec 2024

London quality, london prices. My only regret was not ordering the peppercorn sauce on the side so as to have tasted the ribeye ‘au natural’ first.

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Experience

New Years Eve Signature Party

The Horse and Groom Inn

4.7

4.7 (658)

£26 to £40

Pub

Stow-on-the-Wold

About the restaurant

The Horse and Groom Inn aims to provide great food and drink in a quintessential, traditional 16th century country inn. Dining is relaxed and informal in a friendly atmosphere. We stock a wide choice of wines by the glass, cask conditioned ales, lagers and ciders.

Our guests can enjoy dining in our cosy bar or restaurant areas. We welcome well-behaved dogs on leads. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult and supervised at all times. We also have a comfortable outdoor terrace and garden area with picturesque babbling brook.

We also have a small in-pub coffee shop and delicatessen! Selling the best of local produce, bread, milk and a selection of luxury food and drink items, the shop is open whenever we are. We also provide great coffees to drink in or take away.

Our menu focusses on great steaks and seafood (vegetarian/ vegan always available).

Note: There are two pubs called the Horse and Groom in the area - we are the Horse and Groom Inn at Upper Oddington.

Top review

Philip

Dined 4 days ago

Fantastic food, very tasty, great portions, extremely dedicated and helpful staff.

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Experience

New Year's Eve Celebration Dinner, Quiz and Party

William's

4.7

4.7 (1714)

£26 to £40

Fish

Nailsworth

About the restaurant

William’s is a multi-award-winning seafood restaurant, fishmonger, delicatessen and caterer in the heart of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.

A veritable Cotswolds institution for over forty-five years, William’s has recently benefitted from a full-scale refurbishment of both the restaurant and shop area in January 2020.

Alongside a 64-cover new restaurant sits a new fish counter displaying an outstanding range of fresh seafood, delivered daily from Scotland and the South West coastline. The adjacent delicatessen offers a large selection of chef-prepared meals, cheeses, charcuterie and terrines as well as fresh fruit and vegetables.

We are proud to have been voted one of Matthew Fort’s ‘Five Favourite Places to Shop’ and one of Rick Stein’s ‘Food Heroes’.

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Richard

Dined 3 days ago

Food atmosphere and staff all sensational It’s like escaping to another world A little bit of heaven Sue is our favourite

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