The Olive Branch

Clipsham - multi-award winning gastropub.  Consistently good and the best food locally.

The George & Dragon

Seaton – cosy little pub with excellent food, only a couple of miles from Barrowden.

The Old White Hart and Marquess of Exeter

Both in Lyddington just along the valley and known for their food.

The Finches Arms

Hambleton - excellent food and great to tie in with a walk around the peninsula.

Stamford has a few chain eateries – Pizza Express, Ask.  The Mad Turk is a good Turkish restaurant.  The George Hotel is a traditional coaching inn and well worth a visit for drinks, dinner or a coffee.  Also many cafes, bars and pubs in Stamford, particularly the Stamford Wine Bar, the Tobie Norris, the William Cecil and Paten & Co.

Oakham has two good pubs for food, the Lord Nelson and the Admiral Hornblower.  Fika is a fantastic scandi style café attached to Cavells clothing store on Mill St.

Uppingham is a smaller town but has a really good BYO curry house, Red India (also does takeaway.  NB they only take cash), also a fantastic little scandi coffee shop, Scandimania on the high street.  The Silver Fish Bar does fish and chip takeaway. There is also a Chinese – Choi’s - to eat in or take away.

There is a fully equipped kitchen at The Haybarn, so if you’d rather a cosy night in there is a village shop in Barrowden, a smallish Co-op in Uppingham, and all the bigger supermarket names in Stamford and Oakham.  Cook on Stamford High Street does good freshly frozen ready meals.