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Member perks at Britain’s Best Local Restaurants 2024
Published 26 July 2024

Enjoy the extraordinary local creativity and talent, personal hospitality and genuine community spirit at our Best Local Restaurants of 2024. Good Food Guide members will be treated to up to 20% off their bill or perhaps a glass of Champagne to help celebrate.

Explore these perks and many more on the member perks page.

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Bavette

Leeds, West Yorkshire ££

The very model of a genuine neighbourhood bistro

Opened by Sandy Jarvis and Clément Cousin in spring 2024, this lively French bistro has garnered spirited praise for its food, wine, service and atmosphere. The couple arrived with a wealth of hospitality experience in… Read more

4-6 Town Street, Horsforth , Leeds, West Yorkshire LS18 4RJ

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Caper and Cure

Bristol ££

‘Cash chemists’ proclaims the 1920s mosaic tiling at the entrance to Caper and Cure – a reminder that the site was famously a pharmaceutical drop-in where poorly folk could procure their remedies without prescrip… Read more

108a Stokes Croft, Cotham, Bristol BS1 3RU

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Catch 22

Valley, Isle of Anglesey ££

Family-friendly, all-day brasserie with a welcoming vibe

Two words: Snickers trifle. Described by one devotee as ‘the best pudding in the world,’ it’s a local legend and commands a loyal following at this all-day brasserie. Praise indeed. A welcome pit-stop on the way … Read more

London Road, Valley, Isle of Anglesey LL65 3DP

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Chapter

Birmingham, West Midlands ££

Playing a starring role at the Artisan Market in Edgbaston, Chapter covers a lot of bases in one stylish, streamlined package. Weekend breakfasts should start the day as you mean it to go on, a smart bar with glitzy cocktails open… Read more

5 Greenfield Crecent, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 3BE

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Cibus

Levenshulme, Greater Manchester ££

Popular and super-friendly neighbourhood trattoria

Levenshulme’s Stockport Road is a notoriously crammed highway flanked by a string of kebab shops, curry houses, takeaways and discount warehouses. Cibus sits modestly in the midst of this hustle and bustle, grown from a… Read more

847-849 Stockport Road , Levenshulme, Greater Manchester M19 3PW

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Coin

Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire £

Hebden has gone hip while our backs were turned. It has always been a place of laid-back cafés and cake shops, but a boho wave has rippled through the stone-built town centre: one well-travelled visitor almost felt their&nb… Read more

Albert Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 8AH

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Covino

Chester, Cheshire ££

* Chef George Prole is leaving and the restaurant is launching a programme of ‘guest chef’ residencies, beginning with Chester-based Roux scholar Harry Guy, who will take over the kitchen for three months from 17 Janua… Read more

118 Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire CH1 2HT

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Darleys

Darley Abbey, Derbyshire ££

Back in the day, Darleys was a destination address for those looking for a ‘posh option’ when celebrating significant birthdays, anniversaries or graduations. But the current owners, who took over in 2019, have refurbi… Read more

Waterfront, Darley Abbey Mills, Haslams Lane, Darley Abbey, Derbyshire DE22 1DZ

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Edie's

St Austell , Cornwall ££

Likeable neighbourhood spot with bags of sympathetic charm

Above Carlyon Bay, at one end of a parade of shops and cafés behind an area of off-road parking, there is more culinary glamour to Edie's than might first appear. Co-owner and chef Nigel Brown has done stints at Le Man… Read more

10 Beach Road, Carlyon Bay , St Austell , Cornwall PL25 3PH

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Fin & Grape

Edinburgh, Lothians ££

Quite possibly Edinburgh's best seafood restaurant

In a small city such as Edinburgh, neighbourhoods have a habit of losing out to the bright lights and buzz of whatever happens in the centre. That said, Bruntsfield hot spot Fin & Grape has all the hallmarks of a fine nei… Read more

19 Colinton Road, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, Lothians EH10 5DP

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Food Leigh on Sea

Leigh-on-Sea , Essex £££

A high-street restaurant with warmth and nourishment at its heart

‘Classy and cool’; ‘just great food’; 'original, packed full of flavour, presented with care’ – just some of the praise heaped on John Lawson's singular restaurant. This welcoming, intimate… Read more

92 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea , Essex SS9 1BU

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Fourth and Church

Hove, East Sussex ££

The intersection of Fourth Avenue and Church Road provides the distinctly American-sounding name of this popular wine shop and eatery opposite the old Hove Town Hall. With its bottle-stacked shelves and counter seating, the whole … Read more

84 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2EB

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Freckled Angel

Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey ££

A small-plates restaurant ministering to locals and tourists alike

It’s been almost a decade since Freckled Angel descended from its celestial perch to Menai Bridge, and indeed only two years since it transfigured into its new premises on Dale Street (whose lower storey looks like a Scandin… Read more

Dale Street, Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey LL59 5AW

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Greyhound Inn

Pettistree, Suffolk £££

Unfussy cooking and warm hospitality in a welcoming village hostelry

A gem of a village pub, owned and run by Will Orrock and his wife Cassidy Hughes, where there’s more than a passing nod to the Fergus Henderson (St John) school of cookery. Chef Adam Spicer's menu is brisk – beautiful … Read more

The Street , Pettistree, Suffolk IP13 0HP

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Harbour Street Tapas

Whitstable, Kent £

‘Perfect size. Perfect price. Perfectly cooked.' This is what is meant by a local restaurant: a convivial, friendly, family-run place that has a good regular following and where value for money is a big plus. Lee and Lucy Mu… Read more

48 Harbour Street, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1AQ

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Hearth

Hull, East Yorkshire ££

Spreading like proved dough over two floors of a Grade II-listed building on thriving Trinity Square, Hearth comprises a bakery (open through the day at the back end of the week) and a first-floor dining room in the hands of Ryan … Read more

10.5 King Street, Hull, East Yorkshire HU1 2JJ

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Homestead Kitchen

Goathland, North Yorkshire £££

With the North York Moors unrolling before you like a full-scale map beyond the windows of this converted farmhouse and smithy, you won't lack for visual ravishment. The village of Goathland will seem topographically familia… Read more

Prudom House, Goathland, North Yorkshire YO22 5AN

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Inn at the Sticks

Llansteffan , Carmarthenshire ££

Welsh sharing plates served with warmth and verve

Llansteffan sits on the blue-green Tywi estuary, its ascending streets of pretty houses topped by a magnificent castle. Set at the upper end of the village, close to the church, the Inn at the Sticks covers many bases: bedrooms an… Read more

High Street , Llansteffan , Carmarthenshire SA33 5JG

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Mori Mori

Margate, Kent £

‘Recommend this to everyone in town.' Thus speaks one Margate local, giving thanks for the gift of this simple izakaya-style Japanese restaurant located a brisk walk from the Old Town on increasingly food-centred Northdown R… Read more

80 Northdown Road, Margate, Kent CT9 2RE

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Origin Social

Northallerton, North Yorkshire ££

Imaginative small-plate dining in a Yorkshire country town

One could easily walk past Origin Social thinking it was just another café/bar on an anonymous strip with views of passing traffic and a Kwik Fit garage – in fact it is rather exceptional. With its long bar, substanti… Read more

2 Friarage Street, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 1DP

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Paternoster Farm

Hundleton, Pembrokeshire £££

A 'field to fork' farmstead restaurant is always a bracing proposition, and this one, deep in the Pembrokeshire wilds is no exception. Whatever beaten track there might be hereabouts (actually the B4320 near Hundleton), they're of… Read more

Hundleton, Pembrokeshire SA71 5RX

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Pompette

Oxford, Oxfordshire £££

Neighbourhood French fancy catering for north Oxford locals

Summertown locals are lucky to have family-run Pompette on their doorstep and they’re eager to applaud every aspect of this little slice of French bonhomie in the north of the city. With its walls emblazoned with artwork, a … Read more

7 South Parade, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 7JL

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The Barrington Boar

Barrington, Somerset ££

If it's worth finding a perfectly pristine English village – and it always is – it's also worth hoping that the local hostelry will be a forward-thinking ancient inn serving adventurous modern British food. Welcom… Read more

Main Street, Barrington, Somerset TA19 0JB

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The Dory Bistro

Pittenweem, Fife ££

It's a ‘wonderful thing’ to eat in a restaurant that cooks fish landed 40 metres from the kitchen, enthused one visitor – highlighting the fact that this bright and airy harbourfront bistro (with an art gallery a… Read more

15 East Shore, Pittenweem, Fife KY10 2NH

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The Gordon Arms

Selkirk, Borders ££

Family-run venue showcasing local hospitality and local ingredients

A 20-year tenure at the Oxford Arms in Kirtlington earned Bryn and Oxana Jones a strong pedigree that stood them in good stead when they relocated to Scotland in 2022. It also gave them the opportunity to sensitively ref… Read more

Yarrow Valley, Selkirk, Borders TD7 5LE

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The Shed

Swansea ££

Cool warehouse dining with a true Welsh heart

Occupying one end of a former grain store overlooking the steely waters of the Prince of Wales Dock on Swansea’s regenerated waterfront, the Shed emphasises the building's original features including exposed brickwork, … Read more

Unit 1&2 J-Shed, Kings Road, Swansea SA1 8PL

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The Small Canteen

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear ££

Delightfully homely, generous bistro in the Newcastle suburbs

It may be small, with just four tables and a counter across the window of an unprepossessing building, but the Small Canteen has a big heart. The concise menu is squashed and smudged onto a blackboard in Sam Betts’ ever-so-s… Read more

17 Starbeck Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear NE2 1RH

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The Warren

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire ££

Free-spirited chef and restaurateur Deri Reed set up the Warren as a community hub – a funky local venue driven entirely by renewable energy and run by a bevy of ‘patient and kind’ staff. Inside is a labyrinth of… Read more

11 Mansel Street, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire SA31 1PX

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The Woodspeen

Woodspeen, Berkshire £££

The buzzy, anticipatory atmosphere among diners at this polished magnet for Berkshire’s food-lovers is contagious. Lucratively located near the M4, A34 and A4, the Woodspeen nevertheless occupies a quiet patch of verdant countryside and comes complete with a cookery school. In 2014, it was converted from a pub – though you’d hardly realise this when you're reclining on a smart grey banquette in the stylish modern dining room to the rear, with its soaring wooden ceiling (topped by a skylight), windows looking onto the garden and full-length open-view kitchen. The food continues to attract heaps of plaudits from a multitude of fans – and it's easy to see why. Roast halibut with crispy chicken-skin crumb, Bollinger and apple purée indicates the level of ambition to be found here, while beef Wellington for two is a speciality – although even the good-value set menu displays culinary flair and a feel for local ingredients (many from the restaurant’s kitchen garden). In May, for example, you might begin with the most delicate Parmesan arancino (crisp outside, creamy within) surrounded by a silky-smooth wild garlic and pea soup, the flavour of both ingredients skilfully balanced. Main courses are equally accomplished, a serving of succulent cured salmon, say, on crushed Jersey Royals, the whole dish elevated by a boldly flavoured fish broth and a modest sprig of purple sprouting broccoli in peak condition. After that, rhubarb pavlova makes a refreshing finale, with its light chewy meringue and delicately cooked cubes of rhubarb topped with blood-orange sorbet. Service attracts special comment from readers (‘exemplary’; ‘superb’; ‘fantastic and attentive without being overbearing’), and we found the knowledge, enthusiasm and expertise hard to fault. Second helpings of the first-rate spongy sourdough bread, served with whipped butter and a little pot of moreish black olive ‘houmous’ were provided without charge, once our appreciation had been noted. A studious, young sommelier takes his duties seriously, and the wide-ranging list is full of classy offerings – even a glass of entry-level Viognier comes bursting with juicy fruitiness. Cocktails, served in the front bar or out on the terrace, are yet another forte at this impressive set-up.

Lambourn Road, Woodspeen, Berkshire RG20 8BN

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