Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Ampthill
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Ampthill restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 11 restaurants in Ampthill and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Ampthill restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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1. Stratton House Hotel
British, Modern restaurant in Biggleswade
London Road - SG18
At The Stratton House Hotel we specialise in unpretentious food that makes the most of fresh, quality produce. We like to think it’s some of the tastiest you’ll find around Biggleswade.With a seating capacity of sixty-five, this well-appointed restaurant is ...
2. Paris House
British, Modern restaurant in Woburn
Woburn Park - MK17
“Of course it has a wonderful location… but the food more than surpassed this”. “In a wonderful parkland setting” (22 acres of the Duke of Bedford’s Woburn Estate), this striking mock-Tudor timber building (originally built in France in 1878) is nowadays the stage for chef/patron Phil Fanning’s highly ambitious cuisine. The main event is a “memorable six-course tasting menu” for £99 per person, which on practically all accounts delivers a “thoroughly professional and delightful” experience: “each course is exceptional, with complex assemblies of often more than 10 components, but all complementing each other”. “It is fortunate you can have a two-hour walk amongst the deer after your meal!”
3. The Oakley Arms
restaurant in Harrold
98-104 High Street - MK43
Independent, produce led pub restaurant.Situated an equal distance from Bedford, Northampton and Milton Keynes sits our 400 year old thatched pub, The Oakley Arms, Harrold. Run by husband and wife chef...
4. Birch
British, Modern restaurant in Woburn
20 Newport Rd - MK17
“All food pubs should be like this!” – according to fans of this “perfect pit stop” on the outskirts of town. “You can’t fault the intent or enthusiasm of the service and the food, if unadventurous, is very decent”.
5. Hermitage Rd
British, Modern restaurant in Hitchin
20-21 Hermitage Road - SG5
2021 Review: This former ballroom gains most praise for its “great breakfast/brunch” that makes “a brilliant way to start the weekend, with lots of free top-up coffee and newspapers to read”. In addition to “the best brews, home bakes and bagels”, there’s also a full dinner menu featuring sustainable local produce.
6. The Fox
British, Modern restaurant in Willian
2023 Review: This village pub-with-rooms just off the A1 offers “attractively presented food” on a menu which is “a cut above standard gastropub fare” – best enjoyed in the “new outside dining area, which in summer evokes a lovely Mediterranean feel”.
7. The Farmhouse at Redcoats
British, Modern restaurant in Hitchin
Redcoats Green - SG4
The “beautiful, charming setting” and “smart atmosphere” of this farmhouse hotel less than half an hour from London win general applause, and “in an area which is something of a desert in respect of ‘fine dining’, it provides cooking that’s a notch above the usual gastropub fare”. “On a warm summer’s day, a table in the garden is ideal for a long, relaxed lunch”.
8. The Plough at Bolnhurst
British, Modern restaurant in Bolnhurst
This “lovely ‘olde worlde’ village pub” (dating from the Tudor era) puts in a “consistently assured performance” under Martyn & Jayne Lee, owners since 2005, with “terrific food and excellent service” – “nothing much changes (which is not a criticism!)”.
9. Luton Hoo, Luton Hoo Hotel
International restaurant in Luton
The Mansion House, Luton Hoo Estate - LU1
2021 Review: Afternoon tea is “a real treat” in the “wonderful and friendly surroundings” of this country house hotel and spa, whose claim to fame is that it appeared in ‘Four Weddings’. Reports of more substantial meals here are more up-and-down.
10. Eileen's
British, Modern restaurant in Ampthill
86a Dunstable Street - MK45
Bedfordshire-born Steven Barringer opened this popular restaurant alongside wife Amy seven years after starring on the 2011 season of MasterChef: The Professionals. The “great taster menu” (coming in five- or seven-course versions that change monthly) and “knowledgeable staff” have contributed to its local success – so do think to book in advance.
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