For the ultimate field-to-fork dining, nip out of London to boutique hotel Thyme. Set in the honey-hued village of Southrop, surrounded by grazing sheep and green pastures it is a delightfully comfortable, rustic retreat. With a focus on home-farmed produce, the estate’s impeccably maintained vegetable garden provides the hotel’s recently refurbished restaurant The Swan at Southrop – the village’s charming Norman pub – with freshest, seasonal produce.
A review of The Swan at Southrop
Words by
Flora Drummond-Smith
10th September 2018
The Swan at Southrop – Boutique hotel Thyme's village restaurant – serves up delicious dishes from ingredients grown in the hotel's extensive kitchen garden
A corner table at The Swan at Southrop
Devised by head chef Matt Wardman and culinary director Charlie Hibbert, the menu is shaped by the week’s best produce.
The food is delicious.
A starter of asparagus and poached egg comes with a swirl of melted sorrel butter and a dish of whipped ricotta and radish comes festooned with pea shoots and vegetables straight from the garden, while estate-reared lamb is succulent and served pink. With plans to become an epicurean destination, Thyme are also launching The Ox Barn, a fine dining restaurant later this year.
For more information or to book visit, thyme.co.uk/dining/the-swan-at-southrop
