The best restaurants outside of London have been named, with one that celebrates British ingredients grabbing the top spot.
SquareMeal has announced it’s annual ranking of the top restaurants in the UK, including pubs and renowned Michelin-star winners.
Taking the top spot was Restaurant Sat Bains — a two Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant. SquareMeal managing editor Ellie Donnell said: “Sat’s creative tasting menus are brave and unique – taking risks that pay off and interweaving clever surprises – but more importantly they celebrate the joy of eating thanks to a deep-rooted understanding of flavour developed over decades.”
The Nottingham restaurant, named after the chef by the same name, features modern British cuisine that changes with the seasons. On the restaurant’s website chef Sat Bains states: “Be the best, work hard, work fast, work clean. Every Ingredient we use has to be the best we can afford. Seasons have to rule the kitchen.
“Only allow minimum manipulation when necessary. Elevate flavours through understanding. Cook as if you are eating. Waste is poor workmanship. Extractions of flavour is our role in life as cooks. Balance of menu is our obligation to our guests. Health is crucial in menu planning. Seasoning is a true skill, so taste, taste and taste again. Our goal is to be the best so we should act like the best.”
Whilst the list features some well-known destinations, lesser-known local spots were also awarded places on the list, as well as exciting new openings.
The best 100 restaurants outside of London for 2025:
1. Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms, Lenton Lane, Nottingham
2. Pine, Vallum Farm, East Wallhouses, Northumberland
3. Ynyshir, Eglwys Fach, Machynlleth, Powys
4. Grace & Savour, Hampton Manor, Hampton-in-Arden, West Midlands
5. Woven by Adam Smith, Coworth Park, Ascot, Berkshire
6. L’Enclume, Cavendish Street, Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria
7. Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms, Prescot Road, Aughton, Lancashire
8. Skof, Federation Street, Manchester
9. Opheem, Summer Row, Birmingham, West Midlands
10. Myse, Main Street, Hovingham, North Yorkshire
11. Lyla, Royal Terrace, Abbeyhill, Edinburgh
12. Updown Farmhouse, Deal, Kent
13. JÖRO, Old Mill Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
14. Osip, Kingsettle Hill, Bruton, Somerset
15. The Angel Inn, Hetton, North Yorkshire
16. The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant, Perthshire
17. Higher Ground, New York Street, Manchester
18. Heft, High Newton, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
19. The Greyhound Beaconsfield, Windsor End, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
20. The Kinneuchar Inn, Kilconquhar, Fife & Angus
21. Wilsons, Chandos Road, Bristol
22. Paul Ainsworth at No. 6, Middle Street, Padstow, Cornwall
23. Solstice Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne
24. Tallow, Church Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
25. The Pass at South Lodge, Horsham, West Sussex
26. Alchemilla Nottingham, Derby Road, Nottingham
27. Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, North Yorkshire
28. Roots York, York
29. The Little Chartroom, Bonnington, Edinburgh
30. The Muddlers Club, Belfast, Co Antrim
31. Forge at Middleton Lodge, Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire
32. Lark, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
33. Montrose Edinburgh
34. Fhior, Broughton Street, Bonnington, Edinburgh
35. Hjem, The Hadrian Hotel, Hexham, Northumberland
36. Vetch, Hope Street, Liverpool
37. Lympstone Manor, Exmouth, Devon
38. The Barn at Moor Hall, Aughton, Lancashire
39. Home at Penarth, Cardiff
40. Seasonality, Maidenhead, Berkshire
41. The Sportsman, Faversham Road, Seasalter, Kent
42. Crocadon, Saltash, Cornwall
43. Upstairs by Tom Shepherd, Lichfield, Staffordshire
44. Parkers Arms, Newton-in-Bowland, Lancashire
45. Inver, Strathlachlan, Argyll & Bute
46. Meadowsweet, Holt, Norfolk
47. Furna, New Road, Brighton
48. The Shed, Waterfront, Swansea
49. Waterman, Waterman House, Belfast
50. The Forest Side, Grasmere, Cumbria
51. The Jackdaw Conwy, High Street, Conwy
52. The Wilderness, Birmingham
53. The Pony Chew Valley, Knowle Hill, Chew Magna, Somerset
54. White Swan at Fence, Fence, Lancashire
55. Native at the Netherwood Estate, Tenbury Wells, Herefordshire
56. Big Counter, Pollokshields, Glasgow
57. Harborne Kitchen, High Street, Birmingham
58. Bavette, Town Street, Leeds
59. Cedar Tree by Hrishikesh Desai, Farlam Hall Hotel, Brampton, Cumbria
60. Fish Shop Ballater, Ballater, Aberdeen & Deeside
61. Annwn, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire
62. Paco Tapas, Redcliffe, Bristol
63. The Latymer at Pennyhill Park, Bagshot, Surrey
64. Argoe Newlyn, Newlyn, Cornwall
65. The Greyhound Inn – Pettistree, Suffolk
66. Lumiere, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
67. Another Hand, Unit F, Manchester
68. The Abbey Inn Byland, York
69. Briar, Bruton, Somerset
70. Cail Bruich, West End, Glasgow
71. The Cottage in the Wood, Keswick, Cumbria
72. Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, A Belmond Hotel, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
73. Upstairs at Landrace, Bath, Somerset
74. Bench Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
75. Gwen, Machynlleth, Powys
76. Emilia, Ashburton, Devon
77. Holm, South Petherton, Somerset
78. The Rabbit, Birmingham, West Midlands
79. Aven, Preston, Lancashire
80. REBEL, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
81. 1 York Place, Clifton, Bristol
82. The Blue Pelican, Deal, Kent
83. Henrock at Linthwaite House, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria
84. The Sparrows, 16 Red Bank, Manchester
85. Lilac, Lyme Regis, Dorset
86. Manifest, Watkinson Street, Liverpool
87. Quince, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent
88. The Woodspeen, Bermont, Berkshire
89. The Box Tree, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
90. Wild Flor, Hove, East Sussex
91. BANK Bristol, Wells Road, Totterdown, Bristol
92. Sur-Mer at The Suffolk, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
93. The Oarsman, Spittal Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
94. Tharavadu, Mill Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire
95. Twenty Eight, Pepper Street, Chester
96. Sindhu by Atul Kochhar, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1RG
97. The Counter Tunbridge Wells, Kent
98. Vanderlyle, Cambridge
99. James Street, Belfast, Co Antrim
100. Damson Restaurant, Newbury, Berkshire