UK's 100 best restaurants for 2018 revealed

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The annual list of the UK’s 100 best restaurants has been revealed, with a tiny Thai restaurant in Soho, London, claiming the top spot.

The Estrella Damn National Restaurant Awards, in association with Restaurant magazine, are based on the views of 150 chefs, restaurateurs and food writers who vote for their best dining experiences over the past 12 months.

They take into consideration not only the food, but the staff, atmosphere, music, design and price.

Crowned National Restaurant of the Year for 2018 is Kiln – a small Thai restaurant in Soho, London, that offers just a dozen stools and the opportunity for diners to watch chefs cook regional cuisine in an open kitchen.

Headed up by chef and owner Ben Chapman, it’s best known for dishes like guinea fowl jungle curry and curried crab.

Second place has been awarded to Sabor – meaning flavour in Spanish – a new tapas bar and grill in Mayfair opened by chef Nieves Barragan, formerly of Barrafina, which won in 2015.

Chinese restaurant A Wong came in third place while fourth was taken by a new entry, Core by Clare Smyth – an establishment in Notting Hill that celebrates the finest British ingredients; run by the first and only female chef to head up a restaurant with three Michelin stars in the UK, during her time at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.

Other new entries include Brat – which took 14th place – a Shoreditch grill created by Tomos Parry, who previously ran the kitchen at Kitty Fisher’s.

The Sportsman, the seaside pub in Kent that has headed the rankings for the past two years, dropped to ninth place for 2018. However, it was named Gastropub of the Year.

Other big winners of the night included Raymond Blanc, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the Belmond Manoir aux Quat’saisons in Oxford, as well as his work on sustainability in the restaurant industry.

Here’s the top 100 in full:

1. Kiln, Soho
2. Sabor, Mayfair
3. A Wong, Victoria
4. Core by Clare Smyth, Notting Hill
5. L’Enclume, Cumbria 
6. Moor Hall, Lancashire
7. Lyle’s, Shoreditch
8. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
9. The Sportsman, Kent
10. Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall
11. Claude Bosi at Bibendum, Chelsea
12. The Coach, Marlow
13. Coombeshead Farm, Cornwall 
14. Brat, Shoreditch
15. Padella, London Bridge 
16. The Quality Chop House, Clerkenwell 
17. The Ledbury, Notting Hill
18. Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire 
19. Wreckfish, Liverpool 
20. The Black Swan at Oldstead 
21. The River Café, Hammersmith 
22. Indian Accent, Mayfair 
23. Paul Ainsworth at No 6, Padstow 
24. El Pastor, London Bridge 
25. Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Oxford
26. Ondine, Edinburgh 
27. Casamia, Bristol
28. Ynyshir, Powys
29. Som Saa, Shoreditch 
30. House of Tides, Newcastle 
31. The Clove Club, Shoreditch 
32. The Fat Duck, Bray 
33. Chez Bruce, Wandsworth 
34. Elystan Street, Chelsea
35. The Crown at Burchetts Green, Maidenhead
36. Trinity, Clapham 
37. The Little Fish Market, Hove 
38. The Walnut Tree, Abergavenny 
39. Quo Vadis, Soho 
40. The Seahorse, Dartmouth 
41. Barrafina, Covent Garden
42. Lorne, Victoria 
43. The Waterside Inn, Bray 
44. Brawn, Bethnal Green
45. The Raby Hunt, Darlington 
46. Hispi, Didsbury 
47. Hoppers, Soho 
48. Midsummer House, Cambridge 
49. Noble Rot, Bloomsbury 
50. Gymkhana, Mayfair 
51. Nuala, Old Street 
52. Hedone, Chiswick 
53. Alchemilla, Nottingham 
54. Kricket, Soho 
55. Pollen St Social, Mayfair
56. Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo 
57. Root, Bristol 
58. St John Bread & Wine, Shoreditch 
59. The Star Inn Harome, Yorkshire 
60. Farang, Highbury 
61. Holborn Dining Room, Holborn 
62. The Hand & Flowers, Marlow 
63. Wilson’s, Bristol 
64. 40 Maltby Street, London Bridge 
65. Black Axe Mangal, Islington 
66. Carter’s of Moseley, Birmingham
67. The Palomar, Soho
68. Smoking Goat, Shoreditch 
69. The Beehive, Berkshire 
70. The Hardwick, Abergavenny 
71. Timberyard, Edinburgh 
72. Xu, Chinatown
73. The Dairy, Clapham 
74. Le Gavroche, Mayfair 
75. Paco Tapas, Bristol 
76. The Parkers Arms, Clitheroe
77. Rambla, Soho 
78. Wine & Brine, County Armagh 
79. Frog by Adam Handling, Covent Garden 
80. Where The Light Gets In, Stockport 
81. Bonhams, Mayfair 
82. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Edinburgh 
83. Fraiche, Oxton 
84. Restaurant Story, London Bridge 
85. Sardine, Hoxton 
86. The Ritz, Picadilly 
87. Kitchen Table, Fitzrovia 
88. Inver, Argyll & Bute 
89. Lima, Fitzrovia 
90. The Fordwich Arms, Canterbury 
91. Frenchie, Covent Garden 
92. The Elephant, Torquay 
93. Barbary, Covent Garden
94. Neo Bistro, Mayfair 
95. Mark Greenaway, Edinburgh 
96. Morston Hall Hotel, Norfolk 
97. Northcote Manor, Langho 
98. Westerns Laundry, Highbury 
99. Perilla, Newington Green
100. Ikoyi, Piccadilly 

You can find out more about the National Restaurant Awards here.