An entirely personal guide to my favourite cafes, restaurants and pubs in Salisbury, UK
Salisbury cafes
Salisbury has a good choice of places for a coffee and a sandwich and/or a bit of cake. I’d particularly recommend:
Bird and Carter – in Fish Row, more or less opposite the Tourist Information Centre. It’s a Deli and Sandwich Bar downstairs, with seating upstairs.
Boston Tea Rooms – in the ‘Old George Inn’ building in the High Street.
The Refectory – a cafe constructed in the space between the wall of the Cathedral and the Cloisters. It has a glass roof, to give an unusual view of the Spire
The Fisherton Mill – in, or just off, Fisherton Street. Cafe is at one end of an arty-shop-cum-gallery.
Heale House cafe – 5 miles up the Avon Valley, on the way to Stonehenge. For my money the Gardens are slightly over-priced to visit regularly, but you can just go to the cafe and sit by the river with a coffee and a cake. Very pleasant.
Restaurants in Salisbury
If you want something more substantial, but are pushed for time, then these are good:
Rai D’Or – Thai restaurant in a converted pub. Lovely food, and very good beer too.
Anokaa – in particular for the lunchtime buffet. It’s a ‘contemporary Indian’ restaurant. I’ve had some nice evening meals there, but the lunchtime buffet is very good.
Fish and Chips – there are several ‘chippies’ in and around Salisbury. Stoby’s in the Market Square is the most central, but The Harbour in Salt Lane and Yorkshire Fisheries in Fisherton Street (on the way to the railway station are both good.
Pubs – I don’t often eat in any of the City Centre pubs (with the exception of the brilliant Rai D’Or which is more of an evening out), and there isn’t any I’d really recommend for food. If you just want a drink then The Cloisters, The Haunch of Venison and The Avon Brewery are all good, in different ways.