SquareMeal's Top 100: Grace & Savour UK's best restaurant, Da Terra best restaurant in London

SquareMeal has announced their top 100 restaurants in London, and across the UK for 2023.

The West Midlands restaurant Grace & Savour came out on top as the UK’s best restaurant, with the two Michelin-starred Da Terra crowned best restaurant in London.

Both restaurants took the top place on two separate lists, one featuring restaurants solely in London, the other focusing on all restaurants outside of the capital.

In a year that is set to be financially one of the hardest in the UK for many years, the 2023 list has taken this into consideration with many more affordable restaurants making this year’s top 100 list.

While those higher-priced restaurants included in the list offer not only the very best in UK dining but also impeccable service and an impressive ambience, ensuring a memorable experience that is worth the additional cost.

Using a combination of thousands of reader votes and SquareMeal’s own expert critics, the UK Top 100 Restaurants list is a true reflection of Britain’s beautifully varied dining scene - featuring everything from fine dining experiences through to farm-to-table restaurants and gastropubs.

The top three UK restaurants included 2022’s winner Osip in Somerset and Ynyshir in Powys.

Commenting on this year’s Top 100 UK Restaurants list, SquareMeal’s Head of Content Caroline Hendry explained: “We’re sending huge congratulations to all 100 restaurants featured in this year’s list, with special mention to our winner Grace & Savour, who greatly impressed us with their celebration of local produce and resources - even their crockery is made from local clay. While the seasonal menu packed full of local produce really blew us away.”

BETHNAL GREEN RESTAURANT DA TERRA NAMED THE BEST IN LONDON

Rafael Cagali’s Da Terra is crowned the SquareMeal’s best restaurant in London.

The list features everything from fine dining experiences through to gastropubs and everything in between.

Chef owner Rafael, with a background at Aulis, Fera, The Fat Duck, and time in Italy and Spain at the likes of Quique Dacosta and Martin Berasategui, was credited for “bringing something special to the London dining scene”.

SquareMeal’s Head of Content Caroline Hendry explains: “A huge congratulations to all 100 London restaurants, and a special mention must go to our winner Da Terra, who impressed us not only with a beautifully executed menu but with their embrace of the casual fine dining movement.”

Speaking about Da Terra’s win – Chef Owner Rafael Cagali shared: “It is such an honour to be Squaremeal’s best London restaurant for 2023, what a way to start the year! I am very lucky to have such a passionate and hard-working team around Charlie and myself and nothing could be achieved without them.”