Feature Published 07 February 2025
Unreserved: What’s the deal with drinking in restaurants, asks Jimi Famurewa
As Dry January draws to a close, Good Food Guide columnist Jimi Famurewa digests the seductive power of drinking while dining.
Feature Published 07 February 2025
DRINK: Cardinal's recipe for a Cinderella Rockefella
Cardinal is the big sister to much-loved Edinburgh favourite Skua. Tomás Gormley is flexing his solo skills in a multi-course tasting menu format, complimented by a large biodynamic wine list. Cocktails, on the other hand, are a tightly curated affair with just four house 'pours’ on offer. Here is the recipe for their Cinderella Rockefella. Go to method Photo ...
Local Guide Published 07 February 2025
A local's guide to Edinburgh
In the three years since our last Local Guide to Edinburgh, the city’s food scene has evolved at glorious pace. From the entirely casual to the finest of fine dining, the city’s eating options have never felt richer, bolder or better travelled, with incredible, local produce woven throughout. To say things are good for a small city is the faintest ...
Feature Published 07 February 2025
DRINK: Lyla's recipe for a Samphire Martini
A visit to Best New Restaurant frontrunner Lyla begins in the endlessly elegant upstairs lounge of the Edinburgh townhouse. More seductive still is an ice-cold samphire martini to prelude Stuart Ralston’s exceptional seafood-forward cooking.








Feature Published 07 February 2025
COOK: Stéphane Pacoud's recipe for Bellamy's smoked eel mousse
As Bellamy’s celebrate their 20th anniversary, head chef Stéphane Pacoud shares a recipe for one of their classic starters from the last two decades.
Interview Published 06 February 2025
Catching up with Roberta Hall-McCarron
Ahead of her Claridge’s Kitchen Supper Series dinner, we caught up with Roberta Hall-McCarron to talk about bringing Scotland to London in this one-off collaborative event.
Feature Published 06 February 2025
COOK: Chris Leach's recipe for Manteca's rigatoni with kale sauce
The menu at the always-buzzing Manteca in east London can change several times a day, such is their commitment to buying the best of the season from small scale growers. Right now the lean, cold winter months means kale is in it’s sweet peak and Chris Leach of Manteca shares their simple and delicious recipe for rigatoni with kale sauce.
The Good Food Guide Awards Published 04 February 2025
The Good Food Guide Awards 2025 in pictures
On Monday 3rd February, Britain’s top chefs and restaurateurs gathered at Lord Lloyd Webber’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane to celebrate The Good Food Guide Awards 2025, in partnership with OpenTable.








Where to eat Published 04 February 2025
Best restaurants in Edinburgh
Looking for the best restaurants in Edinburgh? This fantastic, bustling city has an extensive range of restaurants and places to eat across both the town centre and historic Old Town. From affordable Italian and modern Indian to refreshingly modern Scottish classics, there’s a wealth of good food to explore in the capital. It’s no surprise that Edinburgh was named Most ...
The Good Food Guide Awards Published 03 February 2025
The Good Food Guide Awards 2025: The Winners
After a dazzling night of celebration at Theatre Royal Drury Lane for The Good Food Guide Awards 2025, in partnership with OpenTable, the trailblazing chefs and visionary restaurateurs have been crowned. Informed by The Good Food Guide’s inspectors and selected by the editors, here are the winners in full. All of them showcasing excellence in hospitality and setting the benchmark ...