Thame Restaurants

Thatch, The

Featured Restaurant

The Thatch has an interesting recent history to add to its ancient origins way back in the 16th century. Many will recall the BBC2 show, The Restaurant, which culminated in the renovation of The Thatch as the prize won by Jeremy and Jane Hooper, who moved in in November 2008.

• Address: 29-30 Lower High Street, Thame, OX9 2AA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £28.00

Eden Bar and Grill

The historic market town of Thame, with its mile long main street is a delightful settlement surrounded by beautiful countryside speckled with tiny, charming villages, many of them with cosy thatched cottages.

• Address: The Spread Eagle Hotel, 16-17 Cornmarket, Thame, OX9 2BW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Brasserie, Casual
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £35.00

Kathy's Bistro

The British are noted for many things, not least that object of gastronomic derision, the humble sausage. Quite why this should be so beats me, after all the Germans also have a vested interest in the propagation of the banger, snorker or whatever other name you may care to give it.

• Address: Birdcage Public House, 4 Cornmarket, Thame, OX9 3DX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £20.00

Moti Mahal

The very name Moti Mahal conjures up splendid images of sprawling palaces and an India that is no longer what it used to be, quaint and simply delightful. But this restaurant in Tiddington with its British backdrop of the Fox Inn and decor, which almost strays into the staid category were it not for the colourful curtains, is a remarkable choice for lunch or dinner.

• Address: The fox Inn, Oxford Road, Tiddington, Thame, OX9 2LH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bangladeshi, Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £25.00

Restaurant at The Oxford Belfry

Like many large modern hotels the Belfry does not go out of its way to promote what is at the very core of its day-to-day life, the restaurant. This is not good marketing. As the public awareness and appreciation of good food grows so those hotels that offer decent food should let it be widely known.

• Address: Milton Common, nr Thame, OX9 2JW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £42.00

Swan Restaurant at Tetsworth, The

One hears of restaurants with rooms but antiques with restaurants is a new twist, and it seems to work very well at The Swan, housed in a historic Grade II Elizabethan coaching inn, and home to the collections of over eighty antique dealers in forty showrooms.

• Address: High Street, Tetsworth, nr Thame, OX9 7AB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £25.00