All The New Michelin-Starred Restaurants In The UK & Ireland
Last night, Michelin announced which restaurants had made it into the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland. Each year, Michelin’s team of anonymous restaurant inspectors award venues with one star (“high-quality cooking, worth a stop”), two stars (“excellent cooking, worth a detour”) or three stars (“exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey”).
Following last year’s three stars for Mark Birchall’s brilliant Lancashire hotspot Moor Hall, this year saw no new entries in that category (although all 10 from 2025 retained their stars – an impressive feat). However, there were two exciting two-star announcements. On Savile Row, Jason Atherton’s newest place, Row On 5, upgraded to two stars, while Bonheur by Matt Abé, which took over the former Le Gavroche dining room in October, went straight into the guide with two stars.
In total, 20 restaurants picked up their first star. London teams earning their first accolade include Nieves Barragán Mohacho’s newest Spanish restaurant Legado; Corenucopia by Clare Smyth in Belgravia; Labombe by Trivet, the team behind two-starred Trivet’s newest restaurant; and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High in Bishopsgate. The Gordon Ramsay team was also celebrating 25 years of holding a three-Michelin-starred restaurant for the original Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.
Across the rest of the UK and Ireland, Brighton & Hove won its first Michelin star in 50 years for Maré, the new restaurant from the team behind two-starred Da Terra in Bethnal Green; Scotland celebrated wins for Killiecrankie House and 1887 over Loch Torridon, while Ireland picked up a win for The Pullman, a restaurant inside two former Orient Express carriages. Meanwhile, Jöro in Sheffield finally won a much-deserved star (read our full review here).
In 2021, the guide added a Green star to its roster, which recognises sustainable gastronomy and distinguishes restaurants taking responsibility in the conservation of resources and the protection of biodiversity. Seven were announced this year: 1887 in Torridon; Eight at Gazegill by Doug Crampton in Rimington; The Forest Side in Grasmere; Glebe House in Devon; Knepp Wilding Kitchen in Horsham; The Free Company in Balerno; and Timberyard in Edinburgh.
Last week, the Michelin Bib Gourmands were unveiled. Named after Bibendum – the Michelin Man – the Bib Gourmand distinction “highlights restaurants offering good food at competitive prices”. This year, 37 new restaurants have made it into the 2026 Great Britain & Ireland selection, including newly relaunched Thai hotspot Singburi in Shoreditch; next-level wine bars Cadet in Newington Green and Goodbye Horses in De Beauvoir; plus Canteen in Notting Hill.
The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland Winners In Full…
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New One Star Restaurants
Ambassador's Clubhouse, London
Corenucopia, London
The Kerfield Arms, London
Labombe by Trivet, London
Legado, London
Michael Caines at The Stafford, London
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High, London
Somssi by Jihun Kim, London
Tom Brown at The Capital, London
1887 at The Torridon, Scotland
The Boat, Lichfield
Fifty Two, Harrogate
Forest Avenue, Ireland
Jöro, Sheffield
Killiecrankie House, Scotland
Maré, Brighton & Hove
The Pullman, Galway
The Ugly Butterfly, Cornwall
Vraic, Guernsey
The Wilderness, Birmingham
New Bib Gourmand Restaurants
Akara, London
Cadet, London
Café Spice Namasté, London
Calong, London
Canteen, London
Goodbye Horses, London
Kruk, London
Lai Rai, London
Oren, London
Singburi, London
ssam ssam, London
Tamila, London
Alba, St Peter Port
Almanac, Glossop
Angeethi by Sagar Massey, Cardonald
Beau, Belfast
Bigfan, Dublin
Borgo, Dublin
Cantaloupe, Stockport
Counter Culture, Newquay
Erst, Manchester
Farmgate Lismore, Lismore
Forêt, Dublin
Gina, Chingford
Jai Ho, Bishop's Cleeve
Mara, Aberdeen
Norman's Neighbourhood Kitchen, Kirkburton
Piccalilli, Nottingham
Post, Newnham
Purple Poppadom, Cardiff
Ragù, Bristol
Sebb's, Glasgow
Shwen Shwen, Sevenoaks
The Clarence, Glasgow
The Gaff, Abergavenny
The Oarsman, Marlow
The Yurt at Nicholsons, North Aston
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