The casual Thai restaurant in Soho climbed eight places from last year knocking The Sportsman off the top spot and editor, Stefan Chomka, said: "Kiln is a marvellous restaurant for so many reasons."
Coming in at number two was Sabor followed by A. Wong and Core by Clare Smyth in fourth. In total, London venues take up more than half of the 100 positions on the list and the top restaurant outside London was L'Enclume in Cumbria.
The Sportman dropped to ninth and following news earlier in the year that Jonny Lake and sommelier Isa Bal have left, the Fat Duck which was 15 last year dropped to 32 this year.
As well as the top 100 restaurants there were a number of other awards:
Best Restaurant in Northern Ireland:Wine & Brine, Moira
Best restaurant in Wales:Ynyshir
Best restaurant in Scotland:Ondine, Edinburgh
One to Watch:Cornerstone
Chef to Watch: Tom Brown
Lifetime Achievement Award: Raymond Blanc
Gastropub of the Year: The Sportsman (Seasalter, Kent)
Cocktail List of the Year: Temper
Wine List of the Year: Noble Rot
OpenTable Diners’ Choice ‘Fit for Foodies’: The Chef’s Table, Chester
Chefs’ Chef of the Year: Nieves Barragán Mohacho
Restaurateur of the Year: Karam, Jyotin and Sunaina Sethi, JKS Restaurants
The Service Award: Core by Clare Smyth
Sustainable Restaurant of the Year: ODE true food, Devon
The list is compiled using votes from 150 industry experts, including chefs, restaurateurs, food writers and critics.
National Restaurant Awards list 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
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, Chinatown
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, Piccadilly
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
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