Restaurants in South West England

Talented Bristolian chef Josh Eggleton has reformed his Chicken Shed restaurant in Bristol’s historic harbourside, deciding instead to give vegetables star billing at Root.

CARGO , Wapping Wharf , Bristol, BS1 6WP

Josh Eggleton

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Root

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Set in over 220 acres of rolling Cotswold countryside, Tetbury’s Calcot Manor is a splendid sight. Now, thanks to Gordon Ramsay protégé Richard Davies, it has a restaurant to match.

Calcot Manor, Tetbury , GL8 8YJ

Richard Davies

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The Conservatory at Calcot Manor

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This country house hotel and restaurant is chef Michael Caines’ masterpiece, serving world-class food with views of the stunning Exe Estuary.

Courtland Lane, Lympstone, Exmouth, EX8 3NZ

Michael Caines

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Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen is Nathan Outlaw’s second restaurant in Cornwall’s beautiful Port Isaac, and has already earned a Michelin star for its delicious small plates served in a rustic seaside cottage.

1 Middle Street, Port Isaac, Cornwall, PL29 3RH

Nathan Outlaw

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Outlaw's Fish Kitchen

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Le Champignon Sauvage may have become something of a culinary institution thanks to the imaginative cooking of its chef owner David Everitt-Matthias, but the atmosphere and tone of the restaurant remain refreshingly laid-back.

24-28 Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2AQ

David Everitt-Matthias

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Le Champignon Sauvage

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Returning to his Somerset roots with the opening of The Pony and Trap in 2006, Salt & Malt is the latest project by highly-rated chef Josh Eggleton

Salt & Malt, Chew Valley Lake, Walley Lane, Bristol, BS40 8TF

Josh Eggleton

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Salt & Malt

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With Padstow becoming another one of the UK’s most-visited destinations for food lovers, Number 6 has carved out a niche as a friendly place which makes full use of the wealth of great local ingredients.

6 Middle Street, Padstow, PL28 8AP

Paul Ainsworth

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Paul Ainsworth at Number 6

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It seems like a new report appears at least once a week bemoaning the decline of the English pub, but Mark Dodson’s pub restaurant The Masons Arms has defied the trend.

The Masons Arms, Knowstone, Devon, EX36 4RY

Mark Dodson

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The Masons Arms

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Josh Eggleton took over the kitchen in this two-century-old pub following a stint as a Gordon Ramsay scholar. It quickly became one of Somerset's most popular restaurants, gaining a Michelin star in the process. In 2020, Josh closed the restaurant to turn it into a community interest company.

Knowle Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Avon, BS40 8TQ

Josh Eggleton

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The Pony and Trap

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The Elephant, a Michelin-starred venture from Simon Hulstone in Torquay, offers diners unadulterated wizardry from the mercurial chef.

3-4 Beacon Terrace, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 2BH

Simon Hulstone

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The Elephant

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The jewel in the crown of Larkin Cen's Bristol-based Asian restaurant empire, Woky Ko Cargo serves up knockout bao, noodle and rice dishes from a converted shipping container.

Unit 7, CARGO, Wapping Wharf, Bristol, BS1 6WP

Larkin Cen

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Woky Ko

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Situated in Thyme, a 'village within a village' in the Cotswolds, Ox Barn is a modern British restaurant serving comforting, familiar and confident dishes that make most of the estate's farm and gardens.

Thyme, Southrop Manor Estate, Gloucestershire, GL7 3NX

Charlie Hibbert

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