The new AA Restaurant Guide 2023 features over 1,400 restaurants that have been awarded Rosettes for culinary excellence by the AA’s professional inspectors.
Devon took third place for the counties with the most restaurants featured with 59, behind London with 127 restaurants and North Yorkshire with 68. Also in the top ten were Cumbria (57), Cornwall (42), Gloucestershire and Norfolk (38), and Hampshire (36), Suffolk (32), Kent (31), and Oxfordshire (30).
Edinburgh is the top-ranked region in Scotland with 29 restaurants included in the Guide, followed by The Highlands (27) and Perth & Kinross (20).
With 11, Conwy is the Welsh county with the most eateries, followed by Gwynedd and Pembrokeshire, each with nine. Outside of Belfast, County Antrim is the Northern Ireland gastronomic hub; both places have six restaurants listed in the Guide.
Simon Numphud, Managing Director of AA Media, said: “We are delighted to publish the leading guide to the UK’s top dining destinations, with 150 new establishments added to The Restaurant Guide 2023. From Northern Stars to the Heart of England, Scotland to the capital, the restaurants in this year’s Guide demonstrate the high quality of culinary experiences across the country, offering delicious food and service of the highest standard.”
The Restaurant Guide 2023 is available for £17.99 RRP from bookshops.
