It’s Official - The Best Restaurants in London
By Christian Rose-Day (23 Oct 09)
Tags: best restaurant uk london mayfair bloomsbury shoreditch bayswater top 100 2009 award prize year fat duck hibicus corrigan chez bruce arbutus st john best restaurant uk london mayfair bloomsbury shoreditch bayswater top 100 2009 award prize year fat duck hibicus corrigan chez bruce arbutus st john best restaurant uk london mayfair bloomsbury shoreditch bayswater top 100 2009 award prize year fat duck hibicus corrigan chez bruce arbutus st john best restaurant uk london mayfair bloomsbury shoredit
Highest new entry - Corrigan’s of Mayfair
The Readers’ Choice Award - L’Anima in the City
Wine List of the Year - Boundary in Shoreditch
Family Restaurant of the Year - Le Cafe Anglais in Bayswater
Sustainable Restaurant of the Year - Acorn House in Bloomsbury
The Restaurateurs' Choice - Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester in Mayfair
Despite having to apologise to over 500 guests earlier in the year following an outbreak of norovirus illness at his restaurant The Fat Duck - in the village of Bray in Berkshire - Heston Blumenthal claimed the top spot for 2009. London, however, boasted almost half of top 100, twelve of the top 20, and five of the top 10, including Claude Bosi’s two-Michelin-star Hibiscus in Mayfair.
Here are the Top 100 Restaurants in the UK for 2009; links to all London restaurants:
1 The Fat Duck
2 Hibiscus
3 The Walnut Tree
4 Restaurant Sat Bains (Chefs’ Chef of the Year)
5 Corrigan’s of Mayfair (Highest New Entry)
6 The Vineyard at Stockcross (Hotel Restaurant of the Year)
8 The Kitchin
9 Arbutus
10 St John
12 The Sportsman (Gastro Pub of the Year)
13 Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley
14 Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons (Front of House Award)
15 Pied à Terre
16 The Square
17 L’Anima (Readers’ Choice)
18 Restaurant Nathan Outlaw
19 Maze
20 Terroirs Wine Bar & Restaurant
21 Le Champignon Sauvage
23 Scott’s
24 Simpsons
25 Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester(Restaurateurs’ Choice)
26 The Star Inn at Harome
27 Theo Randall
28 Gidleigh Park
30 Le Gavroche
31 The Ledbury
32 Midsummer House
33 L’Enclume
34 Purnell’s
35 Northcote Manor
36 Le Cafe Anglais (Family Restaurant of the Year)
37 Bordeaux Quay
38 The Capital
39 Wild Honey
40 Martin Wishart
41 Hakkasan
42 Hinds Head
43 The Ivy
44 Murano
47 Moro
48 Roka
49 The Waterside Inn
50 Zuma
51 The Hardwick
52 Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles
53 Texture
54 Tom Aikens
55 Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill
56 The Royal Oak Paley Street
57 The Hand and Flowers
58 The Sir Charles Napier
59 L’Ortolan
60 Hix Oyster & Fish House
61 Yauatcha
62 Odette’s
63 Deanes
64 L’Etranger
65 Quo Vadis
66 James Street South Restaurant
67 Tayyabs
68 Helene Darroze at the Connaught
69 Carlton Riverside
71 Umu
73 Pipe and Glass Inn
74 Racine
75 Tyddyn Llan Restaurant with Rooms
77 The Plumed Horse
78 Ynyshir Hall
79 The Three Chimneys
80 Jack in the Green
81 Secco Ristorante Salentino
82 Lewtrenchard Manor Restaurant
83 The George Hotel Brasserie
84 The Seahorse Restaurant
85 Turners of Harborne
86 La Becasse
88 Cafe 21
89 Harwood Arms
90 The Elms Restaurant
91 Michael Caines Abode Manchester
93 Lucknam Park Restaurant
94 The Stagg Inn
95 Hambleton Hall
96 Michael Wignall at the Latymer
97 Casamia
98 Mint and Mustard
100 The Hawksmoor
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