Featured Restaurants

Bell at Godstone, The

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A charming, historic country pub, recently restored with skill and good taste to its position as one of the leading hostelries of the area, offering good food at sensible prices. The Bell was built in 1393 and has charm oozing from almost every corner.

• Address: 128 Eastbourne Road, Godstone, nr Oxted, RH9 8DX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Modern British, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £28.00

Belvedere Arms, The

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The Belvedere Arms in Sunninghill is a pub where you can meander the day away enjoying fine food and chilled wines and beers, forgetting about the worries of work! Located on the edge of Windsor Great Park, near to Blacknest Gate, it is just a short drive from Wentworth Golf Club and Guards Polo Club.

• Address: London Road, Sunninghill, SL5 7SB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Modern British, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £28.00

Benares

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Temporarily closed until late October. Atul Kochhar, the Chef/Patron of Benares is one of the most critically acclaimed chefs in Britain; he was the first ever Indian chef to win a coveted Michelin Star and has received numerous awards and accolades during his career.

• Address: 12 Berkeley House, Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6BS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £30.00, Dinner: £47.00

Bengal Clipper - London

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After 15 years of culinary success at London's historic Spice Wharf, Bengal Clipper, its Captain and crew are in celebratory mood for 2009. Located at Shad Thames, Bengal Clipper has the distinction of being the only Indian restaurant at Spice Wharf, and attracts celebrities and regulars alike from an international clientele.

• Address: 11-12 Cardamom Buildings, Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf, Tower Bridge, London, SE1 2YR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £27.00

Bentons Brasserie

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The surge in new and frequently exciting restaurants in UK has been a welcome part of overall growth and prosperity. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in Nottingham, said to have more pretty women per head than any other city in UK.

• Address: 34-38 Heathcoat Street, Lace Market, Hockley, Nottingham, NG1 3AA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European, Brasserie, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £28.00

Bertorelli's - Covent Garden

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The story begins with the Bertorelli brothers opening an eatery with five tables and a kitchen in the early 1900s. They served British fare to taxi drivers who liked the meals, but were intrigued by what the brothers cooked for themselves - homemade, authentic Italian dishes.

• Address: 44A Floral Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £35.00, Dinner: £38.00

Betjeman Arms, The

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The Betjeman Arms, at St Pancras Station, is part of a small group of friendly but individualistic pubs, which if you pressed me I would concede are probably gastropubs - reluctantly, because I am never quite sure what the term means.

• Address: Unit 53, St. Pancras International Station, Pancras Road, London, NW1 2QP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £24.00

Bhangra Beat - South Woodford

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The wonder of Indian food has taken Britain by storm over the past two decades, to the point where it is a serious rival to other ethnic cuisines. Considering curry was originally created for the British in India this a slightly ironic twist to events, but it could explain why every self respecting town, and many villages now have their own Indian restaurant, and the phrase "nipping down for an Indian" has taken on a significance that excites the taste buds like crazy.

• Address: 49 Chigwell Road, South Woodford, London, E18 1NG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £27.00

Bindi Restaurant

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For a variety of reasons which this strictly non-political guide would not even presume to mention Grantham has not always had a good press. The implication of one over-reported comment was that the town in general should get a life.

• Address: 22 London Road, Grantham, NG31 6EJ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Asian, Bangladeshi, Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

Bistro at Hotel du Vin - Birmingham

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We hear a great deal about recycling these days - du Vin recycles attractive but un-loved buildings to restore real gems in the best tradition of British understated style. Complement that with all that is best in the French bistro ethos, bars that reach out to please, and you have a setting that provides an inspirational background for people to meet, do business, get married, provide a base for golf or fishing, somewhere you can call your own for a private celebration, a spa or - most engagingly - a wine school that breaks the mould.

• Address: 25 Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2NR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, French, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £35.00