One of the biggest awards shows for UK restaurants took place last night, where the 2024 National Restaurant Awards revealed its list of the top 100 restaurants in the UK.
It was a big night for The Ledbury which managed to grab the top slot for the first time since its big post-Covid revamp. It topped the list for three years from 2010 - 2013, so this will be very good news for Brett Graham who blinged up his restaurant quite a bit for this recent revamp.
This year's list also proved to be good news for Mountain, which goes straight into the list at number two, which is quite the achievement for the extremely popular Soho restaurant. It's also a double for Tomos Parry as Brat remains in the list at no 47.
Other notable new London entries that made the top 50 this year include The Devonshire at no. 9 (which also won Opening of the Year), Kolae at no. 27, Chishuru at 31 (Adejoké Bakare also won Chef of the Year), Brooklands at 34 and Cycene at no. 48.
Outside of London, Moor Hall made it to no 3, while last year's winner Ynyshir dropped to no 5. And while he did close Le Gavroche recently, Michel Roux was awarded a lifetime achievement award this year.
As for the full list? Here it is, with the London entries in bold (54 out of the top 100 this year):
- The Ledbury
- Mountain
- Moor Hall
- Bouchon Racine
- Ynyshir
- Kiln
- Da Terra
- Opheem
- The Devonshire
- Ikoyi
- The Glenturret Lalique
- Restaurant Pine
- The Ritz
- Mana
- Endo at the Rotunda
- Higher Ground
- Myse
- Kitchen Table
- A. Wong
- L'Enclume
- Dorian
- Paul Ainsworth at No.6
- Akoko
- Josephine Bouchon
- Sabor
- Solstice
- Kolae
- Lyla
- The Sportsman
- Hjem
- Chishuru
- Core By Clare Smyth
- Trinity
- Brooklands by Claude Bosi
- BiBi
- Sollip
- The Angel at Hetton
- Woven by Adam Smith
- SOLA
- Frog by Adam Handling
- The Black Swan at Oldstead
- Inver
- Fallow
- Luca
- The Little Chartroom
- Upstairs by Tom Shepherd
- Brat
- Cycene
- Kol
- Erst
- Parkers Arms
- Solo
- Morchella
- The French House
- Ugly Butterfly
- The Unruly Pig
- Heft
- The Midland Grand Dining Room
- Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
- Lumiere
- Crocadon Farm
- The Fordwich Arms
- Manteca
- Osip
- The Cedar Tree
- Grace & Savour
- Annwn
- The Clove Club
- Restaurant Sat Bains
- Chez Bruce
- Singburi
- Wilson's
- Hide
- Northcote
- Forest Side
- Lyle’s
- St John
- Restaurant 22
- Lisboeta
- The Harwood Arms
- The Muddlers Club
- Aulis by Simon Rogan
- Interlude
- Manifest
- Maison François
- Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons
- Sune
- Smoking Goat
- Evelyn’s Table
- Trivet
- Etch
- The Grill by Tom Booton
- Gymkhana
- The Palmerston
- The Quality Chop House
- Updown Farmhouse
- Planque
- The Seahorse
- Sette
- Camille
And the special awards were:
- Chef of the Year: Adejoké Bakare (Chishuru)
- Restaurateur of The Year: Joshua and Victoria Overington (Myse)
- Opening of The Year: The Devonshire
- Chef to Watch: Ayo Adeyemi (Akoko)
- One to Watch: Skof
- The Sustainability Award: The Bull Inn, Totnes
- Gastropub of the Year: The Devonshire
- The Service Award: Lyla
- Wine List of the Year: Trivet
- Cocktail list of the Year: The Dover
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Michel Roux
For more on the awards, head over to the official site.
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