For the second time in three years, Martin Wishart’s eponymous restaurant in Edinburgh has been named the best restaurant in the UK, for the year up to February 2011.
Glaswegian restaurant Piccolo Mondo followed in second position, and was also voted the best Italian restaurant in the UK.
Wishart, who saw his Edinburgh restaurant fall to seventh place in last year’s diner-rated awards, said: “I’m over the moon to sit at the top of the list again this year. There are so many very good restaurants in the list that it is deeply satisfying to be amongst them and to be consistently highly rated by my customers.”
Michel Roux Jr’s Le Gavroche held onto third place in this year’s list achieving the highest ratings for service, which was described by Toptable users as “discreet and exceedingly efficient”.
Other London restaurants Chez Bruce and Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s scooped fourth and fifth place, leaving room for a further Scottish restaurant to sit within the top 10 – India Quay in Glasgow.
Last year’s number one restaurant, Gidleigh Park in Devon, failed to even make the list this year, although executive chef Michael Caines’ Bath Priory caught a mention at number 55.
Lucy Taylor, head of restaurant relations, said: “It is particularly refreshing to see some less well known restaurants such as The Case Restaurant with Rooms in Sudbury, The Black Horse Restaurant and Bar in Swadlingcote and local heroes such as Piccolo Mondo making it into the top 100. This reflects both the breadth of restaurants featured on Toptable and our customers’ passion and enthusiasm for dining out.”
The Toptable 2011 Top 100 Restaurant Awards results:
Best for Value
1. Piccolo Mondo, Glasgow
2. Chez Bruce, Wandsworth
3. The Case Restaurant with Rooms, Sudbury
4. Flame, London
5. Conservatory Restaurant, Exeter
6. The Black Horse Restaurant & Bar, Swadlincote
7. Zucca, London
8. Tikino, London
9. 110 Restaurant, Edinburgh
10. India Quay, Glasgow
Best for Service
1. Le Gavroche, London
2. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
3. Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, Mayfair
4. Piccolo Mondo, Glasgow
5. Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, London
6. Conservatory Restaurant, Exeter
7. Apsleys, a Heinz Beck Restaurant, London
8. India Quay, Glasgow
9. The Case Restaurant with Rooms, Sudbury
10. The Grill at the Dorchester, Mayfair
Best Ambience
1. Piccolo Mondo, Glasgow
2. Le Gavroche, London
3. Rhubarb, Edinburgh
4. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
5. Apsleys, a Heinz Beck Restaurant, London
6. Kendells Bistro, Leeds
7. Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, London
8. Clos Maggiore, London
9. Blenio Bistro, Brighton
10. Tigerlily, Edinburgh
Most Recommended
1. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
2. Piccolo Mondo, Glasgow
3. Chez Bruce, London
4. Conservatory Restaurant, Exeter
5. The Case Restaurant with Rooms, Sudbury
6. Le Gavroche, London
7. India Quay, Glasgow
8. The French Table, Surbiton
9. Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, London
10. The Black Horse Restaurant & Bar, Swadlincote
Best Toilets
1. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
2. Piccolo Mondo, Glasgow
3. Roux at The Landau, London
4. Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, London
5. The Grill at the Dorcheste, London
6. The Athenaeum, Mayfair
7. The Clarendon, Chandlers
8. Cucina, Edinburgh
9. Le Gavroche, London
10. India Quay, Glasgow
Top 100 Diner Rated
1. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
2. Piccolo Mondo, Glaswgo
3. Le Gavroche, London
4. Chez Bruce, Wandsworth Common
5. Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, London
6. Conservatory Restaurant, Exeter
7. India Quay, Glasgow
8. The Case Restaurant with Rooms, Sudbury
9. Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, Mayfair
10. Artisan, Mayfair
11. The Black Horse Restaurant & Bar, Swadlincote
12. Apsleys, a Heinz Beck Restaurant, London
13. Roux at The Landau, London
14. The French Table, Surbiton
15. Pétrus - Gordon Ramsay, London
16. Number One, Edinburgh
17. Launceston Place, Kensington
18. Chapter One, Locksbottom
19. The Greenhouse, London
20. Kendells Bistro, Leeds
21. Vatika Restaurant, Southampton
22. Restaurant Tristan, Horsham
23. Ondine Restaurant, Edinburgh
24. Zucca, London
25. Clos Maggiore, London
26. The Grill at the Dorchester, Mayfair
27. The Living Room, Glasgow
28. Rhubarb, Edinburgh
29. Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley, Knightsbridge
30. Pied a Terre, London
31. Gauthier Soho, London
32. Gaucho, London
33. Seven Park Place by William Drabble, St. James's
34. The Spice Pavilion, Edinburgh
35. Khyber, Croydon
36. Borelli's Bar Restaurant, Farnham
37. Cah-Chi , Earlsfield
38. Blenio Bistro, Brighton
39. Mystica, Addlestone
40. Tigerlily, Edinburgh
41. Bartellas, Margaretting
42. Quantus, London
43. One-O-One RestaurantKnightsbridge
44. Trinity, Clapham
45. The Restaurant at Drakes, Brighton
46. The Olive Tree, Bath
47. Gaucho, Manchester
48. Galvin La Chapelle, Spitalfields
49. Roussillon Restaurant, London
50. Roux at Parliament Square, Westminster
51. Thackeray's, Tunbridge Wells
52. Albert's Table, London
53. Sketch Lecture Room and Library, London
54. Orrery, Marylebone
55. The Bath Priory Restaurant, Bath
56. Trattoria La Ruga, London
57. The Waggoners, Welwyn
58. Monsoona, Aberdeen
59. The Dower House @ Royal Crescent, Bath
60. L'Escargot Blanc, Edinburgh
61. Kerachers Restaurant, Perth
62. Mulberry Restaurant, Langshott
63. Ashiana Restaurant, Nottingham
64. Il Portico, Kensington
65. The Milroy, London
66. The Vineyard Restaurant, Wrotham Heath
67. The Ritz Restaurant, London
68. The Stockbridge Restaurant, Edinburgh
69. The Canny Man Restaurant and Bar, Lugton
70. The Restaurant at The New Ellington, Leeds
71. Opus One, Manchetser
72. The River Bar and Restaurant, Manchester
73. The Promenade, London
74. Brasserie Roux, London
75. Bartellas, Meopham
76. Linen, Manchester
77. The Square, London
78. Gaucho, Leeds
79. Prosecco, Bristol
80. Hibiscus, London
81. Pearl by Jun Tanaka, Holborn
82. Gaucho, Tower Hill
83. Gaucho, Bloomsbury
84. Café No 8, York
85. San Carlo, Manchester
86. Warung Tujuh, Brighton
87. JW Steakhouse London
88. Ronnie's, Thornbury
89. Upstairs at the Grill, Chester
90. The Bingham, Richmond
91. Asha's Indian Bar and Restaurant, Birmingham
92. The Cinnamon Club, Westminster
93. Galvin at Windows, London
94. Benares, Mayfair
95. Soseki, London
96. Villa Romana, Fareham
97. Wiltons, St. James's
98. L'Ortolan, Reading
99. Turners of Harborne, Birmingham
100. Graze Restaurant, Hove