The Bedford Arms Hotel

The red-brick Victorian Bedford Arms slots perfectly into its bucolic Chiltern's village surroundings. It comes with a proper homely pub bar (serving straight-up pub food), while the smart, appropriately traditional oak-panelled restaurant - overlooking its well-tended garden - is where the main culinary action takes place. Here the fixed-price menu offers an appealing, something-for-everyone choice of well-dressed modern dishes hewn from fresh quality local produce. Rabbit and foie gras terrine is served with raisin vinaigrette and toasted brioche, followed by roasted halibut partnered with a baby beet salad and truffle crème and parsnip purée, while to finish, vanilla pannacotta with winter berries might catch the eye.