The nominations have been collated and the inspection visits are complete, so we are proud to announce The Good Food Guide’s 100 Best Local Restaurants of 2024.
You came out in force this year, casting an astonishing 60,000 nominations for your beloved bistros, brasseries, pubs and cafés. We, and our undercover inspectors, have been touring the country to ensure the list is made up of the best of their kind. Places that are home to extraordinary local creativity and talent, personal hospitality and genuine community spirit, and that are wonderfully affordable too.
Eating out locally has never been so diverse, so enjoyable, so satisfying. Let’s make sure it stays that way.
— Elizabeth Carter & Chloë Hamilton, co-editors of The Good Food Guide
The Good Food Guide's Best Local Restaurant 2024 winners
London: Mambow – Clapton
North East England: Bavette – Leeds [overall winner]
North West: Cibus – Levenshulme
South East: Med – Brighton
South West: North Street Kitchen – Fowey
Wales: Inn at the Sticks – Llansteffan
Blackpool , Lancashire
A Se Anar
Manchester , Greater Manchester
Another Hand
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Bavette
Liverpool, Merseyside
Belzan
Norwich, Norfolk
Benoli
Stockport, Greater Manchester
Bombay to Mumbai
Beaminster, Dorset
Brassica
Brighouse, West Yorkshire
Brook's
Bristol
Caper and Cure
Valley, Isle of Anglesey
Catch 22
Birmingham, West Midlands
Chapter
Levenshulme, Greater Manchester
Cibus
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
Coin
Chester, Cheshire
Covino
Darley Abbey, Derbyshire
Darleys
St Austell , Cornwall
Edie's
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Edinburgh Castle
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Fancett's Bistro
Edinburgh, Lothians
Fin & Grape
Leigh-on-Sea , Essex
Food Leigh on Sea
Hove, East Sussex
Fourth and Church
Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey
Freckled Angel
Shepherd's Bush, London
Giulia
Glasgow , Strathclyde
Gloriosa
Pettistree, Suffolk
Greyhound Inn
Whitstable, Kent
Harbour Street Tapas
Aberthin, Glamorgan
Hare & Hounds
Hull, East Yorkshire
Hearth
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Hern
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Higher Ground
Oakham, Rutland
Hitchen's Barn
Putney, London
Home SW15
Goathland, North Yorkshire
Homestead Kitchen
Llansteffan , Carmarthenshire
Inn at the Sticks
Chelsea, London
Josephine
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Lark
Edinburgh, East Lothian
Leftfield
Crouch End, London
Les 2 Garçons
Edinburgh, Lothians
L’Escargot Bleu
Norwich, Norfolk
L’Hexagone Bistro Français
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
Lily's Vegetarian Indian Cuisine
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Long Friday
Clapton, London
Mambow
Brighton, East Sussex
Med
Cardiff
Mesen
Margate, Kent
Mori Mori
Bristol
Noah's
Fowey, Cornwall
North Street Kitchen
South Gosforth, Tyne & Wear
Ophelia
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Origin Social
Hove , East Sussex
Palmito
Hundleton, Pembrokeshire
Paternoster Farm
Maida Vale, London
Paulette
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Pompette
Melrose, Borders
Provender
Wells, Somerset
Root Wells
Stoke Newington, London
Rubedo
Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey
Sage Kitchen
Cirencester , Gloucestershire
Sam & Jak
Brentford, London
Sam's Waterside
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Seasonality
Southborough, Kent
Tallow
Bristol
Tare Bistro
Barrington, Somerset
The Barrington Boar
Deal, Kent
The Blue Pelican
Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
The Bottle & Glass Inn
Bristol
The Clifton
Abersoch, Gwynedd
The Dining Room
Pittenweem, Fife
The Dory Bistro
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Empire Cafe
Topsham, Devon
The Farm Table at Darts Farm
Woolfardisworthy, Devon
The Farmers Arms
Folkestone, Kent
The Folkestone Wine Company
Ringstead, Norfolk
The Gin Trap Inn
Selkirk, Borders
The Gordon Arms
Hull, East Yorkshire
The Hispanist
Kilpeck , Herefordshire
The Kilpeck Inn
Kilconquhar, Fife
The Kinneuchar Inn
Chettiscombe, Devon
The Lost Kitchen
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The Orange Bird
Edinburgh, Lothians
The Palmerston
Kentish Town, London
The Parakeet
Prestwich, Greater Manchester
The Pearl
North Marston , Buckinghamshire
The Pilgrim
Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire
The Plough
Grindleton, Lancashire
The Rum Fox
Bath, Somerset
The Scallop Shell
Swansea
The Shed
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
The Small Canteen
Manchester, Greater Manchester
The Spärrows
Aldbury, Hertfordshire
The Trooper
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
The Warren
Lochaline, Highlands & Islands
The Whitehouse
Woodspeen, Berkshire
The Woodspeen
Grasmere, Cumbria
The Yan
Birmingham, West Midlands
Tropea
Bath, Somerset
Upstairs at Landrace
Kingsbridge , Devon
Wild Artichokes
Nantgaredig, Carmarthenshire
Y Polyn
Cardigan, Ceredigion
Yr Hen Printworks
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Bavette
Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Overall & North East winner
Husband and husband team Sandy Jarvis and Clément Cousin have poured their heart and soul (and a lot of experience) into this pitch-perfect French bistro in the Leeds suburb of Horsforth. With the cooking as dazzling as the warm-hearted service, it’s our model of the perfect local restaurant.
Greyhound Inn
Pettistree, Suffolk
A welcome addition to the area’s informal pub-restaurant scene. Refreshingly ordinary, with nothing overtly fashionable - just candlelit tables, a cosy fire and absolutely delicious food.
Mambow
Clapton
Abby Lee’s ever-changing line up of Malaysian dishes deliver thrilling flavour and in always-buzzy smash hit neighbourhood restaurant.
Cibus
Levenshulme, Greater Manchester
Giorgio Fontana and Marco Bracchitta have created the Italian trattoria of your dreams with exceptionally delicious regional dishes and a welcome that makes you feel like family.
Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
A genuine local, well away from the city’s tourist trail. With nothing more than a small, bright room, a dozen or so tables, a basem*nt wine bar, it’s quite startling how good everything is.
Med
Brighton, East Sussex
Creative, fun and very reasonably priced, with warm, approachable service, local means magical at this properly eclectic restaurant just off the seafront. A real credit to Brighton.
North Street Kitchen
Fowey, Cornwall
A new era has dawned on this charming former boatshed in Fowey. One defined by understated excellence and huge warmth from new owners Ethan and Hazel Friskney-Bryer.
Inn at The Sticks
Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire
A proper village pub that infectiously welcomes drinkers and offers a Welsh sharing plates menu brimming with locally sourced ingredients. It also has a genuinely lovely line in hospitality.
About The Good Food Guide’s 100 Best Local Restaurants of 2024
The Good Food Guide has always celebrated eating out as one of life’s simple pleasures, and there’s nothing more pleasurable than a top-notch meal in your favourite local haunt – especially if you’re in good company. Familiarity is a priceless commodity, particularly when it is combined with inspired but gimmick-free cooking from a dedicated and passionate hands-on team.
All the establishments in our 2024 list of 100 Best Local Restaurants offer a winning combination of locally sourced seasonal produce, inestimable value for money, genuine personal warmth and an overriding sense of community. As independent enterprises, they are gastronomically and socially invaluable to their neighbourhoods and deserve all the support we can give them. Eating out locally has never been so diverse, so thrilling, so satisfying. Let’s make sure it stays that way.
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The Good Food Guide Best Local Restaurant Awards 2024 winners:
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London regional winner: Mambow in Clapton.
North West regional winner: Cibus in Levenshulme.
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South East regional winner: Med in Brighton.
South West regional winner: North Street Kitchen in Fowey.
Wales regional winner: Inn at the Sticks in Llansteffan.
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