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The Good Food Guide’s 'Exceptional' restaurants in Britain
Published 06 February 2023

Spring leeks, duck egg butter & sour potato waffles at Inver, Strachur, Argyll & Bute, Exceptional (Credit: Alexander Baxter)

The Good Food Guide team is continuing to visit restaurants across Britain and there is always huge excitement when an inspector sends in a glowing report detailing somewhere extraordinary. These restaurants, rated 'Exceptional' in the Guide, are noted not just for their remarkable food and service, but for a telling uniqueness to the whole experience. To achieve such a high rating is no easy task. This list, ever-growing, is one to savour. These restaurants sit just below our 'World Class' entries: L'Enclume; Ynyshir; and Moor Hall.

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A. Wong, Victoria, London

Annwn, Lawrenny, Kilgetty, Pembrokeshire

Aulis London, Soho, London

Cail Bruich, Glasgow, Strathclyde

Carters of Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands

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Dining room at Carters of Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands
Dining room at Carters of Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands

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Claude Bosi at Bibendum, South Kensington, London

Condita, Edinburgh, Lothians

Da Terra, Bethnal Green, London

Endo at the Rotunda, White City, London

Grace & Savour, Hampton-in-Arden, West Midlands

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Dining room at Grace & Savour, Hampton-in-Arden, West Midlands, Exceptional
Dining room at Grace & Savour, Hampton-in-Arden, West Midlands, Exceptional

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Harborne Kitchen, Birmingham, West Midlands

Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, London

Hide and Fox, Hythe, Kent

Hjem, Wall, Northumberland

Home at Penarth, Penarth, Cardiff

Inver, Strachur, Argyll & Bute

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Fish dish at Inver, Strachur, Argyll & Bute, Exceptional

Spring leeks, duck egg butter & sour potato waffles at Inver, Strachur, Argyll & Bute, Exceptional

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Kol, Marylebone, London

La Dame De Pic London, Tower Hill, London

Lake Road Kitchen, Ambleside, Cumbria

Meadowsweet, Holt, Norfolk

Old Stamp House, Ambleside, Cumbria

Osip, Bruton, Somerset

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Dining room at Osip, Bruton, Somerset, Exceptional
Dining room at Osip, Bruton, Somerset, Exceptional

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Outlaw's New Road, Port Isaac, Cornwall

Pine, East Wallhouses, Northumberland

Pollen Street Social, Mayfair, London

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Chelsea, London

Restaurant Story, Bermondsey, London

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Dining room at Restaurant Story, Bermondsey, London, Exceptional
Dining room at Restaurant Story, Bermondsey, London, Exceptional

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Restaurant Twenty-Two, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Silo, Hackney, London

Solstice by Kenny Atkinson, Newcastle upon Tyne

Sosban & The Old Butcher's, Isle of Anglesey

SY23 Restaurant, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant, Crief, Perthshire & Kinross

The Little Fish Market, Hove, East Sussex

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Scallops at The Little Fish Market, Hove, East Sussex, Exceptional
Scallops at The Little Fish Market, Hove, East Sussex, Exceptional

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The Raby Hunt, Summerhouse, Co Durham

The Sportsman, Whitstable, Kent

The White Swan, Fence, Lancashire

The Wilderness, Birmingham, West Midlands

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Dining room at The Wilderness, Birmingham, West Midlands, Exceptional
Dining room at The Wilderness, Birmingham, West Midlands, Exceptional

These are listed alphabetically and are not an indication of rank.

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