The Straw Kitchen, Whichford Pottery in Stratford-on-Avon

Best restaurant in the Cotswold. Most innovative menu choices, food bursting with flavor. The chef's heart is in every bite. Had oyster mushroom brunch and sausage vegetable stew. Both tremendous.

Fabulous food and drinks and wonderful atmosphere! Great veggie and vegan choices too.

Delicious and lovely place with friendly staff

Could have eaten EVERYTHING on the menu! The breakfast selection is amazing, if you enjoy savoury options and for those with a sweeter tooth: there's cakes or granola too. Not for me, though: the corn pancakes with feta were amazing! The side salad dressed with a lovely dressing and the pickles simply delicious. An abundance of flavour on my plate. Glorious. And the flat white was excellent too. Had wanted to continue eating my way through the menu, but the cafe was closed for the bank holidays. So, I may just have to come back!

Amazing food with such unique flavours. Also the food is really good value. £1.50 for toast! Really fun place to take children as well.

A true gem! The food was outstanding and the staff are all lovely. Really nice, relaxed vibe in the garden. Seasonal menu and sustainably run. Loved it!

Fabulous brunch and great atmosphere, options for all dietary requirements. I loved the “Summer Soca” which is vegetarian with an option to add a delicious cubed beef kebab which tasted like it had been cooked over coals. Will definitely return!

Fabulous place to visit. Would highly recommend.

Very nice cafe and lovely food.

Unique place by its quirky decoration, great atmosphere and service. My husband and I went for breakfast, and were very pleased. I ended up not taking pictures of my dish but managed to take one after placing my order.

Terrible place if you're a man and wanted a proper bacon sarnie. Wife likes all the healthy bowls of stuff. Nothing for men. Bread for the bacon sarnie was home made and dry. Fell to bits in my hands. Bancon rashers were dry and awfull. Was expensive and awfull. Only go if you're a veggie hippy

I hesitate to say quirky because so many other people have, so I'm opting for charming. We visited on a hot day and sat outside at a table where the parasol had been placed a few feet away so the whole table was in shade - so much better than on a pole in the centre of the table. As others have noted, the menu is a a bit 'vegan/vegetarian' with an unusual selection of ingredients. That said, most of it was not vegan (although could made so if requested, I would guess). We had the bacon sandwiches which (to me) had a honey/five spice/Asian twist and were delicious, But not your traditional 'bacon butty', so be prepared for an adventure. They were also enormous and very filling. Really loved this place, out of the way and unusual in all the right ways. And the pottery shop is lovely too!

This place is amazing! Lovely service and top quality food.

Having read the other reviews, I agree that this is a wonderful little place, however, the menu was plainly aimed at vegetarian and vegan palates, so very confusing, busy and over complicated that we ended up just having shortbread! Smallest latte cups in the universe, with no handles, which is quirky and niche but of no use at all if you have arthritic hands… I also totally understand the compostable loos, but would prefer a proper loo seat as opposed to a slit!! On the whole, OK, but we probably wouldn’t go again.

Must Try! The quality of food is amazing. If this was full table service and in a city centre it would have reviewers raving and have a wait list of months

A great spot, and some delicious food. Beautiful setting (we were lucky with the weather), excellent and friendly service, lovely laid-back vibe and a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Would recommend.

Outstanding food in a beautiful setting

Amazing, fantastic food, great ethos. You should visit!

We only had tea, so can't comment on food, although the menu looked good with plenty of catering for vegan/vegie along with mainstream diet.

My 75th birthday treat and spent in a beautiful location with my beautiful partner. The staff and food could not have been better.

Straw Kitchen in Witchford exceeded all expectations for brunch! From the charming ambiance to the delectable dishes, every moment was a delight. The farm-to-table concept truly shines through in each bite, with fresh ingredients bursting with flavor. The staff were incredibly friendly and attentive, making the experience even more enjoyable. Can't wait to return for another unforgettable meal!

We always love visiting the straw kitchen. Their menu is a lovely combination of familiar favourites and exciting new dishes and they always have seasonal specials. Many of the ingredients are grown onsite and they use local businesses wherever possible. The coffee is perfect and I can highly recommend the peanut butter cookies. The staff are always friendly, welcoming and helpful and service is speedy, especially considering that it's all freshly made. There's a lovely bustling atmosphere and it's a very popular spot. Worth getting there early at peak times as they get very busy.

One of my favorite meals. What a treat to have this, reminded me of home while in the UK. What a wonderful place!

I just love everything about this place; the friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere, and great food is just delightful.. A breath of fresh air..

Absolutely lovely a rare find, quirky, inviting, lovely staff and delicious food. Stumbled across this little gem whilst visiting the local distillery and it was a total treat Thanks!!!!!

We have been to the straw kitchen dozens of times and always enjoyed the food, people and vibe. Today I had the bangin’ broth which was one of the best taste experiences ever - absolutely fabulous thank you.

A lovely place to visit. Excellent really interesting food. All the staff were pleasant and friendly.

Stopped here for lunch on a 30 mile bike ride. Very creative and imaginative menu with fresh ingredients. Both had chorizo and feta on sourdough with salad - delicious. Small cans of drinks all £2.50. Service very friendly. Boiling day - shame there wasn’t enough shade over outside seating to be able to sit in garden area. Big sun canopies are nice idea but they only actually accommodate one table. I suppose it’s not really been needed this summer (until now!!) Would definitely return.

Absolutely spectacular. Delicious food in fabulous environment.

Fantastic little place...excellent coffee and fresh food...lots of veggie GF options....will definitely go back....

…in that gilets and Range Rovers are not mandatory and the the service is excellent! My Korean beef and leaf ‘tacos’ dish was delicious, including the pickled ‘kimchi’ carrots and meat itself in particular. Lovely setting too plus I recommend trying (and then even buying) some of their chilli sauce too.

What a gem and can't understand why we've not been before!!! Loved it..

Stopped for brunch on a rainy Saturday. Had a veggie dish of poached eggs on focaccia with chick peas and salad and Halloumi. Really delicious. Lovely laid back vibes, fresh local ingredients I can’t wait to return.

Our first visit here today and it did not disappoint! Staff friendly and efficient, food absolutely delish a lovely hubub of chit-chat. Dog friendly which is a bonus. And a steady stream of people coming and going. Will be back

We loved this place, the vibe & the food are amazing. We had breakfast twice during our week in the Cotswolds and I wished I could take this place home! Go there if you have the chance.

See the effort this place goes to with food offerings and staff constantly moving as a popular/busy spot in the summer (plenty of outdoor seating) My thoughts…simplify menu and be a little more generous with portions. Hot drinks weren’t served hot and ranks the smallest latte I’ve had EVER. Ordered both mezze plates to share, as first timers, thought a good way to ‘see for ourselves’. Again titchy. In hindsight might have been better value to choose 3 mains we actually wanted and share those. Oh well. Nice enough to try once. Not sure I’ll come again purposely.

Without question, our best dining experience in 50 days of travel in the UK. Excellent coffee and truly excellent food, combined with a superb atmosphere and comedic service. Lots of back-chat, and generally happy vibes. Cluttered-but-clean dining tables scattered around wherever they fit, noisy customers and the staff buzzing around, all add to the amazing atmosphere. Come here on a Saturday morning as we did, and sit and watch it all going on around you - while tucking in to the Meze Plate. We ordered both versions: Vegetarian/Vegan and the steamed chicken option (with added chorizo...). Just delicious! The coffee was so good that I ordered a take away to drink as we perused the wares in the pottery shop. We loved this place. We first visited at the beginning of our holiday, and couldn't wait to come again. We weren't disappointed...

Lovely peaceful location. Good coffee and cake. Friendly service. Right next to pottery which is well worth a visit

A very pleasant location, family- and dog-friendly. However the menu is very limited and yet excessively complicated. Each dish has too many competing flavours (a bacon sandwich swamped by the overpowering flavour of aniseed from the (otherwise delicious on its own) bread, for example. A private suggestion that sometimes less is more met with a very dismissive response; we know now that our custom is not wanted there.

Beautiful little place with great food and lovely staff. There is always a good range from super healthy to very indulgent.

The food is absolutely out of this world! Staff are super friendly and it’s all sustainably sourced! On a dry day, great seating outside. If it’s wet, head indoors.

This hidden gem was a lovely find, very eco and amazing food

Lovely food and we were sorely tempted to stay for lunch seeing all the delights going by. We had tea, coffee and cake following a walk around the pottery shop and was yummy

What a great find this place is! This place combines healthy modern brunch combos with huge plates and nice coffee, and allows you to add extras as you desire. There's a practical kids menu too. Lots of seating inside and out, books, board games and a log fire. Lots if fruendly and efficient staff when I went. Can't recommend highly enough

A big plate full of beautifully prepared, tasty and colourful food. All in a lovely setting. Good vegan options too. Highly recommended.

I LOVE the Straw Kitchen!! PLEASE, open again soon!🥹🥹🥹

Such an enjoyable experience and the food is absolutely delicious

Great vibe and amazing food. Fab for veggies and vegans. Lots of local produce but great unusual flavours

Incredible flavours and locally sourced, not to be missed!

Extensive menu including some unusual drinks. The food was simple, but original and tasty. The portions were appropriate. The inside was quite quirky, and there were also outside tables, some were sheltered from the sun and rain. Very environment conscious, with a dry toilet.

Such a cute, quirky place ! The food here was delicious! The outside area was lovely and also dog friendly.

Lovely peaceful cafe with coffee like rocket fuel! Can heartily recommend a visit.

Wow, one of the best cafés I've been to, totally sustainable, seasonal food and one of the best breakfasts we've tasted! Thank you so much, your staff are so friendly and efficient and sitting outside underneath our own canopy was quite magical 😊

Lovely quirky inventive cafe. Strongly recommend going when the weather’s good - we cycled there. Lots of great outside seating (with shade) in lovely setting. Menu is very creative and great choices with lots of veggie/vegan options. We both had the bacon sandwich - absolutely delicious crisp bacon, lovely relish and fab bread. For £6 it was a meal in itself & best I’ve had! Coffee was lovely - minor criticism is they come in lovely pottery cups without handles but they are small for a latte. They fill them to the brim and mine spilt on way back to table! A bigger mug for lattes/cappuccinos may be more sensible. Would highly recommend.

Superb little gem. You cannot find fault. Staff friendly, fresh produce, cool setting and the most amazing homemade chilli sauce! Well played Straw Kitchen.

Amazing food with delicious fresh ingredients, lots of colour and original flavours, lovely team who were very helpful with local tips, and all in a beautiful setting and very lovingly crafted venue

Very nice brunch and coffee. On a sunny day the shady outdoor seating was in short supply.

What an unique cafe / food place. Totally magical and full of zest. There was some nice relaxing funky soul music gently playing on the background and together with the funky deco, lovely weather, nice people and gorgeous food, I even enjoyed a short "siesta" outside on a wooden bench, next to some beautiful flowers and enjoying the sun kiss with a blissful breeze. This was on a June's Friday afternoon just after work, when I had the urge to discover The Straw Kitchen magic place. I rode through narrow countryside lines away from busy roads and enjoyed my ride up and down the rolling hills and through lovely villages (from Leamington Spa). Excellent healthy food and drinks bursting with flavours. Loved it!!

great food, hippie style with black sheep and chicken's!

Had the veggie brunch which was beautifully cooked.ived the toasted chickpeas and the home made red sauerkraut provided a lovely splash of colour.

First class. Excellent food as usual. Quirky surroundings

Love love love this place. The poke bowls are a thing of beauty packed full of good, healthy ingredients. Great service, fantastic vibe and amazing food. Winner on every level!

We were spoilt for choice by the wonderful menu and were not disappointed with our choices of Super Brunch (one vegan, one meaty). The variety and flavours on our plates were outstanding. And so great to see so many vegetarian and vegan options. We also loved the comfy and casual atmosphere!

Occasionally you have a meal that you know you will remember for a long time to come - it’s just usually not a bowl of soup with hot buttered toast! But the summery green soup containing lovage and foraged wild garlic was seriously next level. And the homemade toast dripping in delicious salty butter was sublime. I shall definitely be visiting again as soon as I can!

Amazing food. Almost everything in the brunch was pickled/fermented and tasted great. Very pleasant location and building

Simply our favourite place to eat in the area. Amazing food, beautiful location, lovely friendly staff. The best.

First time we've been here and lunch was fabulous. We enjoy cooking and are often disappointed with meals out but we all thoroughly enjoyed our lunch. Highly recommended - we'll be needing to come back

After the long freezing winter, the Straw Kitchen is finally open in spring time. My sister and I can’t wait to visit it. This is a sunny Saturday, the restaurant is full of people. Many people bring their kids and dogs here to enjoy the good sunshine. There is a outdoor area, we enjoyed the food there, watching the children playing and the dogs barking to each other. It’s fun! Food is nice, I ordered the soup as it’s made by Ukrainian green lentil. My little support to the Ukraine. Sister loves her beetroot feta too. It’s beautiful and yummy!

What a place. We never tire of our experiences at The Straw Kitchen. They have a limited menu but don't read this and think that it's a bad thing. What they have on the menu is utter perfection and their execution is impeccable, and bloody delicious. If you're not convinced at how great this place is, let me paint you a picture from today. The weather was wet and freezing cold and yet there is a queue here. Not only that, we're all willing to sit outside in this weather to enjoy what The Straw Kitchen has to offer.

Very exotic for Sunday lunch. 4 very different plates for our very varied tastes. Perfect.

Really good wholefood served imaginativly by a cheerful bunch of staff and at a reasonable price - I keep going back!

Fantastic food in a friendly setting at a very reasonable price for the quality. Well worth the drive and we will come again!

Such a beautiful place with amazing food.

Great food in a unique place. We stop here often when cycling in the Cotswolds and always get great amazing cakes and friendly service. Everything’s home made - try the soup, you won’t be disappointed

Great cafe hidden away. Nice atmosphere and dog friendly. Worth a trip out to for breakfast on a weekend. Good cafe and amazing food.

We ate lunch here on Sunday 19th what a lovely space. We were lucky with the weather and sat outside in the sunshine Lunch was lovely feta and beetroot on toast beautifully presented and a joy to eat

Absolutely wonderful place, relaxed atmosphere with quirky surroundings. Had to wait about 10 minutes in the queue as it was popular at lunch time but for good reason... the food was AMAZING. I totally recommend it especially if you are vegan or vegetarian.

I love this place. The food is delicious. They grow lots so everything tastes fresh with lovely salads. The menu is always special. The atmosphere is laidback and friendly. Along with the parental pottery and shop it is always a joy to visit. Last time we had our own tent!

Such a great find! Had an amazing breakfast and coffee. lovely quirky setting - plenty of seating inside and outside covered too.

We absolutely loved this place! The food is delicious - beautifully presented and so full of flavour, and we especially enjoyed the veggie Pokhara. The staff were friendly and we spent some very relaxing time enjoying the laid back atmosphere.

Great food. Very well thought-out open indoor outdoor space with brill food options. Personally, I'd follow the yellow path to the flushing loo, instead of chancing the composting drop one! That's a personally preference though. Very dog friendly, if that's your bag. Only Fri, Sat and Sunday opening... Just go, if you want lovely breakfast or brunch. 👍

Lovely setting only had coffee and cake very nice.Food that was being served looked amazing

Primitive, whiffy hut, but good for your soul......and the universe. Smashing food 😋, gt ice creams, coffee looked good too. Well worth visiting in fabulous countryside

Great food, friendly staff and lots of outdoor seating

Everything about this place is outstanding. The organic food, the setting, the staff, the thoughtful touches like blankets and books. My favourite brunch café in the area.

Lovely location, great garden, nice vibe, great service lovely food.

Exvellent as usual, great social distancing facilities.

Oat milk Coffee was good. Would like to return to have lunch there soon

Lovely surroundings interesting and delicious food

We came here for lunch after being recommended it. We were not disappointed! The food was very fresh and delicious and the menu choices were far greater than what we were expecting. The service was lovely and the atmosphere very relaxed. We loved it so...

Great food, service and lovely surroundings. Well worth the drive.

Great food, really nice outdoor space.

Excellent food, perfect location and extremely friendly and professional staff

Chilled, relaxed and an excellent latte, which we drank sat in deckchairs in the sun - has a “posh hippie” vibe to it - an enjoyable visit

I do visit the straw kitchen occasionally and have never been disappointed. Brilliant food! Yesterday's bacon sarnies ( there were three of us) just perfect beautifully cooked and served with a beetroot relish, unbelievable. All cooked to order, takes a little time but then quality...

Brilliant food in a gorgeous setting with top notch echo credentials! Highly recommend

Absolutely superb food. Great location. We had vegan power brunch. Fantastic flavors. Perfectly cooked. The children had pancakes which were also superb.

The Straw kitchen just gets better and better. The food is delicious and beautifully presented the staff are charming and the surroundings are beautiful it’s a visual delight! Very highly recommend there’s something for everyone here.

Brilliant quality coffee and delicious food. Staff are really wonderful too

Great selection of food including GF, veggie and vegan options. COVID safe and lovely outdoor space.