Cottage Restaurant - Knutsford, The

Situated in the beautiful Cheshire countryside, The Cottage's design is in keeping with the location and a warm welcome awaits guests at this charming hotel. The twelve spacious ensuite bedrooms are tastefully decorated and could be just the kind of place you'd want to come back to after spending the day shopping and walking down the narrow cobbled streets of Knutsford.

On the food side the homemade chicken liver pâté with Cumberland sauce and hot toast, and hummus with marinated black olives are refreshingly light. If grills are your idea for a main course there's char grilled king prawns and salmon, rib eye, prime Scotch and fillet steak, and lamb cutlets, all served with chips, side salad and red wine sauce. The menu's Italian nod is demonstrated in frutti di mare pizza of salmon, cod, mussels and king prawns with a dill hollandaise, beef lasagne, and saffron risotto with baby spinach topped with goats' cheese.