Editorial
Where to eat Published 02 March 2025
Dog friendly restaurants on the Norfolk coast
The Norfolk coast is a haven for food lovers, and for those dining with dogs, there’s no shortage of welcoming spots to enjoy a great meal with your four-legged companion. From relaxed pubs with roaring fires to seafood restaurants serving the freshest local catch, these dog-friendly venues offer warm hospitality alongside quality cooking. Whether you're stopping for fish and chips ...
Feature Published 28 February 2025
Unreserved: Jimi Famurewa on how the minimum spend trend is squeezing the spirit out of restaurants
To be a restaurant critic is to be a bruised veteran of the modern reservations system and the tangled politics of booking cancellations. It’s just one of hidden realities of the gig; the stressed, keyboard-tapping little figure hunched behind the curtain of the profession’s glamorously puffed-up public presentation. I have lost innumerable hours engaged in the weeks-long hokey-cokey of booking, ...
Feature Published 28 February 2025
To eat: Hafod cheddar rarebit and leek grilled cheese sandwich recipe
Maryann Wright of the charming Wright’s Food Emporium in Llanarthne lets us in on their recipe for a quick, easy and satisfying Welsh rarebit and leek grilled cheese sandwich.
News Published 26 February 2025
News bites | 26 February 2025
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News Published 26 February 2025
New Restaurant Openings in 2025
Keeping your finger on the pulse? If you've visited any of the new openings below, let us know what you think by sending us your review. Restaurant openings this year | Restaurants opening next yearRestaurants opened in 2025: January | February Restaurants opening in 2025 Pip Former Good Food Guide Chef to Watch Mary-Ellen McTague has announced her latest project, Pip, will ...
Feature Published 25 February 2025
First look: The Brasserie at Saltmoore, Whitby, North Yorkshire
Not content with restaurants in York, his home village of Oldstead and neighbouring Byland, to say nothing of a thriving online business selling produce from his Yorkshire farm, Tommy Banks’ reach in God’s Own Country now extends to the coast. The chef has taken on consultancy duties at this new hotel on an 85-acre Victorian estate, re-fashioning the tired weddings-and-anniversaries ...
GFG archive Published 25 February 2025
Through the archives: St John
Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver have been responsible for one of the most important breakaway movements in modern British cooking. They got things spot-on from the start and became pacesetters for a new generation. In celebration of their 30 years in The Good Food Guide and their place in the shortlist for Restaurant of the Year at The Good Food Guide ...
Best Local Restaurant Published 25 February 2025
The Bavette Effect: in celebration of the suburbs
Ahead of Best Local Restaurant 2025 in partnership with Square just around the corner, Leeds local and food writer Thom Archer weighs in on 'The Bavette Effect', and why the suburbs are winning out over the city centre.






The Good Food Guide Awards Published 25 February 2025
To eat: Tom Barnes' recipe for Skof's confit potatoes, cheddar and horseradish
Put your culinary expertise to the test with one of Tom Barnes’ seasonal dishes from the tasting menu at Skof, our Best New Restaurant winner in Manchester.
Best Local Restaurant Published 24 February 2025
100 Best Local Restaurants 2025 - Registration form
Our search for Britain’s best local restaurants is back for 2025, in partnership with Square. Now in its 15th year, the campaign is dedicated to seeking out and celebrating the best of local, independent and accesibly-priced dining – the places with great cooking and brilliantly warm hospitality at the beating heart of communities around Britain. Nominations open on Wednesday 5th ...