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26/08/2015
The 2015 edition of the Good Food Guide has been published, revealing an apparently definitive list of the 50 best restaurants in Britain.
Topping the list as the UK's top eatery for the third year in a row is Simon Rogan's L'Enclume, located in Cumbria. Gordon Ramsay's flagship London restaurant, the imaginatively named Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, takes the second spot, with Pollen Street Social (London), Restaurant Nathan Outlaw (Cornwall) and Hibiscus (London) rounding out the top five.
The full list can be found below, with the food rating awarded by the guide to the establishments bracketed after each restaurant.
What you make of it, though, will probably depend on your gastronomic preferences and prejudices. While there's no doubting Rogan is a supremely talented chef, there's an overall, Michelin-esque bias towards classical cooking (i.e. expensive French food) to my eye, so it all reads a bit dated.
That said, the lower end of the list does feature some gems in The Sportsman, The Raby Hunt, Story, and The Dairy, so perhaps it's not worth dismissing entirely? Pack the company credit card and find out for yourself, or just let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
The Top 10
1. L’Enclume, Cumbria (10)
2. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London (10)
3. Pollen Street Social, London (9)
4. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall (9)
5. Hibiscus, London (9)
6. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottinghamshire (9)
7. Midsummer House, Cambridgeshire (8)
8. The Ledbury, London (8)
9. Fraiche, Merseyside (8)
10. Le Champignon Sauvage, Glos (8)
The Top 50
11. The Square, London (8)
12. Fera at Claridges, London (8)
13. Le Gavroche, London (8)
14. Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Tayside (8)
15. Marcus, London (8)
16. Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Oxfordshire (8)
17. The French, Manchester (8)
18. André Garrett at Cliveden, Berkshire (8)
19. Whatley Manor, The Dining Room, Wiltshire (8)
20. The Kitchin, Edinburgh (7)
21. Bohemia, Jersey (7)
22. The Waterside Inn, Berkshire (7)
23. Artichoke, Buckinghamshire (7)
24. Restaurant James Sommerin, Glamorgan (7)
25. Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, London (7)
26. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London (7)
27. Paul Ainsworth at No. 6, Cornwall (7)
28. Casamia, Bristol (7)
29. Adam’s, Birmingham (7)
30. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh (7)
31. Pied à Terre, London (7)
32. Restaurant Story, London (7)
33. Murano, London (7)
34. Ynyshir Hall, Powys (7)
35. Sketch, London (7)
36. Llangoed Hall, Powys (7)
37. Hedone, London (7)
38. Hambleton Hall, Rutland (7)
39. The Peat Inn, Fife (7)
40. Gidleigh Park, Devon (7)
41. Fischer’s Baslow Hall, Derbyshire (7)
42. Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire (7)
43. The Hand & Flowers, Buckinghamshire (6)
44. Yorke Arms, Ramsgill, Yorkshire (6)
45. The Dairy, London (6)
46. OX, Belfast (6)
47. The Raby Hunt, Durham (6)
48. Lake Road Kitchen, Cumbria (6)
49. The Sportsman, Kent (6)
50. Northcote, Lancashire (6)
Fonte:http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2015/08/26/best-uk-restaurants-2015-these-are-apparently-the-50-best-restaurants-in-britain