The Harrow is in a pretty Cotswold Village, with an attractive garden terrace and cosy dining room. The restaurant is run by chef Roger Jones and his wife Sue, the cooking highlighting top British ingredients such as line-caught turbot and sweet diver-caught scallops. I enjoyed poached Pembrokeshire lobster, a specialty of the restaurant.
Michael Wignall at The Latymer is the flagship restaurant at the Penny Hill Park hotel, which famously featured in the James Bond Film Goldfinger. Michael Wignall's cooking is sophisticated, with dishes such as ballotine of grouse, and uses high quality ingredients such as Challans duck. Service is as smooth enough as a vodka Martini cocktail (shaken, not stirred, naturally).
The pretty old vicarage that houses l'Ortolan has played host to some famous chefs over the years, and is now owned by Alan Murchison, who himself has a high media profile. The cooking is firmly in classical French territory, with a ballotine of rabbit and foie gras a dish here that I particularly enjoyed. Service here is friendly and efficient.
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