Three Wiltshire restaurants with Michelin stars have kept them for another year in the recently announced 2023 Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland.
Considered the most prestigious accolade in the restaurant industry, achieving a Michelin star is the ambition of many chefs. Awards host Amanda Stretton told the audience that one Michelin star is “an important milestone.”
The 2023 awards saw 23 new stars awarded to restaurants around the country including some increasing from one star already achieved to a two stars.
Michelin defines one star restaurants as those offering “very good cooking in its category” with a two star restaurant defined as those with “excellent cooking, worth a detour.”
The Dining Room
Easton Grey, Malmesbury, SN16 0RB, United Kingdom
The Dining Room in Malmesbury retained its one star and also its green star awarded for its sustainable practices.
Head Chef Ricki Weston oversees both the elegant brasserie and the intimate dining room in this charming Cotswold stone house set in twelve acres of formal ground, which dates back to 1802.
The evening starts with snacks in the kitchen, before moving on to the 7 course set menu, which includes vegan, vegetarian and pescatarian versions.
Don’t be misled; the terse, understated descriptions belie the detail and creativity that goes into the modern, artfully presented dishes, which come with some intriguing contrasts of texture and flavour.
The wine list features both vegan and biodynamic options, as well as plenty of mature wines.
Bybrook
West Street, Castle Combe, SN14 7HX, United Kingdom
One of the last true country house hotels, this fine 14C manor house sits within 365 acres of formal gardens and parkland in a picture-postcard village.
A sweeping drive leads up to the main building and the immensely charming interior features characterful oak panelling and a host of cosy open-fired lounges.
Dining here is a very formal experience: drinks and snacks are served in the bar, before a set dinner in the cavernous dining room with its large feature wall, flower arrangements, leather chairs and immaculately laid solid oak tables.
Sustainable home-grown and local produce plays a pivotal role in the cooking, which results in a flavoursome blend of simple and more luxurious ingredients. Dishes are precisely prepared and arrive in refined, tried-and-tested combinations with modern overtones.
Restaurant Hywel Jones by Lucknam Park
Colerne, SN14 8AZ, United Kingdom
Country house dining at its finest – opulent, formal and sophisticated – and it suits this grand Palladian mansion perfectly.
Rich, elegant décor, extravagant furnishings and sumptuous fabrics feature throughout, from the beautiful bedrooms to the drawing rooms where pre-meal drinks are enjoyed.
Expertly crafted dishes rely on classic techniques but have a light, modern style, and ingredients are luxurious and of top quality. Structured service comes with as much polish as the silver.
Three Star Restaurants
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, London
CORE by Clare Smyth, London
Fat Duck, Bray
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, London
L’Enclume, Cartmel
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library), London
Waterside Inn, Bray
Two Star Restaurants
A.Wong, London
Aimsir, Celbridge
Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal, London – New
Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Auchterarder
Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen, Dublin
Claude Bosi at Bibendum, London
Da Terra, London
dede, Baltimore – New
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
Hand and Flowers, Marlow
Ikoyi, London
Kitchen Table, London
La Dame de Pic London, London
Le Gavroche, London
Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, a Belmond Hotel, Great Milton
Liath, Blackrock
Midsummer House, Cambridge
Moor Hall, Aughton
Patrick Guilbaud, Dublin
Raby Hunt, Summerhouse
Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
Story, London
The Clove Club, London
The Ledbury, London – New
Ynyshir, Machynlleth
One Star Restaurants
Àclèaf, Plymouth – New
Adam’s, Birmingham
alchemilla, Nottingham
Allium at Askham Hall, Askham
Aniar, Galway
Amaya, London
Angler, London
Artichoke, Amersham
Barrafina, London
Bastible, Dublin
Bastion, Kinsale
Beach House, Oxwich
Behind, London
Ben Wilkinson at The Pass, Horsham – New
Benares, London
Black Swan, Oldstead
Bohemia, Saint Helier
Brat, London
Bridge Arms, Bridge
Bulrush, Bristol
Bybrook, Castle Combe
Cail Bruich, Glasgow
Campagne, Kilkenny
Carters of Moseley, Birmingham
Casa Fofō, London
Chestnut, Ballydehob
Chez Bruce, London
City Social, London
Clock House, Ripley
Club Gascon, London
Condita, Edinburgh
Cornerstone, London
Cottage in the Wood, Braithwaite
Cycene, London – New
Dining Room at The Goring, London
Dog and Gun Inn, Skelton
Dysart Petersham, London
Eipic, Belfast
Elephant, Torquay
Elystan Street, London
Endo at The Rotunda, London
Evelyn’s Table, London
Five Fields, London
Fordwich Arms, Fordwich
Forest Side, Grasmere
Fraiche, Birkenhead
Frog by Adam Handling, London
Galvin La Chapelle, London
Gidleigh Park, Chagford – New
Glovers Alley, Dublin
Grace & Savour, Hampton in Arden – New
Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead
Gymkhana, London
Hakkasan Hanway Place, London
Hakkasan Mayfair, London
Hambleton Hall, Hambleton
Harwood Arms, London
heft, Newton in Cartmel – New
Heron, Leith – New
HIDE, London
hide and fox, Saltwood
Hinds Head, Bray
Hjem, Wall
Home, Penarth
House, Ardmore
House of Tides, Newcastle upon Tyne
Ichigo Ichie, Cork
Interlude, Lower Beeding
Jamavar, London
John’s House, Mountsorrel
Kai, London
Kitchen W8, London
Kol, London
La Trompette, London
Lady Helen, Thomastown
Latymer, Bagshot
Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham
Leroy, London
Locanda Locatelli, London
Loch Bay, Isle of Skye
Luca, London – New
Lumière, Cheltenham – New
Lyle’s, London
Lympstone Manor, Lympstone
mana, Manchester
Marcus, London
Martin Wishart, Leith
Masons Arms, Knowstone
Meadowsweet, Holt
Morston Hall, Morston
Murano, London
Muse, London
Northcote, Langho
Nut Tree Inn, Murcott
Old Stamp House, Ambleside
Olive Tree, Bath
Opheem, Birmingham
Osip, Bruton
Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen, Port Isaac
Outlaw’s New Road, Port Isaac
OX, Belfast
Paco Tapas, Bristol
Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Padstow
Pea Porridge, Bury St Edmunds
Pensons, Tenbury Wells
Pentonbridge Inn, Penton – New
Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay, London
Pied à Terre, London
Pine, East Wallhouses
Pipe and Glass, South Dalton
Pollen Street Social, London
Portland, London
Purnell’s, Birmingham
Quilon, London
Restaurant Hywel Jones by Lucknam Park, Colerne
Restaurant Twenty-Two, Cambridge – New
Ritz Restaurant, London
River Café, London
Rogan & Co, Cartmel
Roots, York
Sabor, London
Salt, Stratford-upon-Avon
Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, Ripon
Simpsons, Birmingham
SO|LA, London
Sollip, London
Sō–Lō, Aughton – New
SOLSTICE BY KENNY ATKINSON, Newcastle upon Tyne – New
Sorrel, Dorking
Sosban & The Old Butchers, Menai Bridge
SOURCE, Bowness-on-Windermere
St. Barts, London – New
St. JOHN, London
Star Inn at Harome, Harome
Stark, Broadstairs
Store, Stoke Holy Cross – New
SY23, Aberystwyth
Taku, London – New
Terre, Castlemartyr – New
The Angel, Hetton
The Barn, Aughton
The Cellar, Anstruther
The Coach, Marlow
The Cross, Kenilworth
The Dining Room, Malmesbury
The Glenturret Lalique, Crieff
The Kitchin, Leith
The Man Behind The Curtain, Leeds
The Muddlers Club, Belfast
The Neptune, Hunstanton
The Ninth, London
The Oak Room, Adare
The Peat Inn, Peat Inn
The Royal Oak, Whatcote
The Samling, Ambleside – New
The Sportsman, Seasalter
The Tudor Pass, Egham – New
The Whitebrook, Whitebrook
Timberyard, Edinburgh – New
Trinity, London
Trishna, London
Trivet, London
Umu, London
Unalome by Graeme Cheevers, Glasgow
Upstairs by Tom Shepherd, Lichfield
Variety Jones, Dublin
Veeraswamy, London
Walnut Tree, Llanddewi Skirrid
White Swan, Fence
Wild Honey Inn, Lisdoonvarna
Wild Honey St James, London
Winteringham Fields, Winteringham
Woven by Adam Smith, Ascot
