Knowle Lodge

While this friendly neighbourhood restaurant is housed in a traditional stone building, its interior is contrastingly modern, with closely-set, dark wood tables looking onto an open-plan kitchen with a wood-burning oven. The menu of well-priced sharing plates may have a Spanish heart – from the boquerones to the croquetas – but also offers the opportunity to go on a global culinary journey. Start in Mexico with the generously topped tacos, fly over to Vietnam for the bánh mì prawn toast, then end up back in Blighty for sticky toffee pudding. Whatever you choose, it will burst with colour and f