The Woodstock Arms
Pubs · Woodstock
A bistro pub with rooms on Market Street, Woodstock, showing two AA Rosettes, open every day from 9am with food all day and dogs and children welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Food and drink in the Cotswolds
152 places · every place verified by us
Village pubs from the local breweries, farm shops and markets, and a few restaurants with stars. Here is how to eat well in the Cotswolds, and where the good food is.
152 places
152 places
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The Woolpack, Slad
Pubs · Slad
A small dog-friendly pub on the Slad road across from the church, Laurie Lee's local in his later years, with a fireside bar, a snug, vine-covered terraces and a dining room that cooks from its own kitchen garden.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Waterloo House
Pubs · Nailsworth
An independent bar and kitchen on George Street, Nailsworth, open Thursday to Sunday from 9am for brunch, with burgers and pizza Thursday to Saturday.
Verified Nov 2026
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Wilder
Restaurants · Nailsworth
A tasting-menu restaurant on Market Street, Nailsworth: eight courses at one 7pm sitting, Wednesday to Saturday, with no menu.
Verified Nov 2026
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William's
Restaurants · Nailsworth
A seafood restaurant, fishmonger and deli on Fountain Street, Nailsworth, set up by William Beeston in 1975, with a terrace over the stream.
Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Winstones Ice Cream, Rodborough Common
Cafes and tearooms · Minchinhampton
A family ice cream maker on the edge of Rodborough Common since 1925, whose parlour is open every day with 18 flavours, waffles, coffee and ice cream for dogs.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Woodruffs
Cafes and tearooms · Stroud
A café on Stroud's High Street for brunch, lunch, coffee and cake, open every day, with dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Car-free
Verified Oct 2026
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Zonda at the Halfway
Pubs · Guiting Power
A pizza pub at the Halfway in Kineton, about a mile from Guiting Power, with small plates, Sunday roasts and a set lunch, open Wednesday to Sunday.
Verified Oct 2026
Pubs and the local breweries
Three breweries supply many of the region's pubs. Donnington Brewery's pubs include the Black Horse at Naunton, the Mount Inn at Stanton and the White Bear at Shipston-on-Stour. Hook Norton runs the Great Western Arms at Blockley, and Wadworth the White Hart at Castle Combe and the George and the Red Lion at Lacock. Our guide to Cotswold pubs and the breweries behind them tells their stories, and our pub walks end at many of their pubs. Our pick of the best pubs in the Cotswolds goes from village greens to riverbanks.
Restaurants with stars
Bybrook, the restaurant at the Manor House at Castle Combe, kept its Michelin star in the 2026 guide. The Trough at Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, holds a Green Michelin star, as do the farm's other two restaurants, the Legbar and the Old Spot.
Farm shops and markets
Daylesford's farm shop opens every day, from 8am to 6pm and from 9am to 5pm on Sundays. Stroud's farmers' market fills the streets around Cornhill every Saturday morning, and Cirencester's Charter Market runs on Mondays and Fridays. In Coln St Aldwyns the village shop, café and post office is owned by the people of Coln St Aldwyns, Hatherop and Quenington, through a community company set up in 2012; Anne Robinson opened the refurbished shop in June 2013. Our page on Stroud Farmers' Market has the trains and parking.
Near Biddestone, Allington Farm Shop has its own butchery, a deli, a bakery and a licensed café.
Village pubs
In the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, the Kingham Plough on the green opens daily from 8.30am, and the Wild Rabbit, also at Kingham, serves dinner from Wednesday to Sunday. In the Coln valley, the New Inn at Coln St Aldwyns and the dog-friendly Keepers Arms at Quenington are in neighbouring villages on the Coln, a short walk apart. The Eight Bells in Chipping Campden opens daily from noon, and the Lamb Inn at Burford welcomes dogs.
Cafés with a story
At Northleach, the café in the Georgian Old Prison opens daily from 9am to 4pm, and at Cogges in Witney the café sits in a manor farm's grounds. For scones and cream, see afternoon tea in the Cotswolds, from country house hotels at the Slaughters to tearooms in Chipping Campden and Stow.
Fish and food towns
Nailsworth has William's, a seafood restaurant, fishmonger and deli that William Beeston set up in 1975. Tetbury and Stroud both hold weekly markets.
Region by region, see where to eat in the North Cotswolds, the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, the Coln Valley, Stroud and the Five Valleys, the Cotswold Edge and the South Cotswolds.
Village pubs worth the drive
Six village pubs a short way out of the towns, from Childswickham to Shipton Moyne.
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Childswickham Inn and Brasserie
Pubs · Broadway
A village pub and brasserie at Childswickham, about two miles from Broadway, with cask ale and ciders, a daily specials board, a garden and a dog-friendly bar.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Cat & Custard Pot Inn
Pubs · Tetbury
A village pub with eight en suite bedrooms at Shipton Moyne, about 2.5 miles from Tetbury, with well-behaved dogs welcome throughout.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Chequers, Churchill
Pubs · Kingham
A Lionhearth Group gastropub on Church Road in Churchill, about 2 miles from Kingham, with an open fire, a garden terrace, two private dining rooms and dogs and children welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Zonda at the Halfway
Pubs · Guiting Power
A pizza pub at the Halfway in Kineton, about a mile from Guiting Power, with small plates, Sunday roasts and a set lunch, open Wednesday to Sunday.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Pheasant Inn
Pubs · Winchcombe
A traditional Cotswold inn at Toddington, about 3 miles north of Winchcombe, with homemade food, Donnington ales and a beer garden.
Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Ebrington Arms
Pubs · Chipping Campden
A village pub in Ebrington, about 3 miles by road from Chipping Campden, with a landscaped terrace and garden, food every day and five rooms.
Verified Oct 2026
Eating out
- Book
- Book ahead for Sunday lunch and for summer weekends in the famous villages.
- Dogs
- Many pubs welcome dogs; our place guides say which ones tell us so.
- Markets
- Stroud on Saturdays, Cirencester on Mondays and Fridays, Tetbury on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Cafés and restaurants in the towns
Breakfast to dinner in Cirencester, Nailsworth and near Malmesbury.
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Igloo
Restaurants · Cirencester
A family-run restaurant on Castle Street, Cirencester, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, with coffee, wine and cocktails, and dogs welcome downstairs.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Gilbertine Deli
Farm shops and delis · Cirencester
A sandwich deli on Black Jack Street, Cirencester, from the team behind the Gilbertine Kitchen in Tetbury.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Organic Farm Shop
Farm shops and delis · Cirencester
An organic farm shop and café at Abbey Home Farm on the Burford Road outside Cirencester, which began its organic conversion in 1990, with walks round the farm and EV charging.
EV charging
Verified Oct 2026
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Waterloo House
Pubs · Nailsworth
An independent bar and kitchen on George Street, Nailsworth, open Thursday to Sunday from 9am for brunch, with burgers and pizza Thursday to Saturday.
Verified Nov 2026
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Wilder
Restaurants · Nailsworth
A tasting-menu restaurant on Market Street, Nailsworth: eight courses at one 7pm sitting, Wednesday to Saturday, with no menu.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Flying Monk Café and Restaurant
Cafes and tearooms · Malmesbury
A café, kitchen and bar at Bradfield Manor Farm, Hullavington, about 5.5 miles by road south of Malmesbury, open Wednesday to Sunday since August 2026.
Verified Nov 2026
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Questions
Are there Michelin-starred restaurants in the Cotswolds?
Yes. Bybrook at the Manor House, Castle Combe, kept its Michelin star in the 2026 guide, and the Trough and the farm's two other restaurants at Daylesford hold a Green Michelin star.
When is Stroud farmers' market?
Every Saturday morning, on Cornhill and the streets around it.
Which breweries supply Cotswold pubs?
Donnington, Hook Norton and Wadworth among others.