Where to eat

Ate at The Hollow Bottom in Guiting Power (Cotswold) today. Not a great choice of GF food for me but they found somethinb that hasn't killed me yet! To be fair it was good and my 2 lady companions enjoyed their meals.

Also eaten at The Pheasant in Toddington. Dedicated GF menu. Big portions if you like that sort of thing. Always feel guilty leaving decent food on a plate but this wzs too much for me. Food quality was good.

A thumbs up for The Falcon at Warmington near Banbury.

(We aren't doing a great deal of cooking this week!)

Interesting to hear you enjoyed eating at the Falcon Wherenext, not visited recently,  but friends have given it very mixed reviews.  The Herb Centre at Warmington has a nice bistro. Where are you staying in the Cotswolds? 

Hi Helen. We've hired a cottage in Bledington as a pick me up for MiL and to reward her for her hard work in trying to get fit following a knee replacement after Easter. Last day tomorrow but she's enjoyed it.

We stopped en route last Friday at The Falcon as we knew the menu as our local eating place belongs to the same owners so I wanted something safe. MiL always has the seafood linguine and usually leaves the squid but this time ate it all pronouncing it a seminal moment no less! We would stop there again.

I don't often geta decent Pizza these days, even though GF bases are available at the normal Pizza establishments but we were in Bourton-on-the-Water the other day and ate at L'antara Italian and it was the best pizza I've had since asking for Gluten Free. We asked them to cook it for longer and roll the dough out a bit thinner and they complied so top marks from me.

Just a heads up to the other 3 or 4 members who read this thread. A couple of cafes/coffee stops worth a mention in dispatches, namely

The Coffee House in Stow

Tissanes in Broadway

The Coffee House make a great coffee and is excellent for allergy sufferers, including lactose, with great cakes

Tissanes has GF cakes and a decent tearoom.

Quick edit. The previous post should have read The Coach House in Stow, not The Coffee House. Apologies.

Be much easier if this website had a proper edit facility

Reading through this thread has reminded me of a couple of restaurants which serve GF meals. 

Last week we were staying in Port William on the excellent Kings Green Caravan Park. It's within walking distance of Port William where The Clansman serves lovely meals.  Didn't try the GF ourselves but SiL, niece and nephew are all coeliacs so it's something we notice.

A few months ago we were down Ipswich way staying with friends that time, and went to The Brook Inn.

It's community-owned now and again, very good food, it is accredited by Coeliac UK, and has excellent reviews on Tripadvisor.

Called in en spec at the Norfolk Riddle, a restaurant situated behind Nelsons Fish and Chip shop in Little Walsingham yesterday. We were drenched after a torrential downpour but fortunately they had a log fire burning and we dried out as we waited for our meal. They don't just serve Fish and Chips but it was that sort of day and we were not disappointed. All of the chips cooked are Gluten Free and they accommodated my fish order by cooking it in the oven, without batter. Really enjoyed it. 

There were various diners still having lunch and a lot of them had the none F & C menu with excellent desserts, or so it would seem.

Whilst in the area we have revisited Thaxters Cafe situated in Dersingham, just up the road from Sandringham site if anyone is interested. They serve a mighty fine coffee with free refills. The cakes, scones and breakfast all seem to be meeting approval. Found next to Thaxters Garden centre on the road through Dersingham to Snettisham.

A shout out for the following, sampled on our recent travels:-

The Coach and Horses pub, Harrogate. - They had 8 guest beers on the day we visited, a change every day menu and a nice intimate feel. Might not be everyone's cup of tea as they don't allow dogs or children

The Woolly Sheep pub, Skipton - Popped in for a pint of Timothy Taylors and the food looked very good but we'd already eaten. It was full of happy, friendly locals and the front part had a roaring fire going with the rear half overflowing with diners.

Loch Fyne Restaurant, York - They had a 2 course set lunch course on offer for less than £11 per person and I was able to have a huge Moules Mariniere with Frites and Creme Brûlée. Good allergy advice available. They have numerous places around prosperous towns and cities.

Last year when visiting the South West and in particular, Bath, we ventured out to Chew Valley Lake and Salt and Malt, the Fish and Chip restaurant (takeaway available) that cooks their Fish and Chips as Gluten Free (really, you can't taste the difference). 

Well whilst staying at Baltic Wharf, we called in at their small new container pod on Wapping Wharf, just on the way into town from the site. It's not big but the food is just as good. I think it's a franchised outlet but the staff were very friendly and service and advice excellent. Went back today for non Fish and Chips, having a Bouillabaisse and a Fish and Mussel curry. They didn't mind at all that I took my own GF bread and even served some chips with my meal as I'd foregone their bread. Would revisit if in area but as I said before it is a small area so might be best to call in after rush hour has finished.

Is that Box E, in the shipping containers? I like the way that area has been developed, packed out in the summer last year. Lots of different eateries.

Box E