Food
These Are the Best 100 Restaurants in the U.K.
Not all of them have Michelin stars—and that’s just fine
Whitstable Oysters served on a bed of shells at The Sportsman near Whitstable, U.K.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
The Sportsman, a seaside pub, on Monday was named the best restaurant in the U.K. for the second year in a row, beating the finest establishments London has to offer, at the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards. The two-Michelin-star Ledbury, in the capital’s Notting Hill, placed second.
The annual rankings are based on the votes of 180 chefs, restaurateurs and food writers, including me. Each member of the panel casts seven votes, based on his or her best restaurant experiences over the previous 12 months.