Eat and drink · Hook Norton
The Sun Inn, Hook Norton
A Free Spirit pub with seven rooms on Hook Norton High Street, serving Hooky ales and seasonal food with meat from the village butcher, and open for weekend brunch.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
The Sun is a full-service village pub: a proper restaurant, seven rooms and brunch from Friday to Sunday. Dogs are welcome, and the Hooky comes from the brewery in the same village. All the bedrooms are upstairs, and the dog charge is worth knowing.
- Good: Hook Norton ales, with meat from the Hook Norton Butchers
- Good: Brunch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am
- Good: Children's menu, and a room for a family of four
- Worth knowing: All the bedrooms are upstairs, though staff will help with luggage
- Worth knowing: Dogs in rooms cost £10 per dog per night, and not on the beds
- Worth knowing: Weekday breakfast is continental, served in your room
About
The Sun Inn is on the High Street in Hook Norton, a Free Spirit pub with its bar pouring Hook Norton ales, local cask ales and continental beers. Hook Norton Brewery is in the same village, so it pairs well with a tour.
The kitchen writes seasonal menus around local produce, including meat from the Hook Norton Butchers, and publishes them by season: the site carried Winter 2026 main, lunch, dessert and Sunday menus, a Brunch menu from April 2026 and a children's menu when we read it on 4 November 2026. Small changes happen daily, and there is an allergen menu to ask for.
The seven en-suite rooms carry names such as Fuggles, Golding and Challenger, with views of St Peter's church or the village. Several are doubles; Fuggles is a twin and Challenger has a double and two singles, a bath and a rain shower, so suits a family. A continental breakfast comes to your room, and a full English is served in the restaurant on Saturdays and Sundays. Well-behaved dogs can sleep in the rooms on their own bedding.
The pub runs quiz nights, an open mic on the first Wednesday of the month, a record club on the last Wednesday and seasonal workshops such as wreath making. It calls itself a destination for dog walkers.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 16, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:00 to 20:30 |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:00 to 20:30 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:00 to 20:30 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 17:00 to 20:30 |
| Friday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 10:00 to 11:30, 12:00 to 14:30, 17:00 to 20:30 |
| Saturday | 10:00 to 23:00 | 10:00 to 11:30, 12:00 to 20:30 |
| Sunday | 10:00 to 21:00 | 10:00 to 11:30, 12:00 to 19:00 |
Food served: The 10am to 11.30am sitting is brunch.
Bank holiday Mondays: bar 10am to 11pm; brunch 10am to 11.30am and food noon to 7pm.
The details
- Food
- Modern British · Pub classics
- Serving
- Breakfast · Brunch · Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Children's menu
- Rooms
- 7
- Check-in
- 4pm to 10pm
- Check-out
- Before 11am
- Features
- Real ale · Restaurant · Bar · Live music · Parking · Dogs in rooms · Family rooms · Events and meetings
- Parking
- The pub has a car park; the rooms page mentions it but gives no detail.
Photos
A bedroom 
The bar 
Lunch by the window 
A double room
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Hook Norton Brewery 0.7 km away
- The Malthouse Kitchen, Hook Norton 0.7 km away
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Hook Norton's Grade I church, with a Norman font carved with Adam and Eve and signs of the zodiac, a Romanesque chancel and medieval wall paintings. In the middle of the village, open every day, says the benefice.