The best restaurants in Wiltshire South West

Lovely old stone pub near the National Trust property. Real log fire, well-kept real ales (Otter), charming Madre. Excellent, reasonably priced home cooked food. A credit to the shrinking number of proper British Country inns.

Great food, different menu, interesting place. Well worth a visit.

We always use The Tipple Inn when meeting up with our Son. The food is lovely and great value, the landlord is friendly and welcoming and the locals are really friendly. Brilliant Pub. Thank you

We booked a table for Mother's Day about 8 weeks in advance of the date - for our first visit, following a recommendation . We entered through a door near the carvery, and waited patiently to be checked in. After a few minutes of no one acknowledhing us, we decided to find a waitresses and located two standing togather near to a door at the other end of the pub. We were promptly shown to our table, but were horrified to see it 'shoe horned' between other dining tables (the photo fails to show how tight is was, as diners either side had vacated by the time I took the photo). With guests at surrounding tables already seated when we arrived, there was bearly more than a foot at the side of the table in which to squeeze into the seat by the window. I'm not a large built lady, but it would still have presented a challenge! Being NEBOSH certified, this seemed extremely unsafe to me.... what if I dropped hot food onto someone as I tried to take my seat? How quickly could I evacuate in the event of a fire? Despite there being no apparent legislation around seating space (only guidelines), I found this shockingly poor and asked to be seated elsewhere. It took a bit of dialogue between me and the waitresses before I was told that we be seated, providing we left by 2pm! This put us 'on the clock' and was far from relaxing. For a first time visitor, I felt undervalued by the whole experience. In fairness, customer service did improve from that point onward, and we really enjoyed the carvery, but what a real shame that we left feeling so underwhelmed. Will we go back? The jury is still out......

We stayed at Whatley Manor for 2 nights in December 2004, it is an excellent hotel in a period building, which means that it is not possible to install air conditioning. This is the second time that we have stayed there the previous time being about ten years ago at the edge of the season. At that time we found that the heat of the bedroom was unbearable, after complaining they did install a portable unit which was hopelessly inadequate. So this time we chose December as it would be a cold month with the airconditioning not being an issue. How wrong we were, my wife can't sleep if she is sweltering so she got very little sleep, I managed but was not comfortable despite it being cold outside. The staff were excellent no issues with them at all, Greys restaurant was awful I gave it one star on tripadvisor but would have given it a fraction of a star if it had been available. However the michelin restaurant and staff were excellent. The rooms are very comfortable. I would recommend it providing that you go in the winter or are able to sleep in such heat. It has the atmosphere of the F Dorchester or Ritz in London, we have stayed at all the top hotels in London and it compares on a par with those nearly, not quite. I can't imagine the restaurants in either of those hotels or Claridges or the Lanesborough serving up the rubbish that we were served with at the Greys restaurant at Whatley. IF we go again we will just eat at the michelin restaurant, but there are plenty of other better places to stay in the area, Raymond Blanc's Manoir for instance.

Very popular and busy venue, attended on a warm sunny day and able to sit outside after a 15 minute wait. Excellent value for money menu and free water station which was most welcome. Hard working young staff ensure fast service. Highly recommend the fluffy thick cut chips😋

Wonderful atmosphere, great beers and great food.

This must be the best pub to eat in if you want fresh, delicious and well cooked fish. Four of us had lunch today and were waited on by the most charming, friendly and efficient young lady who was very well informed about each course and its contents. We had the most delicious Scallops with black pudding and lots of other delicious goodies to die for!

Ive been visiting Pablo’s over the last 2 years whilst on business and have frequently enjoyed having tapas and a cold beer. However the last 2 occasions in recent months have left me underwhelmed so unlikely to return. I had to return my accompanying bread as it was burnt (black), or “lightly toasted”according to a chef/waiter who brought it out. No apology and who has toast with tapas? The fillet steak has always been one of most favourite dishes but the portion size now does not justify the cost. Not the worst but not that great anymore which is a real shame.

We stopped in Chippenham on our way south after a day trip and were tempted by the look of this Italian restaurant. We had no booking but were shown to an upper room, which was empty, but soon filled up with other diners. After ten minutes we were able to place our order. Then we waited, and waited some more. Others around us were served, and we still waited, until the waiter came and apologised that our order had been mislaid! We had to place our order again, and now it was 40 minutes since we had arrived. Another 25 minutes we finally got our meals and more apologies from the waiters. The food was average at best and combined with the long wait, we were not entirely happy when we left. They had indicated that we would get a discount, but I only saw that we had not been charged for just one £4.70 side salad. Never mind. We are not often in Cirencester and unlikely to be back.

Nice food and the welcome is always first class!

Folks please be careful and look at their prices first….three tuna sandwiches,two had cucumber…sandwiches were bland and soggy…but that’s fine,what got me was the price…£21 for three awful sandwiches…daylight robbery….never again.

Great pub friendly and knowledgeable lady behind the bar. Many thanks to the customers who shared their knowledge of the K&A with us. Will be back in May, to continue our walking of the K&A as part of our UK canals walking.

Really nice pub! Lovely people and great atmosphere

Had Sunday lunch,was lovely good value,plenty of food,service good,would definitely recommend ,