The Crabmill

This cider-mill conversion in Warwickshire is one of Fiona's top choices. 'There's a flagstoned bar with real ales and a new world wine list, a good lunchtime snack menu and more imaginative dishes at lunch and in the evening,' she says. The menu includes chilli and fennel crumbed squid, smoked haddock gnocchi, ostrich fillet in cured ham and lentil and potato and chickpea curry.

Where Preston Bagot, Claverdon, Warwickshire, B95 5EE (01926 843342; www.lovelypubs.co.uk/venues/ the-crabmill)