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The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers

Tap and Kitchen

78/100
  • Oundle, Northamptonshire
  • British brasserie, bar
  • By the glass
  • ££
  • Beta
  • Assessed July 2026
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These are confidence labels. They show how sure we are that what we publish still reflects the restaurant's current practice. They are not a judgement on the restaurant; the wine and cooking are scored separately, out of 100.

  • Beta means assessed and scored, but we are still confirming some details (such as the current wine list) and the restaurant has not yet had the chance to correct any factual inaccuracy, so it is published with that caveat.
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We assessed Tap and Kitchen in July 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess

Tap and Kitchen is a wharfside brasserie in Oundle cooking a short, provenance-led menu that changes week to week. Its wine programme punches well above the market-town setting, with a generously poured by-the-glass carousel, an honest, characterful buying hand, and a complete Sherry, Port and Madeira tail served in small glasses that most lists this size never attempt. It will reward the curious drinker who wants to explore by the glass and the diner who likes a real sweet wine with pudding as much as the everyday visitor after a good glass with lunch.

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  • By the glass
  • ££££
  • Assessed July 2026
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