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Opens Wed at 11:30am
Operator: Brakspear Pub Co
Shiplake Row, Shiplake Row, RG9 4DP (View on Google Map)
(0118) 940 3673
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This is a restaurant, where drinking alcohol, including draught and bottled beer, is only allowed when food is being consumed.

The building has been part of the Brakspear estate since 1840.

Now an award winning restaurant with original low beamed dining area and more recent bar area. Large garden with extensive flowering borders and expansive view over Thames valley.

Since Orwells opened its doors back in 2010, it has achieved 4 AA Rosettes, a cooking score of 7/10 in the Good Food Guide, a listing in the Michelin Guide and won The Good Food Guide's Readers Restaurant of the Year 2012, Editors Choice Restaurant of the Year 2017 and finally 3 Gold Stars in the Sustainable Restaurant Association for being a champion of sustainability, as well as other local awards.

The Instagram account for this pub is viewable by left clicking on https://www.instagram.com/orwells_rest.

Information for this venue is provided by the South Oxfordshire Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
White Hart
Local Authority
South Oxfordshire District
Last updated
09/01/2025
Last surveyed
06/03/2014
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Brakspear Pub Co
Pub ID
SOX/1350
Asset of Community Value
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
11:30am - 2:30pm & 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Thursday
11:30am - 2:30pm & 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Friday
11:30am - 2:30pm & 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday
11:30am - 2:30pm & 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Sunday
11:30am - 3:30pm
Monday
No Service
Tuesday
No Service
Wednesday
Noon - 2:00pm & 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 2:00pm & 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday
Noon - 2:00pm & 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 1:30pm & 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 2:00pm
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Transport
Close to bus routes (100m)
Reading Buses: 28 (900 m east on the A4155 near the Plough Shiplake), 28a (not Sun nor public holidays; five services a day from Reading to Henley-on-Thames Mon to Fri, otherwise four journeys a day in both directions)
Ordnance Survey Reference
SU758784

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