Follow the Windrush downstream for a worldly lunch of Pacific oysters with Chardonnay vinegar and whole lemon sole with shrimp in basil and pine nut butter, all cooked by the former chef for the Saudi royal family.

Deftly run by brothers Will and Tom Greenstock, Horse & Groom is renowned for its finger-licking good puddings—don’t miss Mrs. G’s toffee meringue. The blackboard menu changes daily, but there are lots of homemade soups, fish and hearty meat dishes. You can also stay here in surprisingly chic rooms.

Located on the village green, with Old Hooky on tap and beef, ale and mustard pie on the table, Howards Arms features fires raging in fireplaces, local gossip and incredibly delicious food.

Once voted “England’s favourite village,” the Kingham Plough pub boasts a head chef who worked for two years for Heston Blumenthal at the Fat Duck. And the come-hither local-cheese board—Oxford Blue, Cotswold Brie, and tangy Kingham Green—is not to be missed.

The Five Alls comes with a great pedigree: Kate Moss and the Camerons eat here (it is only a 10-minute drive from Burford, the village many of the Cotswolds ‘set’ live in and around). The chef-patron, Sebastian Snow, previously ran the kitchen at the award-winning nearby Swan at Southrop.

Snow opened the Five Alls with his wife Lana, and they have kept the proper British pub going along with two relaxed and charming restaurant areas plus the garden to eat in when the weather is forgiving. Expect some pub classics: Fish and Chips and Steak and Kidney pie, alongside plentiful seafood dishes and much inspiration from the family’s Italian heritage: Ravioli of crab, Coconut, salt cod and chili, fritto misto, sea bream with salmoriglio, and a children’s menu. The cocktail list includes a grapefruit and prosecco Mojito and a passion fruit bellini.

There are four cozy and good value rooms if you want to stay the night, and the Five Alls checks all the boxes whether you’re looking for a big unday lunch or a refined meal.

Tuck into steak and kidney sausages and bubble and squeak (a traditional English vegetable dish) in this lovely spot outfitted in oversize, paneled church pews and antique wooden tables. Or opt for something a little more sophisticated, such as seared tuna steak or wild mushroom risotto.

With a pretty courtyard canopied by a huge apple tree, the Wild Duck Inn is the place to pop in for a lunch of Gloucester Old Spot ham salad or a Ploughman’s Platter.