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Updated: 13/09/2012 10:29 | By Stefan Chomka, contributor, MSN Food
10 great restaurants outside London

Next time someone says there's nowhere good to eat outside London, tell them to hit the road...

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You'll have no doubt heard London 'gourmands' discussing how there's 'nowhere decent to eat in the UK outside Soho and Mayfair' as if the nation's capital city was the final word in cuisine. Yet these days nothing could be further from the truth, with some of the best places to eat in the country nowhere near the bustling metropolis. Here's just a small selection of 10 restaurants outside London that aren't just decent, but are some of the finest in the land...



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mike muse (rakewind)
13/09/2012 09:53
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Another shoddy article from MSN with the locations not given for about half the restaurants.
William J Ford (Wills49)
13/09/2012 12:23
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So, the Walnut Tree is the best restaurant in Wales. Well why don't you tell us where it is - Its near  Llanddewi  SKIRRID, on the B4521, two miles East of Abergavenny

James Smith (Borothroandthro)
13/09/2012 05:51
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Well go to the Tontine on the A19 just south of Middlesbrough, it's been voted the top restuarant in Britain more times thean any of those mentioned, why it's not on the list I just don't know!!!!!
Luz Mariana Guerrero (Espiritu13)
13/09/2012 13:30
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Please could you add at least the post code of each restaurant that you have recommended!!!!

 

Anthony Lloyd (Tone in Cardiff)
13/09/2012 08:38
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Re: The Walnut Tree...

All you state is that it is "Wales".... No town, no county !!!
Julian Huntley (Raceboy1014)
13/09/2012 08:36
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I think your comments about Gidleigh Park are a little off the mark. It was under the guidance of Shaun Hill back in the early 1980's who put this place on the map, before moving onto Ludlow and now finally proving how good he is still, at the Walnut Tree.
Andy stanton (stevenage_stoomer)
13/09/2012 11:02
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My ( step ) daughter and her husband run the restaurant on the Isle of Canna  ( nr skye )  the food she cooks is incredibly good and the restaurant is full almost every night.The rich stop off for dinner rather than stay on their boats and the visitors book has nothing but high praise in it. I'd say thats well out of the metropolis.  sadly it,s not open in winter so they turn it into a cafe' but the soups and cakes are out of this world, so to speak.......

Dave Reger (dave r manchester)
13/09/2012 15:43
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Andrew Nutter has a great place just outside Rochdale on the Owd Betts road highly recommended
gary mcclure (G Mcc)
21/09/2012 18:18
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For addresses click on the highlighted links

Michael Marsden (Marmaliser)
07/09/2012 22:36
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OK for some but not for me. I love plain wholesome food especially produced in Yorkshire
d cp
05/02/2013 13:12
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Try the Smarden Bell, in Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PW. All the food is freshly made on site, including their bread etc.. Local produce, brilliant food and fantastic value....
maxine clayman
23/01/2013 18:54
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And likewise, a bit more info on Sat Bains in Nottingham, which is admittedly a bit more tricky to find.

http://www.myhiddeng​ems.co.uk/2012/05/sa​t-bains-restaurant-n​ottingham/

I had to get a taxi there from the centre of Nottingham as I never would have found it otherwise! Definitely worth the effort though



maxine clayman
23/01/2013 18:52
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Here's a bit more info on L'Enclume, which is in the village of Cartmel in Cumbria, not too far from the racecourse.
http://www.myhiddeng​ems.co.uk/2012/09/le​nclume-simon-rogans-​cumbrian-restaurant/​

David Pauls
09/01/2013 23:19
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I have eaten at L'Enclume in Cartmel, Cumbria and it was absolutely the worst Michelin starred meal I have ever eaten, and I have had dozens  -  did that sound a bit pretentious?  In contrast Holbeck Ghyll Windermere and Northcote Manor Langho are consistently excellent..
Julian Huntley (Raceboy1014)
13/09/2012 09:04
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I have been. Shaun Hill is just as good as he was at The Merchant Rooms and Gidleigh Park before then. Its worth going out of one's way to get there. In short the sort of food one could find in a Michelin restaurant but at only 1/3rd the price.
Sheppard Glass
13/09/2012 07:46
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Drakes Restaurant in Ripley, Surrey is probably one of the best I have had the pleasure to visit. The food experience is second to none,.
stuart elliott
15/09/2012 20:51
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What's the point of this review if you do not give the full address of each. A phone number too - perhaps.  Crazy.
daniel richardson
14/09/2012 22:08
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Hartwell House in Aylesbury all the way, look on there Facebook website, they have a 3 course dinner, canapes and prosecco for £23.95. Quality local produce cooked perfectly

 

Susie Lugg
13/09/2012 08:39
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The Old White Hart at Lyddington, Rutland.!  Great food and a lovely homely atmosphere every time.
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