Editorial

A mainstay of Ida’s menu, this deeply delicious, slow-simmered ragù is made with chicken hearts and gizzards, hailing from Italy’s Marche region. To get a taste of London’s Best Local Restaurant here is the recipe from Ida at my table by Simonetta Wenkert, read the opening extract here. A note before you begin: the recipe calls for a mixture of minced beef and ...

An unlikely combination of novelist and restaurateur, Simonetta Wenkert turned her pen to recording the story of Ida, from its roots in Italy’s Marche region, to flinging open the doors in 2007 and the many highs and lows that followed over nearly two decades in business. It’s a beautifully told story and here, in the opening extract, is a ...

Dining out in 2025 might be more expensive than ever but there’s incredible value out there if you know where to look. From Fino’s generous £15 lunch (including a great glass of wine), to an early evening express menu at Lucky Lychee for just £13, here are our Best Local Restaurants of 2025, in partnership with Square, that will feed ...

Restaurant lovers turned chef and restaurateur, Nicole Yeoh and James Harris have been firing up Winchester’s food scene since setting out their market stall in 2020. Five years down the line, they’ve been crowned The Good Food Guide’s Best Local Restaurant 2025, in partnership with Square. Here is Nicole’s recipe for bavette satay, with a wine pairing from James. For ...

Restaurant lovers turned chef and restaurateur, Nicole Yeoh and James Harris have been firing up Winchester’s food scene since setting out their market stall in 2020. Five years down the line, they’ve been crowned The Good Food Guide’s Best Local Restaurant, in partnership with Square, with loyal fans travelling from as far as Bedfordshire for a flavour of what ...

Book your ticket now Sometimes a restaurant’s vibe is so clearly a true expression of its owners. So it is with Lucky Lychee, our Best Local Restaurant of 2025, where the utterly charming James Harris’s vigour sings, from welcome to farewell, while the exquisite Malaysian food prepared by his partner Nicole Yeoh is rated among the best in the country. From ...

Manchester is a multicultural melting pot of cuisines, from the Curry Mile to Chinatown and everything in between. The newest member of The Good Food Guide team and Manchester local, Phoebe Patrick, takes us on her tour of the places not to miss.

Welcome to The Good Food Guide’s 100 Best Local Restaurants 2025

Best Local Restaurant in London 2025Ida Queen’s Park, London ‘Everything a neighbourhood restaurant should be’  A refreshing escape from the capital’s new openings circuit, our London champion is a time-honoured heartwinner. Opened in 2007 by writer Simonetta Wenkert and her IT engineer husband Avi, their children have grown up with the restaurant and now ...

Best Local Restaurant South East Regional & Overall Winner 2025Lucky Lychee Winchester, Hampshire ‘One of the best Malaysian meals I have eaten in the UK’  Lucky Lychee owners James Harris & Nicole Yeoh Restaurant-loving husband-and-wife team James Harris and Nicole Yeoh started Lucky Lychee as a humble market stall in 2020 to fill ...