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The Lamb Inn

Name: The Lamb Inn
Address: High Street, Shipton under Wychwood, Oxfordshire, OX7 6DQ, Shipton under Wychwood, GB
Telephone: 01993 832116

The Lamb Inn serves robust Modern British cuisine in a 17th-century Cotswolds setting. Chefs Peter Creed and Tom Noest focus on nose-to-tail cooking, seasonal dishes, and a welcoming atmosphere away from pretension.

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The story

The Lamb Inn, Shipton under Wychwood: Modern British Pub Dining

The kitchen and its keepers

At The Lamb Inn in Shipton under Wychwood, Peter Creed and Tom Noest manage a 17th-century hostelry focused on Modern British cooking. Chef Tom Noest, still in his mid-twenties, brings a robust approach that acknowledges a clear debt to Fergus Henderson. The menu prioritizes good, simple pub fare delivered without the pretension often associated with the area. Seasonality drives the kitchen, ensuring ingredients shift with the calendar throughout the year.

From the wood-fired oven to the plate

A standout starting point arrives from the pizza oven as a flatbread topped with garlic, bone marrow, and parsley. Mains showcase careful technique, such as bouncy sweetbreads paired with crisp bacon nuggets and leeks, or a dense venison faggot served with swede and carrot mash where the gravy carries significant weight. Lighter options include creamy whipped cod's roe centred around olive oil and a hard-boiled egg, followed by on-the-bone brill accompanied by monk's beard, highlighting the kitchen's skill with Modern British seafood. Desserts adapt to the season, offering treats like rhubarb with cold custard and crunchy candied almonds in March.

Inside the historic building

The interior retains bare floorboards, exposed stone walls, and venerable beams that anchor the space in its past. A cosy bar area offers plenty of seating, while a separate restaurant caters to those seeking a dedicated dining table. Large windows open onto a spacious beer garden perfect for warmer months. Weekends bring a lively crowd of locals enjoying real ale, maintaining the establishment's reputation as a genuine hub for Modern British hospitality. Guests can also reserve a private dining room for gatherings or book one of the ten letting rooms upstairs.

Recognition

Awards & accolades

2026

The Good Food Guide

Good

Details

At a glance

The Good Food Guide 2026 — Good

Cuisines Modern British

Services Bar, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Outdoor Seating, Private Parties, Private Room, Takeaway, Wheelchair Access

History

On the record

2026

The Good Food Guide — Good

Peter Creed and Tom Noest know how to fancy-up a pub without ruining it. Rooted in the Cotswolds, they made a success of the Bell at Langford and in 2021 brought their winning formula to this picturesque 17th-century hostelry in a suitably opulent village. The conspicuously luxe element of the package is confined to the 10 letting rooms, while the restaurant and bar speak of old-fashioned country pubs, complete with bare floorboards, stone walls, venerable beams and, at weekends, a full house of rollicking, good-humoured locals drinking real ale. There’s also a terrace for summertime dining. The cooking is similarly unfussy and robust (chef Noest, still in his mid-20s, acknowledges a debt to Fergus Henderson). Notable skill is shown at the pizza oven – try sharing a ‘bite’ of garlic, bone marrow and parsley flatbread to start. Otherwise, a nose-to-tail dinner might begin with bouncy sweetbreads matched with crisp nuggets of bacon and leeks, followed by a dense and meaty faggot of local venison with swede and carrot mash – both dishes giving due gravity to the gravy. Lighter meals could feature creamy whipped cod’s roe (surrounding a pool of olive oil) with a gooey-yolked hard-boiled egg, ahead of on-the-bone brill with monk's beard. Seasonality is key here, so a dessert in March might celebrate rhubarb, perhaps topped with creamy cold custard beneath a generous portion of crunchy candied almonds. The wine list keeps up with trends (note the 'orange' selections), kicking off with a varied choice of house tipples by the glass. Service, too, is on the ball, even when things get busy. In all, an antidote to the pretension so prevalent in these parts.

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High Street, Shipton under Wychwood, Oxfordshire, OX7 6DQ
Shipton under Wychwood, United Kingdom
01993 832116
info@thelambshipton.com
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