The Plough, Wavendon
Housed in a former 16th-century coaching inn and bakehouse, this restaurant has been revamped and opened under new ownership. It now features a dining room, bar and garden courtyard, with a modern European menu focused on seasonal local ingredients.
Opened: 16 July
Owner: Jonathan Todd and Howard Bridgeman
Head chef: Grant Hawthorne
Manager: David Wastell
Capacity: dining room, 38 courtyard, 65
Food: The set-lunch menu includes asparagus and goats' cheese salad wild mushroom and confit duck fettucini grilled sea bass with mache and baby corn and millefeuille of vanilla, raspberry and red berries.
Price: £18.75 for three courses excluding wine
Address: 72 Walton Road, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK17 8LW
Telephone: 01908 587576
Website: www.theploughwavendon.com