Editorial
Best Local Restaurant Published 24 May 2024
Best Local Restaurants 2024 - Nomination form
Nominations for Best Local Restaurants 2024 are now closed. If you want to leave feedback on establishments you have recently visited, you can do so here. Every piece of feedback we receive is read by our editorial team and will go on to inform our reviews of restaurants featuring in the guide. To nominate a restaurant for ...
Feature Published 22 May 2024
The experts’ guide to drinking wine in restaurants
Are you confused by restaurant wine lists? Of course you are. Do you panic, point at the first thing that you vaguely recognise and hope it’s OK? Of course you do.
Local Guide Published 15 May 2024
Where to eat in Whitstable
Cool, trendy Whitstable, with its pretty beach huts, fishermen’s cottages and working harbour, remains a magical spot. The Sportsman in nearby Seasalter established a beachhead almost 25 years ago, and Stephen Harris’s pioneering produce-first approach is still well worth the pilgrimage, but a table here requires planning ahead. For a more spur of the moment trip there are plenty of ...
Where to eat Published 14 May 2024
Best restaurants in Birmingham
Food and drink have always played an important role in Birmingham. After all, this is the city that gave us Bird’s custard powder, Cadbury’s chocolate and HP Sauce. And no other English provincial city is as well served with such a range of unique and frequently exceptional restaurants right across the price range.
Where to eat Published 14 May 2024
Where to eat when visiting the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
If you’re wilting after a day in the sun (or need a retreat from the drizzle) our selection of restaurants near the RHS Chelsea Flower Show will offer you the best food, drink and hospitality in the area, from characterful pubs to top fish counters and elegant neighbourhood bistros.
Where to eat Published 10 May 2024
Best restaurants for your first alfresco meal of the year
South-facing sun traps, hidden roof terraces, and kitchen gardens budding into life, as the weather gets warmer, we invite you to take a seat at these Good Food Guide restaurants primed for excellent alfresco dining.
Local Guide Published 08 May 2024
A local’s guide to Islington: the best bakeries, top sushi and champion bartenders
Champagne socialist is a term often attributed to Islington residents, and one glance at its picturesque townhouses nestled next to wine bars and delis makes it easy to understand why.
News Published 07 May 2024
New Restaurant Openings in 2024
New and notable restaurant openings across Britain in 2024
Best Local Restaurant Published 03 May 2024
Best Local Restaurants 2024: the frontrunners
The search for Britain’s best local restaurants is back for 2024 and we've been reading thousands of your nominations as they flood in. Here’s a glimpse of the restaurants topping the leaderboard at the halfway mark, but with nominations open until 22nd May, it’s all to play for.
Feature Published 03 May 2024
The Good Food Guide: our restaurant scoring system explained
Trusting to hearsay can prove very costly these days. A restaurant’s sound reputation, once established, may cling on undeserved through years of decline. Guiding to the best is the purpose of this new scoring system – but so is protection from the second rate.