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Situated in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon, this restaurant offers a warm, comfortable ambience to enjoy fine British cuisine. The interior features a colourful lounge bar with original wooden beams, sofas and a log fire. During summer the guests enjoy al fresco dining in the covered patio. More generally visitors dine in the Elizabethan dining room where oak beams and oak paneling enhance its historic atmosphere.

Among the smaller dishes pine nut and herb coated goat's cheese with red onion marmalade and sweet onion bread and Scottish oak smoked salmon are fit for royalty. With steak, mushroom, and Guinness pie topped with puff pastry and pan fried calves liver and crispy pancetta you may well feel like the famous actors who visited here during an earlier era. A zesty lemon and raspberry posit and sticky toffee pudding should take care of any craving for that little extra with which to end.

A traditional wine list and a well stocked bar will keep your spirits high throughout the meal.

Located in a beautiful listed building in Station Road off Warwick Road, the family run She Bar and Brasserie is like a slice of Turkey in the heart of Kenilworth. Owners Mahmut Guler and wife Annie ensure customers get to taste authentic Ottoman cuisine at all times in their opulent and contemporary dining destination.

Consider starting your day with a Turkish or English breakfast or homemade cake. Food is served all day so if you don't feel like going for a full meal, linger over a mezze plate of, say, grilled halloumi cheese, Turkish garlic sausage, borek filo pastry, chicken and lamb on wooden skewers, and a glass of wine.

The enticing menu features kebabs, mousaka, Mediterranean and English dishes, char-grilled steaks, mains of salmon and smoked haddock fishcakes, and pan-roasted breast of duck with tapanard mash and plum chutney, and the delightful baklava. Succulent roasts appear regularly on tables every Sunday.

A range of cocktails, champagne and beer do not disappoint.

Due to its rural location The Royal Arms is an ideal spot to enjoy and experience real ales, a unique atmosphere, friendly attentive staff, good food and an altogether renowned establishment. Far from the madding crowd, The Royal Arms is situated on the Leicestershire/Warwickshire border nestled in a beautiful setting of rolling countryside and outstanding tranquillity, making it one of the county's best kept secrets.

Located just 10 miles from Leicester and 10 miles from Coventry, The Royal Arms has been sympathetically restored over the last ten years and provides a harmonious balance of modern day comforts in a traditional style. You could wake up to the picturesque views in one of their fifteen elegantly decorated en-suite bedrooms in our barn style accommodation. Take a look around and you will understand why the Royal Arms has been awarded a 4 star grading from the RAC Tourism Council for their accommodation and restaurant services.

They also offer many different options for venues, the hayloft will cater for parties of thirty five people, the barn style function room can accommodate parties and conferences for up to seventy while a marquee can fit in a maximum of two hundred.

Deep in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, The Bell is an outstanding 17th century inn complete with exposed beams, flagstone floors, oak furniture, open fireplaces and a warm welcome. The refuge has been providing refreshment for over 300 years, and according to local history, William Shakespeare was on his way back to Stratford in the rain after meeting Drayton and Ben Johnson for a drink at The Bell in Welford when he contracted fatal pneumonia.

The chefs use locally sourced produce to create a menu that combines pub food with more innovative cuisine, ensuring both regular and first time visitors enjoy a wide choice of tasty food. Choices could range from Scottish salmon salad and homemade lasagne to Thai green monkfish curry and smoked chicken rémoulade. There are at least three vegetarian and one vegan main course on the menu.

Wines and real ales complement the food.

The Bell Inn is voted the Warwickshire Dining Pub of the Year 2009 by readers of The Good Pub Guide.

A beautiful country pub in rural Warwickshire, The Red Lion at Hunningham is comfortably nestled between Leamington, Rugby and Coventry. Dating back to the 1930s and even earlier, the pub has proved its resilience having experienced a fair share of floods and renovations under a whole bunch of different owners in its lifetime. It has been a managed house, a carvery, a biker's pub, had a children?s playground, and today under the ownership of Sam Cornwall-Jones, aspires to be just a good pub with good food, unlike its contemporaries who prefer to fall under rather fancier titles.

The décor is simple and cosy in keeping with the straight-forward, unassuming attitude of its owner. Three ever blazing fires that are linked by stone and timber, add charm and character, while the menu promises locally sourced and skilfully cooked honest food, well-kept cask ales and over 30 single malts. Begin with a starter of spiced Thai chilli beef salad with lemon grass or Warwickshire farmers' plate, which is cold sausage, ham, rare beef and pork pie. For mains, go for grilled mackerel fillets or pork shoulder steak. There is a list of tempting sandwiches also on the menu for those looking for a light bite. Rich dark chocolate pot is an excellent way to conclude the meal, though almost anything on the menu at The Red Lion works just as well..