The Definitive Guide to the UK's Best Restaurants
From top tapas bars to fancy fine dining rooms, barnstorming bistros to great gastropubs, Restaurant magazine brings you the top 100 places to eat across the UK as voted for by an elite academy of chefs, restaurateurs and food writers nationwide.
Announced at the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards each year, this is the list of places that should be on your restaurant hit list. Tuck in.
Shoreditch, London
Chester, Cheshire
Launceston, Cornwall
Clerkenwell, London
Cambridge
Newington Green, London
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Berkshire
Mayfair, London
Port Isaac, Cornwall
Fulham, London
Edinburgh
St James's, London
Clapham, London
Hove, East Sussex
Exmouth, Devon
Birmingham
Ambleside, Cumbria
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Mayfair, London
Moor Hall’s idyllic location is a fitting backdrop for chef Mark Birchall’s ambitious and brilliant cooking
Tom Booton has brought some welcome youth and vitality to an old-school London institution
The young restaurateur has led by example in the most challanging of years
Daniel Humm practices fine dining 'dressed down' at this superb Claridge's hotel restaurant
Douglas McMaster’s ground-breaking zero-waste restaurant in Hackney shows that sustainability and high-reaching cooking can go hand in hand
The A Wong chef has shined a light on the clever techniques behind many Chinese dishes and proved there is far more to it than simply flinging a few things in a wok
A rather incongruous setting is unlikely to hold Sally Abé’s new flagship back as she continues to refine her individualistic take on modern British cuisine
The popular chef has used his profile to help benefit
Acclaimed chef Michael Wignall has brought a high-end touch to this Yorkshire Dales pub
Despite introducing a meatier menu, chef Roy Brett’s beloved Edinburgh flagship very much remains a ‘proper seafood restaurant’
Gareth Ward’s remote venue is the antithesis of the boring country house hotel, offering a tasting menu of in-your-face, Asian-influenced food against a backdrop of 90s hip hop.
A highly qualified pair lead a carefully considered venue that’s right up their with Northern Ireland’s very best
Those familiar with Hide and its connections with Hedonism Wines will know all about the Mayfair restaurant’s stellar wine list
The Noble Rot crew have taken home the Wine List of the Year on numerous occasions, but this is the first time for their more recently opened Soho restaurant