AA Guide
Please note, since March 2022, AA Rosettes are no longer awarded to restaurants in Ireland.
AA Ratings Criteria
| AA Award | Criteria |
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5 AA Rosettes: The pinnacle, where cooking compares with the best in the world. These restaurants have highly individual voices, exhibit breathtaking culinary skills, and set standards to which others aspire to, yet few achieve. |
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4 AA Rosettes: Among the top restaurants in the UK, where the cooking demands national recognition. These restaurants exhibit intense ambition, a passion for excellence, superb technical skills, and remarkable consistency. They will combine appreciation of culinary traditions with a passionate desire for further exploration and improvement. |
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3 AA Rosettes: Outstanding restaurants that achieve standards that demand recognition well beyond their local area. The cooking is underpinned by the selection and sympathetic treatment of the highest quality ingredients. Timing, seasoning and the judgment of flavour combinations will consistently be excellent. These virtues tend to be supported by other elements, such as intuitive service and a well-chosen wine list. |
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2 AA Rosettes: Excellent restaurants that aim for and achieve higher standards and better consistency. A greater precision is apparent in the cooking, and there will be obvious attention to the selection of quality ingredients. |
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1 AA Rosette: These restaurants achieve standards that stand out in their local area. They serve food prepared with care, understanding and skill, using good quality ingredients. The same expectations apply to hotel restaurants, where guests can eat in with confidence and a sense of anticipation. |
Current AA Rosette Statistics
| # Rosettes | # Restaurants | % Percentage |
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19 | 1.27% |
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47 | 3.13% |
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221 | 14.73% |
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679 | 45.27% |
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534 | 35.60% |
| 1500 | 100.00% |
All Current 5 AA Rosette Restaurants
All Current 4 AA Rosette Restaurants
All Current 3 AA Rosette Restaurants
AA Guide FAQs
There are currently 1500 restaurants listed in the AA Guide for the United Kingdom. The AA updates the guide constantly throughout the year, so this number is based on our most recent update.
There are currently 19 restaurants holding 5 AA Rosettes in the UK AA restaurant guide. This represents 1.27% of the restaurants listed in the guide.
There are currently 47 restaurants holding 4 AA Rosettes in the UK AA restaurant guide. This represents 3.13% of the restaurants listed in the guide.
There are currently 221 restaurants holding 3 AA Rosettes in the UK AA restaurant guide. This represents 14.73% of the restaurants listed in the guide.
There are currently 679 restaurants holding 2 AA Rosettes in the UK AA restaurant guide. This represents 45.27% of the restaurants listed in the guide.
There are currently 534 restaurants holding 1 AA Rosette in the UK AA restaurant guide. This represents 35.60% of the restaurants listed in the guide.
Unfortunately, AA Ireland decided to end the rosette scheme at the end of February 2022 and as such, no restaurants in the Republic of Ireland now hold AA rosettes. This seems unlikely to change in future however if the AA guide does decide to award rosettes to restaurants in Ireland again, we will update our site accordingly.