Plymouth
This top-notch chip shop is renowned across the city – there are often queues out the door at peak times. If you're planning on eating al fresco, be…
Plymouth
This top-notch chip shop is renowned across the city – there are often queues out the door at peak times. If you're planning on eating al fresco, be…
Dorset
Shaftesbury's top table has been keeping local foodies happy for more than 25 years. Traditional ingredients predominate – expect beef, guinea fowl,…
Keswick
Dog fans rejoice: this popular Keswick cafe is nuts about canines. Dishes here are named after dogs of legend (The Muttley, The Old Yeller, The…
Oxford
This long-standing Jericho institution is a sure bet for tasty and authentic Lebanese food. For vegetarians especially, the wide range of hot and cold…
The West End
This small, white-tiled cafe has a terrific choice of pies to satisfy all levels of hunger, from careful nibblers to voracious teens. Meat is all free…
South Cornwall
Perennially popular with Falmouth's hungry student population, this laid-back joint turns out the town's best handmade burgers and hot dawgs. Go for a…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
This diminutive eatery is a wonderfully authentic take on a Spanish tapas bar and has excellent eats. Seats are at the bar, along the window, or on one of…
Bath
The queen of Bath's gastropubs has food that's closer to that of a fine-dining restaurant – smoked white-bean purée, and crab and ginger salad rather than…
Northumberland Coast
You can watch the causeway tides on webcam at this sociable mainland pub 1 mile northeast of the A1 turn-off (2 miles west of the island). Lindisfarne…
Canterbury
You literally eat your dinner off the floor in this place – the tables are made of what looks like squares of reclaimed parquet floors! Thankfully there's…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
This refurbished Georgian inn is a great place to refuel after an ascent of Cader Idris, especially if you're heading back to nearby Machynlleth. Pub…
London
As the name suggests, fish is definitely on the menu of the South Place Hotel's Michelin-starred restaurant – but so are game meats such as duck and…
South Cornwall
With three locations in Cornwall and another in Exeter, this ever-popular burger joint is definitely doing something right. This is the original and best…
South Cornwall
This rural farm's bread-and-butter is hosting weddings, but it's also made a name for itself thanks to its lavish monthly feasts. They're usually themed –…
Northwest England
Nestling at the foot of Pendle Hill, this cosy rural retreat serves hearty breakfast, lunch and dinner menus aimed at refuelling weary walkers, from a…
St Ives
On one of St Ives' oldest – and loveliest – backstreets, this little cafe is a newcomer, but already a local favourite. It's small, cosy and friendly,…
North London
Perfect for grabbing ingredients for a picnic by the canal, this branch of the upmarket supermarket isn't your typical grocery shopping experience. Not…
Outer Hebrides
This stylish cafe and art gallery, a couple of miles outside Tarbert on the road north towards Stornoway, occupies a hilltop site with breathtaking views…
Cumbria & the Lakes
If you don't mind a drive, this pretty pub in the village of Clifton makes a good lunch or dinner stop. It's situated on the Lowther Estate and sources…
Bath
This cool cafe-bar offers something for everyone at most times of the day: breakfast cappuccino, lunchtime soup and late-night beer and cocktails. There's…
Trotternish
This turf-roofed, timber-clad art gallery and espresso bar will be familiar to fans of British TV's Grand Designs – it was featured on the Channel 4…
County Antrim
Fronted by a fire engine–red door, this little cottage sits 200m off the main coast road along the side road to Ballintoy Harbour. Everything is homemade:…
Kent
The shabby-chic jumble of tables and chairs, big-print wallpaper and blackboard menus create the perfect stage for meticulously crafted mains containing…
Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire
A winning collaboration between some Welsh rugby internationals and a food writer, this upmarket restaurant occupies the cavernous, church-like confines…
Jersey
This smart, family-run restaurant is as sustainable as it gets: its fish, meat, seafood and dairy are locally sourced, its wild herbs foraged across…
Stirling
Built in stone as solid as the castle that it stands below, this former school is just the spot for a pint and a pub lunch after your castle visit. With…
The West End
This fun and friendly original branch of The Breakfast Club chain has been successfully frying up since 2005. Full Monty or All American brekkies are the…
Brighton & Hove
If you are looking for some imaginatively fashioned tapas, the Sussex chorizo, roast bone marrow and mozzarella with peas, mint and lemon really hit the…
Yorkshire Dales National Park
This craft coffee and tea house has a minimalist interior and Skipton's best coffee. The provenance of its rotating beans is chalked up on a board, along…
Bath
The flavourful fillings and light pastry of the pasties at baker Richard Bertinet's take-out shop could change your view of that foodstuff for good. You…
Whitby
The Magpie flaunts its reputation for serving the 'World's Best Fish and Chips'. Damn fine they are too, but the world and his dog knows about it and…
Isle of Wight
When a beachfront pub is this bedecked with pirate paraphernalia, ships' lanterns and lifebelts, you tend to be wary of the meals. No need. The seafood…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
Breakfast first up, burgers at lunch, tea in the afternoon and tapas in the evening – Olif morphs to please throughout the day. The tapas has a distinctly…
The Lake District
The definition of a neighbourhood bistro: it's a locals' favourite and if you come more than once you'll probably be greeted by name. It's a tiny space…
The Lake District
This smart gastropub sits atop a grassy knoll near the Bowness shoreline and offers superior pub grub: think focaccia pizzas, sea bass with pak choi and…
Orkney
The heart of the Westray community, this refurbished local pub is famous throughout Orkney for its popular fish and chips – whatever has turned up in the…
Leith
Housed in the old Victorian fish-market building next to Newhaven harbour, this stylish restaurant and seafood deli serves up spectacular shellfish…
Brighton & Hove
Situated between Brighton and Hove, Wolfox is a hip café and wine bar that’s worth walking to. Where possible they use fresh, local and organic…
The West End
A small and cool ground-floor and basement hideout for the Marylebone hipster set, Monocle Cafe (from the eponymous magazine) is a delightful addition to…
North London
Although everything is of a high standard, if there's one thing you should try at Namaaste, it's the kebab platter: the meat and fish coming off the…
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