Canteen
Kingham's Old Coal Yard has quietly become one of the best places to eat in the north Cotswolds, and Canteen is the heart of it. Drop in for coffee and cake at eleven, or book a table on a Friday night for something more considered.
Kingham's Old Coal Yard has quietly become one of the best places to eat in the north Cotswolds, and Canteen is the heart of it. Drop in for coffee and cake at eleven, or book a table on a Friday night for something more considered.
During the day, Canteen runs as a relaxed, light-filled café: good coffee, simple lunches, things on toast. The room is pared back and comfortable, with long communal tables and big windows looking onto the courtyard. It's the kind of place where you settle in for longer than you planned, which is exactly the point. Children are welcome and there's plenty of space for pushchairs, so it works well as a family pitstop after a morning walk.
Thursday through Sunday the kitchen shifts gear. The evening menu is short, seasonal, and recognisably modern British: a well-sourced piece of fish, slow-cooked meat, good vegetables given proper attention. Portions are generous, prices are fair, and the wine list rewards curiosity without punishing caution. Walk-ins are taken, but we'd book for a weekend evening. It's about a fifteen-minute drive from Well Cottage, mostly along quiet lanes through Great Tew and Chipping Norton, so you can be home with a nightcap before ten.
“The easiest possible Friday supper. No fuss, good cooking, you'll be home before ten. The kind of place you end up going back to every stay.”
All of this on the doorstep, and your own thatched cottage to come home to. Sleeps seven, less than a mile from Soho Farmhouse.