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The Ox Barn
The nineteenth-century Ox Barn was formerly home to the oxen that once ploughed our fields.
State-of-the-art agricultural architecture in its time, Caryn Hibbert worked meticulously to preserve the extensive beams, soaring arches and original Cotswold stone rubble walls.
Now, it's a contemporary restaurant which has stayed true to its agricultural roots. Using picked-that-day produce to deliver food which is all about the best ingredients, cooked simply. The menus change with the gardener’s harvests and our partners’ seasonality.
We look forward to welcoming you and ensuring you have a wonderful experience with us.
Please see below our dress code.
Book a Table
If there is no availability online, we may be able to accommodate your request. For further information or for help with your reservation, please get in toucH
01367850174
reservations@thyme.co.uk
Dress Code: Upscale Smart Casual
At lunch we embrace a relaxed smart-casual feel, at dinner we ask for a more polished, sophisticated look.
For Ladies: Sophisticated elegance. For Gentlemen: A collared shirt paired with a blazer or jacket.
NOT PERMITTED: Athletic wear, sportswear, shorts, sandals, or trainers.
Our menus are subject to change according to the seasonal produce available from our kitchen garden and farm, as well as our suppliers.
Sample Menus
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2 courses 26 | 3 courses 34
Only available Monday - Saturday for lunch and early supper bookings (6pm-6.45pm)
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Garden leaves, fennel, blood orange & goat’s curd
Radish, butter & salt
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Orecchiette, braised escarole & cotechino
Pappardelle, nettle, pine nuts & graceburn
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Poached rhubarb, meringue & lemon curd
Tuscan orange cake & cream
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Stinging Nettle 18 | Seasonal Shrub 11
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Bread & butter 4
Marinated anchovies 9
Ricotta & marinated trombetta crostini 7
Panisse & sage 7
Ham & pickles 12
Oscietra caviar 10g, crisps & creme fraiche 70
Oysters & rhubarb mignonette 4 each
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Datterini tomato, salted ricotta & sourdough 14
Garden leaves, mimolette & croutons 16
Manzo tonnato 17
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Garden lovage, fennel & pea risotto 25
Pork milanese & caper butter 30
Confit guinea fowl, borlotti beans & baby gem 32
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Chips 7
Buttered potatoes 7
Buttered greens 7
Garden salad 7
Available Monday - Saturday.
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Ricotta, grilled fennel & nettle crostini 7
Oscietra caviar 10g, crisps & creme fraiche 70
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Asparagus Polonaise 16
Pave, crab mayonnaise & samphire 19
Stracciatella & Iberiko tomatoes 17
Wet garlic, broad beans, goat’s curd & toast 17
Carpaccio Cipriani & salmoriglio 18
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Grilled polenta, ricotta & braised courgettes 30
Cod, fregula, chorizo, clams & samphire 42
Guinea fowl & petit pois a la francaise 36
Iron Age pork, borlotti beans & Cuore Del Vesuvio 38
Fresian Holstein beef, turnips, tomato & anchovy butter 42
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Buttered potatoes 7
Chips 7
Cuore Del Vesuvio & shallot salad 7
Garden salad 7
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Basque cheesecake & poached apricots 14
Torta tenerina, chocolate sauce & cream 13
Tiramisu 15
Shortcake, strawberries, elderflower & sweet cicely ice cream 12
Cheese, quince jam & sourdough cracker 14
Chocolate truffles 9
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Ice creams & sorbets 5 per scoop
Stracciatella
Coffee
Vanilla
Sweet cicely
Strawberry sorbet
Nespole sorbet
Things to know
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Lunch: 12pm - 2:30pm, daily
Dinner: 6pm - 9pm, daily -
Upscale Smart Casual
At lunch, we embrace a relaxed smart-casual feel. At dinner, we ask for a more polished and sophisticated look.
For Ladies: Sophisticated elegance.
For Gentlemen: A collared shirt paired with a blazer or jacket.
Not permitted: Athletic wear, sportswear, shorts, sandals, or trainers.
We look forward to welcoming you and ensuring you have a wonderful experience with us.
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Thyme is a grown-up destination and we welcome children over 12 for breakfast and dinner service in the Ox Barn restaurant. At lunch, we welcome families and if you are coming with your young ones, we do ask that they remain seated throughout their meal.
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Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed inside, however they are welcome on the Ox Barn terrace for lunch.
We do also welcome dogs in our Baa Bar, however the full restaurant menu is not available in this space.
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We welcome guests with dietary restrictions and do our utmost to create dishes that are fresh, safe, and delicious. Please note that we handle nuts and other allergens in our kitchen, so while we take every precaution, we cannot guarantee the absence of trace allergens. If you have specific dietary requirements, please let us know in advance via your OpenTable reservation or by contacting us directly.
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Absolutely, we have a number of options for groups from the Ox Barn’s Chef’s Table to our private dining spaces throughout Thyme.
Please email: reservations@thyme.co.uk
Modern Muralists
by Lucinda Oakes, Melissa White and Tess Newall
currently exhibiting IN THE TITHE BARN
8th May 2026 - 30th NOVEMBER 2026
Curated by Emily Hill, Head of Exhibitions at Charleston, this exhibition will explore the work of three contemporary mural artists, Lucinda Oakes, Melissa White and Tess Newall.
This exhibition presents the opportunity to discover three contemporary mural artists, who work in vastly different ways, exhibiting together for the first time. Each artist has spent time in residency on the Thyme estate and they present new work which will address the architecture, landscape, plants and wildlife unique to Thyme.
ALL WORKS ARE AVAILBLE TO PURCHASE.
Thyme is a grown-up destination and we welcome children over 12 for breakfast and dinner service in the Ox Barn restaurant. At lunch, we welcome families and if you are coming with your young ones, we do ask that they remain seated throughout their meal.
We can take large groups, please email: reservations@thyme.co.uk
Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed inside, however they are welcome on the Ox Barn terrace.
If there is no availability online, we may be able to accommodate your request. For further information or for help with your reservation, contact us by email or by calling 01367850174.
Our menus are subject to change according to the seasonal produce available from our kitchen garden and farm.
The Ox Barn dress code is upscale smart casual. At lunch, we embrace a relaxed smart-casual feel. At dinner, we ask for a more polished and sophisticated look.
For Ladies: Sophisticated elegance. For Gentlemen: A collared shirt paired with a blazer or jacket.
Not permitted: Athletic wear, sportswear, shorts, sandals, or trainers. We look forward to welcoming you and ensuring you have a wonderful experience with us.
Dermot Sugrue joins us in the Ox Barn for a special Wine Supper Club, bringing his celebrated wines from Sugrue South Downs and other exceptional vineyard sites.