OpenTable, the UK’s leading online restaurant booking service, today marks a year of world class dining by releasing its annual list of Top 100 Best Restaurants in the UK, based on reviews left by diners. The award ranks the Top 10 as well as giving an alphabetised list of the Top 100.
British cuisine dominates
It seems that the rise of the staycation has led to a renewed appreciation for British fare, as home-grown cuisine dominates the list – securing a third of the Top 100 places, and seven of the coveted Top 10 spots.
Taking the number one spot is London’s Restaurant Story, created by celebrated chef Tom Sellers with a menu inspired by the history of British food and featuring exclusively British produce paired with fine wines and British craft ales.
London continues to dominate the UK’s culinary landscape, as eightout of the Top 10 restaurants can be found in the capital. The Top 10 list features established favourites such as The Ledbury and The Grill at The Dorchester, as well as new hotspots including Pond Dalston.
After British cuisine, European fare was the second most popular holding almost a quarter of the Top 100 places, followed by French cuisine with 17 restaurants making it onto the list.
The OpenTable Top 10 Best Restaurants 2014
1 | Restaurant Story London | London | British |
2 | Restaurant Gordon Ramsay | London | Contemporary French |
3 | The Chefs Table | Chester | British |
4 | The Five Fields | London | British |
5 | The Fat Duck | Berkshire | British |
6 | Dinner by Heston Blumenthal | London | British |
7 | The Ledbury | London | Contemporary European |
8 | Pond Dalston | London | Hawaiian |
9 | Fera at Claridge’s | London | Contemporary British |
10 | The Grill at The Dorchester | London | British |
The best of UK dining
Mike Xenakis, Managing Director, OpenTable, comments “The Top 100 list represents the best of UK dining. At OpenTable our aim is to enable diners to discover the perfect restaurant for every type of occasion and provide great dining experiences.
“The reviews left by diners on our site are an invaluable resource for those seeking culinary inspiration, and it is this expert feedback that we mine to compile the Top 100 list. We’re proud to celebrate with these restaurants, and give them and their head chefs the recognition they deserve.”
Generated from 340,000 reviews
The Top 100 Best Restaurants 2014 list is generated from more than 340,000 reviews collected from verified OpenTable diners between 19 November 2013 and 18 November 2014. All restaurants with a minimum number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. Qualifying restaurants were then sorted according to a score calculated from each restaurant’s average rating in the “overall” category along with that restaurant’s rating relative to others in the same metropolitan area and the average number of restaurants reviewed by diners who reviewed that restaurant.
The full list of restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, is included below. The complete list may also be viewed here
Full alphabetical list of the UK’s Top 100 Best Restaurants 2014
4244 Edge Street | Manchester | British |
Alyn Williams at The Westbury | London | Contemporary French |
André Garrett at Cliveden | Taplow | English |
Angler | London | Seafood |
Apicius | Cranbrook | Modern European |
BEAST | London | Seafood |
Bohemia Restaurant at the Club Hotel & Spa | St Helier | Contemporary European |
Chapter One | Orpington | Modern European |
Charcoals | Glasgow | Indian |
Chez Bruce | London | Modern European |
City Social | London | Contemporary European |
Ciullõsteria | London | Italian |
Clos Maggiore | London | French |
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal | London | British |
Duck & Waffle | London | British |
EDWINS | London | British |
Fera at Claridge’s | London | Contemporary British |
Fortnum & Mason Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon | London | British |
Friends Restaurant | Harrow | British |
Galvin at Windows | London | French |
Gaucho Leeds | Leeds | Argentinean |
Gauthier Soho | London | French |
Goodman | London | Steak |
Hakkasan Hanway Place | London | Chinese |
Hawksmoor Air Street | London | Steak |
Hawksmoor Knightsbridge | London | British |
Hawksmoor Seven Dials | London | Steak |
Hawksmoor Spitalfields | London | Steak |
Hedone | London | French |
Hibiscus – London | London | French |
HKK | London | Chinese |
Kendell’s Bistro | Leeds | French |
Koffmann’s | London | French |
La Trompette | London | Modern European |
Launceston Place | London | Modern European |
London House | London | Contemporary European |
L’Ortolan | Shinfield | Contemporary French |
Maze Gordon Ramsay | London | Contemporary French |
Medlar | London | Modern European |
Michael Wignall at The Latymer | Bagshot | British |
Murano | London | Contemporary European |
NOPI | London | Mediterranean |
Norse | Harrogate | Scandinavian |
Orchid Restaurant at the Studley Hotel | Harrogate | Asian |
Orrery | London | French |
Otto’s Restaurant | London | French |
Outlaw’s | Rock | Seafood |
Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen | Port Isaac | Seafood |
Palm Court at the Langham Hotel | London | English |
Park House | Cardiff | British |
Petrus | London | French |
Pollen Street Social | London | British |
Pond Dalston | London | Hawaiian |
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay | London | Contemporary French |
Restaurant Story London | London | British |
River Cottage Canteen – Winchester | Winchester | British |
Roux at Parliament Square | London | Contemporary European |
Roux at The Landau | London | Modern European |
Searcys The Gherkin | London | Contemporary European |
Shaun Dickens at the Boathouse | Henley On Thames | British |
Sixtyone | London | International |
Smiths Restaurant Wapping | London | Seafood |
Social Eating House | London | Contemporary European |
Stovell’s | Chobham | Contemporary European |
SUSHISAMBA London | London | Brazilian |
T.E.D Restaurant | London | British |
Texture Restaurant | London | Modern European |
The Ambrette at Margate | Margate | Contemporary Indian |
The Ambrette at Rye | Rye | Contemporary Indian |
The Artichoke | Buckinghamshire | Modern European |
The Chefs Table | Chester | British |
The Clove Club | London | British |
The Cross at Kenilworth | Kenilworth | Gastro Pub |
The Dairy Bar & Bistro | London | British |
The Fat Duck | Berkshire | British |
The Feathered Nest Country Inn | Oxfordshire | Gastro Pub |
The Five Fields | London | British |
The French Table | Surbiton | French |
The Gardeners Cottage | Edinburgh | British |
The Glasshouse | Kew | Modern European |
The Glutton Club | Shrewsbury | British |
The Greenhouse | London | French |
The Grill at The Dorchester | London | British |
The Ledbury | London | Contemporary European |
The New Angel | London | European |
The Pass @ South Lodge Hotel | Lower Beeding | English |
The Plough at Bolnhurst | Bolnhurst | Gastro Pub |
The Savoy Grill | London | French |
The Savoy, Thames Foyer | London | Afternoon Tea |
The Square | London | French |
The Stockbridge Restaurant | Edinburgh | Scottish |
The West House | Biddenden | European |
The Westwood Restaurant, Beverley | Beverley | English |
Tom’s Kitchen – St Katharine Docks | London | British |
Trinity | London | European |
Typing Room | London | Modern European |
Upstairs at the Grill | Chester | Steak |
Wild Mushroom | Westfield | British |
Wiltons | London | British |
Wright Brothers Borough | London | Seafood |
About OpenTable Reviews
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