Award Winning Restaurants in Bath and beyond
With its long and distinguished history and reputation for top quality hospitality, Bath acts as a magnet for chefs who want to excel and make their mark in the culinary world. This has resulted in a number of the best award winning restaurants in the UK being centred in and around Bath, making the city a 'honey pot' for those who love fine, top quality cuisine.
See the following list to find an award winning restaurant that is the ideal venue to suit your taste...
Bath Priory Hotel and Restaurant
Michelin Star, 3 AA Rosettes
The Bath Priory has retained a Michelin Star for the eighth consecutive year, and is keen to ensure that the style of service remains welcoming and the atmosphere is far from intimidating. The restaurant overlooks the hotel's stunning grounds and the menu reflects the seasons using many local and 'wild' ingredients from the surrounding countryside, and from the hotel's own kitchen gardens.
Lucknam Park Hotel Restaurant
Michelin Star, 3 AA Rosettes
Guests at Lucknam have no trouble building up an appetite as the hotel is set on a 500 acre estate six miles from Bath with its own equestrian centre. Appetites will be easily satisfied in the stunning restaurant, where all effort is made to source the finest quality ingredients from highly reputable suppliers local to Lucknam Park, and full use is also made of the extensive herb garden. Facilities are available for private dining, and staff are always willing to adjust menus to suit to the visitors taste.
The Moody Goose at The Old Priory
2 AA Rosettes
After nine successful years in the centre of Bath, the Moody Goose restaurant has relocated to Midsomer Norton. The restaurant's new setting, The Old Priory, dates back to 1152 making it one of the oldest houses in Somerset. The hotel is rich in atmosphere with a huge inglenook fire place with roaring fires to greet guests in the winter months. Menus include home made breads, ice creams and petites fours, and a wealth of locally sourced produce. Fresh fish arrives daily from Brixham in Devon, cheeses and game, fruit and vegetables are all from local suppliers and herbs are grown in the Old Priory's kitchen gardens.
The Oakwood Restaurant at The Park
2 AA Rosettes
The Oakwood is the new restaurant at the exciting resort complex The Park, formerly Tracey Park, with two established golf courses set in a 240 acre estate. The Oakwood is a relaxed and informal grill restaurant in a converted masonic lodge located just six miles from Bath. The style of cooking is simple with emphasis on flavour and signature dishes include crudite and herb roasted fish cooked in the restored fifties Molteni oven which was specially imported from the States. The former stables have been cleverly converted into 17 contemporary guestrooms and eight meeting rooms of differing sizes, perfect for weddings and social gatherings as well as corporate events.
The Dower House Restaurant at the Royal Crescent Hotel
2 AA Rosettes
The main restaurant at the famous Royal Crescent Hotel, the Dower House, has earned two AA rosettes. The menu draws influence from the Far East and the Mediterranean. All pastries, bread, ices and sorbets are made on the premises as well as the scones for afternoon tea for which the hotel has a well deserved reputation. Tea is served in the gardens, weather permitting, and a garden menu is available throughout the summer months for al fresco dining.
The Vellore Restaurant at The Bath Spa Hotel
2 AA Rosettes
The Bath Spa Hotel is set in lovely gardens at the end of Great Pulteney Street tucked away behind the Holborn Museum. The Vellore Restaurant is their star attraction with tempting starters like Cornish crab and scallop ravioli with broad beans and shellfish juices and main courses include whole roasted quail with caramelised chicory, layered potato cake and pan-fried cepes with port wine sauce.
The Olive Tree Restaurant at the Queensberry Hotel
2 AA Rosettes
The Olive Tree at the Queensberry is centrally located close to the Assembly Rooms. Set as a Georgian townhouse, it has had a total makeover in the last couple of years and now combines contemporary decoration with classic Georgian proportions. The restaurant now has stained wooden floors, leather chairs and simple decoration. In the summer months guests can enjoy a drink before dining in the secluded patio gardens. The food style is modern English cuisine with Mediterranean influences. The menu changes with the seasons and includes game in the autumn months.
Homewood Park Hotel
2 AA Rosettes
The Homewood Park nationally acclaimed restaurant, serving the finest in modern English cuisine, is one of the finest Bath restaurants as well as being one of the finest restaurants in the South of England and has been voted Country Restaurant of the Year in the Good Food Guide.
Woolley Grange
2 AA Rosettes
Famous for traditional British cooking, Woolley Grange places the emphasis on good food for all of the family - using quality ingredients from local suppliers of naturally reared or organic produce where possible.
Hunstrete House Hotel
2 AA Rosettes
Hunstrete House Hotel is renowned for serving modern British food with French influences, made using the best quality, seasonal ingredients and speciality products from the Mediterranean. The imaginative presentation and complimenting flavours of the will fulfil your palate's expectations.
The Cedar Tree at Ston Easton Park Hotel
AA Four Red Star, AA Two Rosettes, RAC Four Star, RAC Four Dining Seals, RAC Gold Ribbon
The outstanding cuisine in this remarkable setting creates a uniquely desirable dining experience of international renown, and with a cellar famed for rare wines and vintages, Ston Easton is the perfect venue for lovers of fine food and fine wine.
Bailbrook House
1 AA Rosette
Head Chef, Ciaran Molloy, combines fresh West Country produce with world ingredients for mouth-watering cuisine. Light meals are available in the hotel's bars, and in summer months the terrace is the perfect setting for informal barbecues and live cooking. However, real foodies will love the award winning restaurant where they can enjoy dishes such as 'Tian of Crab', 'Grilled Fillet Mignon' and 'Braised Salmon'.
The Eastern Eye
1 AA Rosette
Expertly handled fresh spices make this a must for those who enjoy South Asian cuisine. The extensive menu is packed with authentic Bengali, North Western and vegetarian dishes that you don't often see, all prepared to a high standard.
The Lansdown Grove
1 AA Rosette
Just a short walk uphill from the city centre, the hotel's elegant restaurant features high ceilings and large windows. Innovative award-winning cuisine using fresh ingredients is served by attentive but relaxed staff.
Combe Grove Manor Hotel
1 AA Rosette
A European-influenced menu using quality ingredients, complemented by a modern wine list. Afternoon tea is a must at this 17th century manor set in 69 acres of gardens on the outskirts of Bath.
Widbrook Grange
1 AA Rosette
Modern British dishes with good use of local pork and lamb. Fresh fish is delivered from Cornwall. Simple combinations and presentation allow the fresh ingredients to shine through at this Georgian country house hotel near Bath.
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