The best restaurants in Buckinghamshire

On the former Zizzi's site in Beaconsfield Old Town, Atul Kochhar's fine-dining take on regional Indian cooking - dishes drawn from Bihar, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and beyond - sits in a smart, plant-filled dining room.

The tasting menu is standout, while a set lunch menu provide a more accessible option.

A Grade II-listed coach house turned gastropub by husband-and-wife team Daniel and Margriet Crump, whose careers include some of London's most respected restaurants.

Expect polished modern British cooking with a strong tasting menu, garden-grown produce and carefully considered seasonal dishes. A genuine SquareMeal UK Top 100 standout in 2026.

Set inside the Macdonald Compleat Angler Hotel overlooking Marlow weir, two-Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar's take on modern Indian food is refined without losing warmth - think chicken tikka reimagined with saffron cream, or venison with chocolate gravy.

The tasting menu is the standout, with strong vegetarian and vegan options throughout.

A rustic-chic working farm turned all-day dining spot, known for its Wild Feast events and now a permanent restaurant.

Weekend brunch runs to cocktails and specialty coffee; evenings bring Neapolitan pizzas, small plates and organic wine, all built around produce from the farm and wider local area. Relaxed, scenic, and a good choice for casual countryside dining.

A casual-fine-dining spot in Amersham's Old Town, pairing seasonal modern British cooking with a serious drinks list - Roederer Champagne, bespoke cocktails, local ales.

There's a private members' club attached upstairs, so it doubles as a smart spot for business as well as pleasure, with a well-regarded Sunday roast to fall back on.

A classic British pub reworked with real polish by hospitality veterans Nigel Sutcliffe and James McLean.

Head chef Scott Smith, ex-Arbutus and Wild Honey, delivers bistro cooking with real technique - steak tartare, bavette frites, 32-day aged côte de bœuf - backed by a serious 300-bottle, largely biodynamic wine list. A 2026 SquareMeal UK Top 100 pick.

The Crazy Bear's second dining room, set inside a 15th-century coaching inn and decorated with the hotel's signature clashing-pattern maximalism.

A Josper grill anchors the modern British menu, with dry-aged Black Angus tomahawks built for sharing. Also does brunch, afternoon tea and a Sunday roast - flexible enough for most occasions.

Set in a 16th-century listed building, this husband-and-wife-run dining room has held a Michelin star for years without losing its neighbourhood warmth.

Laurie Gear's confidently seasonal modern European menu leans on Chiltern produce. Ideal for a special-occasion splurge, though the set lunch keeps it accessible too.

A brick-and-timber Chilterns gastropub with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, striking a neat balance between country inn and proper restaurant.

The kitchen ranges from char-grilled steaks to wild rabbit lasagne, much of it grown in the pub's own patch, backed by a well-chosen Corney & Barrow wine list. Relaxed but far from basic.

A cosy French-bistro-style sharing plates spot on Amersham's picture-book high street.

Expect a rotating small-plates menu - such as buttermilk fried chicken, Thai green curry-spiced broccoli, char siu pork belly - built to order two or three dishes per person and share. Then the Sunday roast puts a playful global twist on the classics.

A carefully restored country pub with several distinct dining spaces, from a plant-filled conservatory to a proper terrace garden.

The kitchen mixes pub classics - beer-battered fish, Sunday roasts with 28-day dry-aged Hereford sirloin - with more refined seasonal plates. Flexible enough for a family lunch or a romantic dinner alike.

A relaxed Italian eatery and wine bar in Marlow's Liston Court, established in 2016 and known for its gourmet focacce, Italian coffee, meat and cheese boards and selection of Italian wines.

There's a warm, informal atmosphere and a sunny courtyard, making it a good option when you want something casual rather than a full-on special-occasion restaurant.

Tom Kerridge's more relaxed Marlow venture - no bookings, no ceremony, just a Michelin star and genuinely good small plates.

Rotisserie meats, turbot Scotch egg and chips with béarnaise are served from morning breakfast through to late dinner. The walk-in-friendly answer to its sister restaurant across the road.

A pub-restaurant hybrid in a handsome hilltop village, tied directly to a farm down the road - most of the meat and produce comes straight from there, with surplus supplying the village butcher and school.

Executive chef James Graham's cooking is careful and unshowy, from ham hock terrine to pan-fried grey mullet. Genuinely rooted in its community.

Set in the Manor's original Kitchen and Servants' Hall, complete with gas lights and copper pans, this is fine dining with real historical texture. Produce comes largely from the Rothschild family's own Eythrope Gardens three miles away.

Lunch here can be combined with complimentary grounds admission when booked in advance, making it a brilliant day out.

Tom Kerridge's original gastropub, and still the only pub in the UK holding two Michelin stars.

Twenty years on, it remains determinedly unpretentious - dark beams, leather banquettes, no fuss - while turning out rich, technically accomplished pub cooking. A Buckinghamshire landmark and one of the county's headline restaurants.

An award-winning dining room inside a Grade II-listed boutique hotel at the gates of Waddesdon Manor.

Many ingredients come straight off the Five Arrows' own estate, think locally shot venison, Waddesdon Estate lamb pie, seasonal veg risottos. Grand without being stiff, and a wonderful Sunday lunch destination too.

One half of the eccentric Crazy Bear hotel's dining offer, done out in velvet and dark wood beneath a dramatic canopied ceiling.

The kitchen turns out Bangkok-style cooking - pad Thai, massaman curry, tom kha gai - alongside dim sum and tempura starters. Full of theatre, and equally suited to a client lunch or a birthday celebration.