16 Restaurants That Showcase British Food at Its Best

The UK's best steak restaurant chain isn't just for Londoners. Hawksmoor has a branch in Manchester, too. Look out for the grilled bone marrow and the beef dripping fries.

The Hidden Hut in Cornwall is so popular the owners have just released a new cookbook. Where better to get a Cornish pasty? There are also frequent "feast nights" where they cook one classic dish for everyone to share.

If you want a seasonal tasting menu that'll give you the best of British at a reasonable price, head to The Fordwich Arms in Cambridge.

The Quality Chop House is a gorgeous London restaurant that's now expanded to include a wine bar, a deli shop, and a butchers. Everything it serves is delicious (you have to order the confit potatoes at least once in your life), but we're always going to go for a bacon sandwich.

British restaurant St. John in London specialises in "nose-to-tail" eating, which means every bit of the animal is used in the menu. If you're after a meat pie, you've come to the right place.

The Wigmore hotel has a classic pub, which serves up our favourites. Make sure you try the Scotch eggs, and order a metal tankard of real ale.

Seasonal food, local produce, Number 16 is your stopping point in Glasgow for modern and adventurous Scottish cooking.

We love the fish 'n' chips at The Green in the London neighbourhood of Clerkenwell, but it's the little touches that make it more than just a pub: the bar snacks and homemade butter and the classic beef Wellington roast on a Sunday.

It's unusual to recommend a restaurant in a garden centre, but Petersham Nurseries in Richmond has been knocking it out of the park with its classic British lunches (and excellent vegetarian choices) for years.

Fresh, locally sourced ingredients and innovative dishes. All of these add up to one of Belfast's most popular restaurants, Howard St.

Chester's favourite restaurant, The Sticky Walnut, excels at British dishes. Sticky toffee pudding, anyone?

Michelin-starred The Whitebrook near Monmouth in Wales takes British classics — like the apple crumble — and transforms them into modern and original dishes.

Whether you go to a local greasy spoon for bacon and a fried slice, or you head to The Wolseley for a fancy alternative, we will not hear a bad word said about our beloved English breakfast.

The Leaping Hare is in a 14th century barn in the middle of an English vineyard in Bury St Edmunds. The owners try and ensure all the ingredients come from within a five-mile radius. Then it's just a short journey into our mouths.

Just outside of the charming seaside town of Whitstable, gastropub The Sportsman is routinely voted the best restaurant in the UK. Make sure you book and go for the hearty classics. Leave some for us.

Traditional afternoon tea is a British institution. As is the jam/cream first debate! There's no better place to get into a heated argument than Claridge's.