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Panama Hatty's in Spurstow is a country pub with a difference, offering guests a unique dining experience with a menu that features international cuisine with an emphasis on Latin America. Located in the heart of leafy Cheshire, diners can look forward to relaxing in a lavish restaurant setting with a sumptuous lounge and cocktail bar area.
 
Customers have a variety of choices with the selection including dishes from Mexico and Malaysia, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. You could begin with appetizing starters of fall-off-the-bone baby rack ribs, chicken breast goujons or succulent crayfish tails and plump tiger prawns in a traditional Marie Rose sauce. Then proceed with main course of aromatic duck fajitas, fiery Caribbean jerk pork or jambalaya with tiger shrimp, juicy Atlantic prawns, mussels, marinated chicken and chorizo sausage. House specials include chicken pago pago, tender chicken breast supreme sautéed in garlic butter with paprika, white wine, cream, prawns and fresh pineapple, and lamb sizzle, marinated leg of lamb pieces served with a lemon grass, ginger, coconut milk and lime basil.

Indulgent desserts include Belgian waffles, hot chocolate fudge cake and a home-baked traditional cheesecake. Panama Hatty's also offers an extensive choice of thirst quenchers including an extensive cocktail list, a range of ales, beers and lagers as well as red and white wines from around the world.

If you enjoy dining in traditional and classic English pubs, you'll love a visit to The Dysart Arms. The village pub was built as a farmhouse in the mid-18th century and started functioning as a pub during the late 1800s.

Several airy rooms surround a central bar and the interior exudes a delightful old world charm with red and black tile and wood floors complemented by light walls, old furniture, pleasingly large bookcases, and well-chosen knick-knacks. Choose to dine on the terrace or in the garden and you'll be greeted by views of the distant Peckforton Hills on one side and Beeston Castle on the other.

A regularly changing menu offers a range of tasty and imaginative dishes that could include warm goats' cheese with a honey dressing, assorted sandwiches, ham hock terrine, fish and chips with mushy peas, steaks, pan-fried duck breast, and puddings such as the ubiquitous sticky toffee.

Named the Fox and Barrel after a former landlord let a pursued fox escape to the cellar, it is worth seeking out this thriving food pub for the genuine welcome, interesting seasonal menus and a tip-top pint of Bass.

Beyond the snug bar, with its huge log fire, china ornaments and jugs and daily newspapers, the half-paneled dining area sports a rug-strewn wood floor and rustic farmhouse tables topped with church candles.

Interesting menus list bar meals such as roast ham platter, smoked chicken Caesar salad, and chicken fajita. More inventive restaurant meals take in smoked haddock and chorizo risotto with pesto, Thai king prawn curry and lamb rump with champ and Mediterranean vegetables. Puddings include spiced raisin and ginger pudding with local Snugbury's ice cream. There's a good choice of wines with 15 by the glass, malt whiskies, a secluded summer patio for al fresco eating.

The Fox and Barrel has won many awards including Cheshire Dining Pub of the Year and National Best Pub of the Year.