Lake District Restaurant Named UK’s Best In La Liste 2026

The culinary world is overflowing with awards systems and rankings, but La Liste is one of the most prestigious, highlighting the 1,000 best restaurants in the world. Unlike other guides, this one is collated objectively using millions of online reviews, publications and guidebooks, giving each venue a score. This week, the 2026 list was unveiled in Paris, and it was another strong showing for Britain, with 83 restaurants securing a spot. 

La Liste 2026: Which British Restaurants Ranked Highest?

Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume in the Lake District was the UK’s top ranking restaurant – and the second highest globally – with a score of 99.00, topped only by New York’s fine dining stalwart Le Bernardin. L’Enclume is no stranger to La Liste, having landed first place in 2025 with a joint top score of 99.5 alongside names like Guy Savoy in Paris, SingleThread in Napa Valley, and the aforementioned Le Bernardin. 

Core by Clare Smyth

Opened in 2002, L’Enclume was a pioneer in the farm-to-fork movement, putting Cumbria and its bountiful produce on the map and heralding the start of a greener approach to fine dining. It has gone from strength to strength over the years, securing its first Michelin star in 2005, a second in 2013 and a third in 2022 – making it one of just a handful of restaurants with the accolade in the whole of the UK. It’s centred around a seasonal tasting menu, currently costing £265 and featuring dishes like English mushrooms with seaweed custard, sugar kelp and bone marrow, and west coast monkfish with aged pork and autumn brassicas.

Core by Clare Smyth in Notting Hill and The Ritz in Mayfair were also high up on the list, both  landing a score of 98.00. The former is Smyth’s first solo venture, which has grown to become one of the country’s most revered dining rooms since opening in 2017, also sitting within the pool of three-starred spots. Smyth’s secret? An evangelical approach to ingredients – the team chat to the divers daily, for instance, to decipher the specifics of each scallop that’s served.

The Ritz hotel meanwhile, has been around for over a century, but it’s only more recently that its restaurant has begun being recognised for its culinary excellence, topping this year’s National Restaurant Awards. Executive chef John Williams, who has led The Ritz’s kitchen since 2004, was also recognised in La Liste 2026, taking home the Classic Excellent Award.

Below, we bring you all the UK restaurants which made the 2026 La Liste.

All The UK Restaurants On La Liste 2026

1. L’Enclume, the Lake District
2. Core by Clare Smyth, London
3. The Ritz, London
4. Moor Hall, Lancashire
5. Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Oxfordshire
6. Ynyshir, Wales
7. Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, London
8. The Glenturret Lalique Crief
9. Gordon Ramsay London
10. Waterside Inn Maidenhead
11. Sushi Kanesaka, London
12. Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester London
13. Midsummer House Cambridge
14. The Fat Duck Bray
15. Brooklands by Claude Bosi London
16. Osip Bruton
17. Sat Bains Nottingham
18. Lympstone Manor Exmouth
19. The Araki London
20. The Clove Club London
21. Story London
22. Woven by Adam Smith Ascot
23. Row on 5 London
24. The Angel at Hetton Skipton
25. Edinbane Lodge Edinbane
26. Hambleton Hall Oakham
27. Andrew Fairlie Auchterarder
28. Annwn Narberth
29. Northcote Blackburn
30. Allium – Askham Hall Penrith
31. Kol London
32. Mýse York
33. Outlaws New Road Port Isaac
34. Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 Padstow
35. Morston Hall Holt
36. Pine Newcastle upon Tyne
37. Sketch – The Lecture Room & Library London
38. Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal London
39. Wong London
40. Endo at the Rotunda London
41. The Black Swan at Oldstead York
42. Opheem Birmingham
43. The Dining Room at Whatley Manor Malmesbury
44. The Sportsman Whitstable
45. The Forest Side Ambleside
46. Hide and Fox Hythe
47. The Latymer Bagshot
48. Solstice by Kenny Atkinson Newcastle upon Tyne
49. Da Terra London
50. House Of Tides Newcastle upon Tyne 
51. Interlude Horsham
52. Kitchen Table London
53. Muse London
54. Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall Ripon
55. The Whitebrook Monmouth
56. Trivet London
57. Cornus London
58. The Old Stamp House Ambleside
59. Ikoyi London
60. Sosban and the old Butchers Menai Bridge
61. Cedar Tree by Hrishikesh Desai Brampton
62. Hjem Hexham
63. The Kitchin Edinburgh
64. The Ledbury London 
65. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal London
66. Lake Road Kitchen Ambleside
67. Le Champignon Sauvage Cheltenham
68. Martin Wishart Edinburgh
69. The Cocochine London
70. Humble Chicken London
71. OX (NI) Belfast
72. The Peat Inn Cupar
73. Haar St Andrews
74. The Hand & Flowers Marlow
75. Gravetye Manor East Grinstead
76. Inver Cairndow
77. Ormer Mayfair London
78. Forge at Middleton Lodge Estate Richmond
79. Home by James Sommerin Penarth
80. SOURCE at Gilpin Hotel Windermere
81. Cail Bruich Glasgow
82. Number One at The Balmoral Edinburgh
83. Gymkhana London

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