Restaurant at The Oxford Belfry

Like many large modern hotels the Belfry does not go out of its way to promote what is at the very core of its day-to-day life, the restaurant. This is not good marketing. As the public awareness and appreciation of good food grows so those hotels that offer decent food should let it be widely known. The Belfry's light oak panelled Rycote Restaurant has good reason to be proud of its cuisine. A starter could consist of chicken, apple and walnut terrine with rosemary toast and a fig compote, followed by a seared escalope of salmon on asparagus risotto. For those who can manage to summon the necessary willpower to avoid the cheese board salvation might take the form of a fresh fruit salad with a brandy snap roll. A good wine list leaves plenty of room for manoeuvre and house wine is at £12.95.