Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2026: The Ultimate Culinary Collection — Page 12

A Michelin Plate-recognised inn in the Somerset hills, The Cotley Inn earns consecutive awards (2024, 2025) with seasonal, nose-to-tail cooking from on-site-reared animals and a kitchen garden; all at an accessible ££ price point. Easy to book, with on-site accommodation in converted outbuildings. A strong choice for countryside dining without the advance planning or high spend that comparable-quality venues demand.

Two Michelin stars and a La Liste top-100 ranking in a remote West Cork harbour village, dede is a destination tasting menu built on the intersection of Turkish culinary tradition and Irish coastal produce. Chef Ahmet Dede's cooking is technically exacting and genuinely distinctive. Book as far ahead as possible; this is one of the hardest tables in Ireland to secure.

A Michelin-starred village inn outside Abergavenny that delivers technically assured, seasonal Modern British cooking at £££; meaningfully less than London equivalents of comparable quality. Shaun Hill's fish dishes and classically rooted menu make this worth the drive. Book well ahead: tables are hard to secure.

Mulcahys is Kenmare's most practical combination of quality and value; a Michelin Plate holder (2025), built around local beef and seafood at the €€ price point. The bar-into-dining-room format makes it one of the few spots in town for a flexible late evening. Book it if you want well-executed traditional Irish cooking without a formal price tag.

Mountain is one of London's hardest dinner reservations at the £££ tier; and one of its most justified. Tomos Parry's wood-fire-driven, Spanish-influenced Soho restaurant ranked #74 on the World's 50 Best list in 2025 and holds a Michelin star. The open kitchen, sharing-plate format, a wine list fully available by the glass make it a strong case for celebration dining without the formality of ££££ London.

Fish & Forest holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025 and. At £££, it delivers sourcing-led Modern British cooking built around small-boat fish, locally shot game, ethically reared meat, with a blackboard menu that changes with availability. The most ingredient-serious booking in York at this price point.

Lilibet's is a good Mayfair pick when the brief is polished, central, easier to arrange than the higher-profile luxury rooms nearby. Lunch is the safer first booking for conversation or business; dinner works better for a small celebration where the Bruton Street setting matters.

Docket is the strongest case for serious tasting menu dining in Shropshire; a Michelin Plate holder in both 2024 and 2025, with Stuart Collins delivering imaginative Modern British cooking underpinned by classical technique in a relaxed, high-street setting. At ££££ with warm, engaged service from Frances Collins, it is the right choice for a special occasion dinner in the region.

Da Terra holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste ranking above 83 points, with Rafael Cagali's Brazilian-influenced tasting menu consistently rated among London's most original. At £245 for dinner or £110 for the set lunch, it delivers more warmth and cultural distinctiveness than most West End equivalents at this level. Book six to eight weeks ahead for dinner; Saturday lunch is your best practical entry point.

Engine Social Dining holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand awards (2024, 2025) and, delivering globally inspired sharing plates from a wood-burning-oven kitchen in Sowerby Bridge at a ££ price point. Warm, attentive service and serious cooking make it the strongest value special-occasion option in the area.

Through the Woods is an 18-seat Modern British restaurant in Crouch End with two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024–2025), a fixed weekly-changing four-course menu, a pre-pay model. At £££ it delivers focused, seasonal cooking at fair value; book two to three weeks ahead and arrive at 7.30pm sharp.

Gareth Ward's two-Michelin-star restaurant in rural mid Wales demands serious commitment: four to five hours, around 30 courses, a rock-venue atmosphere, near-impossible booking. The kitchen's blend of Japanese precision and Welsh produce is technically formidable, La Liste ranks it at 96 points. Stay on site; the remoteness is real, the evening runs long.

Fischer's Baslow Hall is the Peak District's most considered address for a formal dinner; Michelin Plate recognised in both 2024 and 2025, with Chatsworth Estate venison making autumn visits the most compelling. Book several weeks in advance and request the Kitchen Bench if you want a front-row seat. At ££££, it earns its price most clearly in game season.

A Michelin Plate-recognised pub-restaurant in a 15th-century coaching inn, Bay Horse delivers serious modern cooking at ££ pricing; a combination that is hard to find in the north-east.

Ranked sixth on the Sunday Times Ireland's 100 Best Restaurants for 2025, Lena is the strongest case for a neighbourhood Italian dinner in Dublin. The Portobello canalside setting, a well-chosen Italian wine list, service that handles a busy room with genuine warmth make it worth booking two to three weeks out. Go for the ossobuco and the tiramisu.

The Rum Fox is a Michelin Plate-recognised village pub in Grindleton's Ribble Valley, delivering well-sourced Traditional British cooking; think Lancashire cheese soufflé and treacle-glazed pig's cheeks; at ££ per head. The set three-course menu is the value call. Easy to book, with a cosy bar and a bright orangery dining room, it is the most practical special occasion option in the area.

A natural wine bar and shop on Newington Green, Cadet brings together importers Beattie & Roberts and a St John and Lyle's-trained kitchen to deliver largely French natural wines alongside charcuterie-led food. Go Thursday to Sunday for the full blackboard menu. Easy to book, strong value, well-suited to wine-focused solo diners and pairs.

A Michelin Plate Indian restaurant in Mayfair delivering Anglo-infused and north-eastern regional Indian cooking at £££; well below the neighbourhood's going rate for this level of quality. Atul Kochhar's kitchen is consistent, the room is glamorous without being stiff, the Express Lunch and Monday wine-inclusive menu represent two of the better value propositions in W1.

Faru is Durham's most technically accomplished tasting menu restaurant, holding a Michelin Plate (2025) and. Jake and Laura Siddle's sourcing-led menu; five or ten courses at £££; delivers precise, punchy cooking with a wine pairing programme that outperforms its regional peers. Book two to three weeks ahead; weekend slots fill fast.

A Michelin Plate neighbourhood bistro in Hove delivering precise seasonal cooking at ££ prices. The weekly-changing menu, strong small-producer wine list, a sub-£30 set menu make this one of Brighton and Hove's most compelling value propositions. Book for weekday lunch to catch the set menu and a quieter room.

Rare holds two consecutive Michelin Plates for its Tamil Nadu-influenced cooking built on West Cork produce; a combination that doesn't exist elsewhere in Ireland at this level. At €€€€, it's priced to reflect serious kitchen labour, not the room. The right call for a special dinner in Kinsale, one of the stronger fine-dining cases in Munster.

Pollini at Ladbroke Hall earns two consecutive Michelin Plates for ingredient-led Italian cooking inside a restored Edwardian arts venue at the top of Ladbroke Grove. At £££, it sits a practical tier below London's starred Italian rooms, with homemade pasta as the kitchen's clear strength. Book two to three weeks out for weekends; the setting and the cooking together justify the trip to W10.

Michelin-starred coaching inn at 1,000 ft on the Whinlatter Pass, open Wednesday to Saturday. Dinner is seven courses at £120 per person; lunch five courses at £75. Book well in advance; demand is high since the 2024 star; and consider staying overnight to take advantage of the alternating daily menus. Reviewers consistently rate the welcome and cooking as outstanding.

A Michelin Plate-recognised pub on Hunsdon's high street, Fox & Hounds earns its credential through honest classical cooking and a Josper-grilled rare breed beef programme; all at ££ pricing with easy booking. It is the right call for low-key celebrations or a quality rural dinner without the planning effort of a starred venue.

Collinsons holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025 and, making it the most credentialled dining room in Broughty Ferry. Chef-owner Stephen Collinson delivers generous, well-executed classical dishes at a ££ price point that makes the quality feel like good value. Book midweek for the most relaxed experience.

Ploussard is a practical Clapham Junction pick for a later London dinner when ease matters as much as recognition. The Michelin Guide Plate gives it a useful trust signal, but the stronger reason to choose it is the low-friction neighbourhood format rather than a formal special-occasion setup.