Waitrose’s Good Food Guide has been released, with Restaurant Nathan Outlaw taking out the top spot with its third straight perfect 10 score. It is the second time that the restaurant has received the top honour.
“This is the perfect Good Food Guide restaurant, embodying everything we champion,” said Good Food Guide editor Elizabeth Carter. “Expect cooking that is consistently of the highest quality combining the freshest ingredients, from shellfish and fish from sea and estuary, to locally grown fruits and vegetables. There’s a brilliant wine list and the excellent service is devoted to diner enjoyment with no formality. It is with great delight that Restaurant Nathan Outlaw has been awarded a perfect 10 for the third year running, and retains the number one spot in our top 50.”
Restaurant owner Nathan Outlaw, who currently holds two Michelin stars, was pleased to be named top once again.
“Learning that we had been placed in the top spot last year and retained a cooking score of 10/10 from the previous year was amazing, but this is just mind-blowing,” he said. “My aim has always been to offer customers food cooked simply but with subtle layers of flavour and to make a visit to Restaurant Nathan Outlaw an experience to remember, for not only the food, but also for the professional and welcoming hospitality our Front of House team provide.”
The 2019 Good Food Guide saw an emphasis on plant based dining, with a number of the top restaurants being vegan, or intending to switch to an entirely vegan menu.
THE TOP 50 BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE UK FOR 2019:
- Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall
- L'Enclume, Cumbria
- Core by Clare Smyth, West London
- Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottinghamshire
- Ynyshir, Powys
- Claude Bosi at Bibendum, West London
- Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, West London
- Casamia, Bristol
- Pollen Street Social, Central London
- The Fat Duck, Berkshire
- Moor Hall, Lancashire
- Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Perthshire & Kinross
- Adam Reid at The French, Greater Manchester
- Bohemia, Jersey
- Le Champignon Sauvage, Gloucestershire
- Restaurant Story, South London
- André Garrett at Cliveden, Berkshire
- The Ledbury, West London
- Fraiche, Merseyside
- Roganic, Central London
- Midsummer House, Cambridgeshire
- Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, Central London
- The Peat Inn, Fife
- Marcus, West London
- Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, North London
- The Kitchin, East Lothian
- Forest Side, Cumbria
- A. Wong, Central London
- Orwells, Oxfordshire
- Sketch, Lecture Room & Library, Central London
- Hedone, West London
- The Ritz, Central London
- Castle Terrace, Lothians
- The Three Chimneys, Highlands & Islands
- The Waterside Inn, Berkshire
- Simon Radley at the Chester Grosvenor, Cheshire
- Restaurant James Sommerin, Glamorgan
- Whatley Manor, The Dining Room, Wiltshire
- Matt Worswick at the Latymer, Surrey
- The Raby Hunt, Co Durham
- The Greenhouse, Central London
- The Sportsman, Kent
- Restaurant Martin Wishart, Lothians
- Artichoke, Buckinghamshire
- Lake Road Kitchen, Cumbria
- Adam's, West Midlands
- Morston Hall, Norfolk
- Le Gavroche, Central London
- The Whitebrook, Monmouthshire
- Hambleton Hall, Rutland
