AA Restaurant Guide 2016 announces new red star awards

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Some of the country’s top hotels are celebrating after being awarded new AA Restaurant Guide 2016 Red Stars at the AA Hospitality Awards.  

The AA has been rating and recommending hotels for over 100 years and each year it selects the best hotels in each rating. These selected Inspectors’ Choice hotels stand out as the very best in the British Isles, regardless of style, and are identified by Red Stars.

merchant hotelNine hotels have been awarded red star status this year:    

New five red star hotels

  • The Merchant Hotel, Belfast
  • The Corinthia Hotel, London

New four red star hotels

  • Great Fosters, Egham
  • Aviator, Farnborough
  • The Grove, Narberth

New three red star hotels

  • Goldstone Hall, Market Drayton
  • The Pig near Bath, Hunstrete
  • The Pig on the Beach, Studland
  • The George Hotel, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

The new Rosettes were awarded at the AA Hospitality Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. The awards, often referred to as the industry’s ‘Oscars’, were hosted by Fiona Bruce and guests were treated to a sensational gourmet meal created by 2014 AA Chefs’ Chef, Nathan Outlaw. The award event also sees the launch of the 2016 AA Restaurant Guide to UK hotels, restaurants, pubs and B&Bs which contain details of all the winning establishments.

>>>See all the winners from the awards here

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Editor 6th October 2015

AA Restaurant Guide 2016 announces new red star awards