Newbury Restaurant Guide

Dundas Arms

Featured Restaurant

This friendly establishment has been looking after the needs, offering both food and drink, for famished and parched folk since the end of the 18th Century. It is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the banks of the River Kennet and The Kennet and Avon canal.

• Address: 53 Station Road, Kintbury, nr Newbury, RG17 9UT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Seafood, Bar
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £37.00

Red House, The

Featured Restaurant

An attractive 18th century free house, this delightful Berkshire restaurant and bar, an essay in red brick and thatch, offers a range of menus that would satisfy even the most pernickety, and they are always changing to suit circumstances.

• Address: Marsh Benham, Newbury, RG20 8LY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): European, French, International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £28.00

Amara Restaurant

• Address: Newbury Road, Headley, Newbury, RG19 8LG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bangladeshi, Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £25.00

ASK - Newbury

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: 34 Market Place, Newbury, RG14 5AG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Pizza & Pasta
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Bunk Inn, The

Located in the deep heart of the West Berkshire countryside, and it doesn't come much deeper than that, The Bunk Inn is a well run family country inn with rooms, all of a very high order which, in the days before we became a bit more relaxed about such matters might have been called an hotel.

• Address: Curridge Village, Thatcham, nr Newbury, RG18 9DS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £36.00

Carnarvon Arms

After an extensive refit the Carnarvon Arms is back in business in no uncertain fashion, with Rob Clayton, formerly of The Priory Hotel, Bath, at the helm in the kitchens. It is said the aim is bridge the gap between a gastropub and a restaurant.

• Address: Winchester Road , Whitway, Burghclere, Newbury, RG20 9LE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £46.00

Crab at Chieveley, The

One is left in little doubt from the moment of arrival that at The Crab seafood rules. Just make sure you don't trip over the lobster pots as you walk from the car park. In an age when no self-respecting restaurant regards itself as being unable to field fresh fish every day, however far it may be from the briny, there is a daily delivery from Brixham to the Crab that results in a menu of undoubted and welcome bias.

• Address: Wantage Road, Chieveley, Newbury, RG20 8UE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Fish & Chip, Modern, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £28.00, Dinner: £58.00

Falmouth Arms, The

• Address: Bath Road, Woolhampton, nr Reading, RG7 5RT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Furze Bush Inn, The

Well placed for events in and around Newbury, this pleasant hostelry is an excellent example of a welcoming inn that offers good honest fare amidst a jolly and unstuffy atmosphere, the sort of place you can bring the children with you and not have to worry they'll be bored or disappointed.

• Address: Hatt Common, Ball Hill, Newbury, RG20 0NQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £29.00

Harrow Inn

A pleasant 17th century inn with cosy views over the cricket square and duck pond. Like most pubs nowadays its preoccupation with food equals if not exceeds its original purpose of selling beer and other suitable inebriants likely to render you immune to the boredom of cricket.

• Address: Main Street, West Ilsley, Newbury, RG20 7AR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00