Best restaurant in England?

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Can I ask what has been your best restaurant? I'm not talking favourite Saturday night evening out. I mean those ultra special restaurants where you pay ££££s and get 16 courses or something and its all about the experience etc.

Really want to do this. A friend has been to Leeds Man behind the Curtain and it looks fantastic, though Im not a fan of sea food so I am looking for similar but different!

Thanks!!

This will be for a special occasion btw

Le manoir

Marcus but it was a few years ago I went when it was still mw at the Berkeley. Other than that sat bains shaded l'enclume for me with midsummer house after that

Going to google..

Brasserie Blanc in Winchester

I've never really got on with long tasting menus. Either something's amazing, and you find yourself wishing you had more than a wee sliver of it, or it's less than amazing, and you're already wondering what's next, and have forgotten you even ate it by the next day.

I prefer the less fashionable places where you can still go a la carte, like The Ledbury or Chez Bruce.

I haven't done mega ££££ but the best meal I ever had was Menu Gordon Jones in Bath. Just divine. Not posh though if that's what you're after.

Le Gavroche in London is absolutely amazing. I've heard good things about Heston Blumenthal's restaurants as well.

The Ledbury certainly looks nice.

L'Enclume is fab

I wouldn't say BB in Winchester is exactly fine dining

Not looking for posh, especially. Not averse to it either. Just amazing special occasion food, basically

Restaurant Story in London. Fantastic experience.

Any recommendations in north of England?

I am looking at all of these and could book them all!

I've been to the Hand and Flowers (once) and it was a-bloody-mazing!

My favourites are:

Le Manoir (always fab and love staying over too)
L'Enclume (but way up in Cumbria so we combined it with vising family there)
Fat Duck

However, I just noticed that you're not necessarily looking for ultra-posh. I like the Ivy chain (Kensington and Marlow particularly,) which are nice and not v expensive.

Adam's or Purnells in Birmingham.
Hand and flowers in Marlow is pretty special.
I've heard good things about Hibiscus in Lomdom

Whereabouts are you, and how far are you happy to travel?

Fat Duck
The Ledbury
Le Manoir
Hand and Flowers
The Waterside Inn
Le Gavroche
Pollen Street Social

The fat duck. Amazing and much better than Heston's other place in London (the name escapes me at the mo). Proper once in a lifetime meal out.

Best I've been to:

the fat duck
benares ( indian and amazin)
the french at the midland in Manchester
Northcote manor near blackburn
Adam's and purnells
marcus wareing

really need to go to le'nclume and dinner

Depends on location
Simpsons in Birmingham, Le Champignon Sauvage in Cheltenham and L'enclume in Cartmel are all fabulous

L'Eclume. Went for our anniversary 4yrs ago when pregnant and not only did they work around pregnancy/food intolerance, but what they made was beyond delicious. I honestly couldn't tell you what it was we ate (both preggo brain and actual inability to identify chunks of what we had!) but it's firmly fixed in my mind as the best meal I've ever had.

I was very disappointed with Sat Bains.

ooh, I really fancy Benares. Didn't rate Northcote Manor though.