Average spend doubles
Delving deeper into the restaurant booking platform’s data insights, fine dining bookings have a longer lead time on Bookatable.co.uk than casual dining, with the most popular day to book being a Monday or a Tuesday with most people dining on Saturday night (24 per cent) – indicating Brits are making weekend plans already on a Monday. The average spend per booking has also increased significantly. In 2013, the average spend per booking was £46.98 but in 2015, the average spend has gone up to £99.17.
Bookatable’s Top 10 Michelin Starred Restaurants:
| 2013 | 2014 |
| Umu, Mayfair, London | Le Gavroche, Mayfair, London |
| Quilon, Victoria, London | The Square, Mayfair, London |
| Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Knightsbridge, London | Sketch, Mayfair, London |
| The Square, Mayfair, London | Kitchen W8, Kensington, London |
| Locanda Locatelli, Marylebone, London | The Glasshouse, Kew, London |
| Nobu, Berkeley Square, Mayfair | Galvin at Windows, Mayfair, London |
| Arbutus, Soho, London | L’Autre Pied, Marylebone, London |
| Rhodes W1, Marylebone, London | Yauatcha, Soho, London |
| Galvin La Chapelle, Spitalfields, London | L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Covent Garden, London |
| Purnell’s, Birmingham | Hakkasan, Bloomsbury, London |
MICHELIN star restaurants continue to appeal
Joe Steele, CEO of Bookatable.co.uk, comments:
“It’s great to see such a healthy growth in fine dining bookings over the last few years. It clearly shows that MICHELIN star restaurants continue to appeal to diners and that Brits are potentially feeling they have a little more disposable income than in recent years.
“When a restaurant is awarded a star, it’s a huge accolade and promises to be a positive impact on that restaurant’s business so it is well worth all the hard work involved to get there.”
This year’s highly anticipated MICHELIN guide is also available in app form. In partnership with Bookatable, users can browse, discover and instantly book their favourite MICHELIN guide listed restaurants from their iPhone.
The free to download app is available from the Apple App Store and contains all of the content from the 2016 guide as well as exclusive MICHELIN Experiences and promotions click here.
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