Hereford Restaurant Guide

ASK - Hereford

For some time I made the mistake of thinking that no group of restaurants in the region of 200 locations could hope to maintain the quality for which I was looking. Then one day I decided to put my prejudices to the test, walked into Oxford Ask! and discovered that I could not have been more mistaken.

• Address: Kemble House, 38-39 Broad Street, Hereford, HR4 9AR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Pizza & Pasta
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Cafe at All Saints

Cafe at All Saints is a fresh-food cafe in a uniquely re-ordered medieval church. A sister restaurant of The Place Below in London Cheapside, Cafe at All Saints serves simple locally sourced food from a daily changing menu.

• Address: High Street, Hereford, HR4 9AA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Vegetarian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Floodgates Brasserie

Very well located in the exciting Hereford development down by the river, Floodgates offers wholesome and generously served food with more than a little local flavour including the daub of beef from their own farm at Ford Abbey.

• Address: Left Bank Village, 20-22 Bridge Street, Hereford, HR4 9DF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern, Fusion, Brasserie
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £38.00

La Rive Restaurant

Here is a welcome addition to the scene. Opened in 1999 after a major but sensitive refurbishment. Stuart McLeod (formerly Gleneagles Hotel and The Savoy) and his team have already received an impressive clutch of awards.

• Address: Castle House Hotel, Castle Street, Hereford, HR1 2NW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £30.00, Dinner: £52.00

Restaurant at Steppes Country House Hotel, The

• Address: Ullingswick, nr Hereford, HR1 3JG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £26.00

Restaurant at The Pilgrim Hotel

Six miles outside Hereford on the route taken by the pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St Ethelbert, the hotel has splendid views over the Golden Valley and offers sound eating in calm and pleasant surroundings.

• Address: Ross Road, Much Birch, nr Hereford, HR2 8HJ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £35.00

Retreat Restaurant

• Address: Colts Foot Country Retreat, Coltsfoot Lane, Bulls Green, Datchworth, nr Hereford, SG3 6SB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £46.00

Three Crowns Inn, The

One of the more depressing aspects of reviewing restaurants is that when you stumble across a hitherto undetected winner, you know that you are slitting your own throat as, in the course of duty you expose its virtues to the world at large.

• Address: Ullingswick, nr Hereford, HR1 3JQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £38.00

Wellington, The

• Address: Wellington, nr Hereford, HR4 8AT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, Modern British, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £29.00

White Haywood Farm

A fully licensed Farmhouse Restaurant and Bar set in a traditional 400 year old barn at the foot of the Black Mountains; it is run by Pauline and Philip Goodwin and the rest of their family, who all live and work on the farm, so they always guarantee to give a warm welcome to every one of their visitors.

• Address: Craswall, Hereford, HR2 0PH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Family, Traditional
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £14.00, Dinner: £22.00