Menus, events and food stories from a village pub
Christmas lunch in a village pub looks effortless from the other side of the table. It isn't. We spent the whole of Christmas Day 2026 in the kitchen and on the floor at The Bull, from the first tray of parsnips to the last glass going through the washer.
The best ingredient list in Berkshire is not written in our kitchen — it is scattered across farm gates, orchard rows and a yard off the A4 within ten miles of the village. Here are eight producers we keep coming back to, and the plates they end up on.
Sunday lunch is the test a village pub never quite stops sitting. Here is what a year of gravy jugs, crackling, Yorkshire puddings and blunt regulars' notes has taught The Bull about getting the roast right.
A practical, appetite-led plan for a proper Wargrave Saturday in 2026: a riverside walk, a well-earned pint and a lunch at The Bull that gives the whole day a centre.
The Bull in Wargrave changed over to its winter menu at the start of November 2026. We spent a fortnight in the kitchen, the cellar and several cold farmyards to find out what's on the plate, who grew it, and why the whole thing tastes so resolutely like Berkshire in the cold.
Every Tuesday at 8pm, The Bull fills with pens, pints and people who are absolutely certain they know the capital of Kazakhstan. A fond look at Wargrave's longest-running midweek ritual, the teams who take it far too seriously, and how to survive your first night.