This January and February, The Good Food Guide is inviting you to beat the winter blues with the launch of its first ever Restaurant Month.

The South Hams boasts some of the most beautiful stretches of the English coastline, with fertile farmland stretching from sea-sprayed headlands to steep rolling pasture and cool, shady valleys. It’s home to a fiercely local food and drink scene and around the Salcombe-Kingsbridge estuary, there’s plenty of good eating to be had.

Ahead of the launch of Restaurant Month 2026 (13th January – 13th February), Adam Hyman, owner of The Good Food Guide, shares his vision for this initiative, and why it’s important to support restaurants through the quieter months

As Jane Baxter and Samantha Miller pull the shutters on their ten-year triumph of Wild Artichokes, we dip into our archives to the visit made by our undercover inspector – spinning a fictitious backstory on a sharing table – which beat a path to its title of Best Local Restaurant in the South West in 2023, and inspired many a ...

From new-wave culinary stars to top chefs downsizing to intimate settings, Good Food Guide editor Chloë Hamilton picks her top six new openings to be excited about in 2026.

Sardinian wild fennel soup in a garment factory in Bow, a nourishing frittata in Bloomsbury, the perfect jambon beurre in Covent Garden… While eating a little more lightly to kick off the new year, we’ve picked out our favourite selection of cafés, delis and laid-back restaurants for a simple, seasonal and delightfully delicious lunch.

The old cliché that ‘to eat well in England you should eat breakfast three times a day’ hasn’t been true for a very long time. But given the incredible variety on offer in central London, you’ll want to eat breakfast three times a day at least.

The Good Food Guide’s inspectors are a far-flung and fiercely knowledgeable bunch, stationed across the country and constantly feeding back on Britain’s most compelling places to eat. The team spans decades of experience, from long-standing inspectors to newer recruits bringing curiosity and a contemporary lens. What they share is an uncompromising palate and a deep love of eating well. Here ...

Brave the Artic breeze and Helsinki’s dining scene makes for a delicious winter weekend away. Good Food Guide correspondent Stuart Walton explores its best markets, cheery bistros and high-concept counters, finding Finnish winter resilience plated with berries, reindeer and gold dust.

Margate’s dining scene is on fine form and Billy Stock fits right in. The chef has racked up experience at St John and The Marksman, but more importantly has built a strong local following thanks to time well spent in the seaside town, notably as head chef at Sète. No surprise then that The Wellington was packed when we visited ...