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Looking for a really good pub/restaurant in Wiltshire to go for lunch or dinner for my birthday. I should with any luck have my new car just before so looking for somewhere which has nice winding county roads. Something like 3 crowns in brinkworth (before they got shit alegedly)
All recomendations welcome.

Brewers Arms in wanborough is excellent


http://www.brewers-arms.co.uk/

Go the back way to cricklade.

The Bell on the Common  is a decent place, middle of no where and surrounded by country roads. Under new management now but can't imagine it will have changed much since I last went there.

http://www.thebellonthecommon.co.uk/

Edit: forgot to mention, it is in Broughton Gifford.

You might enjoy this place between Ramsbury and Marlborough.

Who knows you might even have Mr Wray sitting at the next table!

http://redlionaxford.com/

White Horse Compton Bassett - you never know, you might bump into Robbie Williams or Michael McIntyre...

Yep

Don't tell me that floppy haired dick lives there too now?

Sign of the Angel or Rising Sun in  Lacock. The Bell at West Overton on A4 near Avebury (if you want to see what the new car will do!?!)

The Seven Stars at Bottlesford.

The Kings Arms at All Cannings prob my favourite at the moment.

Been to the Falcon at Poulton a couple of times recently, can highly recommend. The best pub food i've ever had and excellent value too.

I always enjoy the drive out to the Royal Oak at Bishopstone and the food is good.

Further agreed

Supposedly it is really good there, we have one of our Xmas dinners there

Wasn't robbies place up for sale?

http://theplougheastbury.co.uk (http://theplougheastbury.co.uk)

Very nice little country pub about a mile from lambourn

Highly recommend La Flambé in Sutton Benger - excellent food and great service

Not anymore... He's moving back...

Nice food. Although I did find lead shot in my pheasant. #firstworldproblems

Cross Keys Wanborough

The Swan at Southrop has good winding roads and great food. 

The Five Bells in Wickham isn't in Wiltshire, but only 20 mins from Swindon and a great, great pub.

Does the Red Lion in Cricklade count?  If not the the Vale of the White Horse Inn at Minety is closer and good.

I like riverside pubs so the swan at radcot is a fav of mine. There's a pub which does very nice food further up the road on the other side of clanfield but I'm buggered If I can remember what it's called.

That's generally how Pheasant end up on you plate... someone, somewhere, paid handsomely for he privilege....

Had a nice meal at The Foxham Inn tonight - I'd recommend it!

The Royal Oak in Bishopstone. http://www.helenbrowningsorganic.co.uk/pub/our-glorious-pub.html (http://www.helenbrowningsorganic.co.uk/pub/our-glorious-pub.html)

Fox is better..

We've booked the Fox for a family meal in a couple of weeks,it's excellent

Rose revived at newbridge?

nope. It's on the road out of clanfield going towards carterton

The Canfield tavern?

or the Plough

No, that's in clanfield itself. Just had a look and it's the plough at alvescot on the road out of clanfield. Looks like its changed hands since I went there and reviews are not favourable. Nice drive out that way nonetheless and plenty of country pubs available.

Chubbs wanted Wiltshire  ;)

The Outside Chance near Manton- Co-owned by AP Mcoy. Good beer and lovely food

He also asked about 22 months ago....perhaps he's ready to branch out to darker counties by now...

Hate to say it, but Oxfordshire does have some good country pubs not too far from swindon.

The Woodman at Fernham being a good example

As does Gloucestershire.  I can recommend The Royal Oak at Tetbury.  One of the bosses of one of the companies I work for bought it and did it out.  Very good place and good food now.  

Many of us still consider them to be in Berkshire....Fernham, for example, in the lee of the Berkshire Downs.

Yeah, but you still use Constantinople and Messopotamia

Byzantium....if you please.

It's interesting how in this time of Great War remembrance, the Mesopotamian campaign 1914-18, is largely forgotten. Most probably because it was largely fought by Indian troops....the devious Hun tried to stir up the locals to jihad, against us, as a balwark in their support for the Ottomans.

If Mesopotamia, had remained in the bosom of the British Empire the world would today be a better place...

Yep. The woodman does a nice burger, but the eagle at little coxwell is even better.

Mark Lawrenson used to run the Eagle, after he was sacked as Scum manager by Maxwell

The WWI exhibition at the IWM in London does cover the conflicts away from the Western front, of course it's disproportionally skewed towards the Western front but the role of the Indian troops is prevalent, along with the Anzac etc

Does the chubster age slower than the rest of us?  :sherlock:

I'm 22 but aged at twice the earth year rate  :(