Eat and drink · Lechlade-on-Thames
New Wave Brasserie and Bar, Lechlade
A seafood brasserie on Burford Street, Lechlade, opened in 2022 by a fish merchant and the chef Bob Parkinson, with a terrace, a Friday fish market and Sunday dates.
Proper seafood in a small town on the Thames: oysters, scallops, whole fish and platters from a fish merchant's own supply. Book for dinner, and come on a Friday morning to buy fish to take home from its market.
- Good: Fish mainly from Cornwall, Devon and Scotland
- Good: Courtyard and an open-top terrace as well as the brasserie
- Good: Friday fish and seafood market, 8.30am to 2pm
- Good: Private dining room for 12 to 14
- Worth knowing: Open Wednesday to Saturday; Sundays only on set dates
- Worth knowing: No car park of its own: park at the Memorial Hall
About
New Wave Brasserie and Bar is a seafood restaurant at 10 Burford Street in Lechlade-on-Thames, opened in October 2022 in a former café and bakery. It is the project of Tim Boyd, who has supplied fish to Cotswold restaurants for more than 35 years, his wife Maisie, and the chef Bob Parkinson, once of the Swan at Southrop and Barnsley House; Nico Arnold has been head chef since 2023. It won at the Cotswold Life Food and Drink Awards in 2024.
The fish comes mainly from Cornwall, Devon and Scotland. The menu runs from oysters (£4.50 each or £23 for six in 2026) and taramasalata with crispy fish skins to tempura prawns, scallops with nduja butter and whole fish, with a changing Today's Catch list of whole fish and fillets. The restaurant asks you to mention lobster or a platter in the comments box when you book.
You can eat in the main brasserie, in a shaded courtyard or on an open-top terrace, and the Captain's Cabin, a separate room for 12 to 14, can be booked for private dining. Lunch runs from Wednesday to Saturday, noon to 2.45pm, and dinner from 5.45pm to 9pm, or from 5pm on Saturdays; the bar stays open until 10.30pm. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Super Sundays, with their own menus, run on set dates through the year.
On Fridays from 8.30am to 2pm a fish and seafood market sets up in the passage alongside. Park at the Memorial Hall on Oak Street. Lynwood & Co on the Market Square does the daytime coffee.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Wed 11, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 15:30, 18:00 to 22:30 | 12:00 to 14:45, 17:45 to 21:00 | Closed |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 15:30, 18:00 to 22:30 | 12:00 to 14:45, 17:45 to 21:00 | Closed |
| Friday | 12:00 to 15:30, 18:00 to 22:30 | 12:00 to 14:45, 17:45 to 21:00 | 08:30 to 14:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 15:30, 18:00 to 22:30 | 12:00 to 14:45, 17:00 to 21:00 | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed | Closed | Closed |
Shop: Fish and seafood market in the passage beside the brasserie
Closed Monday and Tuesday. Food served noon to 2.45pm and 5.45pm to 9pm (from 5pm on Saturdays); bar until 10.30pm. Super Sundays on set dates through the year.
The details
- Food
- Seafood · Modern British
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Garden or terrace · Private dining
- History
- Opened in October 2022
- Parking
- Parking at Lechlade Memorial Hall, a short walk away.
Photos
Sea bass 
Pudding 
The sign outside 
The fish counter
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Lynwood & Co, Lechlade 0.0 km away
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Father Thames and St John's Lock
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