National Restaurant Awards 2024: full list of winning UK restaurants

Foodies, stop whatever it is you’re doing – some of the UK’s leading food aficionados have crowned the country’s best restaurant right now. At the National Restaurant Awards 2024 more than 200 British chefs, food writers and restauranteurs have compiled a list of the finest dining establishments in the land and crowned one London resto the best of the best. 

The Ledbury in Notting Hill was ranked number one for 2024, 12 years since it last topped the coveted list. The fine dining venue won its third Michelin star earlier this year and, according to a Time Out food writer, serves dishes ‘as close to perfection on a plate as you’ll get in this town’. Judges praised The Ledbury for ‘its produce-led dishes that arrive strikingly plated but also for the refreshing down-to-earth nature of its cooking’. 

The Big Smoke has the most establishments on the list by far. In second place was Mountain in Soho, with five other London restaurants in the top 10. You can read more about those here. 

Outside of the capital, Moor Hall in Lancashire secured third place, Ynyshir in North Wales– which was named number one for 2022 and 2023 — was knocked back to fifth place and Opheem, a Michelin-starred Indian restaurant in Birmingham, came in seventh. Best restaurant in Northern Ireland went to The Muddler’s Club in Belfast while Scotland’s top spot went to The Glenturret Lalique in Crieff.

See below to find out all of the UK’s very best restaurants right now. Then, check out Time Out’s take on the greatest food spots in London and across the UK, brought to you by our experts. 

The full list of winners at the National Restaurant Awards 2024

1. The Ledbury, London
2. Mountain, London
3. Moor Hall, Lancashire
4. Bouchon Racine, London
5. Ynyshir, Wales
6. Kiln, London
7. Da Terra, London
8. Opheem, Birmingham
9. The Devonshire, London
10. Ikoyi, London
11. The Glenturret Lalique, Scotland
12. Restaurant Pine, Northumberland
13. The Ritz, London
14. Mana, Manchester
15. Endo at the Rotunda, London
16. Higher Ground, Manchester
17. Myse, York
18. Kitchen Table, London
19. A Wong, London
20. L’Enclume, Cumbria
21. Dorian, London
22. Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Padstow
23. Akoko, London
24. Josephine Bouchon, London
25. Sabor, London
26. Solstice, Newcastle Upon Tyne
27. Kolae, London
28. Lyla, Edinburgh
29. The Sportsman, Kent
30. Hjem, Northumberland
31. Chishuru, London
32. Core By Clare Smyth, London
33. Trinity, London
34. Brooklands by Claude Bosi, London
35. BiBi, London
36. Sollip, London
37. The Angel at Hetton, North Yorkshire
38. Woven by Adam Smith, Sunningdale
39. SOLA, London
40. Frog by Adam Handling, London
41. The Black Swan at Oldstead, North Yorkshire
42. Inver, Scotland
43. Fallow, London
44. Luca, London
45. The Little Chartroom, Edinburgh
46. Upstairs by Tom Shepherd, Sheffield
47. Brat, London
48. Cycene, London
49. Kol, London
50. Erst, Manchester
51. Parkers Arms, Lancashire
52. Solo, Aughton
53. Morchella, London
54. The French House, London
55. Ugly Butterfly, St Ives
56. The Unruly Pig, Woodbridge
57. Heft, High Newton
58. The Midland Grand Dining Room, London
59. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
60. Lumiere, Cheltenham
61. Crocadon Farm, St Mellion
62. The Fordwich Arms, London
63. Manteca, London
64. Osip, Bruton, Somerset
65. The Cedar Tree, Brampton
66. Grace and Savour, West Midlands
67. Annwn, Narbeth
68. The Clove Club, London
69. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
70. Chez Bruce, London
71. Singburi, London
72. Wilson’s, Bristol
73. Hide, London
74. Northcote, Lancashire
75. Forest Side, Grasmere, Ambleside
76. Lyle’s, London
77. St John, London
78. Restaurant 22, Cambridge
79. Lisboeta, London
80. The Harwood Arms, London
81. The Muddlers Club, Belfast
82. Aulis by Simon Rogan, London
83. Interlude, Horsham
84. Manifest, Liverpool
85. Maison François, London
86. Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons, Oxfordshire
87. Sune, London
88. Smoking Goat, London
89. Evelyn’s Table, London
90. Trivet, London
91. Etch, Hove, East Sussex
92. The Grill by Tom Botoon, London
93. Gymkhana, London
94. The Palmerston, Edinburgh
95. The Quality Chop House, London
96. Updown Farmhouse, Deal
97. Planque, London
98. The Seahorse, Dartmouth, Devon
99. Sette, London
100. Camille, London

The full list of category winners at the National Restaurant Awards  

• National Restaurant of the Year: The Ledbury
• Highest New Entry: Mountain
• Best Restaurant in England: The Ledbury
• Best Restaurant in Northern Ireland: The Muddlers Club
• Best Restaurant in Wales: Ynyshir
• Best Restaurant in Scotland: The Glenturret Lalique
• Chef of the Year: Adejoké Bakare
• Restaurateur of The Year: Joshua and Victoria Overington
• Opening of The Year: The Devonshire
• Chef to Watch: Ayo Adeyemi
• One to Watch: Skof
• The Sustainability Award: The Bull Inn, Totnes
• Gastropub of the Year: The Devonshire
• The Service Award: Lyla
• Wine List of the Year: Trivet
• Cocktail list of the Year: Core by Clare Smyth
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Michel Roux