Talbooth Restaurant

“Very well maintained and presented.” - AA Inspector

LOCATION

DEDHAM, ESSEX

Official Rating
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Our Inspector's view

This former toll house by the River Stour dates from Tudor times, and the Milsom family has run this East Anglian stalwart for over half a century. Inside, the look is smartly formal with white linen-clothed tables and neutral, contemporary shades against the period character of leaded mullioned windows and bare beams soaring to the roof. The kitchen stays abreast of culinary trends, sending out modern dishes full of precision and inspiration. A starter of garlic king prawn ‘Caesar’ might precede fillet of British beef, smoked cheese croquette, potato pressing, shallot rings, mushroom and tarragon purée and Madeira jus.

Awards, accolades and Welcome Schemes

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3 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence
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AA Notable Wine List
Talbooth Restaurant
Gun Hill,DEDHAM,Essex,CO7 6HP
Phone : 01206 323150

Features

Facilities
  • Seats: 80
  • Private dining available
  • On-site parking available
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Accessible toilets
  • Assist dogs welcome
Opening times
  • Open all year
Food and Drink
  • Wines under £30: 46
  • Wines over £30: 250
  • Wines by the glass: 19
  • Cuisine style: Modern British
  • Vegetarian menu

About the area

Discover Essex

Essex is full of pleasant surprises. It has the largest coastline of any county in England, with its fair share of castles, royal connections and scenic valleys. Take Colchester, for example, which was built by the Romans and is Britain’s oldest recorded town. Its castle contains the country’s largest Norman keep and yet, a stone’s throw from here, East Anglia’s newest arts centre promises to put Colchester firmly on the map as Essex’s capital of culture.

Tidal estuaries are plentiful and their mudflats offer migrating birds a winter feeding place. Essex was known as the land of the East Saxons and for centuries people from all over Europe settled here, each wave leaving its own distinctive cultural and social mark on the landscape. Walking a little off the beaten track will lead you to the rural retreats of deepest Essex, while all over the county there are ancient monuments to explore: 

  • the great Waltham Abbey
  • Greensted, thought to be the oldest wooden church in the world
  • the delightful village of Pleshey has one of the finest examples of a former motte-and-bailey castle
  • Hedingham Castle, magnificently preserved and dating from the 11th century.

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