South West Restaurant Guide

Originally known as the Neptune, this eighteenth-century stone-built inn is a favourite refuelling point on the old Abbotsbury to Weymouth road.

Station Road, Bridport, Dorset

A little quayside restaurant overlooking Brixham harbour, the Poopdeck naturally makes a speciality of serving fish fresh from the local boats.

14 The Quay, Brixham, Devon

Following a complete top-to-tail refurbishment, the Swan Hotel is back in business and thriving under its new owners Stephen and Penny Ross (formerly of the Queensberry Hotel in Bath).

1 Church Street, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

Adam Fellows came to Wells after hitting the heights at the Charlton House Hotel, but he has swapped sumptuous country house elegance for the streetwise pizzazz of Goodfellows.

5 Sadler Street, Wells, Somerset

From the outside, you might think this was just another Wiltshire roadside pub, but the interior tells a different story.

Rowde, Devizes, Wiltshire

There's no finer setting for a dreamily elegant, refined and overtly luxurious city hotel than Bath's iconic Royal Crescent - arguably Britain's most glorious Georgian terrace and a masterpiece of European architecture.

16 Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset

Carol and Nigel Venner are a charming couple who make everyone feel most welcome at their aptly named country house hotel on the northern slopes of the Quantock Hills not far from Bridgwater.

Dodington, Bridgwater, Somerset

A converted 300-year-old cottage overlooking the Exe estuary, the Galley remains one of the focal points of affluent Topsham (just outside Exeter).

41 Fore Street, Exeter, Devon

Red or White is closed until September for renovations. Red or White was created in 2001 with the express purpose of bringing a new deal to Trowbridge.

Evolution House, Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Standing amid three acres of gardens in the middle of Exford - one of Exmoor's prettiest villages - the Crown Hotel is a renowned seventeenth-century coaching inn that has recently gained fame as a family-run hotel.

Park Street, Exford, Somerset