Harden's Guide 2024: Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume crowned UK's number 1 restaurant
Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume in Cartmel has been voted the UK’s best restaurant in Harden's Top 100 Best UK Restaurants diners’ poll.
The much-loved Lake District dining destination has featured in the Harden’s Top 100 every year since the list first launched in 2011, but this is the first time it has reached the top spot.
Commenting on the accolade, Chef Owner Simon Rogan says: "My team and myself are honoured that L’Enclume has been rated the number 1 restaurant in the UK by diners on behalf of Harden’s."
He added: "To have been featured in Harden’s Top 100 every year since its inception in 2011 is an amazing achievement and being awarded the top spot for the 2024 edition is a testament to the amazing year we’ve had."
Feedback from diners hailed it as “a completely faultless experience” marshalling the finest local produce – much of it from Simon’s ‘Our Farm’ on the surrounding hillsides – to provide “a symphony of beautifully orchestrated food” in a 17-course meal.
Peter Harden, co-founder of Harden’s, commented: "L’Enclume has always been consistent in its top quality offering and it was wonderful to hear the recent news that Paul Burgalières, who has been a key figure in L'Enclume’s evolution over the past six years, has now been appointed Executive Chef."
Newcomers Solstice (Newcastle), Grace & Savour (Hampton in Arden) and Ugly Butterfly (St Ives) are some of the UK’s newest eateries to have swiftly hit this year’s list, along with Bouchon Racine, Restaurant St Barts and Alex Dilling in London.
England's largest cities like Birmingham and in particular Manchester have a large number of total entries in the guide, but proportionately fewer at the top end in the Top 100 or Top 500. With 8 entries in the Top 500, Brighton beats either location in this department.
Harden's Top 100 UK Restaurants 2024
1 L’Enclume, Cartmel
2 Outlaw's New Road, Port Isaac
3 Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder
4 Paul Ainsworth at No6, Padstow
5 Endo at The Rotunda, TV Centre, London
6 Moor Hall, Aughton
7 Core by Clare Smyth, London
8 Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
9 Midsummer House, Cambridge
10 Da Terra, Town Hall Hotel, London
12 A Wong, London
13 The Kitchin, Edinburgh
14 Hjem, Wall
15 Solstice, Newcastle upon Tyne
16 Cail Bruich, Glasgow
17 Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms, Eglwys Fach
18 Sorrel, Dorking
19 Sketch, The Lecture Room and Library, London
20 Meadowsweet, Holt
22 Alex Dilling Café Royal, London
23 Restaurant Twenty Two, Cambridge
24 Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen, Port Isaac
25 PLU, London
26 Maru, London
27 Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead
28 Roots, York
29 The Five Fields, London
30 Latymer, Pennyhill Park Hotel, Bagshot
32 The Forest Side, Grasmere
33 Anglo, London
34 The Black Swan, Oldstead
35 Etch, Brighton
36 La Dame de Pic London, London
37 Frog by Adam Handling, London
38 Sushi Tetsu, London
39 Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
41 Waterside Inn, Bray
42 Adam's, Birmingham
43 Hambleton Hall, Hambleton
44 Behind, London
45 SOLA, London
46 Lumière, Cheltenham
47 Pine, East Wallhouses
48 Where The Light Gets In, Stockport
49 Morston Hall, Morston
50 Club Gascon, London
51 The Sportsman, Seasalter
52 Bohemia, Jersey
53 Restaurant Roots, Southbourne
54 Chez Bruce, London
55 The Ritz, London
56 Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Great Milton
57 The Fat Duck, Bray
58 Pied à Terre, London
59 Hakkasan Mayfair, London
60 Paris House, Woburn
61 Barrafina, London
62 The Wilderness, Birmingham
63 The Ninth London, London
64 Fhior, Edinburgh
65 Restaurant St. Barts, London
66 Otto's, London
67 BiBi, London
68 Evelyn’s Table at The Blue Posts, London
69 The Small Holding, Goudhurst
70 Northcote, Langho
71 Bulrush, Bristol
72 Riva, London
73 Vanderlyle, Cambridge
74 White Swan at Fence, Fence
75 Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, Grantley
76 The Dining Room, Beaverbrook, Leatherhead
77 Woven by Adam Smith at Coworth Park, Ascot
78 John's House, Mountsorrel
79 Salt, Stratford upon Avon
80 The Three Chimneys, Dunvegan
81 The Neptune, Old Hunstanton
82 Stark, Broadstairs
83 SY23, Aberystwyth
84 The Fordwich Arms, Fordwich
85 Wheelers Oyster Bar, Whitstable
86 Allium at Askham Hall, Penrith
87 Sollip, London
88 The Whitebrook, Restaurant with Rooms, Whitebrook
89 Wilson's, Bristol
90 The Nut Tree Inn, Murcott
92 The Fernery, Grove of Narberth, Dyfed
93 Pollen Street Social, London
94 Kitchen Table, London
95 Hide & Fox, Saltwood
96 Sabor, London
97 Mana, Manchester
98 Nobu, Metropolitan Hotel, London
99 Clarke’s, London
100 Grace & Savour, Hampton-in-Arden
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