Flora

Tim and Louise Rødkjaer Spedding have created a ‘dreamy’ haven in this charmingly isolated spot – a remarkable enterprise with ‘slubby linen, handwritten menus, candles at lunchtime, old-school cutlery, garden posies and easy service’, plus ‘a blowsy-drowsy high-summer garden that’s bursting with organic life’. Their café, bakery and restaurant bring a quiet buzz to the old stable yard, where everything is underpinned by a commitment to excellent local supplies and garden produce. Superb Danish pastries are the stars at breakfast (Louise is from Copenhagen), and seeded sourdough bread from their wood-fired oven is a mainstay. At lunchtime, expect fragrant, barely dressed seasonal salads and dishes such as bouillabaisse or stuffed cabbage leaves. On Fridays and Saturdays, the restaurant opens for fixed-price dinners that might range from roast Helford scallop with NamaYasai yuzu to Cabaret apple tarte Tatin with meadowsweet ice cream. Come Sunday, there’s a magnificent lunchtime spread that might be headlined by ‘astonishingly good Dexter rump cap’ or 50-day dry-aged Hereford rib and slow-cooked featherblade with wild garlic, spinach and girolles followed by a summer berry parfait. Homemade soft drinks and cordials sit alongside a selection of wines from Tutto.