Review of 2024. Part 2: 1 – 17=
| RANK | RESTAURANT | TOWN | SCORE | COMMENTS |
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The Ritz NATIONAL RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR |
London | 24 | Perfection at a price. Executive Chef John Williams enjoys legendary status. Well deserved |
| 2 |
Macau Kitchen SCOTTISH RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR |
Edinburgh | 23 | Unlikely that you will have eaten food like this. Chef Kei de Freitas draws on influences from his extensive travels in the east. Please go |
| 3= | dulse leith | Edinburgh | 22 | Dean Banks's latest venture has him back on form. His food is always great. Here he has resolved the service issues which Tom Eats! has encountered elsewhere |
| 3= | Locanda Terramare | Turin | 22 | Should you ever find yourself in the lovely city of Turin, beat a path to Chef Santino's fabulous one man band |
| 5= | Baia | Barbados | 21.5 | The food in Barbados is of variable quality. Not here. Feast beside the sea and think thoughts of paradise |
| 5= | Dine Craiglockhart | Edinburgh | 21.5 | The fourth venture for Stuart Muir and Paul Brennan. As you can see from the score, they are as good as ever |
| 5= | The Ubiquitous Chip | Glasgow | 21.5 | I feared for this Glasgow institution after its sale to Greene King. No cause for alarm - good as ever
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| 5= | Quo Vadis | London | 21.5 | Legendary venue; legendary chef; legendary birthday lunch |
| 9= | Sushisamba | Edinburgh | 21 | You have to visit here! 360˚ views from the top of Edinburgh's controversial Walnut Whip. And the food is remarkable too |
| 9= | pizzologist* | Edinburgh | 21 | If it's good enough for Miranda Heggie, it's good enough for us. This branch is now closed but you'll find them on Leith Walk |
| 9= | 64 Goodge Street | London | 21 | Another triumph from the team which brought you Clipstone and the Quality Chop House
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| 12= | Ting Thai | Edinburgh | 20.5 | No frills but authentic Thai food. We visited two in Edinburgh, but they're in Glasgow as well. A fun place
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| 12= | Celentano's | Glasgow | 20.5 | Fabulous food near Glasgow Cathedral. Only some service issues prevented this from being near the very top |
| 14= | Dhoom | Dunfermline | 20 | Not your run of the mill Indian by any means. They are well aware of regional food and the service is great |
| 14= | Makani Indian & Arab Kitchen | Edinburgh | 20 | Indian and Arab combined? Never heard of the like, but I'll be back to dig further into the menu. Terrific food |
| 14= | Hendersons | Edinburgh | 20 | An Edinburgh institution which sadly closed during The Great Plague. Now reopened by Barrie Henderson. Same family. Dare I say it, better than the original |
| 17= | The Prahna Indian Grill | Edinburgh | 19.5 | The best Indian restaurants are now miles away from the same old, same old. Go to Corstorphine for a fascinating menu and some lovely people |
| 17= | Ristorante Miro | Genoa | 19.5 | We spent a month in Pegli, a former seaside resort now part of Genoa. A fascinating city. Ligurian cuisine is worth checking out. This was the best place we dined in |
| 17= | The Old Mill* | Pitlochry | 19.5 | Miranda Heggie again. I did its licence years ago: she liked it. The food, that is, not the licence
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* Denotes Guest Reviewer