‘Totally overrated' restaurant crowned the best in the UK — as top 100 revealed
Here's a look at the full list of restaurants as named in the National Restaurant Awards 2025:
1.The Ritz, London
2. Moor Hall, Aughton
3. The Ledbury, London
4. Trinity, London
5. Bouchon Racine, London
6. Oma, London
7. AngloThai, London
8. Osip, Bruton, Somerset
9. Ynyshir, Eglwys Fach, Ceredigion
10. Dorian, London
11. Mountain, London
12. The Devonshire, London
13. Kiln, London
14. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
15. Woven by Adam Smith, Sunningdale, Berkshire
16. Ikoyi, London
17. Lyla, Edinburgh
18. A Wong, London
19. Da Terra, London
20. Brooklands by Claude Bosi, London
21. Lyle's London (closed since May)
22. Kitchen Table, London
23. Josephine Bouchon, London
24. Endo at the Rotunda, London
25. Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Padstow, Cornwall
26. Restaurant Pine, east Wallhouses, Northumberland
27. Canteen, London
28. The Unruly Pig, Bromeswell, Suffolk
29. Sabor, London
30. Row on 5, London
31. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
32. Bibi, Lodon
33. Kolae, London
34. The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent
35. L'Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria
36. Higher Ground, Mancester
37. Camille, London
38. Core by Clare Smyth, London
39. Claude Bosi at Bibendum, London
40. Chishuru, London
41. The Glenturret Lalique, Crieff, Perth and Kinross
42. Frog by Adam Handling, London
43. JÖRO, Wharncliffe Side, South Yorkshire
44. Grace & Savour, Hampton in Arden, Solihull
45. Updown Farmhouse, Deal, Kent
46. Dongnae, Bristol
47. Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
48. Opheem, Birmingham
49. Restaurante Interlude, Horsham, West Sussex
50. Kol, London
51. Agora, London
52. Akoko, London
53. Chez Bruce, London
54. Brat, London
55. The Forest Side, Grasmere, Cumbria
56. Gorse, Cardiff
57. Humble Chicken, London
58. Cornus, London
59. Morchella, London
60. Skof, Manchester
61. Sollip, London
62. The Cedar Tree by Hrishikesh Desai, Brampton, Cumbria
63. Starling, Esher, Surrey
64. Plates, London
65. Wilsons, Bristol
66. The Kinneuchar Inn, Kilconquhar, Fife
67. Solstice, Newcastle
68. Annwn, Narberth, Pembrokeshire
69. The Clove Club, London
70. Wildflowers, London
71. The French House, London
72. Mýse, Hovingham, north Yorkshire
73. Restaurant Hjem, Hexham, Northumberland
74. Sola, London
75. The Angel at Hetton, Hetton, north Yorkshire
76. The Muddlers Club, Belfast
77. Heft, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
78. Inver, Cairndow, Argyll and Bute
79. The Little Chartroom, Edinburgh
80. The Fordwich Arms, Fordwich, Kent
81. The Black Swan at Oldstead, Oldstead, north Yorkshire
82. Upstairs by Tom Shepherd, Lichfield, Staffordshire
83. The Grill by Tom Booton, London
84. Hide, London
85. The Parkers Arms, Newton-In-Bowland, Lancashire
86. Solo, Omskirk, Lancashire
87. Fallow, London
88. Forge at Middleton Lodge, Richmond, north Yorkshire
89. Lita, London
90. The Quality Chophouse, London
91. Planque, London
92. Gymkhana, London
93. Lisboeta, London
94. Crocadon, Saltash, Cornwall
95. Luca, London
96. The Seahorse, Dartmouth, Devon
97. The Palmerston, Edinburgh
98. Trivet, London
99. St. John, London
100. Maison Francois, London
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