Emma Scottish restaurant tops the Harden’s 100 List
Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire has been crowned the UK’s top restaurant in a leading annual diners poll.
Scotland’s world famous restaurant shot to the top spot for its luxurious ingredients prepared with ‘impeccable skill and creativity’ and attentive staff who are ‘knowledgeable in all respects’.
Eight Scottish restaurants made it into the newly-released top 100 list. The Kitchin in Edinburgh is ranked 5th in the UK, while other notable inclusions are: Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh (14); The Little Chartroom, Edinburgh (31); Cail Bruich (50) and Unalome by Graeme Cheevers (68) in Glasgow.
It’s great to see more Scottish restaurants entered into this list this year and a great achievement to restaurant Andrew fairlie for placing number 1.
I’m immensely proud of what me and my team have created and achieved during the first years of Unalome by Graeme Cheevers and its great recognition for the hard work they all put in each day.”
Graeme Cheevers, Unalome by Graeme Cheevers
Edinburgh was also revealed to be the UK city with the most listings in the Top 500 outside of London, with no fewer than 17 restaurants making it into the elite ranking.
Peter Harden, co-founder of Harden’s, comments:
“Andrew Fairlie may sadly no longer be with us but his spirit lives on in this restaurant which bears his name. Reaching the top spot this year is a huge credit to his long-time lieutenants, head chef Stephen McLaughlin and general manager Dale Dewsbury.
“It has been an excellent year for Scotland’s representation in the Harden’s Top 100 as a whole, with restaurants in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perthshire and Fife featuring. This, along with Edinburgh’s fantastic placement as second city with the most listings in the Top 500, is testament to the superb quality and value offered by the country’s restaurant scene.”
The 32nd edition of the Harden’s guide, published this week (ISBN: 978-1916076150, price £18.99: also available as apps for Apple or Android)
The Harden’s Guide is now the only UK restaurant guide sold in bookshops based on feedback from normal diners rather than a group of professional inspectors. A total of 30,000 reports are submitted from a survey of 3,000 diners. Restaurants at all price levels are listed: from street food vendors to the country’s most ambitious dining rooms, with 2,800 restaurants listed in total.
The Harden’s 100 ranking of the UK’s best restaurants in full
The Top 100 restaurants derived from the 30,000 reports with ratings submitted by 3,000 diners who contributed to the Harden’s annual survey.
| 1 | Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder |
| 2 | Evelyns Table at The Blue Posts, London |
| 3 | Waterside Inn, Bray (39) |
| 4 | Endo at The Rotunda, London (4) |
| 5 | The Kitchin, Edinburgh (23) |
| 6 | Core by Clare Smyth, London (5) |
| 7 | Adam Reid at The French, Manchester (40) |
| 8 | L’Enclume, Cartmel (19) |
| 9 | Maru, London |
| 10 | Pine, East Wallhouses |
| 11 | Da Terra, Town Hall Hotel, London (3) |
| 12 | The Five Fields, London (10) |
| 13 | Sorrel, Dorking (13) |
| 14 | Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh (61) |
| 15 | Hjem, Wall (56) |
| 16 | Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton (37) |
| 17 | Adam’s, Birmingham (29) |
| 18 | PLU, London |
| 19 | The Araki, London |
| 20 | Muse, London (24) |
| 21 | Lumire, Cheltenham (46) |
| 22 | Estiatorio Milos, London |
| 23 | The Little Fish Market, Brighton (15) |
| 24 | Lympstone Manor, Exmouth (6) |
| 25 | Kitchen Table, London (12) |
| 26 | Hambleton Hall, Hambleton (32) |
| 27 | The Forest Side, Grasmere (36) |
| 28 | LPM, London (45) |
| 29 | Paul Ainsworth at No 6, Padstow (85) |
| 30 | Joro, Sheffield |
| 31 | The Little Chartroom, Edinburgh |
| 32 | SOLA, London (31) |
| 33 | The Art School, Liverpool (18) |
| 34 | Anglo, London (21) |
| 35 | Morston Hall, Morston (38) |
| 36 | A Wong, London (64) |
| 37 | Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms, Eglwys Fach (7) |
| 38 | Meadowsweet, Holt (98) |
| 39 | The Ledbury, London |
| 40 | Nobu, London (27) |
| 41 | Roots, York (97) |
| 42 | Alchemilla, Nottingham (14) |
| 43 | House of Tides, Newcastle upon Tyne (57) |
| 44 | Outlaw’s New Road, Port Isaac (74) |
| 45 | Aulis at L’Enclume, Cartmel |
| 46 | The Latymer, Pennyhill Park Hotel, Bagshot |
| 47 | Club Gascon, London (95) |
| 48 | ChefsTable at TRUEfoods, Melmerby |
| 49 | Oxeye, London |
| 50 | Cail Bruich, Glasgow (59) |
| 51 | Roketsu, London |
| 52 | Cornerstone, London (50) |
| 53 | Chez Bruce, London (42) |
| 54 | SY23, Aberystwyth |
| 55 | Trinity, London (47) |
| 56 | Aulis London, London (33) |
| 57 | Robin Wylde, Lyme Regis |
| 58 | Bibendum, London (99) |
| 59 | The Clove Club, London (17) |
| 60 | Opheem, Birmingham (100) |
| 61 | Bohemia, Jersey |
| 62 | Restaurant Twenty Two, Cambridge |
| 63 | Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen, Port Isaac (49) |
| 64 | The Angel, Hetton (58) |
| 65 | The Black Swan, Oldstead |
| 66 | Frog by Adam Handling, London (82) |
| 67 | Umu, London |
| 68 | Unalome by Graeme Cheevers, Glasgow |
| 69 | Le Gavroche, London (52) |
| 70 | The Sportsman, Seasalter (41) |
| 71 | Pied Terre, London (44) |
| 72 | Ekstedt at The Yard, Great Scotland Yard Hotel, London |
| 73 | Mana, Manchester (9) |
| 74 | The Sea, The Sea, London |
| 75 | Midsummer House, Cambridge (78) |
| 76 | The Peat Inn, Cupar (20) |
| 77 | Moor Hall, Aughton (16) |
| 78 | The Whitebrook, Restaurant with Rooms, Whitebrook (53) |
| 79 | Old Stamp House, Ambleside |
| 80 | The Moorcock Inn, Sowerby Bridge |
| 81 | Lyle’s, London (66) |
| 82 | Sollip, London (88) |
| 83 | Imperial Treasure, London |
| 84 | Gidleigh Park, Chagford |
| 85 | Behind, London (51) |
| 86 | Elderflower, Lymington |
| 87 | Wilson’s, Bristol (80) |
| 88 | BiBi, London |
| 89 | Amaya, London (69) |
| 90 | The Olive Tree, Queensberry Hotel, Bath |
| 91 | The Ritz, London |
| 92 | The Wilderness, Birmingham |
| 93 | Sketch, Lecture Room at Library, London |
| 94 | Quilon, London |
| 95 | Kol, London |
| 96 | The Fat Duck, Bray |
| 97 | Myrtle, London (90) |
| 98 | The Small Holding, Goudhurst (25) |
| 99 | The Cellar, Anstruther |
| 100 | Fraiche, Oxton (28) |
