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Top 50 restaurants in United Kingdom

50 of the best places to eat in United Kingdom, from celebrated dining rooms to much-loved local favourites.

50 restaurants

  1. 1
    Fine dining

    The Fat Duck

    Bray

    Heston Blumenthal's multi-sensory tasting menu of playful, science-led British dishes in a Thames village.

  2. 2
    Traditional & regional

    Rules

    London

    London's oldest restaurant, founded in 1798, serving classic British game, pies and puddings.

  3. 3
    Fine dining

    L'Enclume

    Cartmel

    Farm-to-table tasting menus built on produce from its own Lake District farm, in a former smithy.

  4. 4
    Traditional & regional

    St. John

    London

    Nose-to-tail British cooking in a former smokehouse, famed for roast bone marrow and parsley salad.

  5. 5
    Fine dining

    Restaurant Gordon Ramsay

    London

    Intimate Chelsea dining room serving refined French cuisine by Gordon Ramsay's flagship team.

  6. 6
    Fine dining

    The Ritz Restaurant

    London

    Opulent Louis XVI dining room offering classic haute cuisine and tableside service.

  7. 7
    Fine dining

    Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons

    Great Milton

    Raymond Blanc's French cooking in an Oxfordshire manor house with extensive kitchen gardens.

  8. 8
    Fine dining

    The Waterside Inn

    Bray

    Classic French gastronomy on the banks of the Thames, founded by the Roux brothers.

  9. 9
    Fine dining

    Moor Hall

    Aughton

    Seasonal tasting menus from its own gardens, served in a restored Tudor manor house.

  10. 10
    Fine dining

    Core by Clare Smyth

    London

    Refined modern British cooking celebrating humble produce, including its signature Charlotte potato.

  11. 11
    Fine dining

    Ynyshir

    Machynlleth

    Meat-and-fire-driven tasting menu with Japanese influences on a remote estate near the Dyfi estuary.

  12. 12
    Seafood

    The Seafood Restaurant

    Padstow

    Rick Stein's harbourside restaurant serving fresh Cornish fish and shellfish since 1975.

  13. 13
    Bistro & brasserie

    The Wolseley

    London

    Grand Viennese-style café-brasserie on Piccadilly, known for breakfasts, schnitzel and afternoon tea.

  14. 14
    International

    Dishoom

    London

    Bombay Irani café-inspired restaurants famed for bacon naan rolls, black daal and chai.

  15. 15
    Pub, tavern & wine bar

    The Sportsman

    Whitstable

    Weatherboarded seaside pub serving inventive dishes from Kent marsh, sea and farm produce.

  16. 16
    Fine dining

    The Kitchin

    Edinburgh

    Leith waterfront restaurant with a "from nature to plate" approach to Scottish seasonal produce.

  17. 17
    Traditional & regional

    The Three Chimneys

    Isle of Skye

    Crofter's cottage on Loch Dunvegan serving Skye seafood, lamb and game.

  18. 18
    Fine dining

    Restaurant Andrew Fairlie

    Auchterarder

    Dark, intimate dining room at Gleneagles serving French-inspired dishes with Scottish produce.

  19. 19
    Traditional & regional

    Wiltons

    London

    Historic St James's institution known for oysters, native fish and seasonal game.

  20. 20
    Seafood

    J Sheekey

    London

    Theatreland seafood institution with wood-panelled rooms, famed for its fish pie.

  21. 21
    Grill & steakhouse

    Hawksmoor

    London

    British steakhouse grilling dry-aged, grass-fed beef over charcoal, with notable cocktails.

  22. 22
    Pub, tavern & wine bar

    The Hand & Flowers

    Marlow

    Tom Kerridge's pub serving hearty, polished British dishes such as slow-cooked duck and chips.

  23. 23
    Fine dining

    The Clove Club

    London

    Modern British tasting menus in Shoreditch Town Hall, known for buttermilk fried chicken.

  24. 24
    Fine dining

    Ox

    Belfast

    Riverside restaurant serving produce-led tasting menus showcasing Northern Irish ingredients.

  25. 25
    Fine dining

    The Black Swan at Oldstead

    Oldstead

    Family-run inn in the North York Moors serving tasting menus from its own farm and garden.

  26. 26
    Pub, tavern & wine bar

    The Star Inn at Harome

    Helmsley

    Thatched medieval inn serving hearty Yorkshire produce, game and local cheeses.

  27. 27
    Fine dining

    Restaurant Sat Bains

    Nottingham

    Experimental tasting menus themed around flavour and texture, set in converted farm buildings.

  28. 28
    Fine dining

    Midsummer House

    Cambridge

    Victorian villa on the River Cam serving intricate modern tasting menus.

  29. 29
    International

    Gymkhana

    London

    Colonial Indian gentlemen's club-style restaurant known for kid goat methi keema and tandoori dishes.

  30. 30
    Seafood

    Bentley's Oyster Bar & Grill

    London

    Mayfair oyster bar dating from 1916, serving native oysters and classic British seafood.

  31. 31
    International

    Tayyabs

    London

    Bustling Whitechapel Punjabi grill, famed for lamb chops and seekh kebabs since 1972.

  32. 32
    Grill & steakhouse

    Brat

    London

    Basque-inspired wood-fired grill above a Shoreditch pub, known for whole grilled turbot.

  33. 33
    International

    The River Café

    London

    Thameside Hammersmith restaurant serving seasonal regional Italian cooking and chocolate nemesis.

  34. 34
    Fine dining

    Hjem

    Hexham

    Scandinavian-influenced tasting menus using Northumberland produce, set in a village inn.

  35. 35
    Fine dining

    Adam's

    Birmingham

    Modern British tasting menus with precise, seasonal cooking in central Birmingham.

  36. 36
    Fine dining

    Mana

    Manchester

    Ancoats restaurant with an open kitchen serving creative, Nordic-influenced tasting menus.

  37. 37
    Traditional & regional

    The Ubiquitous Chip

    Glasgow

    West End institution since 1971 championing Scottish produce, with a courtyard and lively bars.

  38. 38
    Fine dining

    The Witchery by the Castle

    Edinburgh

    Gothic, candlelit dining rooms beside Edinburgh Castle serving Scottish beef, seafood and game.

  39. 39
    Seafood

    Ondine

    Edinburgh

    Old Town seafood restaurant with a horseshoe crustacean bar, known for oysters and sustainable fish.

  40. 40
    Seafood

    Outlaw's New Road

    Port Isaac

    Nathan Outlaw's relaxed seafood restaurant with sea views over the Cornish fishing village.

  41. 41
    Fine dining

    Northcote

    Langho

    Ribble Valley country house hotel celebrating Lancashire produce, such as hotpot and local cheeses.

  42. 42
    Café & bakery

    Bettys Café Tea Rooms

    Harrogate

    Swiss-Yorkshire tea room since 1919, famed for afternoon tea, Fat Rascals and cakes.

  43. 43
    Seafood

    Magpie Café

    Whitby

    Harbourside Whitby favourite serving fish and chips and local seafood in an old merchant's house.

  44. 44
    Seafood

    Anstruther Fish Bar

    Anstruther

    Fife harbour chippy renowned for fish and chips made with sustainably caught fish.

  45. 45
    Seafood

    Ee-Usk

    Oban

    Glass-fronted seafood restaurant on Oban's North Pier serving west coast fish and shellfish.

  46. 46
    Seafood

    Mourne Seafood Bar

    Belfast

    Relaxed Belfast seafood bar serving oysters, mussels and chowder from its own shellfish beds.

  47. 47
    Pub, tavern & wine bar

    The Harwood Arms

    London

    Fulham gastropub renowned for British game, venison Scotch eggs and seasonal cooking.

  48. 48
    Café & bakery

    E. Pellicci

    London

    Family-run Bethnal Green café since 1900 with Art Deco marquetry and classic fry-ups.

  49. 49
    Vegetarian & vegan

    Terre à Terre

    Brighton

    Long-standing inventive vegetarian restaurant in the Lanes, known for playful global dishes.

  50. 50
    Café & bakery

    Sally Lunn's Historic Eating House

    Bath

    One of Bath's oldest houses, serving the famous Sally Lunn bun with sweet and savoury toppings.

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