Looking for a gourmet meal and a good night's sleep? Try the UK's best 'restaurants with rooms'

National Geographic

13-05-2025

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK).
A meal at a great destination restaurant is the ideal activity around which to plan a trip — and what better way to extend the experience than by checking in overnight and doing it all again at breakfast the next day? Restaurants with rooms, where you come for the food and stay for the, well, stay can be found all over the UK. Here are some of our favourites, from a former pub in Yorkshire to a castle in the Scottish Highlands. Curing, smoking and pickling are all on the menu at The Pig near Bath, with dishes such as smoked salmon with cider dressing, pickled cucumber and Loch Duart honey. Photograph by Jake Eastham 1. The Pig near Bath, Somerset
Having started life in the New Forest, The Pig is now an 11-strong chain of restaurants with rooms, all with the same focus on seasonality and traceable sourcing. As is the case at all the Pigs, the outpost near Bath, in the Mendip Hills, has an extensive kitchen garden, with beds of greens, roots, herbs and fruit — as well as a mushroom-growing shed. It's all used to great effect in the restaurant, alongside produce from trusted local farmers, fisherfolk and foragers. The chefs' love of curing, smoking and pickling is visible in dishes such as smoked chalk stream trout with pickled cucumber and cider dressing, and spiced duck and smoked bacon terrine. Spread across the main house and a series of other buildings on the estate, guest rooms are tastefully decked out in muted tones and many have roll-top baths. Some even have their own wood-burning stoves. Doubles from £265, room only; three-course meal for two around £100, wine from £9 a glass. 2. Jöro, Sheffield
Sheffield's fine-dining favourite has moved from its shipping container home to the edge of the Peak District, taking its Nordic-Japanese-inspired food and contemporary flair to the revamped 19th-century Oughtibridge Paper Mill. Seven spacious loft suites sit above a cosy bar, deli shop and terrace backed by the peaks, and a cathedral-like dining room and show kitchen. Here, Luke French leads a studious team serving adventurous menus of British produce that packs an Asian punch. Expect likes of Hampshire trout with yuzu beurre blanc and local duck with kampot pepper, exquisitely presented on ceramics made specifically for each dish with knives crafted from Sheffield steel and Derbyshire fell wood. Doubles from £100 per night, B&B signature tasting menu £125. The bedrooms at The Angel at Hetton in North Yorkshire are minimalist yet still cosy, with opulent bathrooms. 3. The Angel at Hetton, North Yorkshire
In a pretty Dales village just outside Skipton, The Angel at Hetton has garnered numerous accolades, including a Michelin star and a spot on the National Restaurant Awards' top 50 list. Despite being housed in a 15th-century pub building, it's a place for special-occasion meals rather than quiet pints, with a la carte and tasting menus of beautiful, delicate dishes. Expect quality produce such as Isle of Mull scallops (served with calamansi, melon and yuzu ponzu) and tete de moine cheese (in a tart with plums and beetroot pastrami), plus some of the best milk bread this side of Hokkaido. Accommodation, meanwhile, is in 16 rooms across the main building and a converted barn across the road. All come with minimal-yet-cosy decor — white walls and wooden beams — and opulent bathrooms with deep, statement tubs. Doubles from £560 including five-course dinner and tasting-style breakfast. The Nest Farmhouse is a former cattle shed-turned-restaurant with rooms, led by local chef Grant Cotton. Photograph by Nathan Neeve 4. The Nest Farmhouse, Norfolk
Tucked away in 1,000 acres of sprawling north Norfolk farmland, close to the picture-perfect village of Docking, the Nest Farmhouse delivers cool and cosy in equal measures. The former cattle shed-turned-restaurant with rooms opened in summer 2024 and offers just five pastel-hued bedrooms and an open-air restaurant headed up by local lad and head chef, Grant Cotton. His menu is a carefully thought-out homage to local produce: standouts include the melt-in-your-mouth Dexter sirloin (served with roasted shallots and crispy potatoes), roasted bone marrow (with pickled shallots and focaccia) and the hand-dived Orkney scallop (with swede, garlic and fermented chilli) — and almost everything is either grown on site or sourced within a 10-mile radius. For the perfect night cap, order the signature farmhouse martini, made using homemade pickled sea fennel. Doubles from £200, including a welcome drink and breakfast; dinner around £30 a head. Moor Hall is home to a three-Michelin-starred restaurant and five acres of grounds, containing a walled kitchen garden and a barn with curing and aging rooms. Photograph by Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms 5. Moor Hall, Lancashire
A firmament of Michelin stars has arisen in Liverpool's leafy hinterland. Moor Hall's five-acre grounds host a walled kitchen garden furnishing menus at its 16th-century manor-set Moor Hall Restaurant (three Michelin stars and a Michelin Green Star) and adjacent Michelin-star Barn, complete with curing and aging rooms. Lancashire chef Mark Birchall celebrates the homegrown and foraged: local sea buckthorn sharpens garden carrots while preserved raspberry complements Cornish mackerel. Punchy plant colours punctuate the 18-course Provenance menu, beginning with garden-inspired aperitifs and sculptural 'snacks'. Chic garden room cabins with hot tubs, emperor beds and fireplaces, from £400 B&B set menus from £125. The three-AA-rosette restaurant Mingary Castle serves dishes such as confit beetroot mousse wrapped in beetroot and balsamic jelly. Photograph by Clair Irwin 6. Mingary Castle, Scottish Highlands
Positioned on a windswept promontory jutting into the Sound of Mull, Mingary Castle dates back to the 13th century, and in 2021 it was reborn as a restaurant with rooms. Expect grand, The Traitors-style interiors, with wood panelling, soft furnishing providing pops of colour and four-poster beds in the four suites — each of which is named after a clan linked to the castle. The three-AA-rosette restaurant, meanwhile, serves a daily-changing tasting menu on which produce from Scotland's west coast is the star of the show. Expect smart dishes like poached Sound of Mull lobster with cherry tomatoes, garlic and white wine beurre blanc, and Sunday roasts with a difference, such as braised feather blade of beef with confit carrots, black garlic ketchup, and Yorkshire pudding. Doubles from £320, B&B five-course dinner £60 per person. Somerset produce is key to the offering at Briar, part of Number One Bruton, a former coaching inn with cottagecore rooms. 7. Briar at Number One Bruton, Somerset
Foraging, fermenting and Somerset produce are all key to the menu at chef Sam Lomas's restaurant in Bruton. Highlights of the seasonal menu have included pork belly, pigeon and beetroot skewers with yoghurt, and Westcombe cheddar gougères (cheese puffs) with pickled quince. The restaurant is part of Number One Bruton, a former coaching inn with comfy, cottagecore rooms. Doubles from £195, B&B dinner around £40 per person. Published in Issue 27 (spring 2025) of Food by National Geographic Traveller (UK).
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