The White Star Tavern, Dining & Rooms

The illustrious White Star shipping line is the inspiration for this stylish gastro-pub and boutique inn, set in Southampton's cosmopolitan Oxford Street. With two AA Rosettes, the restaurant provides modern British cooking typified by shallot tarte Tatin with truffled mash and organic spinach; and pan-fried bream fillet with Scottish mussels and whipped chorizo mash. Watch the world go by from the pavement tables, or stay a little longer in one of thirteen smart and comfortable bedrooms.