Moor Hall tops the UK's 100 best restaurants list for 2021

For the second year in the row Mark Birchall's Moor Hall has come in at number one on the National Restaurant Awards top 100 UK restaurants list. The list, which took  a break last year due to the pandemic, rounds up the top 100 restaurants in the UK, as chosen by voters made up of chefs, restaurateurs, food writers and critics.

Taking the coveted top five slots are The Angel at Hetton (also Best Gastropub), Core by Clare Smyth, Newcastle’s House of Tides and Simon Rogan's L’Enclume. As usual, there's a good showing for London's restaurants which make up 48 of the top 100 (slightly down on the 54 from 2019).

New London restaurants on the list include Akoko, Flor, Caractere, Davies and Brook (the highest new entry), Silo, Kol, Noble Rot Soho, Da Terra, The Guinea Grill, Maison Francois, SOLA and more besides. 

More awards were also announced at a proper post-Covid party held at Allegra in Stratford. They were:

• One to Watch: The Pem
• Best Restaurant in Northern Ireland: Ox
• Best Restaurant in Wales: Ynyshir
• Best Restaurant in Scotland: Ondine Oyster & Grill
• The Sustainability Award, sponsored by Estrella Damm: Silo
• Chef to Watch, sponsored by Belazu: Tom Booton
• Chef of the Year, sponsored by Ritter Courivaud: Andrew Wong
• Restaurateur of the Year, sponsored by OpenTable: Tommy Banks
• Gastropub of the Year, sponsored by Estrella Damm: The Angel at Hetton
• Outstanding Industry Contribution: Tom Kerridge
• The Service Award, sponsored by Liberty Wines: Davies and Brook at Claridge’s
• Estrella Damm National Restaurant of the Year: Moor Hall

 And as for that top 100 - here's the full list:

1. Moor Hall
2. The Angel at Hetton
3. Core by Clare Smyth
4. House of Tides
5. L’Enclume
6. Sabor
7. Brat
8. A Wong
9. Mere
10. The Black Swan at Oldstead
11. Mana
12. 40 Maltby Street
13. Davies and Brook
14. The Moorcock Inn
15. Ynyshir
16. The Sportsman
17. Hide
18. Skosh
19. The Man Behind the Curtain
20. Noble Rot Soho
21. The Quality Chop House
22. Ikoyi
23. The Parker’s Arms
24. The Cottage in the Wood
25. Hjem
26. Frog by Adam Handling
27. Silo
28. Casamia
29. St John
30. Da Terra
31. The French House
32. Jöro
33. Kol
34. Northcote
35. Frenchie
36. The White Swan at Fence
37. Claude Bosi at Bibendum
38. Freemasons at Wiswell
39. Hrishi
40. Kiln
41. Le Cochon Aveugle
42. Muse
43. Fraiche
44. The Ritz
45. Carters of Moseley
46. The Guinea Grill
47. Erst
48. Paul Ainsworth No.6
49. Flor
50. The River Cafe
51. Roots
52. The Seahorse
53. SOLA
54. Restaurant Sat Bains
55. The Raby Hunt
56. Bentley’s
57. Brawn
58. Opheem
59. The Fordwich Arms
60. Osip
61. The Clove Club
62. Sticky Walnut
63. Coombeshead Farm
64. Luca
65. Midsummer House
66. Perilla
67. The Walnut Tree
68. The Crown at Burchetts Green
69. Gymkhana
70. Outlaw’s New Road
71. The Harwood Arms
72. Ondine Oyster & Grill
73. Maison François
74. Trinity
75. Etch by Steven Edwards
76. Lympstone Manor
77. Purnell’s
78. Lake Road Kitchen
79. The Hand & Flowers
80. The Grill at The Dorchester
81. Alchemilla
82. Hélène Darroze at The Connaught
83. Pollen Street Social
84. Lyle’s
85. Inver
86. The Mash Inn
87. The Dining Room at Whatley Manor
88. Wander
89. Decimo
90. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
91. Ox
92. Paradise
93. Launceston Place
94. The Little Fish Market
95. Manteca
96. Café Deco
97. 7 Saints
98. Chez Bruce
99. Akoko
100. Caractère

For more, head over to the National Restaurant Awards website.