The Sportsman takes the top spot for a second time in the National Restaurant Awards 2017
The Sportsman in Kent has been named the UK's best restaurant for the second year running in the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2017.
Run by chef patron Stephen Harris, the Michelin-starred pub restaurant in Seasalter beat some of the UK's top restaurants to hold on to the top spot once again.
Last year there were no Asian restaurants in the top ten now there are three as Kiln took the number nine spot.
The annual awards recognise the top 100 restaurants in the UK as voted for by 180 chefs, restaurateurs, food writers, critics and other food experts and gastronomes.
Other chefs who got their hands on awards were Jason Atherton, Restaurateur of the year; Claude Bosi, Chefs' Chef of the Year; Shaun Hill, chef patron of The Walnut Tree in Abergavenny, Lifetime Achievement Award and Elizabeth Haigh was named Chef to Watch.
See the full list below:
1. The Sportsman, Seasalter
2. The Ledbury, London
3. A Wong, London
4. Som Saa, London
5. Barrafina Adelaide Street, London
6. Casamia, Bristol
7. The Clove Club, London
8. Elystan Street, London
9. Kiln, London
10. Hedone, London
11. The River Café, London
12. Lyle’s, London
13. Hoppers, London
14. The Palomar, London
15. The Fat Duck, Bray
16. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
17. L’Enclume, Cartmel
18. Coombeshead Farm, Lewannick
19. The Dairy, London
20. The Walnut Tree, Abergavenny
21. The Waterside Inn, Bray
22. Gymkhana, London
23. Claude Bosi at Bibendum, London
24. The Elephant, Torquay
25. The Raby Hunt, Darlington
26. Midsummer House, Cambridge
27. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Port Isaac
28. Brawn, London
29. Bulrush, Bristol
30. 64 Degrees, Brighton
31. Primeur, London
32. The Coach, Marlow
33. 108 Garage, London
34. Temper, London
35. Chez Bruce, London
36. Noble Rot Restaurant & Wine Bar, London
37. Frenchie, London
38. Le Gavroche, London
39. Padella, London
40. Clipstone, London
41. The Hand & Flowers, Bray
42. 40 Maltby Street, London
43. The Quality Chop House, London
44. The Little Fish Market, Hove
45. The Man Behind the Curtain, Leeds
46. Trinity, London
47. Sticky Walnut, Chester
48. Bocca di Lupo, London
49. The Smoking Goat, London
50. Lake Road Kitchen, Ambleside
51. The Crown, Burchetts Green
52. Adams, Birmingham
53. Gidleigh Park, Chagford
54. Hispi, Manchester
55. Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton
56. Jikoni, London
57. P Franco, London
58. The Black Swan at Oldstead
59. Typing Room, London
60. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
61. Margot, London
62. Timberyard, Edinburgh
63. Black Axe Mangal, London
64. Blacklock Soho, London
65. El Pastor, London
66. Holborn Dining Room, London
67. Pollen Street Social, London
68. StreetXO, London
69. Bao Soho, London
70. Moor Hall, Ormskirk
71. Paul Ainsworth at Number 6, Padstow
72. Quo Vadis, London
73. The Marksman, London
74. The Pony & Trap, Bristol
75. Rochelle Canteen, London
76. The Seahorse, Dartmouth
77. Freemasons at Wiswell, Clitheroe
78. El Gato Negro, Manchester
79. Hawksmoor Air Street, London
80. Kricket, London
81. Sosharu, London
82. The Star Inn, Harome
83. The Hardwick, Abergavenny
84. Wine & Brine, Moira
85. Box-E, Bristol
86. Morito, London
87. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles
88. Norn, Edinburgh
89. Ondine, Edinburgh
90. Portland, London
91. Lorne, London
92. Murano, London
93. The Beehive, White Waltham
94. The Kitchin, Edinburgh
95. St John Bread and Wine, London
96. Simpsons, Birmingham
97. Forest Side, Grasmere
98. Pizarro, London
99. The Pig, Brockenhurst
100. Gunpowder, London
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