The Wild Rabbit

The restaurant sits within the Daylesford estate and serves casual dining built around locally sourced ingredients, which aligns naturally with what the area has become famous for.

It functions as both a working restaurant and a genuine meeting place for locals and visiting explorers alike. You'll find proper quality cooking here without any pretentiousness, so it works equally well whether you're stopping by for a relaxed lunch or planning an evening meal. The kitchen draws from regional suppliers and producers, so the menu genuinely reflects what's being made in the surrounding area.

Daylesford itself rewards spending time there. The village has become genuinely important for food enthusiasts, with farm shops, delis, and various independent businesses throughout. Its fairly central location in the Cotswolds makes it a logical stopping point when you're moving around the region. Stow-on-the-Wold and Bourton-on-the-Water are larger towns nearby with plenty to explore, but Daylesford's particular strength in food and independent retail gives it a distinctive character that's worth experiencing for its own sake.