The
French Horn at Sonning is a luxury
hotel and
restaurant on the banks of the
River Thames next to the
Sonning Backwater Bridges (on the B478 road), at
Sonning Eye,
Oxfordshire,
England. by Joanne O'Connor,
The Observer, 21 July 2002. by Rena Munro,
The Sunday Times, 11 March 2007.
The speciality of the restaurant is
duck, roasted on a
spit in front of the fire, and there is an extensive
wine list. The restaurant has a
panoramic view of the gardens and river beyond. The riverside trees are
floodlit at night. It is possible for diners and other visitors to
moor on the river in the hotel's garden. There is an old, rusty iron
gate with the name of the hotel within the ironwork on the path by the river opposite
Sonning Bridge. The hotel includes a number of riverside cottages that are now used as rooms for hotel clients.
Notable clientele include the film director and restaurant critic
Michael Winner, by
Michael Winner,
The Sunday Times, 11 March 2007. who has used the location as a
film set, and
Princess Diana. It has also featured in the books of
Dick Francis.
Close by is
The Mill at Sonning, now a
dinner theatre. On the opposite
Berkshire bank over the main historic
Sonning Bridge is another riverside hotel and restaurant, the
Great House at Sonning.
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