Editor's Choice

Restaurants-with-Rooms 2024

Mingary Castle

Mingary Castle

Kilchoan, Highland

Within a medieval castle and Georgian house above the Sound of Mull, this remote restaurant with rooms has four fantastic suites, spectacular views, and no less memorable cooking by chef-proprietor Colin Nicholson.

Lake Isle

Lake Isle

Uppingham, Rutland

There is no isle here, no lake, no bee-loud glade – the name of Richard and Janine Burton's lauded restaurant-with-rooms draws inspiration from WB Yeats's Innisfree, a place of serenity and escape.

The Angel Inn

The Angel Inn

Suffolk

This Tudor coaching inn in a picturesque village at the heart of Dedham Vale, now part of the Chestnut Group, blends historic features with modern comforts, while a changing menu of inventive dishes is served in the dining room and landscaped garden.

Number One Bruton

Number One Bruton

Bruton, Somerset

With its bright yellow front door and rhubarb-pink sitting room, this Georgian townhouse with cottages, restaurant in the adjacent ironmonger's and a courtyard garden masterminded by garden designer Penelope Hobhouse is both classic and chic.

Yalbury Cottage

Yalbury Cottage

Dorchester, Dorset

Deep in Thomas Hardy country, this picture-perfect thatched cottage is a popular restaurant with rooms run with great charm by Ariane Jones and her husband, Jamie.

The Whitebrook

The Whitebrook

Whitebrook, Monmouthshire

Tucked away amid woodlands in the Wye valley, Chris and Kirsty Harrod's restaurant with rooms is lauded for Chris's extraordinary Michelin-starred menus of home-grown, locally produced and foraged ingredients, including a vegetarian tasting menu.

The Ginger Pig

The Ginger Pig

Brighton, Sussex

Bedrooms are no mere afterthought at this Edwardian mock-timbered gastropub, across the road from the shingle beach, with modern artworks, many thoughtful touches, good bathrooms, a bar and buzzy restaurant serving a short menu of pub classics and more innovative dishes.

1863

1863

Pooley Bridge, Cumbria

'One of the finest dining experiences I've had' was enjoyed by our inspector at this restaurant with rooms in a touristy village on the River Eamont, at the head of Ullswater.

Rafters at Riverside House Hotel

Rafters at Riverside House Hotel

Bakewell, Derbyshire

This former shooting lodge, in a lovely Peak District setting beside the Derbyshire Wye, offers appealing accommodation, with some rooms opening onto a patio, and food of a high order in the restaurant.

Editor's Choice

Restaurants-with-Rooms 2023

Native at Pensons

Native at Pensons

Tenbury Wells, Herefordshire

The team from Covent Garden restaurant Native has taken over this exceptional restaurant with rooms, continuing the ethos of sustainability and localism with wonderfully creative cooking.

Padstow Townhouse

Padstow Townhouse

Padstow, Cornwall

Hidden in a back street of Padstow's old town, these sybaritic B&B suites, created by chef Paul Ainsworth and his wife, are an ideal retreat for foodies.

The Cottage in the Wood

The Cottage in the Wood

Braithwaite, Cumbria

In the magical setting of Britain's highest mountain forest, with breathtaking views, this Michelin starred restaurant with rooms continues to build on its reputation for a warm welcome and fabulous food under new owners Beth and Jack Bond.

Locanda on the Weir

Locanda on the Weir

Exmoor National Park, Somerset

Where Exmoor meets the Bristol Channel, this foodie retreat that oozes personality and style has 'very comfortable rooms with lovely sea views; the food is up there with many Michelin-starred restaurants'.

Grassington House

Grassington House

Skipton, Yorkshire

In a 'lovely position in the town centre with a sizeable car park', this handsome Georgian house, now a restaurant with rooms, offers food that is 'tasty without being over fussy', 'unfailiingly attentive and friendly staff' and great value for money, write readers.

Kilberry Inn

Kilberry Inn

Tarbert, Argyll And Bute

Under a red tin roof on a scenic single-track road, this quaint, much-loved and welcoming restaurant occupies a former crofter's cottage, with five stylish bedrooms set around a courtyard and fire pit, and first-rate cooking of locally sourced ingredients.

The Whitebrook

The Whitebrook

Whitebrook, Monmouthshire

Tucked away amid woodlands in the Wye valley, Chris and Kirsty Harrod's restaurant with rooms is lauded for Chris's extraordinary Michelin-starred menus of home-grown, locally produced and foraged ingredients, including a vegetarian tasting menu.

Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms

Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms

Aughton, Lancashire

Mark Birchall holds two Michelin stars and a Michelin Green star at this centuries-old hall with designer bedrooms, some with a lake view, where prospective guests must join a waiting list and expect to pay a high price for the meal of a lifetime.

The Neptune

The Neptune

Old Hunstanton, Norfolk

The light, bright, well-equipped bedrooms are no afterthought at Jacki and Kevin Mangeolles' former coaching inn, but it is Kevin's Michelin-starred cooking of locally landed fish and the best Norfolk produce that put this restaurant with rooms on the map.

Editor's Choice

Restaurants-with-Rooms 2022

The Cottage in the Wood

The Cottage in the Wood

Braithwaite, Cumbria

In the magical setting of Britain's highest mountain forest, with breathtaking views, this Michelin starred restaurant with rooms continues to build on its reputation for a warm welcome and fabulous food under new owners Beth and Jack Bond.

Old Downton Lodge

Old Downton Lodge

Ludlow, Shropshire

Amid rolling hills, where Shropshire nudges Herefordshire, Pippa and Willem Vlok's restaurant with rooms comprises a picturesque set piece of medieval and Georgian farm buildings.

The Angel Inn

The Angel Inn

Skipton, Yorkshire

Michael and Johanna Wignall have reimagined a 15th-century Dales inn, creating super-stylish, uncluttered, luxury bedrooms, most in a converted barn with views over Rylstone Fell, and intimate dining spaces in which to sample Michael's technically brilliant, modern, seasonal, Michelin-starred menus.

The Peat Inn

The Peat Inn

Cupar, Fife

A dream destination for golfing gourmets, just a 12-minute drive from St Andrews, Geoffrey and Katherine Smeddle's restaurant with rooms holds a Michelin star for Geoffrey's creative menus of ingredients sourced locally from land and sea.

Read's

Read's

Faversham, Kent

A Georgian manor house is home to a restaurant with spacious, old-fashioned bedrooms, where Frederick Forster, a former Roux Scholar, has been winning plaudits for his creative ways with locally sourced ingredients.

The Neptune

The Neptune

Old Hunstanton, Norfolk

The light, bright, well-equipped bedrooms are no afterthought at Jacki and Kevin Mangeolles' former coaching inn, but it is Kevin's Michelin-starred cooking of locally landed fish and the best Norfolk produce that put this restaurant with rooms on the map.

Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms

Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms

Aughton, Lancashire

Mark Birchall holds two Michelin stars and a Michelin Green star at this centuries-old hall with designer bedrooms, some with a lake view, where prospective guests must join a waiting list and expect to pay a high price for the meal of a lifetime.

The Crab & Lobster

The Crab & Lobster

Sidlesham, West Sussex

Overlooking the reed beds and salt marsh of Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve – a paradise for birdwatchers – this excellent restaurant with chic, individually styled rooms is praised for its cooking of local ingredients, especially fish and shellfish, and imaginative plant-based options.

Tyddyn Llan

Tyddyn Llan

Corwen, Denbighshire

Head chef Gareth Stevenson, who held a Michelin green star at Palé Hall, cooks taster menus, a set-price dinner and a traditional Sunday lunch at this revitalised restaurant with rooms, a Georgian house with views over the Vale of Edeyrnion.

Editor's Choice

Restaurants-with-Rooms 2021

The Cottage in the Wood

The Cottage in the Wood

Braithwaite, Cumbria

In the magical setting of Britain's highest mountain forest, with breathtaking views, this Michelin starred restaurant with rooms continues to build on its reputation for a warm welcome and fabulous food under new owners Beth and Jack Bond.

Coorie Inn

Coorie Inn

Muthill, Perth And Kinross

Former Gleneagles pastry chefs Phillip Skinazi and Andrew Mackay are enthusiastic hands-on owners at this former coaching inn in a conservation village, now an excellent restaurant with stylish, well-equipped rooms.

Morston Hall

Morston Hall

Holt, Norfolk

Birdwatchers and bon vivants beat a path to Tracy and Galton Blackiston's Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms in a flint farmhouse with Blakeney nature reserve on the doorstep.

Lake Isle

Lake Isle

Uppingham, Rutland

There is no isle here, no lake, no bee-loud glade – the name of Richard and Janine Burton's lauded restaurant-with-rooms draws inspiration from WB Yeats's Innisfree, a place of serenity and escape.

The Seafood Restaurant

The Seafood Restaurant

Padstow, Cornwall

Celebrity chef Rick Stein's famous fish restaurant and seafood bar, with coastal-inspired bedrooms, is the flagship of a mini ‘Padstein’ empire that includes a cookery school, a gift shop, fishmonger's and deli.

La Fleur de Lys

La Fleur de Lys

Shaftesbury, Dorset

There is a retro feel about this restaurant with rooms, little changed in more than three decades and run with pride, where affordable bedrooms are supplied with ground coffee and home-baked biscuits, and set-price and tasting menus demonstrate the chefs' skills without fancy gimmickry.

The Whitebrook

The Whitebrook

Whitebrook, Monmouthshire

Tucked away amid woodlands in the Wye valley, Chris and Kirsty Harrod's restaurant with rooms is lauded for Chris's extraordinary Michelin-starred menus of home-grown, locally produced and foraged ingredients, including a vegetarian tasting menu.

The Neptune

The Neptune

Old Hunstanton, Norfolk

The light, bright, well-equipped bedrooms are no afterthought at Jacki and Kevin Mangeolles' former coaching inn, but it is Kevin's Michelin-starred cooking of locally landed fish and the best Norfolk produce that put this restaurant with rooms on the map.

Editor's Choice

Restaurants-with-Rooms 2019

Coorie Inn

Coorie Inn

Muthill, Perth And Kinross

Former Gleneagles pastry chefs Phillip Skinazi and Andrew Mackay are enthusiastic hands-on owners at this former coaching inn in a conservation village, now an excellent restaurant with stylish, well-equipped rooms.

Lake Isle

Lake Isle

Uppingham, Rutland

There is no isle here, no lake, no bee-loud glade – the name of Richard and Janine Burton's lauded restaurant-with-rooms draws inspiration from WB Yeats's Innisfree, a place of serenity and escape.

The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By

The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By

Isle Of Skye, Highland

Decorated in cool Scandi-Scots style, this former crofter's house on the shores of Loch Dunvegan is a celebrated restaurant showcasing local produce, with spacious bedrooms painted in soothing shades in a house across the courtyard, and views to the mountains of Harris and North Uist.

Tuddenham Mill

Tuddenham Mill

Newmarket, Suffolk

Swans glide on the millpond at chef/patron Lee Bye's former watermill in 12 acres of meadowland, with rustic-chic bedrooms, some with a patio, Scandi-cool suites, a hot tub in the meadow, and exciting use of local and home-grown produce in the oak-beamed restaurant among the mill's workings.

The Neptune

The Neptune

Old Hunstanton, Norfolk

The light, bright, well-equipped bedrooms are no afterthought at Jacki and Kevin Mangeolles' former coaching inn, but it is Kevin's Michelin-starred cooking of locally landed fish and the best Norfolk produce that put this restaurant with rooms on the map.

Tyddyn Llan

Tyddyn Llan

Corwen, Denbighshire

Head chef Gareth Stevenson, who held a Michelin green star at Palé Hall, cooks taster menus, a set-price dinner and a traditional Sunday lunch at this revitalised restaurant with rooms, a Georgian house with views over the Vale of Edeyrnion.

Editor's Choice

Restaurants-with-Rooms 2018

Read's

Read's

Faversham, Kent

A Georgian manor house is home to a restaurant with spacious, old-fashioned bedrooms, where Frederick Forster, a former Roux Scholar, has been winning plaudits for his creative ways with locally sourced ingredients.

Tuddenham Mill

Tuddenham Mill

Newmarket, Suffolk

Swans glide on the millpond at chef/patron Lee Bye's former watermill in 12 acres of meadowland, with rustic-chic bedrooms, some with a patio, Scandi-cool suites, a hot tub in the meadow, and exciting use of local and home-grown produce in the oak-beamed restaurant among the mill's workings.

The Peat Inn

The Peat Inn

Cupar, Fife

A dream destination for golfing gourmets, just a 12-minute drive from St Andrews, Geoffrey and Katherine Smeddle's restaurant with rooms holds a Michelin star for Geoffrey's creative menus of ingredients sourced locally from land and sea.

The Black Swan at Oldstead

The Black Swan at Oldstead

York, Yorkshire

The Banks family's old drovers' inn, on a quiet country lane overlooking farmland in the North York Moors, is firmly on the foodie map, with Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks creating unforgettable menus using kitchen garden, locally sourced and foraged ingredients.

The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By

The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By

Isle Of Skye, Highland

Decorated in cool Scandi-Scots style, this former crofter's house on the shores of Loch Dunvegan is a celebrated restaurant showcasing local produce, with spacious bedrooms painted in soothing shades in a house across the courtyard, and views to the mountains of Harris and North Uist.

Tyddyn Llan

Tyddyn Llan

Corwen, Denbighshire

Head chef Gareth Stevenson, who held a Michelin green star at Palé Hall, cooks taster menus, a set-price dinner and a traditional Sunday lunch at this revitalised restaurant with rooms, a Georgian house with views over the Vale of Edeyrnion.

Editor's Choice

Restaurants-with-Rooms 2017

Morston Hall

Morston Hall

Holt, Norfolk

Birdwatchers and bon vivants beat a path to Tracy and Galton Blackiston's Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms in a flint farmhouse with Blakeney nature reserve on the doorstep.

Fischer's at Baslow Hall

Fischer's at Baslow Hall

Baslow, Derbyshire

An Edwardian homage to 17th-century style, this beautiful manor house with rich Jacobean-inspired interiors is run as a luxury hotel with fine-dining restaurant where you can enjoy a 'truly memorable meal'.

The Peat Inn

The Peat Inn

Cupar, Fife

A dream destination for golfing gourmets, just a 12-minute drive from St Andrews, Geoffrey and Katherine Smeddle's restaurant with rooms holds a Michelin star for Geoffrey's creative menus of ingredients sourced locally from land and sea.

Eckington Manor

Eckington Manor

Eckington, Worcestershire

Food is at the heart of this hotel, with bedrooms of great charm in an ancient farmhouse and its converted outbuildings, an on-site cookery school and farm-to-fork menus of exciting, locally sourced dishes.

The Whitebrook

The Whitebrook

Whitebrook, Monmouthshire

Tucked away amid woodlands in the Wye valley, Chris and Kirsty Harrod's restaurant with rooms is lauded for Chris's extraordinary Michelin-starred menus of home-grown, locally produced and foraged ingredients, including a vegetarian tasting menu.

The Neptune

The Neptune

Old Hunstanton, Norfolk

The light, bright, well-equipped bedrooms are no afterthought at Jacki and Kevin Mangeolles' former coaching inn, but it is Kevin's Michelin-starred cooking of locally landed fish and the best Norfolk produce that put this restaurant with rooms on the map.

Tyddyn Llan

Tyddyn Llan

Corwen, Denbighshire

Head chef Gareth Stevenson, who held a Michelin green star at Palé Hall, cooks taster menus, a set-price dinner and a traditional Sunday lunch at this revitalised restaurant with rooms, a Georgian house with views over the Vale of Edeyrnion.

At one time, accommodation at a restaurant-with-rooms tended to be somewhat of an afterthought – functional, even stylish, a place to sleep comfortably but not designed for long stays. There might or might not have been a bar, lounge or breakfast room. Over recent years, however, that has been changing, with restaurateurs adding ever-more-desirable bedrooms and facilities, and hoteliers focusing more on their restaurants, with the distinction becoming more blurred. In recognition of the rise and rise of restaurants-with-rooms, both in numbers and aspirations, we created a distinct category for them among our Editor’s Choice lists.

The list for the new edition of The Good Hotel Guide, now available online, shows how diverse that category has become. What they all have in common is cooking of a very high order.

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