The Back Garden
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"Tip top kitchen skills and a stunning Cotswold setting."
Overview
The Back Garden is one of the dining options at Dormy House, a 17th-century former farmhouse built of honeyed Cotswold stone, in landscaped grounds perched above Broadway. It’s a gorgeous place to eat, calmingly contemporary and very stylish, with large windows looking out over the walled garden that supplies a lot of the seasonal produce for the kitchen’s assured modern British cooking. A spring dinner starts with beetroot terrine, beautifully balanced with horseradish foam, pickled radish, mustard seeds, apple, and dill purée, followed by a reinvented chicken Kiev, packed with curry butter and teamed with smoked garlic mayonnaise, grilled lime and curry fries.
Ratings & awards
3 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence
AA Notable Wine List
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Beautiful Cotswolds Setting - A converted 17th-century farmhouse set in 400-acres on the Farncombe Estate
Relaxed Dining - With large windows looking out over the walled garden
Modern British Cuisine - Using high quality and often local produce
Attentive Service - Food and wine served by the knowledgeable team
Attractive Grounds - Carefully landscaped for guest to wander and explore
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Facilities
- Seats: 90
- Private dining available
- On-site parking available
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About the area
Worcestershire is a county of rolling hills, save for the flat Vale of Evesham in the east and the prominent spine of the Malverns in the west. Nearly all of the land is worked in some way; arable farming predominates – oilseed rape, cereals and potatoes – but there are concentrated areas of specific land uses, such as market gardening and plum growing
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