Villandry

Delicatessen, food hall, bakery, and restaurant, Villandry offers a lot within a relatively small building. It's an industrial minimalist space with a tempting food market area full of meats, cheeses, jams, chutneys, and more. The restaurant at the back can get noisy and overcrowded -- and is not the place for a romantic evening meal -- but Villandry is very popular during the day, drawing famous faces, producers from the nearby BBC, and locals. The menu walks a nicely balanced line between the traditional and the contemporary. Around nine starters, mains including leek and watercress risotto and steaks, plus a daily changing special (lamb cutlets on Tuesday; salmon fish pie on Friday) all please. We prefer the more casual charcuterie area; the relaxed bar opens onto tables for summer dining, and Sunday brunch is good fun.

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