Best Restaurants in the UK and Ireland

Listed below are the Top 50 restaurants in the UK and Ireland. Our unique ranking system for leading restaurants factors the current awards from all the major UK and Ireland food guides, including The Michelin Guide, The AA Guide, The Good Food Guide and The Sunday Times Top 100.

#	Name	Location	AA	GF Guide
1	The Fat Duck	Bray		9/10 (6th in UK)
2	Restaurant Sat Bains	Nottingham		9/10 (3rd in UK)
3	L'Enclume	Cartmel		10/10 (1st in UK)
4	Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester	London		8/10 (14th in UK)
5	The Ledbury	London		8/10 (11th in UK)
6	The Waterside Inn	Bray		7/10 (26th in UK)
7	Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons	Oxford		7/10 (31st in UK)
8	Restaurant Nathan Outlaw	Port Isaac		10/10 (2nd in UK)
9	Midsummer House	Cambridge		8/10 (12th in UK)
10	Marcus	London		8/10 (17th in UK)
11	Gidleigh Park	Chagford		7/10 (33rd in UK)
12	Le Champignon Sauvage	Cheltenham		8/10 (13th in UK)
13	Pollen Street Social	London		9/10 (4th in UK)
14	Sketch (Lecture Room and Library)	London		7/10 (36th in UK)
15	Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles	Auchterarder		8/10 (9th in UK)
16	Casamia	Bristol		7/10 (27th in UK)
17	Le Gavroche	London		8/10 (16th in UK)
18	Dinner by Heston Blumenthal	London		7/10 (29th in UK)
19	The Kitchin	Edinburgh		7/10 (23rd in UK)
20	The Greenhouse	London		7/10 (25th in UK)
21	Restaurant Story	London		7/10 (32nd in UK)
22	Fraiche	Birkenhead		8/10 (10th in UK)
23	Helene Darroze at The Connaught	London		-
24	Paul Ainsworth at No. 6	Padstow		7/10 (28th in UK)
25	Restaurant Gordon Ramsay	London	-	9/10 (7th in UK)
26	Hedone	London		8/10 (8th in UK)
27	The Hand and Flowers	Marlow		-
28	Ynyshir	Machynlleth		7/10 (40th in UK)
29	Bohemia	Jersey		7/10 (24th in UK)
30	Fera at Claridge's	London		8/10 (15th in UK)
31	Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud	Dublin		-
32	Murano	London		7/10 (38th in UK)
33	Restaurant Martin Wishart	Edinburgh		7/10 (39th in UK)
34	The Clove Club	London		-
35	Hambleton Hall	Oakham		7/10 (46th in UK)
36	The Whitebrook	Monmouth		7/10 (47th in UK)
37	The Peat Inn	St Andrews		8/10 (20th in UK)
38	Restaurant James Sommerin	Penarth		7/10 (34th in UK)
39	Simpsons	Birmingham		7/10 (35th in UK)
40	The Five Fields	London		-
41	The Black Swan at Oldstead	York		-
42	Umu	London		-
43	Northcote	Blackburn		-
44	Morston Hall	Blakeney		-
45	The Forest Side	Grasmere		7/10 (37th in UK)
46	Adam's	Birmingham		7/10 (41st in UK)
47	House of Tides	Newcastle Upon Tyne		-
48	Peel's Restaurant at Hampton Manor	Solihull		-
49	The House Restaurant at the Cliff House Hotel	Ardmore		-
50	21212	Edinburgh		-

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