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The Full List of AA Awarded Restaurants 2017 – 2018
The latest award winners were announced on 25th September 2017. Rosettes recognises successful cooking at all different levels based on one or more visits by an AA Inspector whereby the entire meal, including ancillary items (when served) is assessed. 10% of restaurants reach a 1 AA Rosette standard but here we list the notable few attaining 3 Rosettes and above in the AA Guide.
***** 5 AA Rosettes
LONDON
- Helene Darroze at The Connaught – W1
- Restaurant Story, SE1
- Pollen Street Social, W1S
- Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley – SW1
- Sketch (Lecture Room & Library) – W1
REST OF ENGLAND
- Casamia, Bristol
- Michael Wignall at Gidleigh Park, Newton Abbot (New)
- The Fat Duck, Bray-on-Thames, Berkshire
- Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
- L’Enclume – Cartmel, Cumbria
- Midsummer House, Cambridge
SCOTLAND
WALES
- Gareth Ward at Ynyshir Hall Hotel, Eglwys Fach (New)
**** 4 AA Rosettes
LONDON
- Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London SW3 (New)
- Typing Room, E2
- The Five Fields, London, SW3
- Alyn Williams at The Westbury Hotel, London, W1
- The Ledbury – W11
- Seven Park Place by William Drabble – St James’s, SW1A
- Murano, London, W1
- The Greenhouse, London W1
- Le Gavroche, London W1
- Texture, London W1
- Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, W1
**** 4 AA Rosettes
REST OF ENGLAND
- House of Tides, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (New)
- Matt Worsick at The Latymer, Pennyhill Park, Bagshot (New)
- The Orangery, Rockliffe Hall, Darlington
- Morston Hall, Blakeney, Norfolk
- Winteringham Fields, Winteringham
- Hampton Manor, Solihull
- Paul Ainsworth at No 6, Cornwall
- Orwells, Henley-on-Thames
- The Black Swan at Oldstead, York
- Manchester House
- Stovell’s Chobham
- Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Port Isaac
- Fraiche, Birkenhead
- Cliff House, Ardmore
- Hand and Flowers, Marlow
- Chapter One, Bromley, Kent
- Waterside Inn, Bray-on-Thames, Berkshire
- Simon Radley at The Chester Grosvenor, Chester, Cheshire
- Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Hambleton Hall, Oakham, Rutland
- Whatley Manor, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
- Northcote, Langho, Lancashire
- Morston Hall, Blakeney, Norfolk
- Forest Side, Grasmere (New)
**** 4 AA Rosettes
WALES
- Sosban & The Old Butcher’s Restaurant, Menai Bridge (New)
- Restaurant James Sommerin, Penarth (New)
- The Whitebrook, Whitebrook
**** 4 AA Rosettes
SCOTLAND
- Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond, Balloch, West Dunbartonshire
- Number One The Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
- Restaurant Martin Wishart, Leith
- 21212, Edinburgh
- Boath House, Nairn
- Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Perthshire
*** 3 AA Rosettes
LONDON
- Elystan Street, London SW3 (New)
- Pidgin, London E8 (New)
- The Frog Restaurant, E1 (New)
- Celeste at The Lanesborough, SW1 (New)
- The Square, W1 (New)
- Anglo, EC1 (New)
- A. Wong
- Avista, W1
- Orrery, W1
- Portland, W1
- Fera at Claridges – W1
- Amaya, SW1
- Outlaw’s at the Capital, London
- Hedone, London W4
- HKK, London EC2
- Roux at Parliament Square, London SW1
- Medlar, London
- Ametsa at The Halkin, London
- Social Eating House, London
- Club Gascon, EC1
- Odette’s, NW1
- Vineet Bhatia Restaurant, SW3
- Trinity Restaurant, SW4
- Chez Bruce, SW17
- Corrigan’s Mayfair, W1
- Galvin at Windows, W1
- Roka, W1
- Umu, W1
- The River Cafe, W6
- Min Jiang, Royal Garden Hotel, W8
- L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, WC2
- Clos Maggiore, WC2
- The Glasshouse, Kew, TW9
- Dinner by Heston Blumenthal , London, SW1X
- Rib Room at Jumeirah Carlton Towers, SW1
- CUT @ 45 Park Lane, W1
- Sketch (The Gallery)
- Bingham, Richmond upon Thames
- Galvin La Chapelle, London E1
- Kitchen W8
- Wild Honey, London W1
- The Clove Club, London EC1
- The Ritz Restaurant at The Ritz, London W1
- La Belle Epoque, Sofitel Terminal 5
- Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs, London W1
- City Social, London, EC2
- The Goring, London, SW1
- Little Social, London, W1
- Merchants Tavern, London, EC2
- The Peninsula Restaurant, SE10 (New)
*** 3 AA Rosettes
REST OF ENGLAND
- Restaurant Coworth Park, Ascot (New)
- Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel, Windermere (New)
- Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms (New)
- Horto Restaurant, Harrogate (New)
- The Coach House by Michael Caines, Kentisbury (New)
- The Coach House, Middleton Tyas (New)
- The Pass at South Lodge Hotel, Beeding, West Sussex
- Thompson St Albans (New)
- The Mount Somerset Hotel & Spa, Taunton (New)
- Tuddenham Mill, Newmarket (New)
- The Olive Room, Ilfracombe (New)
- The Elderflower Restaurant, Lymington (New)
- Bovey Castle, Morehampstead (New)
- Boringdon Hall Hotel, Plymouth (New)
- The French by Simon Rogan, Manchester
- AG’s Restaurant at Alexander House Hotel, Crawley (New)
- Cambium, Careys Manor, Brockenhurst
- The Tudor Room, Great Fosters, Egham
- The Dial House, Bourton on the Water
- Gravetye Manor, Sussex
- The Peacock at Rowsley, Bakewell
- The Hare Inn, Yorkshire
- Lake Road Kitchen
- Lumiere, Cheltenham
- Old Downtown Lodge, Ludlow
- Restaurant 56 at Sudbury House Hotel, Faringdon
- Lickfold Inn, Lickfold
- Lavenham Great House with Rooms, Lavenham
- The Coach, Marlow
- The Park Restaurant at Marmadukes Town House Hotel, York
- The Kingham Plough, Kingham
- The Vineyard at Stockcross, Newbury, Berkshire
- L’Ortolan, Shinfield
- Restaurant Tristan, Horsham
- Allium Restaurant at the Abbey Hotel, Bath
- The Slaughters Manor House, Lower Slaughter, Cotswolds
- Artichoke, Amersham
- The Olive Tree at the Queensberry Hotel, Bath
- Rushton Hall, Kettering
- The Samling, Windemere
- Langshott Manor, Horley
- The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow, Cornwall
- Driftwood, Portscatho, Cornwall
- Hotel Tresanton, St Mawes, Cornwall
- Summer Lodge Country House Hotel Restaurant & Spa, Evershot, Dorset
- 36 on the Quay, Emsworth, Gloucestershire
- JSW, Petersfield, Hampshire
- Avenue Restaurant at Lainston House Hotel, Winchester, Hampshire
- The West House, Biddenden, Kent
- Thackeray’s, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Harry’s Place, Grantham, Lincolnshire
- The Neptune Inn & Restaurant, Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Little Barwick House, Yeovil, BA22 9TD
- Jesmond Dene House, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
- Purnell’s, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Simpsons, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Bybrook at The Manor House Hotel, Castle Combe, Wiltshire
- The Park at Lucknam Park, Colerne, Wiltshire
- The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire
- Samuel’s at Swinton Park, Ripon, North Yorkshire
- Box Tree, Ilkley, North Yorkshire
- Roger Hickman’s Restaurant, Norwich
- The Beaufort Dining Room, Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham
- Hipping Hall, Lancashire
- Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire
- Titchwell Manor, Norfolk
- The Dower House Restaurant at the Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath
- The Feathered Nest Country Inn, Gloucestershire
- Humphry’s at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire
- Adam’s, Birmingham
- Fischer’s Baslow Hall, Baslow, Derbyshire
- Hinds Head, Bray, Berkshire
- Restaurant Alimentum, Cambridgeshire
- Paris House, Woburn, Bedfordshire
- The Terrace Restaurant at the Montagu Arms, New Forest, Hampshire
- Turners, Birmingham
- Red Lion Freehouse, Pewsey, Wiltshire
- Colette’s at The Grove, Watford, Hertfordshire
- Andre Garrett at The Cliveden, Taplow, Berkshire
- Yorebridge House, Bainbridge, Yorkshire
- Hell Bay, Bryher, Isle of Scilly
- Buckland Manor, Broadway, Worcestershire
- The Royal Oak at Paley Street, Berkshire
- Hartnett Holder & Co at Limewood, Hampshire
- The Alderley Restaurant, Alderley Edge
- Swinfen Hall, Lichfield
- Dan Moon at The Gainsborough Restaurant, Bath (new)
*** 3 Rosettes
WALES
- Pale Hall Hotel & Restaurant, Bala (New)
- Bodysgallen Hall and Spa, Llandudno, Ceredigion
- Walnut Tree Inn, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
- The Grove, Narberth
- Llangoed Hall, Llyswen
*** 3 Rosettes
SCOTLAND
- Inver Restaurant, Strachur (New)
- Douneside House, Tarland (New)
- Crossbasket Castle, Glasgow (New)
- Cromlix and Chez Roux, Dunblane
- The Gannet, Glasgow
- The Cellar, Anstruther
- Road Hole Restaurant, St Andrews
- Rocca Restaurant, Pilmour Links
- Pompadour by Galvin, Edinburgh
- Glenapp Castle, Ballantrae
- Airds Hotel & Restaurant, Port Appin, Argyll & Bute
- Knockinaam Lodge, Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway
- Peat Inn, St Andrews, Fife
- Hotel du Vin Bistro at One Devonshire Gardens, Glasgow
- Kinloch Lodge, Isle Ornsay, Highland
- Inverlochy Castle Hotel, Fort William, Highland
- Lochgreen House, Southwood, South Ayrshire
- Roman Camp Country House Hotel, Callander, Stirling
- Gordon’s, Inverkeilor
- The Torridon Restaurant, Torridon
- Castle Terrace, Edinburgh
- Mark Greenaway, Edinburgh
- Fonab Hotel, Pitlochry
- Timberyard, Edinburgh
- Tiroran House Hotel, Isle of Mull
JERSEY
***** 5 Rosettes
**** 4 Rosettes
*** 3 Rosettes
- Tassili at The Grand Jersey, St Helier
- Longueville Manor Hotel, St Saviour
- Ormer by Shaun Rankin, St Helier