The best restaurants serving British food in England

One of the best restaurant meals I’ve had in many months. We went on impulse to celebrate my partner’s birthday yesterday evening, having had a very bad experience there in the past when it was owned by someone different. The food was superb and the service was efficient and friendly. Highly recommended and we’ll most definitely be going again

A cosy pub with excellent food. Starters were delicious: soft shell crab and broccoli pakora, and it was nice to have the choice of something a bit different. Then for mains we had the steak pie and fish and chips, both were really good. Service excellent. Left feeling very full and happy. Unfortunately it was a bit misty, so we’ll definitely have to come back to appreciate the view and enjoy another meal.

Had a lovely afternoon tea, which was beautifully presented. Nice to have the option to have it at lunchtime as ‘lunch’ although we still didn’t manage it all! Took the rest home for later - also lovely to be able to bring our dog too!

Extremely disappointing experience as residents as bed and breakfast at the hotel is not cheap. The juice was orange coloured but had probably never seen an orange, no option of fruit or yoghurt with cereals (you can have either/ or), no choice of milk offered, no toast unless you have full English, no top up of tea or coffee offered and a chipped plate. Staff unable to confirm ingredients in a Continental breakfast which in any event apparently comes ready plated. It all seemed a bit penny pinching and for the sake of offering a couple of slices of toast and a pot of yoghurt a bit pathetic.

Awful food. Had the fish and chips, the batter was rock hard, almost burned, the fish was soo dried up it was non existent, and the chips had been heavily salted. I then ordered the sticky toffee pudding, it was more like a syrup pudding and not a very good one, The serving staff were lovely, really helpful and friendly.

My favourite food place in Manchester. Absolutely brilliant food!

We had lunch at this gem of a pub in beautiful countryside near Sevenoaks in Kent. We received a very warm welcome and our waiter was charming. My wife had the fish pie and I had mussels and both meals were delicious. We can recommend the food here and we hope to return soon.

Perfect weekend brunch spot. We visited for the first time today and have found a new favourite place. I had the creamed spinach, cheese, roast pepper, and egg bap which was one genuinely of the best breakfast dishes I've ever had! Chilled atmosphere, friendly staff & good coffee.

We have lived in this area for 15 years and passed the Whitmore Tea Rooms many times. Today we stopped and visited the tearooms for lunch. I was very impressed with the ambience of the place, lovely bone china on the table. The good was absolutely first class and plentiful. A good selection of beverages both alcoholic and non- alcoholic were available. The staff were very friendly and courteous and the bill I thought was very reasonable for what we had for go our lunch. We will definitely be returning soon !

What a find! Really nice pub hidden in a small village. Friendly staff and top quality food. Excellent portions for children too. Would highly recommend

Well, I don't know what to say here to be quote honest. We came to this establishment for a dinner reservation, it started off nicely with the Barman mark i think, promptly addressing us and seating us at the table and giving us menus and he said our waitress wpuld be with us shortly to take drinks order. We saw him tell the lady we had arrived and that's where it went wrong. The body language on this woman (didn't get her name, big blonde European maybe) was dismissive. She told another memebr of staff to "deal with this table" while she was on her mobile phone. Needless to say, very rude. The lady took our order Kiyro I think her name was, very lovely and smiling almost made us forget about the other lady, Almost. We had our drinks, starters and main and when I came to dessert, we had seen and heard enough so we asked for the bill and we left. Unfortunately we won't be coming back, the food was beautiful and Mark? and Kiyro were very welcoming but the other lady I think was their manager wasn't at all. If you do go to eat here, I'd suggest the bar area, staff are lovely there.

Absolutely amazing! Friendly staff to start off. Chicken was absolutely incredible! Pizzas were lovely and warm. Pasta was hot and tasty. Overall, incredible experience. Highly recommend

not very happy overpriced beef was tuff not happy with vegetables peas .0ne small piece of cauliflower 1 carrot and stuffing with roast beef ?.the roast potatoes had no colour on neither did the chips won't go again or recommend

First time here. Lovely location. Right the side of river. Staff were great. The food however is not good value. We had the tapas. The arancini were small balls with just rice inside. And just slightly coloured with which I presume to be the ragu ? No sign of a raging sauce. My brusheta had no hint of garlic or basil ? Just tomatoes and a bit of rocket. Again small portion. The serving of the food was strange aswell. I thought the idea of tapas is to have different foods in front of you at one time , they all canes at different times. The aubergine came 15 mins after the first dish was served. We had eaten the rest by then. Meat balls were ok but again small portion. Shame really as for me the dishes are way overpriced for what ( and when ) you get them. Could be better

Greeted with a warm friendly smile from Jess, she was most helpful bringing our drinks over. Sharon was also there to advise on what was best to eat. Fantastic place with a great atmosphere