The best restaurants serving British food in Thorpe Runnymede South East

Our experience at the Tudor Pass restaurant was impeccable in every way! Where do I start? The ambience was just perfect; the room was intimate and stylishly decorated. We were greeted by maitre d Chris who immediately wished my companion an happy birthday. While we were enjoying our champagne, Rosie (or Rosé as she likes to be known) assisted us with wine pairing. Each course was beautifully presented; from the amuse bouche to the cleverly paired petit fours! Each one presented lovingly by the creators in person (which was a wonderful touch) ! The colours, flavours and aromas were out of this world! The whole team were professional without being too formal, very personable and knowledgeable, and it was a real treat to be presented the fish course by Alex Payne himself! We will be back soon!!

As always, the food part of lunch at the Estate Grill was superb. However the service was absolutely shocking and let down the whole experience. On arrival, there weren’t enough menus for our party and no children’s menu was provided for my son. I resorted to using the online version of the children’s menu, which later transpired to be out of date and what my son wanted to order wasn’t available. We ordered bread for the table and crudités for my son which then arrived with the main meal. Not ideal. I can’t though fault the food at all - delicious as always. On finishing our meal, we then had to wait nearly an hour for the table to be cleared. We had asked for desert menus and when these hadn’t arrived after 30 minutes, I went to request them and for our table to be cleared (we were outside so were starting to be bothered by flies and wasps on the dirty plates). When we arrived, the table next to us was being used by a wedding party for drinks. They left shortly after we arrived and the table remained uncleared the entire time we were there. We were celebrating a birthday, indicated on the booking, and no acknowledgement was made of this. It honestly feels like every time we come to Great Fosters now, there is a problem. It’s really quite embarrassing for the hotel, which used to be spectacular and which we have been visiting (including hosting our wedding reception) for almost 20 years. The new owners need to have a rethink of their service model because what we experienced today was not a premium level of service and we will seriously think twice about booking again.

Truly a Michelin star restaurant. One of the best I've been to. A 10/10 experience all around. Hats off to Alex Payne and his team.

Had my best ever Ploughman’s lunch here today. Scotch egg was immense. Generous with the cheese. Rosie looked after us brilliantly