National Restaurant Awards 2012 Winners

Last night saw the 5th annual ‘National Restaurant Awards’ held in London.

The awards are all voted for by industry insiders including restaurant owners, chefs & food critics. Voters are not allowed to vote for any restaurant that they have a financial interest or involvement with and must have eaten there in the last 12 months.

It’s an interesting list, much fresher and more relevant than the Good Food Guide and particularly Michelin guides in my opinion. I was especially happy to see one of my favourite local restaurants Aumbry in 57th place as well as modern places like Burger and Lobster & MeatLiquor.

Also great to see The Hand & Flowers (which also won ‘Best Gastropub’) and The Fat Duck in 3rd & 5th place as I will be visiting them both next month and The Ledbury in 1st for a 3rd consecutive year, I will finally be paying them a visit early next summer.

Here is the complete list with links to those restaurants that I currently have reviews for on the site.

UK Top 100 Restaurants

1. The Ledbury, London 
2. Pollen Street Social, London
3. The Hand & Flowers, Marlow
4. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
5. The Fat Duck, Bray 
6. The Sportsman, Seasalter
7. The Square, London 
8. The Kitchin, Edinburgh
9. Quo Vadis, London
10. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
11. L’Enclume, Cartmel
12. 10 Greek Street, London
13. Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Oxford
14. Zuma, London
15. Alyn Williams at The Westbury, London
16. The Waterside Inn, Bray
17. The Hardwick, Abergavenny
18. Galvin La Chapelle, London
19. The Walnut Tree, Abergavenny
20. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, St Endoc
21. Roganic, London [CLOSED]
22. St John, London
23. Bocca Di Lupo, London
24. Ondine, Edinburgh
25. L’Anima, London
26. Hibiscus, London
27. Zucca, London
28. Pizarro, London
29. The Pig, Brockenhurst
30. Chez Bruce, London
31. Dabbous, London
32. Brawn, London
33. Texture, London
34. Castle Terrace, Edinburgh
35. Koya, London
36. Paul Ainsworth at Number 6
37. The River Cafe, London
38. Yauatcha, London
39. Medlar, London
40. The Elephant, Torquay
41. Midsummer House, Cambridge [Visiting Sept 2013]
42. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
43. Viajante, Lodnon
44. The Royal Oak Paley Street, Paley Street
45. Hawksmoor Seven Dials, London
46. Arbutus, London
47. Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley, London
48. Hakkasan Mayfair, London
49. The Chilli Pickle, Brighton
50. Upstairs at The Ten Bells, London
51. The Dock Kitchen, London
52. Hedone, Chiswick, London
53. The Seahorse Restaurant, Dartmouth
54. St John Hotel, London
55. Burger and Lobster, London
56. Corrigan’s Mayfair, London
57. Aumbry, Manchester
58. Galvin at Windows, London
59. La Petite Maison, London
60. Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo
61. Theo Randall at the InterContinental, London
62. The Delaunay, London
63. Le Gavroche, London
64. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles
65. Bar Boulud, London
66. Casamia, Bristol
67. Hix Soho, London
68. Gidleigh Park, Chagford
69. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
70. The Latymer at Pennyhill Park, Bagshot
71. The Wolseley, London
72. The Star at Harome, Harome
73. Roka, London
74. Koffmann’s, London
75. MeatLiquor, London 
76. Galvin Bistrot de Luxe, London
77. Bistrot Bruno Loubet, London
78. The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow
79. La Becasse, Ludlow
80. Barrafina, London
81. Moro, London
82. Cut at 45 Park Lane, London
83. Umu, London
84. Alimentum, Cambridge
85. Shu, Belfast
86. Pitt Cue, London
87. The Pass at South Lodge, Lower Beeding
88. Polpo, London
89. The Pipe and Glass Inn, Beverley
90. Purnell’s, Birmingham
91. The Potted Pig, Cardiff
92. Racine, London
93. Helene Darroze at The Connaught, London
94. The Three Chimneys, Isle of Skye
95. Brasserie Zedel, London
96. Goodman, Mayfair, London
97. Loves, Birmingham
98. Northcote Manor, Lancashire
99. Mourne Seafood, Belfast
100. Fraiche, Oxton [Visiting 2013]

What do you think of this list? Let me know in the comments below.