The Ledbury voted best in the UK at the 2024 National Restaurant Awards (plus see the full top 100)

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):

1. The Ledbury
2. Mountain
3. Moor Hall
4. Bouchon Racine
5. Ynyshir
6. Kiln
7. Da Terra 
8. Opheem
9. The Devonshire
10. Ikoyi 
11. The Glenturret Lalique
12. Restaurant Pine
13. The Ritz
14. Mana
15. Endo at the Rotunda
16. Higher Ground
17. Myse
18. Kitchen Table
19. A. Wong 
20. L'Enclume
21. Dorian
22. Paul Ainsworth at No.6
23. Akoko
24. Josephine Bouchon
25. Sabor
26. Solstice
27. Kolae
28. Lyla
29. The Sportsman
30. Hjem
31. Chishuru
32. Core By Clare Smyth
33. Trinity
34. Brooklands by Claude Bosi
35. BiBi
36. Sollip
37. The Angel at Hetton
38. Woven by Adam Smith
39. SOLA
40. Frog by Adam Handling
41. The Black Swan at Oldstead
42. Inver
43. Fallow
44. Luca
45. The Little Chartroom
46. Upstairs by Tom Shepherd
47. Brat
48. Cycene 
49. Kol
50. Erst
51. Parkers Arms
52. Solo
53. Morchella
54. The French House
55. Ugly Butterfly
56. The Unruly Pig
57. Heft
58. The Midland Grand Dining Room
59. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
60. Lumiere
61. Crocadon Farm
62. The Fordwich Arms
63. Manteca
64. Osip
65. The Cedar Tree
66. Grace & Savour
67. Annwn
68. The Clove Club
69. Restaurant Sat Bains
70. Chez Bruce
71. Singburi
72. Wilson's
73. Hide
74. Northcote
75. Forest Side
76. Lyle’s 
77. St John
78. Restaurant 22
79. Lisboeta
80. The Harwood Arms
81. The Muddlers Club
82. Aulis by Simon Rogan 
83. Interlude
84. Manifest
85. Maison François
86. Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons
87. Sune
88. Smoking Goat
89. Evelyn’s Table
90. Trivet
91. Etch
92. The Grill by Tom Booton
93. Gymkhana
94. The Palmerston
95. The Quality Chop House
96. Updown Farmhouse
97. Planque
98. The Seahorse
99. Sette
100. 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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