The best restaurants in United Kingdom serving French food

We have been regulars at L’Artisan for many years. It was our absolute favourite restaurant and we were devastated when it closed. Yves was a magician in the kitchen; the food was always fabulous and imaginative, the presentation beautiful and the ambience wonderful. Elisabeth always made us very welcome, with hugs and kisses all round, as did Anna, their lovely waitress. It was such a relaxed atmosphere and we loved talking to Yves when he emerged from the kitchen to chat with clients. What shall we do now without you? Lesley & Roger

Lovely food with really nice and friendly staff. Lovely relaxed experience. Fun atmosphere in a quirkily designed and decorated room.

We choose Yarlbury Cottage after reading a review in the Telegraph as we like restaurants with rooms. We certainly were not disappointed. Charming place, great attention to details in rooms, cosy lounge and dog called Buster. The three course dinner plus amuse bouche was delicious, featuring lots of local ingredients and impressive wine list. We even managed the huge breakfast in the morning. All great value

Lowes really does the best Sunday lunch, we cannot recommend enough!! We visit often and the quality and attention to detail never alters, this is because George and his team care. Try it, you will not be disappointed. Lowes deserve 10 stars because, they provide exceptional service, the food is top quality and delicious. We took our parents last Sunday and our friends this Sunday they all agreed that this was the best Sunday lunch they had ever experienced in a restaurant. Thank you to George and his team.

We left with a mixed experience of the Checkers after our stay in January. Highlight was the tasting menu. Fantastic courses each with a delightful blend and mix of flavours. Credit must be given to chef Andrew for his expertise and presentation style. Excellent too at £85. You will have to go far to find a tasting menu of similar quality and value. The service and hospitality though was solemn and sedate. Greetings on arrival were somewhat formal with little conversation and this was the approach to service throughout our evening and overnight stay. Each course being served without the passion they deserved, being functionally presented. We never saw Andrew either and he didn’t come out to chat to his guests. The overnight accommodation was very well presented with good facilities, although quite cold with the heating going off before we retired for the night. We can’t comment about breakfast as unfortunately we were slightly late after 9:30am due to an urgent family call we had., my partners mother being taken into hospital. We apologised to Rachel who advised that we were 8 minutes late and the kitchen had closed. There was only ourselves and another couple who stayed over that evening! A very strange way to treat guests who are paying well over £400 for the experience. So go to the Checkers for the excellent Michelin rated cuisine, but not if you expect warm service and hospitality to support the dining experience.

My third time time doing the tour and I would recommend to anyone. It’s a fab atmosphere with amazing food and drinks. Staff are very friendly, JR and Keri made us feel very welcome and looked after us well

Lugar encantador, comida encantadora. Toda la experiencia se vio empañada por el hecho de que asumieron que daríamos propina, y también asumieron cuánto e incluyeron en la factura. Carecía de clase. Fuimos en agosto de 2023.

Este café tenía un buen personal, sillas cómodas y decoración, excelente café. No sabíamos si el grano de café dibujado en nuestro blanco plano era un grano o un fondo, muy buena risa. La sopa era buena, las opciones sin gluten fantásticas. Especialmente el pan cubierto de queso. Este es uno de los mejores lugares literalmente en el mundo que hemos encontrado para nuestra hija celíaca para comer deliciosos pasteles! Esto es un gran problema para la gente celíaca. GRACIAS - ¡TÚ! El pastel de frambuesa y polenta era brillante. La tarta de pera y almendra fabulosa y el flan francés sin gluten increíble. El único problema en el servicio era que le pedimos a los servidores de remolque agua del grifo y ellos asintiendo o sonriendo alegremente, pero sin entregar ninguno! Rápidamente, cuando la mujer escocesa asumió el mando. No es gran cosa. Gracias.

Every dish a masterpiece of taste and visual beauty.We dined for 5 hour.Every minute was wort it. So proud to have a restaurant like this Locally.

10/10 restaurant, lovely decor and very spacious, lovely to sit on the balcony in the sunshine. Food was amazing, well priced and catered to all dietary needs / preferences. Service was also excellent, so friendly and catering, polite, all staff very well mannered. Will 100% be coming back and also recommending it to all I know!

Such good food, tasty and always presented beautifully, had a few wraps from here now and thought it needs a review because they are always so good !

Glorious french patisserie, and lovely friendly guy as well

Oh I just love this place! We went last night for a Bastille dinner. The food was spectacular, I had a vegetarian Wellington which was absolutely delicious, except it was enormous,covered nearly two thirds of the plate and I felt guilty leaving some. My husband had a steak which was perfectly cooked. This place has a fantastic atmosphere. Small but perfectly formed and buzzing with happy conversation. Thank you Anita Claire for another great meal and evening.

My grandparents were raving about this place and decided to bring me. The restaurant is small but run by a really friendly husband and wife team, which really makes the place lovely and a true local business. We all had entrecote and frites and I had a chocolate mousse for dessert. The steak was well cooked, and to the English standard, rather than the French standard, medium rare is truly medium rare. Having just returned from Skiing in France, this was very welcome. The chocolate mousse was a lovely way to cleanse the palate. I will definitely be brought here again.