El Greco

09/07/2026

Love these old pictures of Stratford. On this one you can just about see where El Greco is now behind The American Fountain and next to The White Swan Hotel.

Stratford-upon-Avon.

09/07/2026

Mama Mia….its officially hotter 🔥🔥🔥than Greece again today!!!

With that in mind it’s definitely the perfect day to go Greek. 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

We are open until 9pm tonight serving chilled drinks 🍻🍻🍻and wonderful Greek food.

The air con 🆒🆒🆒is on in the restaurant but we also have our tables on the terrace (under the parasols ⛱️⛱️⛱️) and in The Minories Courtyard (the ones under the arch are in the shade).

Our Tapas Menu, Greek salads and Hallumi burgers are proving particularly popular today washed down with a chilled beer or rose. Tonight our money is on Souvlaki and Salmon being the big hits.

The sun 😎😎😎coupled with the sound of Greek music 🎶🎶🎶and souvlaki’s on the grill ….. close your eyes and you could be in Greece….well almost!!!

And if you are one of the lucky ones with tickets for one of the hot things going on in town tonight ….

- the incredible Rhoda Dakar (goddess of 2 tone) in conversation at Rother Street Arts House ( opposite us)

- Shakers at The Attic Theatre

- Midsummers Night Dream at The Other Place

- The Morality of Mrs Dulska ( joint uk/ Polish production 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱) at The Bear Pit Theatre ( opposite us)

You will be particularly welcome…Yamas!

The Bear Pit
Rother Street Arts House
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Attic Theatre
Stratford Upon Avon BID
Shakespeare's England

07/07/2026

Too hot and bothered to cook tonight? Or maybe you’re still recovering from that football all nighter! Let us take the heat off and cook for you.

We are serving dinner until 9pm and have tables available inside or outside on the terrace or in The Minories Courtyard. The temperature has finally dropped and there is a lovely breeze so it is lovely out there. You really could be in Greece ….so you might as well eat like a Greek!

Popular dishes tonight already seem to be the great Greek classic of Moussaka served with Greek salad and oregano chips or Chicken Souvlaki (grilled) with salad and rice or new potatoes.

Followed by Greek yoghurt with honey and fruit or chilled lemon cheesecake with clotted cream ice cream.

But we have a whole lot more on offer to suit every taste and budget.

And to wash it down what about some cold beer or chilled wine?

Come down and we promise a great Greek welcome and amazing Greek food.

Yamas!

04/07/2026

Yes, we know it’s a massive sporting weekend in the UK with the British Grand Prix 🏎️🏎️🏎️Wimbledon 🎾 🎾🎾and a certain football match looming 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿….. but in between all this what about popping into Stratford to enjoy all it has to offer on a lovely summer’s day…. and maybe come to us for some food and drink at the same time.

We still have tables available for lunch today (Sat) until 5pm - with tables inside, on the terrace and in the courtyard.

The weather is lovely with some cloud cover and a breeze so it really is very pleasant. Town is busy and there is a lovely buzz.

Tonight looks particularly busy for us too but we have a handful of early tables (5/5.30pm) and later tables (8/8.30) ….plus some outside tables.

And here’s our weekly round up of some things you might like to consider doing in town.

The RSCs special production of Midsummer Night’s Dream aimed at younger audiences continues it’s summer run at The Other Place with two performances today (Sat) 🎭🎭🎭

It’s the final two performances of Guards! Guards! at The Bear Pit theatre today.

Shakers continues at The Attic Theatre today, tomorrow and until 12 July.

The annual Warwickshire Open Studios festival continues with over 300 local artists exhibiting their work at over 100 different venues-including around 20 in and around Stratford - until tomorrow 🎨🎨🎨

The Stratford Society’s summer exhibition about historic Stratford continues at Havard House…. A perfect place to visit being 4 July…. Aswell as The American Fountain opposite us! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Local vocalist favourite Louise James performs at Stratford Bandstand on The Rec at 2pm tomorrow. 🎶 🎶🎶

Many of the pubs in town have live music and/or football over the weekend.

All this on top of all the usual town favourites on offer:

Stratford Town Walk and Ghost Walk🚶🏽‍♀️👻

Stratford Butterfly Farm 🦋

River cruises and boat hire ⚓️🚣

Rother Street Market today and Waterside Market tomorrow

Tudor World Museum, Shakespeare tour and ghost tour 🚶‍♂️👻

RST backstage and costume tours , viewing tower and exhibition (some free)

The Shakespeare Houses (ask about free locals entry)

Shakespeare’s schoolroom and Guildhall 📚

Holy Trinity Church and Shakespeare’s grave

MAD Museum

Magic Alley 🪄

City Sightseeing open top bus 🚌

Leisure Centre activities 🏊

The big wheel 🎡

Everyman cinema ( showing about a dozen films) 🎞️

Whatever you do have a wonderful weekend.

Yamas!

Stratford Upon Avon BID
Shakespeare's England
Second Thoughts Drama Group
The Attic Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Stratford Society

02/07/2026

And breathe …. now we know Harry and the boys have secured a place in the next round of the World Cup we can all focus on other things for a few days.

Maybe come out for a quiet meal and catch up with friends and family…we are open from noon until 9pm as usual if that sounds like just the tonic for the day after the night before!

The sun is out again so our terrace and courtyard tables will be open for dining aswell as drinks.

But if you simply can’t cope without some more drama this evening (Thurs) why not couple a meal out with some great theatre or music.

Tonight sees the second opening night of the week in town with the Tread The Boards Theatre Company starting a 10 day run of Shakers: Under New Management - a witty portrait of night out antics - at The Attic Theatre. 🍹

Last night saw Second Thoughts Drama Company start a four day run of Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards! at The Bear Pit ( opposite us). 🐉

And although the main theatre is dark the RSC’s family friendly production of Midsummer Nights Dream continues at The Other Place.

But for many the highlight of tonight’s offer in town is The Blow Monkeys at Rother Street Arts House (opposite us) …household names in the 80’s (remember Dirty Dancing!).💃

So maybe boogy on over to us before any of these, and remember… “nobody puts Baby in the corner! “

The Attic Theatre
The Bear Pit
Rother Street Arts House
Stratford Upon Avon BID
Shakespeare's England

01/07/2026

Are you a dragon or a lion tonight?

Best wishes to our friends at Second Thoughts Drama Group who have their opening night of Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards! at The Bear Pit Theatre tonight (weds). Watch out for the fire-eating dragons 🐉🐉🐉

If you are lucky enough to have tickets for any of the performances from tonight through until Saturday don’t forget to pop over to us for something to eat or drink…. You will be guaranteed a warm welcome … with no dragons (except me of course 🤣)

But if it’s 3 lions 🦁🦁🦁you are supporting tonight ,rather than dragons, then you are also most welcome. We are open for pre and post match food and drinks until 9pm. Although we are not showing the match many of the pubs in town are so come and enjoy the atmosphere in town.

Come on England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️⚽️⚽️

Second Thoughts Drama Group
The Bear Pit
Stratford Upon Avon BID
Shakespeare's England

29/06/2026

It’s day one of two days of national hunt racing at Stratford Racecourse.

The first race today (Monday) is not until 14.42 (nb rescheduled time) so there is plenty of time to come to El Greco for some lunch first. We are open from noon and promise to have you fed and watered ready in time for the starters flag.

Otherwise why not saddle up and join us for dinner tonight from 5pm onwards.

Tomorrow’s (Tuesday) race meet is in the evening (first race 18.18) so you have all day to graze with us first.

Stratford Racecourse
Stratford Upon Avon BID
Shakespeare's England

27/06/2026

And breathe🧘‍♀️🧘‍♀️🧘‍♀️…..as the temperature finally starts to drop to something more bearable it’s time to plan getting out and about this weekend. The weather still looks spectacular (very Greek still) and there are loads of lovely things going on in Stratford again for everyone to enjoy.

So here’s our round up of some things you might like to consider…alongside hopefully coming to visit us for some great Greek food to match the great Greek weather.

This weekend marks the end of Armed Forces Week and there will be a number of events taking place in Stratford today ( Sat) including on The Rec and at the Leisure Centre. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧and don’t forget Stagecoach are providing free travel on their buses for military personnel this weekend.

The RSCs special production of Midsummer Night’s Dream aimed at younger audiences continues at The Other Place with two performances today (Sat) 🎭🎭🎭

Wind In The Willows by the incredible In2Theatre group for adults with special needs have their final performance at The Bear Pit today(Sat). 🎭🎭🎭

The annual Warwickshire Open Studios festival continues with over 300 local artists exhibiting their work at over 100 different venues-including around 20 in and around Stratford - until 5 July. 🎨🎨🎨This includes a community arts event in Stratford by Escape Arts today (Sat).

The Stratford Society’s summer exhibition about historic Stratford reopens today (Sat) at Havard House.

The Stratford Motorhome/campervan/caravan Show is at Stratford Racecourse until Sunday. ⛺️⛺️⛺️

Of course there is also a certain football match on today at 10pm… many of the pubs in town will be showing this. ⚽️⚽️⚽️Others have live music events on…. And locals note The Keys reopened last night🎵🎵🎵

Other live music events include TV Pins and Dan Sealey at Rother Street Arts House ( and later Nelly’s) and Honor Isabella at The Officers Mess tonight ( sat). 🎶🎶🎶

Stratford Vocals perform at Stratford Bandstand on The Rec at 2pm on Sunday. 🎶🎶🎶

Stratford’s social bike ride starts at 2.30pm on Sunday from The Welcombe Hotel.

Shakespeare Distillery have one of their Gin Cruises this evening( Sat) aswell as their usual programme

A special mention for Stratford Town Walk that celebrated 24 years in operation this week. 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️Their teams will be out and about as usual all weekend. 🎉🥳😘🎂

Also Stratford Butterfly Farm who are celebrating Insect Week at the moment. 🦋🦋🦋

All this on top of all the usual town favourites on offer:

River cruises and boat hire ⚓️🚣

Rother Street Market today ( Sat) and Waterside Market on Sunday

Tudor World Museum, Shakespeare tour and ghost tour 🚶‍♂️👻

RST backstage and costume tours , viewing tower and exhibition (some free)

The Shakespeare Houses (ask about free locals entry)

Shakespeare’s schoolroom and Guildhall (celebrating their 10th anniversary of opening to the public ) 🥳

Holy Trinity Church and Shakespeare’s grave

MAD Museum

Magic Alley 🪄

City Sightseeing open top bus

Leisure Centre activities

The big wheel 🎡

Everyman cinema ( showing about a dozen films)

Whatever you do have a wonderful weekend and don’t forget we are open for food and drink from noon until 9pm today( sat) …. And with the weather being so nice we will have our terrace and courtyard tables open aswell as inside the restaurant.

Yamas!

24/06/2026

Too hot and bothered to cook tonight? Let us take the heat off and cook for you.

We are serving dinner until 9pm and have tables available inside in the air con or outside on the terrace.

With this very Greek-like weather you might as well eat like a Greek!

Popular dishes tonight seem to be the great Greek classic of Mousakka served with Greek salad and oregano chips or Chicken Souvlaki (grilled) with salad and rice or new potatoes.

Followed by Greek yoghurt with honey and fruit or chilled lemon cheesecake with clotted cream ice cream.

But we have a whole lot more on offer to suit every taste and budget.

And to wash it down what about some cold beer or chilled wine?

Come down and we promise a great Greek welcome and amazing Greek food.

Yamas!

19/06/2026

Mama Mia ….forget Santorini ….it’s hot, hot, hot 🔥🔥🔥here in Stratford upon Avon.

And if ever there was a weekend to be in Stratford surely this is it….not only is the weather amazing (it really feels like Greece) but there are masses of events going on to keep everyone happy…many free!

So instead of sitting in a motorway traffic jam heading for the coast why don’t you come into town and enjoy some of the fantastic things happening …..and maybe treat yourself to some lovely Greek food, drink and hospitality at the same time….

So to what’s on in town this Father’s Day weekend….

Top of the list are two major annual town favourites tomorrow (Sat 20 June) - Stratford upon Avon Boat Club Junior Sprint Regatta ⚓️⚓️⚓️and The Vale of Evesham National Morris Festival 🎶🎶🎶
Stratford-Upon-Avon Boat Club
Shakespeare Morris

The regatta will see teams from all over the country racing on the river all day and 7 different Morris groups will be performing across the town from 10.30am as part of the festival.

This weekend is changeover time at the RST. The Tempest comes to an end of its sell out run tomorrow and A Midsummer Night’s Dream opens today at The Other Place and runs until 30 August 🎭🎭🎭. Royal Shakespeare Company

Another big thing starting this weekend is the annual Warwickshire Open Studios event with over 300 local artists exhibiting their work at over 100 different venues-including around 20 in and around Stratford - until 5 July. 🎨🎨🎨Warwickshire Open Studios

And of course the Stratford Society’s summer exhibition has now opened at Havard House.

But there is so much more….here’s just a few we know about….

Friday 19 June

Flamenco Express (world renowned flamenco). Rother Street Arts House. 7.30pm Rother Street Arts House 💃💃💃

Faure’s Requiem Holy Trinity Church. 7pm. Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon 🎵🎵🎵

Two Sisters -Shakespeare’s Daughters -a new play by Maggie Rose. Bear Pit Theatre. 7.30pm. The Bear Pit 🎭🎭🎭

Scotland vs Morocco (World Cup). Various pubs across town will be showing from 11pm but check individual venues direct (nb Many pubs are showing matches throughout the World Cup and others are football free zones). ⚽️⚽️⚽️ A number of pubs also have live music on over the week including The Townhouse and The coach House.

Saturday 20 June:

Rock For Heroes. Rother Street Arts House. 7.30pm 🎶🎶🎶

Pl***oy of the Western World (National Theatre screening). Bear Pit Theatre. 7pm 🎞️🎞️🎞️

Sunday 21 June (Father’s Day and Longest Day)

Wantage Silver Band. Stratford Bandstand (rec).2pm. Stratford Town Trust 🎶🎶🎶

All this on top of all the usual town favourites on offer:

River cruises and boat hire ⚓️🚣

Rother Street Market today and tomorrow. Waterside Market on Sunday

Stratford Town Walk tours and ghost walks🚶‍♀️👻

Tudor World Museum, Shakespeare tour and ghost tour 🚶‍♂️👻

RST backstage and costume tours , viewing tower and exhibition (some free)

The Shakespeare Houses (ask about free locals entry) Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Shakespeare’s schoolroom and Guildhall (celebrating their 10th anniversary of opening to the public ) 🥳

Holy Trinity Church and Shakespeare’s grave

The Butterfly Farm🦋

MAD Museum

Magic Alley 🪄

City Sightseeing open top bus tours🚌

Shakespeare Distillery tours and schools

Leisure Centre activities

The big wheel 🎡

Everyman cinema ( showing about a dozen films including Toy Story 3) 🎬

Whatever you do have a wonderful weekend and don’t forget we are open for food and drink until 9pm tonight and then again from noon until 9pm tomorrow.

Yamas!