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

The top 100 local resturants has now been named by The Good Food Guide (Image: Bavette)

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.”

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Bavette, a French bistro in Horsforth, Leeds has been named the overal winner (Image: Bavette)

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

Inn at the Sticks was named the best local restaurant for Wales (Image: Inn at the Sticks )

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

• BavetteLeeds [overall winner]
  Homestead KitchenGoathland
• The Small CanteenNewcastle upon Tyne
• The Empire CafeLeeds
• The Orange BirdSheffield
• Origin SocialNorthallerton
• The HispanistHull
• Long FridayNewcastle upon Tyne
• Brook’sBrighouse
• OpheliaSouth Gosforth
• HearthHull
• CoinHebden Bridge
• HernLeeds

Cibus was named the best local resturant for North West England (Image: Cibus )

North West England

• CibusLevenshulme [regional winner]
  Lily's Vegetarian Indian CuisineAshton-under-Lyne
• Bombay to MumbaiStockport
• Edinburgh CastleManchester
• Higher GroundManchester
• Another HandManchester
• The SpärrowsManchester
• The Rum FoxGrindleton
• A Se AnarBlackpool
• The PearlPrestwich
• The YanGrasmere
• BelzanLiverpool
• CovinoChester

Scotland

• Fin & Grape Edinburgh [regional winner]
• The Kinneuchar InnKilconquhar
• L’Escargot BleuEdinburgh
• The Gordon ArmsSelkirk
• The Dory BistroPittenweem
• The PalmerstonEdinburgh
• The WhitehouseLochaline
• ProvenderMelrose
• GloriosaGlasgow
• LeftfieldEdinburgh

South East England

• MedBrighton [regional winner]
  The Folkestone Wine CompanyFolkestone
• The Bottle & Glass InnBinfield Heath
• Harbour Street TapasWhitstable
• Fourth and ChurchHove
• The Blue PelicanDeal
• The WoodspeenWoodspeen
• The Pilgrim North Marston
• SeasonalityMaidenhead
• Mori MoriMargate
• PompetteOxford
• PalmitoHove
• TallowSouthborough

Med was was named the best local resturant for South East England (Image: Med )

South West England

• North Street KitchenFowey [regional winner]
  The Farm Table at Darts FarmTopsham
• Upstairs at LandraceBath
• The Barrington BoarBarrington
• The Scallop ShellBath
• The Farmers ArmsBideford
• The Lost KitchenChettiscombe
• Wild ArtichokesKingsbridge
• Caper and CureBristol
• Tare BistroBristol
• Root WellsWells
• Sam & JakCirencester
• BrassicaBeaminster
• Noah’sBristol
• Edie’sSt Austell
• The Farmers ArmsWoolsery

Wales

• Inn at the Sticks Llansteffan [regional winner]
• The ShedRestaurantSwansea
• Yr Hen PrintworksCardigan
• Paternoster FarmPembroke
• Freckled AngelMenai Bridge
• Hare & HoundsAberthin
• Sage KitchenMenai Bridge
• The WarrenCamarthen
• Catch 22Valley
• Y PolynNantgaredig
• MesenCardiff
• The Dining RoomAbersoch

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