Food and Drink 2020

FOOD & DRINK A GUIDE TO IN WEST BERKSIREHIRE

Your 2020 guide to food and drink across West Berkshire

A Newbury News Ltd publication

Explore the many pubs and restaurants West Berkshire has to offer – each with their own character and vibe. From bustling towns to tiny hamlets, you will find everything from Michelin star restaurants to cosy pubs offering local brews and a friendly welcome. A la carte menus and top quality pub grub are all catered for in a region proud of its local produce heritage. Just take a look at the online forums for glowing reviews and when it comes to top eatery lists West Berkshire venues will always be in the mix. Welcome to our Pub & Restaurant Guide 2020!

Whether you’re looking for a gourmet five course extravaganza or a quick bite to eat, a picturesque pub garden to enjoy a relaxing drink or a unique independent coffee shop to catch up with friends or family, you will be spoilt for choice with the variety on offer in this guide. You might also be inspired to try out new places. Cheers!

Index

Arigato – Newbury

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Highclere Red House, The – Highclere

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Blackbird, The – Bagnor

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Inn at Home – Newbury

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Catherine Wheel, The – Newbury

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Old Boot Inn, The – Stanford Dingley 4 Pangbourne Cheese Shop – Pangbourne 22/23 Parkway Shopping – Newbury 24 Sushi Maki, The – Newbury 16/17 Tutts Clump Cider – Tutts Clump 9 West Berkshire Brewery – Yattendon 11 Woodpecker, The – Wash Water 5

Crown & Garter, The – Inkpen Common

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Donnington Grove – Newbury

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Esseborne Manor – Hurstbourne Tarrant

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Five Bells – Wickham

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Fox & Hounds, The – Donnington

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Gin Bluff – Online

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Hartley Arms, The – Donnington

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The Old Boot Inn

André and Rebecca offer you a warm welcome

BOOK ATABLE FOR DINNER OR JUST DROP IN FOR A BEER

Booking required so please call us on 01189 745 191 or email oldbootinnstanforddingley@gmail.com The Old Boot Inn, Stanford Dingley Berkshire RG7 6LT

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WELCOME TO THE WOODPECKER THE HOME OF GOOD PUB FOOD IN NEWBURY!

Find us in beautiful countryside near WashWater, just off the A34 and only 3 miles from Newbury itself. We’re open 7 days a week and serve our popular pub food everyday. Our menu includes a fantastic choice of main meals & light bites plus our daily specials, all of which can be enjoyed in our cosy restaurant room. And if it’s just a drink and a catch-up with friends or the football, our bar is OPEN ALL-DAY and the ideal place to enjoy live sports from SKY. But do get here early if you fancy a seat on our warm, comfy sofa or near the woodburner - they are both popular spots!

Monday to Friday 12.00-2.00pm and 5.00pm till 7.00pm, Saturday 12.00-8.00pm and Sunday 12.00 till 4.00pm

• real ales, chilled lagers and a very good selection of wines by the glass • Sky Sports showing all live games • real fire

• plentiful free parking • disabled parking • disabled toilets • dog friendly

NEW HOSTS EMMA AND ROB look forward to welcoming you soon !

THE WOODPECKER. WASH WATER, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE RG20 0LU T: 01635 43027

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The Highclere ​ Red ​ House Independent Pub, Andover Road, Highclere 01635 255531

Home Cooked, Quality Food.

Alongside Traditional Ales, Craft beers,

An extensive selection of Gins, wines & more!

All to Eat in or ​ Take Away!

www.thehighclereredhouse.com For the latest menus and opening times

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Since 2006 our family have been making award-winning Cider and Perry in West Berkshire with full juice from Real fruit Being sugar and gluten free it’s suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans. We do everything in house and package in bottles, cans, bag in box, casks and kegs. We are also SALSA approved www.tuttsclumpcider.co.uk Tel:0118 974 46 49 Email: sales@tuttsclumpcider.co.uk

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ROOMS from £65 Available

Serving traditional pub food, fine ales and wines... WELCOME AT THE F IVE BELLS WICKHAM Enjoy a warm

Wickham, Newbury RG20 8HH

Five Bells beer garden

tel: 01488 657300 email:

hello @ fivebellswickham.co.uk www.fivebellswickham.co.uk

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST OFFERS & EVENTS

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Visit our Taproom & Kitchen in the heart of Berkshire. Relax and enjoy freshly prepared, locally sourced food, and beer from the source, with fantastic views of the surrounding countryside & working brewery.

EVENTS TOURS SHOP

REAL ALE CRAFT BEER

Taproom Mon-Sat 12-11pm, Sun 12-8pm kitchen Mon-Thurs 12-8pm, Fri-Sat 12-9pm, Sun 12-7pm SHOP Open daily 11am-6pm

Scan the code above to peruse our menu and book your table online.

01635 767090

TAPROOMANDKITCHEN@WBBREW.CO.UK

WEST BERKSHIRE BREWERY | THE OLD DAIRY | YATTENDON | RG18 OXT

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Donnington Grove is nestled in 500 acres of Berkshire’s finest countryside in Newbury. When you visit you’ll find a wide range of covid-19 secure facilities to enjoy and a warm welcome awaits you from the friendly team. • The stunning 18 hole Championship golf course offers a challenge to golfers at all levels • Golf Buggies for your convenience • Fly fishing • Clay Shooting • Golf lessons • “NEW” covered driving range, with lighting, alongside the beautiful lake • Bar and restaurant open daily for breakfast, lunch, afternoon teas, dinner • Unique wedding venue licensed for weddings • Perfect for small celebrations and private parties • Conference and meeting rooms in the manor for up to 16 delegates • “NEW” Avalon retreat, three beautiful treatment rooms to relax and unwind

For all enquiries please call 01635 582 134, Beaus Restaurant

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THE CATHERINE WHEEL NEWBURY BEER - CIDER - GIN - PIE

www.thecatherinewheel.com

18 th Century independent pub & pie house set in the heart of Newbury. We have been serving award winning beers, ciders & pies to Newbury and the surrounding area since 2014. Seating inside, plus outside in our heated courtyard. Open fire

6 ROTATING CASK ALES 10 KEG BEERS & CIDERS CRAFT BOTTLED & CANNED BEERS LOCALLY PRODUCED CIDERS NEWBURY’S PREMIER GIN BAR

35 CHEAP STREET, NEWBURY RG14 5DB WEST BERKSHIRE CAMRA PUB OF THE YEAR 2018 CIDER PUB OF THE YEAR 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019

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Traditionally made Sushi and Japanese inspired foods in the heart of Newbury. The Sushi Maki is a multiple award winning restaurant that can also deliver to your door or you can collect from our door to enjoy at home

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Independently owned and managed Newbury’s premier Sushi experience

www.thesushimaki.co.uk 21 Market Pl, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5AA 01635 551702

Reviews from millionsofTripadvisor travellersplace this Restaurant in the top 10%worldwide.

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NEW TO 2020 Come and visit the new look Fox & Hounds! During lockdown we were hard at work to improve YOUR experience upon your return. brand new extensions. We can now cater to small functions, business meets and parties! Give us a call and see what we can do for YOU today! Most notably through our

The Fox & Hounds, Old Oxford Road, Donnington, Newbury, RG14 3AP Just past the Donnington Valley Hotel t: 01635 40540 www.foxandhoundsnewbury.co.uk email: info@foxandhounds.co.uk

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We love it when customers come into our shop and try our award-winning cheeses in person. If you are unable to visit, our online shop at cheese-etc.co.uk is the next best thing.

With our FREE Flexi Delivery service, if you’re in Newbury, Thatcham and surrounding villages, we’ll deliver cheese to your door however small or big your order. There’s NO minimum delivery, all we ask is that LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŇĞdžŝďůĞ ŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ͘ Full details are on our website or call us on 0118 984 3323 . We are thrilled to have just been awarded Runner Up Cheese Shop in the Shop of the Year Awards. tŚLJ ŶŽƚ ĐĂůů Žƌ ŐŽ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŽīĞƌ͘

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cheeses they would like to give or leave it to the shop to put together a balanced selection. Most of the cheeses that can be found in the shop are available for ordering online at cheese-etc.co.uk This nationwide delivery service is increasingly popular, with many customers returning time and time again. Local customers are making use of the Free Flexi Delivery service offered and Cheese Etc have recently made this easier, enabling customers to order by a Tuesday night for delivery the same week. Another change to the business is the arrival of an all-electric refrigerated van and solar power system. This means that solar power generated throughout the day can be stored and used to charge the van overnight ready for local deliveries the next day. Cheese Etc has one of the first few electric vans in the country like this and it allows the business to deliver throughout Berkshire and Oxfordshire on a single charge. There are more exciting changes to come during Cheese Etc’s 15th Birthday Year. New workshop facilities are shortly opening to provide an area for preparing online orders and delivering training, so it really is a year to celebrate.

Pangbourne Cheese Shop was founded in autumn 2005 and stocks a wide selection of artisan British and Continental cheese. Jen and Ali Grimstone-Jones have owned the shop for the last five years and during that time they have won the Cheese Counter of the Year at the World Cheese Awards as well as Cheesemonger of the Year at the Farm Shop and Deli Awards. There are more than 130 different cheeses in the Pangbourne-based shop and more than half of these are made by cheese makers from the length and breadth of Britain. Jen and Ali try and meet as many of these skilled artisans as they can in order to maintain an indepth knowledge of how the cheeses are made, matured and developed. They have judged at various British and International cheese competitions and tasted all sorts of cheeses, including world champions – as well as a few they wouldn’t like to taste again. Cheese Etc is in the heart of Pangbourne which has become a real foodie destination, with many small independent shops offering old-fashioned customer service and high quality products. Everyone is made to feel welcome in the shop. There is friendly advice provided to anyone who wants to know a bit more

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