The National Restaurant Awards 2015
Only weeks after The World’s 50 Best, Restaurant Magazine brings our attention back towards the British food scene to celebrate the 100 best restaurants in the UK for 2015.
The National Restaurant Awards 2015
Only weeks after The World’s 50 Best, Restaurant Magazine brings our attention back towards the British food scene to celebrate the 100 best restaurants in the UK for 2015.
As Stefan Chomka, editor of Restaurant Magazine and our host for the evening, emphasised at the very start of the night the National Restaurant Awards aim to represent all aspects of the British culinary scene - the old, the new and the different. Winners are voted for by industry professionals - chefs, critics and restaurateurs alike - with the only stipulation on nominations being that the person voting must have dined that restaurant within the last twelve months. Such fluid criteria always results in a fascinating run down of restaurants, all of whom offer a unique and impressive dining experience whether it be with white tables cloths in the country’s capital or on driftwood decks along the shores of Cornwall.
In addition to the top 100 countdown, there are a number of key awards that recognise outstanding performance in certain areas. Paul Ainsworth's No.6 in Padstow was recognised for the superb service of its front of house staff, while Bruno Loubet's Grainstore won for most sustainable restaurant, an award backed by the Sustainable Restaurant Association and bound to be a source of pride for the chef given his dedication to ethical eating.
Nuno Mendes and his team scooped two awards across as many restaurants, with the Chiltern Firehouse being recognised for Best Cocktail List and his latest venture, Portuguese diner Tabernado do Marcado, being tipped as Restaurant Magazine’s One to Watch.
Unsurprisingly London restaurants made the list a few times and there was more than one Bray-based restaurant in the top 100, but the regions were also well recognised. Shaun Hill’s The Walnut Tree was awarded Best Welsh Restaurant, while Restaurant Andrew Fairlie received the Best Scottish Restaurant award and Harry’s Shack in Portstewart scooped Best Restaurant in Northern Ireland.
The title of Chef's Chef, a true representation of where everyone of wants to dine (not to mention who every chef wants to be), was handed to seafood aficionado Nathan Outlaw, who has recently reopened his eponymous restaurant in Port Isaac. In a particular coup for the South West Rick Stein was honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Emotions ran high as Stein - who was, incidentally, Nathan Outlaw’s culinary mentor - received a standing ovation as he collected his award.
The UK's Top 100 Restaurants
1. Barrafina Adelaide Street, London (National Restaurant and Best Spanish Restaurant)
2. The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent (Gastropub of the Year)
3. The Ledbury, London
4. Gymkhana, London (Best Indian Restaurant)
5. The Hand and Flowers, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
6. Lyle’s, London
7. L’ Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria
8. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
9. The Dairy, London
10. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London (Highest Climber)
11. The Clove Club, London
12. Hedone, London
13. Restaurant Story, London
14. The Walnut Tree, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire (Best restaurant in Wales)
15. The Palomar, London
16. Kitty Fisher’s London
17. Fera at Claridge’s, London
18. Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Padstow, Cornwall (The Service Award)
19. Casamia, Bristol
20. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Port Isaac, Cornwall
21. Dishoom King’s Cross, London
22. The Seahorse, Dartmouth, Devon
23. A Wong, London
24. 64 Degrees Brighton, Brighton
25. Maltby Street, London
26. Zucca, London (Best Italian Restaurant)
27. Belmond Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
28. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Auchterarder (Best Restaurant in Scotland)
29. Midsummer house, Cambridge
30. Sticky Walnut, Chester
31. Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs, London
32. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
33. The Square, London (Wine List of the Year)
34. The Quality Chop House, London
35. Pizarro, London
36. The River Café, London
37. The Salt Room, Brighton
38. Social Eating House, London
39. Hibiscus, London
40. Honey & Co, London
41. Northcote, Blackburn, Lancashire
42. The Chilli Pickle, Brighton
43. Grain Store, London (Sustainable Restaurant of the Year)
44. Le Gavroche, London
45. Hawksmoor Air Street, London
46. The Kitchin, Edinburgh
47. The Ox, Bristol
48. Wild Honey, London
49. Scott’s London
50. Sushi Tetsu, London
51. The Raby Hunt, Darlington, Co. Durham
52. Castle Terrace, Edinburgh
53. The Pass, Lower Beeding, West Sussex
54. The Hardwick, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
55. Ametsa by Arzak Instruction, London
56. The Hinds Head, Bray Berkshire
57. Pollen Street Social, London
58. Pitt Cue, London
59. Quo Vadis, London
60. Lardo, London
61. Porthminster Beach Café, St Ives, Cornwall
62. House of Tides, Newcastle
63. The Waterside Inn, Bray, Berkshire
64. Yauatcha, London
65. Berners Tavern, London
66. Chiltern Firehouse, London (Cocktail List of the Year)
67. The Coach, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
68. Monachyle Mhor, Lochearnhead, Perthshire
69. The Old Stamphouse, Ambleside, Cumbria
70. Duck & Waffle, London
71. The Typing Room, London
72. The Kingham Plough, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
73. The Elephant, Torquay, Devon
75. Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
76. Koffmanns, London
77. Lake Road Kitchen, Ambleside, Cumbria
78. Marcus, London
79. Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo, Corwen
80. Wright’s Food Emporium, Llanarthne, Carmathenshire
81. Y Polyn, Capel Dewi, Carmarthen
82. Murano, London
83. Otto’s London
84. Ox and Finch, Glasgow
85. Hakkasan Mayfair, London
86. Harry’s Shack, Portstewart (Best Restaurant in Northern Ireland)
87. Carters of Moseley, Birmingham
88. Purnell’s, Birmingham
89. MEATLiqour ,London
90. Shu, Belfast
91. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
92. Lido, Clifton, Bristol
93. The French, Manchester
94. The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire
95. Little Social, London
96. The Scran & Scallie, Edinburgh
97. Antidote, London
98. Manchester House, Manchester
99. The Wild Rabbit, Kingham, Oxfordshire
100. St John, London
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