Places to eat in Burford

Where to eat in Burford

Burford eats on two streets. The High Street, which runs downhill to the Windrush, has the tea room and the liveliest pub. Witney Street, a quieter street that leaves it to the east, has an inn with an AA Rosette and a family-run pub known for its pies. A café in the glasshouse at Burford Garden Co., on the southern edge of the town, completes the choice.

Huffkins, at 96 to 98 High Street, belongs to the bakery that began in Burford in about 1890. It is a tea room in a listed building with beams, a medieval courtyard at the back and a bakery shop next door, serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea every day. Also on the High Street, the Cotswold Arms, known in the town as the Coty, serves food every day from 11am to 9pm, and a musician plays in the main bar on Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm.

Witney Street and the edge of town

The Angel, at 14 Witney Street, has been run by the King family since 2011 and holds an AA Rosette for food cooked on the premises from fresh, seasonal ingredients. It opens from 8.30am every day, has a walled garden and sun terrace, and keeps Thursday for pie night. A few doors along, the Royal Oak is a family-run Wadworth pub with a log fire, a beer garden that catches the sun, and award-winning pies from the Cotswold Pie Company that you can also take home.

On Shilton Road, the café at Burford Garden Co. cooks from scratch every day, with child-sized portions of the main lunches and a terrace for warm days. The Cotswold Wildlife Park is about 2 miles (3km) south, so it makes the lunch stop on a family day there.

Booking, Sunday lunch and children

Book the Angel online, and ask about food times if you plan to eat late, since it publishes none. The Cotswold Arms takes bookings online or by email, and a booking is wise on a music night. The garden-centre café takes no bookings, so Saturday lunchtime can mean a wait. For Sunday lunch, the Angel and the Cotswold Arms both have a Sunday menu, and the Royal Oak serves food from noon to 5pm and closes at 7pm. Huffkins shuts at 4pm on Sundays. Children have their own menus at the Angel, Huffkins and the Cotswold Arms, which has one for under-11s.

Prices, dogs and parking

We give no prices: we have not checked a priced menu at any of the five this season. Dogs are welcome at Huffkins, at the Royal Oak and everywhere in the Cotswold Arms, where the staff keep treats behind the bar. Burford Garden Co. admits only assistance dogs, and takes cards, not cash. Guildenford car park, across the bottom of the town, is free, with most bays limited to 4 hours. For a bed in one of the old inns, see where to stay in Burford.