Delifonseca, the restaurant, deli and food store based on Liverpool’s dockside, has today been crowned The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year, beating off tough competition to secure the accolade from the UK’s bestselling restaurant guide.
The team from Delifonseca received the award from Simon Rogan, whose renowned restaurant L’Enclume holds a 10 out of 10 rating with The Good Food Guide. Delifonseca won the day over competition from nine other shortlisted restaurants and specifically impressed the judges with its modern, holistic approach combining both restaurant and delicatessen offerings.
Elizabeth Carter, Consultant Editor of The Good Food Guide, praised the restaurant:
‘With the façade of a classy little supermarket, this all-day restaurant may seem an unconventional choice for The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year winner. But with a flexible menu of tasting platters, salads and sandwiches and a daily changing blackboard of seasonally charged dishes, this enticing café-deli is contemporary dining at its very best.
‘We had to agree with Delifonseca’s many supporters, it’s one hell of an all-rounder; a passion for quality mixed with affordability and a something-for-everyone appeal chimes perfectly with the mood of these straitened times. And they could give many of the grander restaurants a lesson in how to do warm, welcoming service.’
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Readers’ Restaurant of the Year awards
The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year awards gauge the restaurants, pubs and cafés from around the UK where people love to go when eating out. Run annually to find the UK’s favourite dining establishment, as nominated by the general public, the awards champion local eateries and recognise great food and service, with the criteria that restaurants must be independently run and offer regional or local produce where possible.
Over 39,000 diners nominated their favourite restaurants, pubs and cafés from around the UK in the quest to find this year’s The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year. The Good Food Guide award judges named ten shortlisted regional winners, all of who represent some of the best dining experiences to be had around the country, before today announcing Delifonseca as the overall winner.
The ten shortlisted regional winners
East – The Leaping Hare, Stanton, Suffolk
London – Boqueria Tapas, Brixton
Midlands – Turners, Birmingham
North East – Eric’s Restaurant, Huddersfield
North West – Delifonseca, Brunswick Dock, Liverpool
Northern Ireland – Balloo House, Killinchy
Scotland – The Gardener’s Cottage, Edinburgh
South East – Purefoy Arms, Preston Candover, Hampshire
South West – The Seahorse, Dartmouth, Devon
Wales – Sosban, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
About The Good Food Guide
The Good Food Guide is the UK’s longest-running, bestselling restaurant guide. The print edition of The Good Food Guide is available to buy in all good bookshops. An online subscription is available at www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk. It is also available as an app for iPhones and iPads (downloadable from the Apple iTunes store) and as an ebook for most devices.