Windsor Restaurants

This is one of a chain of shops in the UK selling pasties, a pastry shell containing a variety of ingredients. It's great for a quick meal and they are ready to go.

Favorite Dish: I liked the bacon and cheese pasty, even the medium size one was very filling. I tried a traditional steak one at a different location and didn't like it nearly as well. The bacon and cheese one was a pastry filled with bacon, cheese and potatoes.

The food there is simple but very tasty. was served with a smile, at the table, and quickly. A very nice clean and stylish environment. You can order from the sweet menu, which contains all the old-fashioned ones! It is all well priced as well. The jacket potatoes are a must!! Also, if you fancy it, like I did, you can have a sneaky glass of wine or bottle!!

Favorite Dish: Jacket Potato with cheese, beans and spring onions. With posh crisps and salad. Also the all day breakfast is lovely. The presentation for a cafe is amazing!

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My wifes favourite coffee company,which serves the most outrageous size coffees,another franchise has just opened in King Edward Court,where they're building a new hotel now,but the original place is here.

Favorite Dish: Large black Americano is definately my favourite but it comes in a soup bowl seemingly.

Great place in summer to watch the boats going by and enjoy a meal at the same time.
Used to be called the Fort and Firkin,Old Trout and the Thames Hotel.
Not eaten here since its last incarnation.
You're also directly across from the ferry ticket office if you fancy a trip on the river.
April 2006 prices
Soup $7,Mains $13.50-30

The restaurant was an interesting mix of restaurant and sweet shop.

Sweet Shop:
During my visit 16 July 2005 - the cost of sweets was 72p for 100g - they seem to have many many shelves of jars containing sweets. You can even place an order when you are sitting in the restaurant.

Restaurant:
This was busy, during my visit - the menu is not that extensive but the menu is outlined below:
All day Breakfasts
Jacket Potatoes (hot and cold fillings)
Soup
Freshly Made Sandwiches
Grilled Panini
"Posh" Crisps
Cakes, slices and snacks
Coffee, Tea, Water and soft drinks

It does not sell alcohol!

The wiating staff were very attentive; and the only down side is that it is quite small.

Favorite Dish: Mexican salad, warm bread and water

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Carpenters' Arms is just a block away from the castle and was one of the first places we stumbled on when desperate to rest our feet after the castle visit. When we saw the board outside advertising St Austell beers, there was nothing to do but to step inside, since we love this Cornish brewery. They welcomed children, although not in the rooms next to the bar but that's not unusual. The St Austell turned out to be Tribute which was well kept, and they also had several other interesting beers on tap as well as bottle, even if it wasn't the biggest choice I've ever seen. Staff were friendly and we really enjoyed the general ambiance here with visitors being everything from posh local ladies sipping white wine, to tourist families like ourselves, and locals enjoying good beer.

When we looked at the menu, we realised that we'd seen a similar one before, and realised that the pub is owned by the same people that own one of our regulars in York, so then we knew what the menu would be like. Not the most exciting but perfectly acceptable pub grub with a decent variety.

Favorite Dish: Ploughmans.

They have two set of menus. One which is mainly thai cuisines (which we didn't try) and the other the typical local food. We had a fish and chips, and a mushroom omelette with toast. The fish and chips was a filling lunch , but not the mushroom omelette.

The food generally in the area isnt cheap. We paid about 16 pounds for 2 people.

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This delightful little pub/inn beckoned us in for a spot of lunch. It was a cloudy cool day so soup and sandwich sounded great and the Crown and Cushion Inn did not disappoint. It describes itself as a 'quirky 16th century coaching inn' and indeed has the welcoming feel of one with a distinctly friendly, homey atmosphere which was probably enhanced by a group of gray haired ladies lunching at the next table. They appeared to be local folk. The bar and little lounge area just said 'little English pub' to me. It is also an inn or bed & breakfast and my wife and I agreed that if we ever get the chance to stay in Windsor/Eton, we will check it out.

Favorite Dish: I had minnestrone and a sandwich of cheddar with mango chutney on a baguette. My wife had a lovely carrot and coriander soup. I washed mine down with a Fullers Chicwick Bitter and my wife had tea. A quite simple, but very tasty and, by UK standards, inexpensive lunch. Sandwiches are GBP 4.95 and soup 3.95.