Burford Hotel, Restaurant and Bar
Breakfast 08:00-10:00*
Restaurant 12:00-20:00* (Sun-Thurs) 12:00-20:30 (Fri-Sat)*
(*Last seating)
Tel: 01451 844 324
Inn for All Seasons is a former 16th century coaching inn set in the heart of the Cotswolds. A warm and friendly hotel with a relaxed bar and renowned restaurant offering the best of British and local produce. The Inn offers comfortable ensuite accommodation, free parking and dogs are welcome.
16th Century Coaching Inn.
The Inn for All Seasons is a handsome 16th century coaching inn situated beside the A40 near Burford. Burford is recognised as the gateway to the Cotswolds and the inn makes an ideal base for exploring the surrounding area.
Whatever your plans; a long stay to discover the beauty of the Cotswolds? A romantic weekend? A well-deserved break from the nine-to-five? A meeting or conference that needs to run like clockwork? Or perhaps you are planning a family get together, special occasion or Christmas in the Cotswolds? We can promise you the warm welcome and service you would expect from a privately-run country Inn.
Inn for All Seasons provides every modern convenience for today’s discerning guest, while retaining much of the character and style of a traditional Cotswolds stage coach inn. We offer 12 comfortable, en-suite letting bedrooms, exposed beams, flagstone floors, Cotswold stone walls, large fireplaces and beautiful gardens all situated in the heart of the Cotswolds.
We have a fantastic restaurant serving food all day. Be it breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea or dinner. Our restaurant is famous for its fresh fish menu and showcases the best of British and local produce.
But there’s more to us than other establishments you may have visited. Stay with us, and you’ll feel as though you are staying with friends.
History
The original part of the Inn, now the bar area, was built in the 1500’s and started out as quarry cottages, housing quarry men and their families employed by the Barrington Estate in the quarrying of Cotswold stone. Some of the Cotswold stone quarried from the seam of stone that ran through the forest to the rear of the Inn’s larger beer garden even made it’s way into London’s iconic St. Paul’s Cathedral and several of the Oxford University colleges’ ‘dreaming spires’.
With the arrival of the highway in the 1700’s, the building became a coaching inn and was later further extended to accommodate stage coach passengers and other travellers en-route between London, Oxford, the west country and Wales. All of the main arterial roads extending from London to other parts of the country had Stage Coach Inns mostly every seven miles along their routes (seven miles was then a long rickety journey by stage coach!). A Stage Coach had to be able to provide drink, food and accommodation for weary travellers and be able to provide a fresh change of horses for Stage Coaches. The Inn’s current Coach House dates from the 1870s is to the east side of the main building; it has now been converted into comfortable guest accommodation.
During the stage coach era, the Inn was known as ‘The New Inn’ and provided an essential stopping point for horses, horse-drawn carriages, Stage Coaches and, more recently, the motor car.
In the early 1960’s the Barrington Estate sold The New Inn to Jeremy Taylor (a Horse Master who had worked on many iconic 1960’s films including Lawrence of Arabia, The Winter’s Tale and A Man for All Seasons) who, in homage to his film career, renamed The New Inn to the ‘Inn for All Seasons’ in the late 1960’s.
The Inn remains largely unchanged from it’s early origins whilst having, more recently, been sympathetically updated to provide all necessary the conveniences sought by the modern day traveller.
The Inn is currently owned and run by the Hillier family who graciously offer all guests a very warm Cotswolds welcome.
EAT
Our restaurant serves only the best, fresh ingredients every day. Our seasonal menus offer the finest dishes with ingredients from the best local food producers. Fish is delivered daily from Devon and Cornwall. All lovingly prepared by our classically trained chefs.
The best available basic ingredients, hand-prepared, on the premises.
We use only the best, fresh produce to hand-prepare all of our seasonally inspired dishes, on the premises, from basic ingredients. We source locally where we can. We don’t do ‘fast-food’, we offer extremely good, hand-made on the premises dishes, as fast as we can (without compromising quality).
Fresh, seasonal produce, well cooked with creativity.
We’re extremely proud of the food that we offer and we’ll think you’ll notice the difference.
Whether an intimate occasion, a celebration dinner or entertaining corporate guests, we will deliver the best dining experience.
Main Menu
Our main menu changes seasonally, utilising the best local produce that the area has to offer. Whether gourmet, traditional or wholesome enjoy our fine dining experience.
- Breakfast
- Restaurant Menu
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Main Menu
Our main menu changes seasonally, utilising the best local produce that the area has to offer. Whether gourmet, traditional or wholesome enjoy our fine dining experience.
- Kids' Menu
SLEEP
Inn for all Seasons, close to Burford ‘the gateway to the Cotswolds’, offers comfortable, en-suite accommodation which is popular with singles, couples, families, groups and business travellers alike. Our 12 individual rooms (8 in the main building and 4 in the Mews Coach House) have everything you may need to make your stay a comfortable one. Our Mews Coach House rooms have direct garden access making them particularly suitable for guests staying with dogs. Two of these rooms are situated on the ground floor providing easier access for guests who may prefer to avoid stairs.
A Warm Welcome
Inn for All Seasons is ideally located in the Cotswolds (Area of Outstanding Beauty), providing easy access to many of the Cotswolds’ most beautiful and historic towns such as Burford, Stow-on-the-Wold and Bourton-on-the-Water, with convenient routes to Cirencester, Cheltenham and Oxford.
Group bookings are welcome.
All of our rooms have TV and free superfast WiFi.
Further services e.g. laundry and bike storage are also available on request. If we can help you in any way during your stay we will endeavour to do so.
Dogs are welcome at the Inn and our Mews Coach House rooms, with their direct garden access, being particularly suitable for guests wishing to stay with their four-legged friends. We also have designated dog-friendly dining tables in our restaurant which can be pre-booked.
All our rates include a hearty Cotswold breakfast from our Breakfast Menu.
MEET
Inn for All Seasons is the perfect Cotswold all-year-round retreat to eat, drink, meet, socialise and celebrate. With beautiful beer gardens for enjoying long summer days and cosy open-log fires when it’s cold outside and you need warming-up!
We look forward to welcoming you very soon!
A Great Place to Meet.
Inn for All Seasons has been a popular place to stay, meet, eat and drink for hundreds of years. A warm, friendly, relaxed atmosphere in a setting reminiscent of a bygone age that remains largely unchanged over time.
Our two large car parking areas make parking easy.
As well as excellent food our bar also boasts the finest selection of local cask ales.
Cappuccino anyone? If it’s a short stop and a tea, coffee or hot chocolate you’re needing, with maybe a slice of cake, then you’re in luck! We serve Italy’s best selling coffee brand, Lavazza, freshly ground on the premises.
A Pleasure to do Business
Conveniently situated just off the A40 and within 30 minutes of Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Swindon, the Inn’s location is perfect as a base from which to explore the best that the Cotswolds has to offer. Our rural setting, combined with a relaxed atmosphere and unobtrusive service makes the Inn the perfect venue to suit any important business occasions such as small or large group meetings, corporate hospitality events, product launches, exhibitions etc.
Our conservatory boast state of the art business presentation audio-visual equipment and can comfortably accommodate up to 50 delegates.
We have ample free parking for up to 50 cars and we can also accommodate coach parties and motorhomes with prior arrangement.
Our chefs can prepare bespoke menus suited to working lunches/dinner and cater for specific dietary requirements.
Food can be discretely served in your meeting room or alternatively, light buffets and lunches may be taken in our restaurant or private dining areas..
The Inn is the perfect place to meet with colleagues and/or clients. Whether you want a short breakfast meeting, a full day, or a multi-day team building event, we can tailor the occasion to meet your requirements and budget.
CELEBRATE
We cater for weddings, christenings, birthdays and other gatherings, large or small, all created to your specific requirements to make your occasion special.
Celebrate with Us
Special occasions at the Inn menus can be arranged arranged for up to 80 people.
We do not charge for room-hire you simply pay for food/drinks.
Bar facilities are available until midnight and an extension to 1:00am can be arranged on request.
We are happy to organise a disco or live band for your event.
We look forward to helping you to plan your special event!
