Worcestershire Restaurant Guide

Old Rectifying House, The

Featured Restaurant

Worcester seems to be increasingly blessed with its eating houses; perhaps it is a rub-off from not too far distant Ludlow, but there you are, the lord moves in mysterious ways, and here a former piece of the city's heritage has been caught up in the process.

• Address: North Parade, On Worcester Bridge, Worcester, WR1 3NN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Modern European, Brasserie
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £30.00

Oliver's Brasserie

For those who find The Lygon Arms a trifle overpowering in whatever way, Oliver's is the answer. Carrying the same high degree of excellence of its parent, to which it is attached, but with its own entrance, the name is well-chosen and Cromwell, who by all accounts enjoyed his victuals as well as the next man, would surely have approved.

• Address: High Street, Broadway, WR12 7DU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, European, Mediterranean, Brasserie
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Olivino Bar Restaurant

• Address: 9 Port Street, Evesham, WR11 3LA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian, Modern British, Restaurant
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £27.00

Parador Restaurant

Motorway hotels and eating houses come in for their share of criticism, so it is good to find an exception about which to enthuse. Well shielded from the more raucous manifestations of the M5, the restaurant brings a touch of the Mediterranean to an otherwise largely rural Worcestershire.

• Address: Bromsgrove Hotel, Kidderminster Road, Bromsgrove, B61 9AB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

Peacock Inn, The

Since the 14th century weary travellers - and others - have been easing the pain within this atmospheric old coaching inn. As far as eating is concerned there is a choice between the split level lounge/dining room or the lofted bistro.

• Address: Worcester Road, Boraston, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8LL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £20.00

Pitcher & Piano - Worcester

P and P first started in Fulham in 1986, since when it has evolved into one of the UK's favourite bar groups, offering premium drinks, mingled with food that carries its own distinction against a background of different themes, many deriving from the locality, and from what is the whole being of contemporary life in modern bars.

• Address: The Courtyard, St Nicholas Street, Worcester, WR1 1UW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern, Bar
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £25.00

Planters

This is an unlikely find in somewhere like Malvern Wells. Is this part of the relentless spread of ethnic cuisines westwards from the Midlands? Be that as it may here in an inoffensive white painted old house is this well-rated south-east Asian restaurant offering attractive dishes from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore.

• Address: 191-193 Wells Road, Malvern Wells, nr Great Malvern, WR14 4HE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Asian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £36.00

Puccini's

Well located in the centre of town, Puccini's, to judge by its occupancy and general buzz level, is satisfying a lot of peoples' needs. There is always a happy atmosphere about the place and the food, which comes from a menu that changes frequently, is lively, fresh and appetising.

• Address: 12 Friar Street, Worcester, WR1 2LZ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £14.00, Dinner: £22.00

Restaurant at Brockencote Hall

Selected Restaurant

Stepping into the classic interior of this extremely smart Worcestershire hotel with restaurant is rather akin to crossing the English Channel to a La Petit Francais, with every aspect of the glorious country house setting perfectly presented to ensure complete satisfaction.

• Address: Chaddesley Corbett, nr Kidderminster, DY10 4PY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Modern, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £42.00

Restaurant at Gainsborough House Hotel

• Address: Bewdley Hill, Kidderminster, DY11 6BS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Grill, Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £25.00