The best restaurants serving British food in England

Popped to Le Bouchon for our 20th wedding anniversary dinner yesterday. We have eaten here many times before and have always found it to be very good but last night’s meal (7 course tasting menu) was EXCEPTIONAL with each course being truly excellent! My husband is a retired chef (was a very good one) so naturally he is a bit of a foodie critic and can be particular! We both agree it was one of the best meals of our lives and we eat out a lot, lol!!! What a treat and on such a wonderful occasion! Thanks team, wonderful evening, food and service x

We visited here this evening has we are away for the Easter Weekend & decided to book a table for Good Friday. The staff were amazing, was a busy day & they were all happy & smiling. Our server Nikki was absolutely fantastic. Our food was so lovely the Large Haddock was very Large, the chips were cooked to perfection & the homemade curry sauce was outstanding

An amazing pub. Fantastic food - and what huge portions! Great Ales too, friendly service and the perfect venue for a stop off whether you’re staying locally, walking from here over the Moors, or just a short drive from the start of the Camel Trail. Couldn’t recommend enough.

Really friendly and accommodating to our children’s needs. Excellent service and we wouldn’t hesitate coming again. Thank you for making our visit so lovely.

Great milkshakes, great service

Wells Crab House is hands down the best restaurant I have ever been to. The food is consistently outstanding, fresh, delicious, and beautifully presented every single time. The service is just as impressive, warm, attentive, and genuinely welcoming. It’s rare to find a place that never disappoints, but this one absolutely delivers, time and time again. Highly recommend to anyone visiting Wells-next-the-Sea, you won’t be disappointed!

This is a long overdue review for the perfect restaurant! I can’t fault the place or the food or the amazing staff :) you get to know them and their service and kindness is second to none having been so very well looked after by Ben, Charlotte, Daisy and Paddy in the last six months. We had a long leisurely afternoon graduation celebration meal last year and we often go for special occasions like a birthday. The food is amazing, so perfect to look at and it’s great getting the explanation per course! This restaurant has always accommodated different dietary arrangements and taken the time to understand and if required create a bespoke menu. Someone in our family requires this and with essentially a vegan/ veggie menu, this now offers a very rare and appreciated fine dining opportunity. The care and attention to offer this in addition to the set menus is over and above what most NE restaurants do in our experience. This is impressive given kitchen demands we see on telly programmes. We were there last weekend and had an amazing time. My daughter and husband always have 9 courses ( you can choose to do so on the day) but I can’t manage more than six. The portion sizes are decent and you certainly don’t leave hungry and we did take the petits fours home - nice next day with a cuppa. The calibre of food is easily on a par and often better than many of the Newcastle equivalents ( like Blackfriars, cafe 21) so it’s definitely worth crossing the millennium bridge to try. The views are also amazing from the top in the day and as the lights set and the bridge is lit in different colours. Perfect :) A little tip - if you sign up to Six emails then twice a year you get the opportunity to purchase vouchers and then you get twenty percent off the food. These usually have six months on so it’s a great way to enjoy Six and get a discount.

Had a wonderful sausage and bacon bap , and a coffee well priced and it was lovely to sit on the seats by the river

It's been 8 years since we've been here for a meal, and again, it did not disappoint. From the warm, friendly welcome to the absolutely delicious food. The same chef and owner for 30 years proved that this place is hard to beat. Travelled 5 hours from the other side of the country for this restaurant and their special steak. We will always come back as long as this place exists.

2 cocktails cost £33! Sadly, the entire tumblers were wedged with the largest ice cube I’ve ever seen, leaving room for no more than one sip of liquid!!! When I told the waitress she just smiled and took the payment. Absolute rip-off as there was no show on at the time either. Left feeling more than parched. Not worth it :(

Stopped in here for brunch and we were not disappointed! Delicious food, great gluten free options, lovely coffee, great service and very reasonable prices in a very welcoming atmosphere. Portions are very generous too!

The most delishhhh sandwich I have ever eaten, definitely worth the wait! ❤️❤️❤️

We went for the Indian options. Not disappointed at all. Food was so good. Better than our local Indian restaurants. Service was very good as well. Can't wait to go back.

Another lovely evening at The Kings, fantastic food and a great place to visit

Situated in a lovely place, had big hopes as had been recommended by numerous people. Service was brisk, completely inattentive, ordered soup which was meant to be apple and parsnip, after ordering the soup was changed on the board to spicy carrot and lentil. Completely inedible. No opportunity to fix it. I'm not sure why this isn't a 1* review really.