The Street
Stane Street
West Clandon
Guildford Surrey, GU4 7TE
Tel: 01483 222447

Type of Cuisine: French

Dating from 1623, the Onslow Arms in the affluent Surrey village of West Clandon. It has an atmospheric mix of blackened timbers, flagstones and inglenooks.

The menu has many of the usual classic dishes - potage du marche, a hearty leek and potato soup on that occasion - Les 6 escargots - excellent foie gras with a crisp millefeuille of apple to provide a cutting edge. Very popular is the soupire de moules et crevettes en crote. When the pastry topping was broached, a miraculous aroma wafted up. And when the spoon went in, it dredged up a wonderful assortment of fishy morsels.

A simpler menu is also available in La Rotisserie, where visitors can tuck into Caesar salad, 'light bites' (steak baguettes, toasted club sandwiches) and sharing platters of cheeses, charcuterie and the like. The wine list focuses on France, with a few additional 'world' selections available by the glass.

Starters range from 4.50 for the soup to 9.95 for the foie gras

If you fancy making a grand entrance, Onslow Arms has its own helipad

Restaurant reviewed by Rudolf Koch

For twenty years Mr. Koch was running his own restaurants in Fleet Street, City of London. In the 1980's he contributed to the restaurant review of The Tatler, Britain's Top Society Magazine.