Eat and drink · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Old Butchers
A restaurant in a former butcher's shop on Park Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, run by Pete and Louise Robinson since 2005 and listed by Michelin.
Family-friendly
Stow's long-running restaurant, in the same hands since 2005 and in the Michelin Guide. Book, and note it is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
- Good: Michelin Guide Selected (2026)
- Good: Menu changes daily, cooking nose to tail
- Good: Children welcome, with high chairs
- Worth knowing: Closed Sundays and Mondays, and for several holiday breaks a year
- Worth knowing: Only small dogs under 10kg, under the table, by arrangement
- Worth knowing: No prams inside and no baby-changing room
About
The Old Butchers is a restaurant in a former butcher's shop on Park Street in Stow-on-the-Wold. Pete and Louise Robinson took the shop over in 2005 and have run it since, and it carries the Michelin Guide's Selected badge for 2026.
The menu changes every day with what the suppliers bring, and the kitchen works to a nose-to-tail ethos. Seafood in particular depends on what the suppliers have that day, and a gluten-free sample menu is on the website. At dinner each guest is asked to order a main course or spend at least £40. You can sit in the main room or on a heated, fully covered terrace.
It opens Tuesday to Saturday for lunch from midday to 2pm and for dinner from 6pm, until 9pm, 9.30pm on Fridays and 10pm on Saturdays. Tables take up to six. Children and babies are welcome, with high chairs, though prams stay outside. Small dogs under 10kg can come if they stay under the table; say so when you book.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 14:00, 18:00 to 22:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |
Last booking 15 minutes before closing. Closed Sundays and Mondays, including bank holidays, and for several holiday breaks a year (about seven weeks in all in 2027); the dates are on its website.
The details
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Restaurant · Garden or terrace
- Awards
- Michelin Guide Selected (2026)
- SquareMeal UK Top 100 Restaurants (2023)
- History
- Opened in 2005 in a former butcher's shop
Photos
The seafood platter 
The private dining room 
The terrace 
A burger
Location
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The Bell at Stow
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The Porch House
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The Sheep on Sheep Street
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Bell at Stow 0.1 km away
- The Porch House 0.1 km away
- The Sheep on Sheep Street 0.1 km away
- The Old Bakery Tearoom 0.2 km away
Sights nearby
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Market cross, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Monument · Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow's market cross stands in the southern half of the Market Square: a medieval calvary and socket stone, probably of the fourteenth century, carrying a shaft and lantern head restored in 1878 and again in 1995, when its four carved panels were restored. Grade II and scheduled.
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St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Edward's is Stow-on-the-Wold's Grade I parish church, beside the Market Square, with a fifteenth-century tower seen across the wold and a north door framed by two yews. Royalist prisoners were held inside after the battle of 1646. Open daily.
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Pineapple Spa, Lower Swell
Sight · Historic building · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Pineapple Spa is a row of cottages beside the B4068 between Lower Swell and Stow-on-the-Wold that began as a spa over a mineral spring found in 1807, with a front in the Indian style of Sezincote and a stone door hood crowned by a pineapple. Grade II*; private.
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St Mary's Church, Lower Swell
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Mary's at Lower Swell, a mile west of Stow, is two churches in one: a twelfth-century nave and chancel, now the south aisle and chapel, beside a larger church of 1852. Its Norman doorway has a Tree of Life tympanum and its old chancel arch rare carvings. Grade II*.