This east London restaurant has been named the best in the city

Bethnal Green's Da Terra was the highest placed London restaurant at the The Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2023.

The ceremony took place on Monday June 12 at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham, and saw the fine dining east London eatery taking third place in the UK-wide prize – following Welsh country house hotel restaurant Ynyshir at Number 1, and then Moor Hall in Lancashire, which came second. 

In the top 100, 66 of the restaurants were based in London, and included the likes of The Ledbury, KOL, Core by Clare Smyth, A Wong, Brat, Kiln and Ikoyi. See the full, whoppingly massive list below.

Bouchon Racine in Clerkenwell took fifth place, and was also the winner of the Opening of the Year award for the best new restaurant in the UK. Bouchon Racine is the latest project from acclaimed chef Henry Harris, who previously worked at Harvey Nichols’ Fifth Floor Restaurant and his own Racine in Knightsbridge. Read Time Out's glowing, five start review of Bouchon Racine here.

Other London-leaning wins included Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver of St John, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award for their much-loved restaurant in Smithfield, which opened in 1994 and went on to spawn St John Bread and Wine in Spitalfields and St John Marylebone. 

Meanwhile, The Ledbury won the Service Award, and their 29-year-old sous chef April Lily Partridge – pictured above – was named this year’s Chef to Watch. The recently opened Midland Grand Dining Room scored the One to Watch prize – read our review here. 

A full list of the Top 100 is below.

1. Ynyshir
2. Moor Hall
3. Da Terra
4. The Ledbury
5. Bouchon Racine
6. Restaurant Pine
7. The Ritz
8. Core by Clare Smyth
9. Frog by Adam Handling
10. KOL
11. Kitchen Table
12. The Parkers Arms
13. Sabor
14. Alex Dilling at the Cafe Royal
15. The Sportsman
16. Claude Bosi at Bibendum
17. Solstice
18. A Wong
19. Brat
20. Kiln
21. Ikoyi
22. Alchemilla
23. House of Tides
24. Osip
25. Roots
26. Fallow
27. The Angel at Hetton
28. The Seahorse
29. BiBi
30. L’Enclume
31. The French House
32. Noble Rot Soho
33. Paul Ainsworth at No 6
34. Trinity
35. The Clove Club
36. The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant
37. The Fordwich Arms
38. Endo at the Rotunda
39. Benares
40. SOLA
41. The Palmerston
42. Chez Bruce
43. Maison Francois
44. The Black Swan at Oldstead
45. The Quality Chophouse
46. Dorian
47. Hide
48. Luca
49. Allegra
50. Humble Chicken
51. Higher Ground
52. The Man Behind the Curtain
53. Opheem
54. Brawn
55. Wilson’s
56. Launceston Place
57. Speedboat Bar
58. 40 Maltby Street
59. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
60. Forest Side
61. Cafe Cecilia
62. Angela’s
63. Hjem
64. HUMO
65. Restaurant Sat Bains
66. Smoking Goat
67. Apricity
68. Northcote
69. Manteca
70. Rochelle Canteen
71. Mana
72. Sessions Arts Club
73. Singburi
74. St John
75. Grace & Savour
76. The River Cafe
77. The Unruly Pig
78. Updown Farmhouse
79. Ox
80. Inver
81. Aizle
82. Raby Hunt
83. Quo Vadis
84. Carters of Moseley
85. Lisboeta
86. Lyle’s
87. Mangal 2
88. Restaurant 22
89. Etch
90. Straker’s
91. Upstairs by Tom Shepherd
92. Joro
93. The Kitchin 
94. Frenchie
95. Dew Drop Inn
96. SY23
97. The Pem
98. The Tamil Prince
99. Café Deco
100. Manifest

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