The best restaurants serving British food in England

We had a really pleasant evening here, with such delicious food, wine and excellent service. Definitely worth a visit!

Came here with my husband for lunch last Sunday afternoon. We both ordered the ham, egg, and homemade chips, which were lovely and very filling. (The chips are to die for.) We both had a latte, which was hot and delicious! We've never been here before, as it's in an area where there are several cafes and bars that we've always walked past but never been inside. It looks like it's popular with the regular customers, too, as it was fairly busy when we arrived. Will definitely be coming again when we visit New Brighton.

This is a great place for lunch. The food is always excellent (only 2 dishes per day - meat or vegetarian, though they also cater for vegans if requested). Nice atmosphere and staff. Booking absolutely essential.

Birthday Lunch celebration for my father and his partner. Great service and excellent food - again. As Mr Sitwell said "A mighty fine pub with warmth, style and flavour". And our room was fantastic.

Wow!! This restaurant is amazing, our children bought us a voucher for here last Christmas and due to circumstances we only got to use it this week. We drive past here many times in a week and have always wanted to go. Looking from the exterior you get the impression that it is a luxury restaurant and an expensive one. From the minute we walked in you are greeted by the owner who is so friendly and down to earth. There's no airs and graces with her and the young members of staff are so polite. We had the 4 course menu, everything from the chicken liver parfait to the trifle was mouthwatering. It was a lovely ambience with nice chilled music. We will certainly be returning soon.

Very rural traditional English country pub. If you are looking for a modern gastro style pub this is not it. If you are looking for an exceptional roast Sunday lunch cooked to a seriously high standard with a slight twist this is the one. Really good food and drinks, worth the journey and a good idea to book. Wish this pub was closer.

If only we could get a great breakfast place/cafe like this one where we live. Delicious bubble and squeak for me and full English for my husband. Coffee that was not only delicious but also hot! not like those snooty coffee shops that say coffee should be served tepid. Only wish I had room for those cakes!

Bakers came highly recommended and didn't disappoint, the food was exceptional, served by courteous,lovely staff. An all round excellent experience. I will definately be returning. Thankyou ☺️

Disappointed in my stay here..bed was very uncomfortable and pillows.bathroom too small with shower screen always in way..uht milk?? Bedroom was not cleaned and tidied for our second night.ended up in hospital because of room not cleaned..carpets upto bedroom were thilthy.breakfast I had the tiniest of boiled egg that was hard and not runny.. continental breakfast was very poor.did not sleep as the bedroom doors really bang when people go in and out..very sad experience.contacted to tell them my problems no reply so hence my review.

Still superb food and excellent service from great staff as usual. Can't fault them. Such a shame they are closing

Pooley Bridge is a great location to stay and explore the Northern Lakes with several very welcoming inns with great beer gardens and decent food. The 1863 Restaurant & Rooms however is on a different level altogether. We stayed for two nights in the Luxury Suite (room 7) which, although smaller than we had anticipated, was extremely comfortable and well appointed. The real reason to stay here though is to enjoy the restaurant experience. On our first night we had the 3 course option which was imply superb. The presentation, quality of food and level of attention from the team were all exceptional. We indulged ourselves with the 7 course "Taster" menu on the 2nd night which actually turned out to be almost 10 courses with the little extras that arrived. We thought our first experience would be hard to improve on but night two and the 7 course option was simply sublime. Thank you to all of the team for making our stay so special.

Friendly fast service with freshly cooked tasty fish & chips, accompanied by tea, bread & butter. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal. Everywhere was spotlessly clean.

We finally managed a visit to this lovely little restaurant. After many years of visiting Polperro, we got a table, and we were not disappointed! The restaurant being small gets booked quickly, and now we understand why. Excellent food, excellent service, and fantastic staff. A proper family run restaurant. Each course we ate was fabulous. We will be back. Book early!! Next time, we want to try the roast too.. Thank you to all the staff for a great evening!

A lovely pub with gr8 food! Highly recommended. Thank you to Jon, and all the team, (and the friendly locals!) for making our visit so special. You looked after us and our little dog so well. We will be back........ ;-) Thank you from Tilly, and the "Southport Mafia" x

I ordered some of the traybakes by post last week so that we could have them on Father's Day. We had family visiting too. The cakes were lovely and very much enjoyed by all of us. Very good service. We did also visit this teashop on 2 occasions when we were staying in the area in April. Had lovely meals and service was excellent too. Will definitely visit again if in the area.