The Woodsman Restaurant

Head down Chapel Street and you'll find The Woodsman tucked into what used to be a chapel, which immediately tells you something about Stratford's appetite for repurposing its architectural heritage. Inside, it's all warm lighting and sensible proportions—nothing trying too hard, which is refreshing when you're surrounded by the Shakespeare merch and Tudor-themed restaurants everywhere else. The kitchen takes British ingredients seriously and knows how to cook them: expect the kind of food that makes you wonder why everywhere else is overthinking things.