our vision

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our approach

Feeding Change, One Bite at a Time

We’re all about radical hospitality… something we’d love you to experience. Because amazing things happen when we eat together.

Every hot meal served is pay-as-you-can, so our food is accessible to everyone, regardless of means. It’s not about charity – it's about dignity, equality, and a community supporting neighbours who need a little help.

It's about creating a space where everyone is welcome to feast, talk, laugh, and find a place.

At The Long Table, community and great food sit side by side. Whoever you are, whatever your story, pull up a chair and join us as we evolve the very notion of what a restaurant can be.

"What if everyone in our community had access to great food and people to eat it with?”

This is the big question we’re here to answer. It’s our guiding light. In a society beset by poor nutrition and social isolation, The Long Table has become a beacon of hope and togetherness since we started in 2018. We're not just a restaurant, we are a movement. A gathering place where every meal is an opportunity for meaningful connection, to be the change, building community. Come take your seat at the table and have a taste of a hopeful future.

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the long table’s 5 principles

We champion, celebrate and cook with food from our communities whenever we can. This supports local farmers and suppliers and helps nurture a precious food system that is fit for our children’s generation without destroying the only home we have: our planet

B’cooking

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Food policy

Social Impact Report

Beyond serving food, we cultivate minds and skills through training and apprenticeships, building capacity for the table as it grows ever longer, and helping people on a journey to healthier choices and happier outcomes in life.

education

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Learning Table

A kitchen bustling with creativity, where everything we serve is cooked from scratch and strives to be nutritious and delicious.

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agriculture

Stroud Producers

Where strangers become friends, every meal is a celebration of community and always pay-as-you-can. To eat at The Long Table is to experience “love in action", as one customer recently put it.

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dining

Eat at Stroud

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community

Fostering resilience and togetherness though partnerships with community groups, connecting businesses, schools, churches and charities around the table.