Sark has a way of slowing everything down, and nowhere is that more welcome than at the table. For such a small, car-free island, she feeds her visitors extraordinarily well. Award-winning growers, weathered local fishermen and devoted hotel gardeners work quietly through the seasons, filling menus with the kind of ingredients that taste of somewhere real: freshly landed seafood, sun warmed vegetables pulled from kitchen gardens, artisan chocolates crafted by hand, and a gin distilled from the island's own wild spirit. From candlelit dining rooms where the wine list is as considered as the cooking, to sun-dappled bistro gardens humming with lazy afternoon conversation . Sark offers every kind of table, and every kind of welcome. Fine dining and honest, generous grub sit happily side by side here. You might linger over lobster on a clifftop terrace as the light turns golden, or stumble upon a hidden cottage garden and find yourself staying far longer than you planned, drawn in by a cream tea and the particular peacefulness of this place. However you choose to eat on Sark, one thing is certain, you will leave having tasted something that could only ever have come from here.

Booking ahead is strongly recommended, especially in high season.