Bristol’s Casamia earns number one spot on Harden’s 2019 list

Michelin star restaurant Casamia in Bristol has come out on top in Harden’s Best UK Restaurants 2019 list. Based on a survey by 8,000 diners and 50,000 reviews, the Sanchez-Inglesias family’s restaurant was named the best out of 100 in the restaurant guide’s 28th annual poll. Casamia was ranked number two in the list last year. Harden’s said this year saw a surge in interest in the York dining scene as it entered the top-20 list in terms of its number of top-scoring destinations, ranking at eighth on a par with more established foodie destinations such as Bath. It also came ahead of bigger cities such as Leeds, Oxford and Newcastle. The guide’s editor and co-founder Peter Harden said: “During Harden’s 28 years of reviewing, York has hitherto been one of those charming British cities with inspiring medieval architecture, but, by contrast, a middle-of-the-road selection of pubs, tea-shops and bistros. But in the last year or two, the city has shot to prominence as a foodie-magnet, with an assortment of Shoreditch-worthy arrivals in recent times such as Arras, Le Cochon Aveugle, Skosh and the yet-to-be-rated Roots.” Hardens’ Best UK Restaurants 2019 1 Casamia, The General, Bristol (2) 2 Texture, London (33) 3 The Araki, London (1) 4 Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Port Isaac (4) 5 The Ledbury, London (3) 6 La Dame de Pic London, London (90) 7 Fraiche, Oxton (12) 8 Winteringham Fields, Winteringham 9 Waterside Inn, Bray (7) 10 Hambleton Hall, Hambleton (43) 11 Core by Clare Smyth, London 12 Aulis London, London 13 The Five Fields, London (28) 14 Bubbledogs, Kitchen Table, London (27) 15 Sushi Tetsu, London (16) 16 Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Great Milton (25) 17 The Fat Duck, Bray (5) 18 Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh (9) 19 The Box Tree, Ilkley (39) 20 Lympstone Manor, Exmouth (54) 21 Sorrel, Dorking 22 Adam’s, Birmingham (32) 23 Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham (13) 24 Indian Accent, London 25 Le Gavroche, London (22) 26 Morston Hall, Morston (36) 27 Quilon, London 28 Artichoke, Amersham (61) 29 Black Swan, Oldstead (8) 30 Moor Hall, Aughton (30) 31 L’Enclume, Cartmel (18) 32 Yorke Arms, Ramsgill-in-Nidderdale (19) 33 The Feathered Nest Inn, Nether Westcote 34 The Walnut Tree, Llandewi Skirrid 35 The Clove Club, London (10) 36 Brat, London 37 Pétrus, London (41) 38 Midsummer House, Cambridge (21) 39 Hedone, London (42) 40 L’Ortolan, Shinfield 41 Hunan, London (56) 42 Simpsons, Birmingham 43 Mãos, London 44 Gareth Ward at Ynyshir, Eglwys Fach (15) 45 Freemasons at Wiswell, Wiswell 46 Lucknam Park, Luckham Park Hotel, Colerne 47 Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo (38) 48 Hakkasan (Group), GROUP 49 The Sportsman, Seasalter (85) 50 The Neptune, Old Hunstanton (44) 51 Raby Hunt, Summerhouse (29) 52 Fera at Claridge’s, Claridge’s Hotel, London 53 The Castle Terrace, Edinburgh 54 The Clock House , Ripley 55 Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder (35) 56 Gidleigh Park, Chagford (11) 57 The Square, London 58 The Peat Inn, Cupar (94) 59 Purnells, Birmingham (88) 60 Pied À Terre, London (23) 61 Lumière, Cheltenham 62 Verveine Fishmarket Restaurant, Milford-on-Sea 63 Min Jiang, The Royal Garden Hotel, London (99) 64 Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham 65 Cotto, Cambridge 66 Zuma, London (79) 67 Nobu, Metropolitan Hotel, London 68 Amaya, London 69 The Greenhouse, London (20) 70 Hide, London 71 Number One, Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh 72 The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, Marlborough (83) 73 Lickfold Inn, Lickfold 74 La Trompette, London (71) 75 Roux at Parliament Square, RICS, London (46) 76 Roganic, London 77 Chez Bruce, London (53) 78 Story, London (17) 79 Jikoni, London 80 Hélène Darroze, The Connaught Hotel, London (37) 81 Yauatcha (Group) 82 Marcus, The Berkeley, London (75) 83 Pollen Street Social, London (77) 84 Elystan Street, London (69) 85 Dinings, London 86 Chutney Mary, London 87 Outlaw’s at The Capital, London 88 Trinity, London (97) 89 Duddell’s, London 90 Roux at the Landau, The Langham, London 91 Le Cochon Aveugle, York (40) 92 Trishna, London (64) 93 Murano, London (48) 94 The Torridon Restaurant, Annat 95 The Kitchin, Edinburgh (47) 96 Paris House, Woburn 97 The Ritz, London (45) 98 The Frog, London 99 Little Fish Market, Brighton 100 Wilks, Bristol (65)

Bristol’s Casamia earns number one spot on Harden’s 2019 list

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