Kings

Eclectic décor in 18th-c hotel's bar-brasserie and separate restaurant, good food from lunchtime sandwiches and pubby dishes to more upmarket choices, friendly attentive service, well kept Hook Norton Hooky and good choice of wines by the glass (can be pricey), afternoon teas, daily papers, traditional pub games and nice log fire; secluded back garden with picnic-sets and terrace tables, 19 comfortable bedrooms, open all day.