An influential UK restaurant guide has just released its top 100 UK restaurants for 2023 and Edinburgh has three top restaurants on the list.
And it's been a great year overall for the city, which cemented itself as one of the UK's top food and drink destinations with the most listings in the Top 500 outside of London, with no fewer than 17 restaurants making it into the elite ranking.
The Kitchin in Leith placed highest in fifth in the Harden's Guide, which is based on ratings submitted by 3,000 diners who contribute to their annual survey.
Restaurant Martin Wishart (14) and The Little Chartroom (31) were also named in the top 100.
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Scotland had eight entries in total with Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire being crowned the UK's overall top restaurant.
Scotland's world-famous restaurant hailed - 'a memory to be treasured' - shot to the top spot for its luxurious ingredients prepared with 'impeccable skill and creativity' and attentive staff who are 'knowledgeable in all respects'.
Speaking about the latest release of the guide, which is now the only UK restaurant guide sold in bookshops based on feedback from normal diners rather than a group of professional inspectors, Peter Harden, co-founder of Harden’s, said: "Andrew Fairlie may sadly no longer be with us but his spirit lives on in this restaurant which bears his name. Reaching the top spot this year is a huge credit to his long-time lieutenants, head chef Stephen McLaughlin and general manager Dale Dewsbury.
"It has been an excellent year for Scotland's representation in the Harden's Top 100 as a whole, with restaurants in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perthshire and Fife featuring."
"This, along with Edinburgh's fantastic placement as second city with the most listings in the Top 500, is testament to the superb quality and value offered by the country's restaurant scene."
The Harden's 100 ranking of the UK's best restaurants in full
1 Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder
2 Evelyns Table at The Blue Posts, London
3 Waterside Inn, Bray (39)
4 Endo at The Rotunda, London (4)
5 The Kitchin, Edinburgh (23)
6 Core by Clare Smyth, London (5)
7 Adam Reid at The French, Manchester (40)
8 L’Enclume, Cartmel (19)
9 Maru, London
10 Pine, East Wallhouses
11 Da Terra, Town Hall Hotel, London (3)
12 The Five Fields, London (10)
13 Sorrel, Dorking (13)
14 Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh (61)
15 Hjem, Wall (56)
16 Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton (37)
17 Adam's, Birmingham (29)
18 PLU, London
19 The Araki, London
20 Muse, London (24)
21 Lumire, Cheltenham (46)
22 Estiatorio Milos, London
23 The Little Fish Market, Brighton (15)
24 Lympstone Manor, Exmouth (6)
25 Kitchen Table, London (12)
26 Hambleton Hall, Hambleton (32)
27 The Forest Side, Grasmere (36)
28 LPM, London (45)
29 Paul Ainsworth at No 6, Padstow (85)
30 Joro, Sheffield
31 The Little Chartroom, Edinburgh
32 SOLA, London (31)
33 The Art School, Liverpool (18)
34 Anglo, London (21)
35 Morston Hall, Morston (38)
36 A Wong, London (64)
37 Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms, Eglwys Fach (7)
38 Meadowsweet, Holt (98)
39 The Ledbury, London
40 Nobu, London (27)
41 Roots, York (97)
42 Alchemilla, Nottingham (14)
43 House of Tides, Newcastle upon Tyne (57)
44 Outlaw's New Road, Port Isaac (74)
45 Aulis at L'Enclume, Cartmel
46 The Latymer, Pennyhill Park Hotel, Bagshot
47 Club Gascon, London (95)
48 ChefsTable at TRUEfoods, Melmerby
49 Oxeye, London
50 Cail Bruich, Glasgow (59)
51 Roketsu, London
52 Cornerstone, London (50)
53 Chez Bruce, London (42)
54 SY23, Aberystwyth
55 Trinity, London (47)
56 Aulis London, London (33)
57 Robin Wylde, Lyme Regis
58 Bibendum, London (99)
59 The Clove Club, London (17)
60 Opheem, Birmingham (100)
61 Bohemia, Jersey
62 Restaurant Twenty Two, Cambridge
63 Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen, Port Isaac (49)
64 The Angel, Hetton (58)
65 The Black Swan, Oldstead
66 Frog by Adam Handling, London (82)
67 Umu, London
68 Unalome by Graeme Cheevers, Glasgow
69 Le Gavroche, London (52)
70 The Sportsman, Seasalter (41)
71 Pied Terre, London (44)
72 Ekstedt at The Yard, Great Scotland Yard Hotel, London
73 Mana, Manchester (9)
74 The Sea, The Sea, London
75 Midsummer House, Cambridge (78)
76 The Peat Inn, Cupar (20)
77 Moor Hall, Aughton (16)
78 The Whitebrook, Restaurant with Rooms, Whitebrook (53)
79 Old Stamp House, Ambleside
80 The Moorcock Inn, Sowerby Bridge
81 Lyle's, London (66)
82 Sollip, London (88)
83 Imperial Treasure, London
84 Gidleigh Park, Chagford
85 Behind, London (51)
86 Elderflower, Lymington
87 Wilson's, Bristol (80)
88 BiBi, London
89 Amaya, London (69)
90 The Olive Tree, Queensberry Hotel, Bath
91 The Ritz, London
92 The Wilderness, Birmingham
93 Sketch, Lecture Room at Library, London
94 Quilon, London
95 Kol, London
96 The Fat Duck, Bray
97 Myrtle, London (90)
98 The Small Holding, Goudhurst (25)
99 The Cellar, Anstruther
100 Fraiche, Oxton (28)
The 32nd edition of the Harden's guide is published this week (price £18.99) and is also available as apps for Apple or Android.
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