Restaurants in Bath

Bath's only Michelin-starred restaurant (2024) sits in the Queensberry Hotel basement and runs tasting menus from three to nine courses under head chef Chris Cleghorn. Book four to six weeks out minimum for dinner — weekend lunch slots go faster. At ££££, it is the most technically ambitious kitchen in the city and earns the price for food-focused diners who want a structured, formal evening.

The Bath Priory holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and an OAD Top 400 Europe ranking two years running — the most credentialled dining room in Bath. At ££££, it suits special occasions and serious food enthusiasts who want regional British sourcing, a calm formal atmosphere, and a country house setting with garden access. Book 4–6 weeks ahead for weekends; midweek lunch is the more accessible window.

Menu Gordon Jones is Bath's most distinctive tasting format: eight surprise courses daily, no menu, no substitutions, and a relaxed supper-club energy anchored by serious cooking. Michelin Plate-recognised for 2024 and 2025, with a 4.9 Google rating across 417 reviews. Book well ahead — it fills fast and the format is non-negotiable for omnivores only.

Wilks is a six-cover, one-chef tasting menu restaurant in west Bath, holding consecutive Michelin Plates for classical French-rooted cooking centred on prime British seafood. James Wilkins cooks, serves, and pours wine alone, making this closer to a private dinner party than a conventional restaurant. Book well ahead at ££££; the format is best suited to couples and special occasions.

Upstairs at Landrace earns its 2025 Michelin Plate through genuinely sourced seasonal produce, skilled Modern British cooking, and a relaxed room above one of Bath's best artisan bakeries. At ££, it over-delivers on value. Book ahead by a week or two — availability is still comfortable, but that will not last.

Beckford Bottle Shop holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for a reason: it delivers carefully prepared small plates and a well-stocked wine list at £££ prices that make it the strongest value-for-quality option in Bath. The attached bottle shop lets you pay corkage on retail wines, adding a flexibility most competitors cannot match. Easy to book, genuinely worth returning to.

The Chequers is Bath's most reliable Michelin Bib Gourmand pub kitchen, with back-to-back recognition in 2024 and 2025 under chef Tim Neal. At ££, it delivers confident, ingredient-driven cooking — Orkney scallops, Wiltshire pheasant, blackboard specials including prime rib to share — at a price point that undercuts every other Michelin-recognised restaurant in the city. Book for a food-led visit; the sticky toffee pudding is non-negotiable.

Corkage is Bath's most wine-serious small-plates restaurant, holding a Star Wine List 2026 award and serving a short, regularly changing Mediterranean menu from its Chapel Row dining room and rear terrace. It is the right call for a relaxed celebration or date night where good wine and seasonal cooking matter more than formal ceremony. Easier to book than Olive Tree and better value for wine lovers.

Robun is Bath's only Michelin Plate-recognised Japanese restaurant, anchoring its menu around a robata grill and excellent sushi at a ££ price point that undercuts the city's other award-recognised venues significantly. For food enthusiasts who want serious Japanese cooking — grilled, raw, or an afternoon tea format — outside Bath's default Modern British offer, this is the clearest booking in the city.

A Michelin Plate Modern British room in a former Georgian greenhouse on Bartlett St, Beckford Canteen is one of Bath's most accessible quality bookings at ££. Walk-in counter seats are held back daily, and the option to bring wine from sister operation Beckford Bottle Shop for a generous corkage adds real value. Book a few days ahead for evenings; walk in mid-week for lunch.

Michelin Plate-recognised dining (2025) set in the former carriage houses of the Royal Crescent estate, at £££. Montagu's Mews delivers technically consistent Modern Cuisine built around South West seasonal produce — Somerset lamb and comparable regional ingredients — in a quieter, more intimate room than Bath's other fine dining options. The right booking for a special occasion that does not require Bath's most expensive price tier.

A Michelin Plate-recognised vegetarian bistro on North Parade, Oak delivers technique-led small plates and a five-course feasting menu at ££ pricing. Around 40% of produce comes from the restaurant's own allotment outside Bath. For creative plant-based cooking without the fine-dining price tag, it is the most practical booking in Bath's current Michelin tier.