Shropshire Restaurant Guide

Restaurant at Pen-y-Dyffryn Hotel

Former Georgian Rectory, built of local stone and set high in the Shropshire Hills, just outside Oswestry. Unstuffy atmosphere, fabulous views all around. Roaring log fires, one even in the restaurant.

• Address: Rhydycroesau, Oswestry, SY10 7JD (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £36.00

Restaurant at Rosehill Manor Hotel

Rosehill is a somewhat grand manor house dating from the 16th century, standing in spacious private gardens. No prizes then for expecting to find somewhat formal surroundings with a traditionally-based cuisine, and being right.

• Address: Tern Hill, Market Drayton, TF9 2JF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £36.00

Restaurant at Rowton Castle Hotel

This handsome castle, about 15 minutes out from the centre of Shrewsbury, is a perfect setting for a relaxed evening amidst truly baronial surroundings set in the lush Shropshire countryside. The panelled dining room makes a suitably grand background for your meal which might consist of a starter of terrine of wild boar, followed by a grilled loin of swordfish drizzled with sweet red pepper and chilli jelly, topped with aubergine chips.

• Address: Halfway House, Shrewsbury, SY5 9EP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £40.00

Restaurant at the Feathers Hotel, The

The Feathers Hotel is one of the best known and oldest hotels in the United Kingdom. Indeed, its reputation is known worldwide. The restaurant at The Feathers currently holds one AA rosette for the quality of its food and service.

• Address: The Feathers Hotel, The Bull Ring, Ludlow, SY8 1AA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £35.00

Restaurant at The Golden Ball Inn

The Golden Ball dates back to 1728 and is the oldest licensed premises in the Ironbridge Gorge. The restaurant is situated in the original brew house and has a wealth of character and charm. Their menu is updated daily and incorporates local and seasonal produce where possible.

• Address: Newbridge Road, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7BA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £22.00

Restaurant at The Hundred House Hotel

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In France it is absolutely normal to come across small country inns serving excellent food with the whole of the owner's family working in the establishment. Not so in England, where far more properties are managed by large companies or owned by the breweries; possibly that is why we sometimes tend to lack a certain excellence and individuality in the British countryside in matters gastronomic.

• Address: Bridgnorth Road (A442), nr Shifnal, Norton, TF11 9EE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £45.00

Restaurant at The Old Vicarage Hotel

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The awards list at The Old Vicarage cannot be lightly ignored, unlike some of its kind, amongst them are AA Three Rosettes for food, the Michelin Bib Gourmand and numerous awards for the distinguished wine list.

• Address: Worfield, Bridgnorth, WV15 5JZ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £28.00, Dinner: £48.00

Restaurant at The Raven Hotel

In the evocative old town of Much Wenlock one somehow expects to find a restaurant like this one, part of the Raven Hotel. If it's winter chances are you will end up in the old almshouses beside a handsome fire; otherwise, come summer and those long velvety evenings and it's the courtyard for you and yours with the owls calling from the Abbey.

• Address: Barrow Street, Much Wenlock, TF13 6EN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £37.00

Restaurant at The Roebuck Inn

There are those who hold that Ludlow's days as a centre of gourmet enjoyment are on the wane, that no longer can you wander into the Merchant House and find the then Lord Chancellor, a noted bon vivant, enjoying a little modest r and r, perhaps to brace himself for dealing with the country's judiciary, are perhaps a touch hasty.

• Address: Roebuck Inn, Brimfield, nr Ludlow, SY8 4NE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £32.00

Restaurant Severn

At last somebody's done it! The waterfront overlooking the River Severn at Ironbridge Gorge has been crying out for years to shake off its tearoom image and host a proper restaurant, and Eric and Beb Bruce have picked up the challenge.

• Address: 33 High Street, Ironbridge, nr Telford, TF8 7AG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, French, Fusion
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £33.00