"...The Miller of Mansfield has undergone a major transformation in recent years and has recently been awarded the highest possible accolade by the AA, earning five Gold Stars as a restaurant with rooms – one of only three such properties in all of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. This beautifully appointed restaurant… ..."
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"...Dining
This is what the Miller is really all about. The dining room is sleek and modern - all cream chairs and tables and dark, polished-wood floors, but a combination of good lighting, candles and a mellow jazz soundtrack helped to cosy it up. The food managed to be both hearty and subtle..."
"...The verdict
I always worry a little that "restaurant with rooms" is a synonym for "pretentious and overpriced". But the Miller is refreshingly unpretentious..."
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"...And then there's the food, which, once it arrives, is something of a revelation. My wife says her thick, creamy parsnip soup with a hint of cumin oil is out of this world and my chicken liver and foie gras parfait, with pear chutney, is faultless, too..."
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"...Silver and black room 7 has a raised Japanese-inspired bath big enough for two. Fiery 8 looks across the road to the church and packs a colourful fuchsia punch with its antique bed. Super-spacious suites 4 and 5 have extra little rooms with day beds, ideal if you’re travelling with a wee one..."
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"... I thought the Miller — named, puzzlingly, after an old Nottinghamshire ballad — was doing exactly what the modern incarnation of a coaching inn should. It had an easygoing atmosphere, helpful staff, a lovely Virginia-creepered redbrick façade, spacious rooms and great food..."
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"The Miller of Mansfield, a skip from Reading:
a lot of old coaching inns that have tried to turn themselves into modern-day shag palaces have failed embarrassingly, thinking that black uniforms, a faux-fur bedspread and a sprig of parsley on the fry-up qualifies as sexy. But you can certainly feel the love at The Miller of Mansfield in Goring-on-Thames, where the rooms have been renovated in trendy country-house style, with plenty of statement beds and clever, decadence-inducing colour schemes..."
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Reviewed by Mr & Mrs Smith
"Red-brick, tile-roofed and originating in the 18th century, the Miller of Mansfield inn stands proud, sidled up to a flint cottage and opposite a Tudor-topped corner chapel, a stone parish church and a lovingly tended green: in this Berkshire-borders village, even the post office is worthy of a watercolour. Inside the pub, real ales, cosy fires and hearty food are backed up by the comfortable, contemporary rooms upstairs....."
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(...) The bill - £19.95 for three courses - was so low that I just assumed they'd made a mistake, so I sent it back (ha! Imagine what I'm like to live with). At lunchtime it's even less - £14.95. So get down there sharpish, for soon they shall go bankrupt.
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Voted "One of the 10 best
“bolt-holes” in the UK"
Voted "One of the 10 Sexiest
Places To Stay in the UK"
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"If you don't want to travel too far to enjoy a slice of country life, the Miller of Mansfield might suit. Only eight miles or so outside Reading, in the pretty riverside village of Goring-On-Thames, this is an 18th-century inn reinvented for the 21st century. Its 10 individually styled bedrooms feature strikingly contemporary decor - including patterned Cole & Son wallpaper and Philippe Starck Ghost chairs - while the hotel's shabby-chic bar serves up pints of local ale. There's also a fairly sophisticated restaurant. Just the place to recuperate after a day out on the Berkshire Downs."
· 01491 872829, millerofmansfield.com, doubles from £110, B&B.
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(...) Sidled up to a flint cottage, and opposite a Tudor-topped corner chapel and a stone parish church, this 12-room Grade II-listed red-brick inn on the Berkshire/Oxfordshire border blends traditional fittings with chic modern design.
The restaurant, a sedate space of white-and-cream décor, is where chef Mehdi Amiri produces dishes such as slow-cooked local chicken, hand-rolled linguine in a lobster sauce, and monkfish with mash and snails. Walk off the calories on the nearby Thames path afterwards.
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"(...) I arrive in Goring from Paddington and walk to the Miller of Mansfield. This 18th-century inn has a cosy front bar where wooden tables and stools sit alongside leather wing chairs, and real ale is dished out to guests and locals alike. The restaurant is a more sedate space of white-and-cream decor.
I'll need fuel for the next day, so I opt for the six-course tasting menu; a fish broth, terrine of foie gras, scallops on ratatouille, monkfish with mash and snails, three cuts of pork and a selection of desserts. Full of food and trepidation, I retire to my room, which is a stylish combination of Art Deco furniture and silver flock wallpaper.
My first day of walking starts pretty well...."
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Paddy Burt stays at The Miller of Mansfield, High Street, Goring on Thames, Oxfordshire.
"(...) Soon a waiter is bringing us beautifully arranged appetisers, which include segments of skinned tomato, plus various bits of exotic-tasting vegetables, all decorated with a sprig of lavender. Now for starters proper: mine is coconut-fried scallops, mango salsa and lemon-grass dressing, accompanied by a coffee cup of coconut soup, while my husband enjoys his confit duck terrine with tiny cubes of apple that have magically been flavoured with lavender......"
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necessary to run what was clearly going to be a place of some distinction.”
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