OpenTable names 2018 top 100 restaurants in the UK based on diner reviews

CORE by Clare Smyth is crowned best restaurant by OpenTable diners.
London restaurants dominate the top 100 list with 81% of spots taken by restaurants in the capital
British Cuisine comes out on top, making up 22% of this year’s restaurant list
Top 100 is compiled from more than 851,000 verified OpenTable diner reviews from across more than 6,500 restaurants the UK in the last 12 months

LONDON, UK – 5^th December 2018: OpenTable the world’s leading online restaurant booking service, today marks another year of world class dining by releasing its annual list of the top 100 restaurants in the UK, based on reviews left by verified diners.

This year’s number one spot is taken by CORE by Clare Smyth, who was recently named the World’s Best Female Chef. This multi-award winning restaurant merges natural and sustainable dishes with a relaxed and informal setting creating the perfect fine dining experience.

Last year’s list saw European cuisine dominating the top 100, but it seems in the past twelve months British diners have been craving tastes and flavours found a little closer to home. Representing 22% of the list, British cuisine has outperformed its nearest competitor, Modern European, by more than double, as well as finding itself in pole position this year.

When it comes to the crème-de-la-crème of UK dining, London holds nine out of 10 spots in this year’s top 10.

CORE by Clare Smyth, Trinity, Launceston Place, BEAST, La Trompette, Alyn Williams at The Westbury, The Oxford Blue and Medlar are all new entries to the top 10 for 2018.

The OpenTable Top 10 Restaurants 2018, in rank order, are:

Restaurant	Restaurant Cuisine	Location
CORE by Clare Smyth	British	London
The Ledbury	Contemporary European	London
Trinity	European	London
Scott’s Restaurant	Seafood	London
Launceston Place	Modern European	London
BEAST	Steak	London
La Trompette	Modern European	London
Alyn Williams at The Westbury	Modern European	London
The Oxford Blue	Contemporary British	Windsor
Medlar	Modern European	London

Adrian Valeriano, Vice President, Europe, OpenTable, comments “Here at OpenTable, we consider diner reviews as a fundamental element of the service we offer to UK diners, ensuring customers can discover the right dining experience wherever they are in the UK. As London continues to cement itself as the UK’s culinary capital, it’s also great to see outstanding restaurants from across the country including Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Hampshire all appearing on the list.”

The complete top 100 list may be viewed at https://www.opentable.co.uk/lists/best-restaurants-in-uk-for-2018

Alphabetical list of the UK’s top 100 restaurants 2018 (excluding the top 10):

Restaurant	Restaurant Cuisine	Location
34 Mayfair	Global, International	London
45 Jermyn St.	British	London
Afternoon tea at Hotel Café Royal	Afternoon Tea	London
Angler	Seafood	London
Blacklock	Steak	London
Blacklock City	Steak	London
Brawn	European	London
Cambio de Tercio	Spanish	London
Carters of Moseley	British	Birmingham/West Midlands
Cepages	French	London
Chez Bruce	Modern European	London
Chicama	Peruvian	London
Chisou Knightsbridge	Japanese	London
Ciullõsteria	Italian	London
Coal Office	Mediterranean	London
Countess of York-National Railway Museum	Afternoon Tea	Yorkshire
CUT at 45 Park Lane	Steak	London
Dan Moon at the Gainsborough	Contemporary British	Bath/Somerset
Daphne’s	Italian	London
Delamina East	Mediterranean	London
Enoteca Turi	Italian	London
Fera at Claridge’s	Contemporary British	London
Fischers	Austrian	London
Forage & Chatter	Scottish	Edinburgh/Midlothian
Galvin La Chapelle	French	London
Gauthier Soho	French	London
Good Earth – Wandsworth Common	Chinese	London
Goodman Canary Wharf	Steakhouse	London
Hakkasan Mayfair	Chinese	London
Harwood Arms	Gastro Pub	London
Hawksmoor Air Street	Steak	London
Hawksmoor Knightsbridge	British	London
Hélène Darroze at the Connaught	French	London
Hide Above	British	London
Hide Ground	British	London
Hispi	Bistro	Manchester/Greater Manchester
Il Portico	Italian	London
Indian Accent	Indian	London
Jamavar	Indian	London
Jean-Georges At The Connaught	Bistro	London
Kai	Chinese	London
Kaspar’s at The Savoy	Seafood	London
La Dame De Pic London	French	London
La Famiglia	Italian	London
L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon	French	London
Le Caprice London	Modern European	London
Lupins	British	London
Mere	European	London
Milos	Seafood	London
Min Jiang	Chinese	London
NAC (North Audley Cantine)	French	London
Novikov – Asian Restaurant	Asian	London
Number 16 Restaurant	Modern European	Glasgow/Lanarkshire
Oka Chelsea	Pan-Asian	London
OPSO	Greek	London
Ormer Mayfair	British	London
Paco Tapas	Tapas / Small Plates	Bristol
Palm Court at The Langham, London	English	London
Peace and Loaf Restaurant	British	Newcastle and Northumberland
Petrus	French	London
Pidgin	Modern European	London
Pollen Street Social	British	London
Portland Restaurant	British	London
Primeur	Contemporary European	London
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay	Contemporary French	London
Roka Aldwych	Japanese	London
Roux at The Landau	Modern European	London
Salon	British	London
Smiths Restaurant Wapping	Seafood	London
som saa	Thai	London
St. John	British	London
Stones Restaurant Matlock	British	Derbyshire
Suvlaki Shoreditch	Greek	London
Tendido Cero	Spanish	London
The Black Rat	British	Hampshire
The Chefs Table	British	Cheshire
The Delaunay	European	London
The Glasshouse	Modern European	London
The Hind’s Head – Bray	British	Berkshire
The North Port Restaurant	Scottish	Perthshire/Stirlingshire
The Poet at Matfield	British	Kent
The Savoy, Thames Foyer	Afternoon Tea	London
The Three Oaks	British	Buckinghamshire
The Westwood Restaurant, Beverley	English	Yorkshire
The White Hart at Fyfield	British	Oxford/Oxfordshire
The White Onion	French	London
Vasco & Piero’s Pavilion Restaurant	Italian	London
Wild Mushroom	British	East Sussex
Wiltons	British	London
Zafferano Restaurant	Italian	London