Best restaurants in the UK for 2024 named - is your local on the list?

The UK is known for its extraordinary cuisine, and the very best of Britain’s restaurants has now been revealed. 

The Good Food Guide has listed today its annual 100 Best Local Restaurants across the country and has announced that the very best local restaurant in Britain is Bavette, a lively French bistro in Horsforth, Leeds. 

This beautiful restaurant is owned by husbands Sandy Jarvis and Clément Cousin and quickly won the hearts of locals due to warmth, adventurous wine list and the couple’s experience working at top London establishments. 

After reflecting on their win, Sandy and Clément said: “We are completely gobsmacked about winning the Best Local Restaurant Award. 

“To be included in the top 100 in our first few months would have been a great achievement but to be the overall winners is such a huge honour and testament to all the hard work of the team since day one, so this is for them.” 

It turns out the most popular food for British diners is French many of the top 100 local restaurants with French cuisine made it into the nominations, including L’Hexagon in Norwich, Fancett's Bistro in Cambridge, L'Escargot Bleu in Edinburgh, Pompette in Oxford, Ophelia in Gosforth and Paulette, Josephine and Les 2 Garçons, all in London.

However, fine dining has fallen in popularity as not many were nominated for the Best Local Restaurant awards this year, proving that British diners are looking for relaxed places to eat out where food is simple yet delicious. 

Here is the list of the very best 100 restaurants in Britain below, but you can also search to see if your favourite establishment made the list if you type in your postcode.

The best local restaurants in Britain by region 

• Bavette in Leeds for North East England (Overall Winner) 
• Mambowin in Clapton for London 
• Fin & Grape in Edinburgh for Scotland
• Inn at the Sticks in Llansteffan for Wales 
• Cibus in Levenshulme for North West England
• Greyhound Inn, in Pettistree for Central and East England
• Med in Brighton for South East England
• North Street Kitchen in Fowey for South West England

Full list of 100 Best Local Restaurants 2024:

Central & East of England

• Greyhound Inn Pettistree [regional winner]
• L’Hexagone Bistro Français Norwich
• Darley's Restaurant Darley Abbey
• Fancett's Bistro Cambridge
• The Gin Trap Inn Ringstead
• The Kilpeck Inn Kilpeck
• Hitchen's Barn Oakham
• The Trooper Aldbury
• The Plough Bolnhurst
• Chapter Birmingham
• Benoli Norwich
• Tropea Birmingham
• Lark Bury St Edmunds
• Food Leigh on Sea Leigh-on-Sea

London

• Mambow Clapton [regional winner]
• Sam's Waterside Brentford
• Les 2 Garçons Crouch End
• The Parakeet Kentish Town
• Home SW15 Putney
• Josephine Chelsea
• Paulette Maida Vale
• Giulia Shepherd's Bush
• Rubedo Stoke Newington

North East England  

• Bavette Leeds [overall winner]
  Homestead Kitchen Goathland 
• The Small Canteen Newcastle upon Tyne 
• The Empire Cafe Leeds 
• The Orange Bird Sheffield 
• Origin Social Northallerton 
• The Hispanist Hull 
• Long Friday Newcastle upon Tyne 
• Brook’s Brighouse 
• Ophelia South Gosforth 
• Hearth Hull 
• Coin Hebden Bridge 
• Hern Leeds 

North West England  

• Cibus Levenshulme [regional winner]
  Lily's Vegetarian Indian Cuisine Ashton-under-Lyne 
• Bombay to Mumbai Stockport 
• Edinburgh Castle Manchester  
• Higher Ground Manchester 
• Another Hand Manchester 
• The Spärrows Manchester  
• The Rum Fox Grindleton 
• A Se Anar Blackpool 
• The Pearl Prestwich 
• The Yan Grasmere 
• Belzan Liverpool 
• Covino Chester 

Scotland  

• Fin & Grape Edinburgh [regional winner]
• The Kinneuchar Inn Kilconquhar 
• L’Escargot Bleu Edinburgh 
• The Gordon Arms Selkirk 
• The Dory Bistro  Pittenweem 
• The Palmerston Edinburgh 
• The Whitehouse Lochaline 
• Provender Melrose 
• Gloriosa Glasgow 
• Leftfield Edinburgh

South East England  

• Med Brighton [regional winner]
  The Folkestone Wine Company Folkestone 
• The Bottle & Glass Inn Binfield Heath 
• Harbour Street Tapas Whitstable 
• Fourth and Church Hove 
• The Blue Pelican  Deal 
• The Woodspeen Woodspeen 
• The Pilgrim  North Marston 
• Seasonality Maidenhead 
• Mori Mori Margate 
• Pompette Oxford 
• Palmito Hove 
• Tallow Southborough 

South West England  

• North Street Kitchen Fowey [regional winner]
  The Farm Table at Darts Farm Topsham  
• Upstairs at Landrace Bath 
• The Barrington Boar Barrington 
• The Scallop Shell Bath 
• The Farmers Arms Bideford 
• The Lost Kitchen  Chettiscombe 
• Wild Artichokes Kingsbridge 
• Caper and Cure Bristol  
• Tare Bistro Bristol  
• Root Wells Wells 
• Sam & Jak Cirencester  
• Brassica Beaminster 
• Noah’s Bristol  
• Edie’s St Austell 
• The Farmers Arms Woolsery

Wales  

• Inn at the Sticks Llansteffan [regional winner]
• The Shed Restaurant Swansea 
• Yr Hen Printworks Cardigan  
• Paternoster Farm Pembroke 
• Freckled Angel Menai Bridge 
• Hare & Hounds Aberthin 
• Sage Kitchen Menai Bridge  
• The Warren Camarthen  
• Catch 22 Valley  
• Y Polyn Nantgaredig 
• Mesen Cardiff 
• The Dining Room Abersoch