Midlands Restaurant Guide

The Angel Restaurant is situated in the picturesque village of Long Crendon, surrounded by thatched cottages and period architecture in the beautiful countryside of Buckinghamshire.

47 Bicester Road, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire

Originally a wayside inn deep in the Chilterns, not far from Princes Risborough, the Rose & Crown at Saunderton has been transformed into a stylish bar and hotel with impressive dining facilities.

Wycombe Road, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire

A seventeenth-century Buckinghamshire mansion of some repute, Stoke Place has been transformed into a contemporary boutique hotel just 30 minutes' drive from the bustle of the capital.

Stoke Green, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire

A little slice of Italy in rural Buckinghamshire, just six miles south of Milton Keynes, the George Inn combines the virtues of an English village pub with a rustic trattoria.

Watling Street, Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire

The Kingham Plough is set in a beautiful 350 year old building opposite the village green in the quintessentially English village of Kingham, once voted England's favourite village by Country Life Magazine.

, Kingham, Oxfordshire

Opened in 1995, the flagship of the Voujon mini-chain brings a touch of upmarket Indian cuisine to Oakham. The decor fuses east and west, contemporary and traditional, with comfortable leather sofas in the bar and lots of fashionable trappings in the open-plan restaurant: book well ahead if you want to reserve a table by the window.

4 Burley Corner, Oakham, Rutland

Younger sister to the original in Oakham, this branch of Voujon opened early in 2007 and brings a touch of upmarket Indian cuisine to Stamford.

26 Broad Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire

A stunningly restored Palladian-style mansion on the outskirts of Ludlow, Fishmore Hall was transformed into a boutique country house hotel in 2007.

Fishmore Road, Ludlow, Shropshire

Younger sister to the highly successful Indian restaurant in Coventry's medieval quarter, the Meriden branch of Turmeric Gold occupies a Georgian building in the heart of the village, and is gaining fame as one of the most flamboyant venues in the area.

155 Main Road, Meriden, Warwickshire

A relative of Thai Dusit in Coventry and Derby, this popular restaurant is situated just off Kingswinford's main drag. 'Dusit' translates as 'Buddhist paradise' and the dining room certainly tries to live up to its name with lots of native artefacts and waitresses in pretty national costume.

42 Market Street, Kingswinford, West Midlands