Eat and drink · Bourton-on-the-Water
The Croft
A café and restaurant on Riverside in Bourton-on-the-Water, by the Windrush, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea daily and dinner on Fridays and Saturdays.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
A table by the Windrush from breakfast to afternoon tea, and dogs are welcome. Breakfast and lunch are walk-in only at weekends, so come early.
- Good: By the River Windrush
- Good: Dogs welcome
- Good: Open from breakfast every day
- Worth knowing: Weekend breakfast and lunch are walk-in only
- Worth knowing: Open in the evening only on Fridays and Saturdays
About
The Croft is a café and restaurant on Riverside in Bourton-on-the-Water, beside the River Windrush a short walk from the Narrow Bridge. It describes itself as family-friendly, and says well-behaved dogs are welcome.
It opens from breakfast every day and serves lunch and afternoon tea from a seasonal menu of fresh, local produce, with old favourites and newer dishes. It closes at 5.30pm from Monday to Thursday and 5pm on Sundays, and stays open until 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays for dinner.
Tables can be booked online, but breakfast and lunch are walk-in only at weekends, so it is worth coming early then. The Croft lets a two-bedroom flat with its own kitchen, and its website links to Halford House, a guest house.
Riverside is the street along the water in the middle of the village, so the Croft is an easy stop before or after a walk such as Bourton, Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter, or a visit to Birdland or the Model Village.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | 09:00 to 17:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 17:30 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 17:30 |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 17:30 |
| Friday | 09:00 to 20:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 20:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 to 17:00 |
Opens at 9am every day. Breakfast and lunch are walk-in only at weekends.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Afternoon tea · Dinner
- Features
- By the water · Dogs inside
Photos
A bedroom 
A bedroom 
From the kitchen 
The dining room
Location
Places to stay nearby
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Chester House Hotel
Hotel · Bourton-on-the-Water
A family-owned hotel with 22 rooms on Victoria Street, Bourton-on-the-Water, with L'Anatra Italian Kitchen, a walled garden, a car park and rooms for small dogs.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Old Manse Hotel
Inn · Bourton-on-the-Water
A Cotswold-stone inn of 1748 on Victoria Street, Bourton-on-the-Water, with 15 rooms, three of them for dogs, and pub food all day, run by Greene King Inns.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Dial House
Hotel · Bourton-on-the-Water
A hotel with 13 rooms on Bourton-on-the-Water's High Street, five of them designed by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, with a restaurant, a garden and parking for guests.
Verified Nov 2026
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Kingsbridge 0.0 km away
- Chester House Hotel 0.1 km away
- Cotswold Perfumery 0.1 km away
- The Model Village, Bourton-on-the-Water 0.1 km away
Sights nearby
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Bourton-on-the-Water war memorial
Sight · Monument · Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton-on-the-Water's war memorial is a tall stone cross of 1920 on the green beside the Windrush, raised by the village for its 27 men who died in the First World War, with 12 names added after the Second. Listed Grade II; open at all times.
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Greystones Farm nature reserve
Sight · Nature reserve · Bourton-on-the-Water
Greystones Farm is Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's 66-hectare farm reserve on the edge of Bourton-on-the-Water: flower-rich meadows that are an SSSI, the Dikler and the Eye, a replica roundhouse and the banks of Salmonsbury Camp. Free and open all year.
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Narrow Bridge, Bourton-on-the-Water
Sight · Bridge · Bourton-on-the-Water
Narrow Bridge is the oldest dated of the low stone footbridges over the Windrush in Bourton-on-the-Water, built in 1756 with three rusticated arches and low parapets. Listed Grade II with three of its neighbours, it is crossed free at any time.
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Salmonsbury Camp
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Bourton-on-the-Water
Salmonsbury Camp is an Iron Age fortified enclosure of about 23 hectares just east of Bourton-on-the-Water, its double banks still up to 2m high on three sides, with Roman and Saxon finds and a charter of AD 779. A scheduled monument on Greystones Farm reserve.