Our Top 5 Lunch Spots in the Cotswolds
If you’re anything like us, you’ll want your time away to be filled with delicious meals made with only the very best, local ingredients. You also don’t want to spend hours trawling through café reviews or squabbling over the best places to visit, which is why we have put together our favourite Top 5 lunch spots that are guaranteed to be a hit with all your guests during your stay with Luxury Cotswold Retreats!
Daylesford Organic Farm, Kingham
This iconic farm shop is a perfect destination for any foodies, offering Organic farming with a focus on sustainability, seasonality and artisan skills. Fruit and vegetables are picked each morning from the garden and taken straight to the farm’s shop and award-winning café. Venture further in and you’ll discover a floristry area and clothing store, as well as a magnificent spa. Cookery and Floristry workshops run most weeks, so be sure to check the schedule and book yourself in to learn something new!
Daylesford, Kingham, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0YG
The Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Farm is a family run business that showcases local produce and promotes ethical, wholesome and sustainable food. Here you’ll find a collective of artisan food producers, a whole-food café, farm shop, children’s play area and delicatessen. It’s also worth checking out their cookery and creative workshops, nutritional seminars and demonstrations if you are interested in learning some new skills, from foraging courses to baking your own sourdough.
King's Lane, Snitterfield, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 0QA
Blockley Village Shop and Café
The Blockley Village Shop and Café sits in the heart of one of the prettiest villages in the Cotswolds, and offers excellent coffee, brilliant breakfasts, tasty lunches and some of the best cakes in the area. All the food is freshly cooked using local produce whenever possible. Evening meals are also served on Fridays and Saturdays.
Bell Lane, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9BB
Vegetable Matters, Ebrington
Situated in the pretty village of Ebrington is Vegetable Matters, a friendly farm shop and café selling local and seasonal produce with minimal food miles. Visit this wonderful store for bread, local milk, English flowers and more. They have fantastic brunch and lunch options (the fresh soup and warm cheese scones are delicious!) and you are guaranteed a warm welcome by owners Pete and Amanda. If you’re visiting in summer, be sure to pick your own sunflowers from the hundreds that surround the pretty café so that you can take some sunshine home from your travels.
May Lane, Ebrington, Chipping Campden GL55 6NJ
The Straw Kitchen, Whichford
Outside at the Whicford Pottery centre, this family friendly, rustic café specialises in tasty brunches and lunches that use fresh ingredients. It has a sustainable, local and ethical approach to its menu, which includes fresh soups, salads and colourful nourish bowls, and has both dine in or take away options. There is plenty of outdoor seating and you are also encouraged to bring your own blankets and camp chairs to make the most of their sprawling grass area, making it feel like you’re at a mini festival!
Whichford Pottery, Whichford, Warwickshire CV36 5PG