Edinburgh and Glasgow feature in top 3 foodie destinations to visit in the UK

Edinburgh has just been crowned the best city for foodies in the UK.

The research named the capital top foodie destination with Glasgow also coming in third place in the top 10.

Thankfully, Scotland also avoided being named in the top 10 worst places to go for food and drink fans.

The study by health food specialists MuscleFood set out to identify the top foodie cities in the UK, looking at a number of factors from the number of Michelin star restaurants in the area, to how many Uber Eats restaurants are available.

With food and drink culture on the rise, thanks to the pandemic facilitating a 19% rise in dine-in food options, and a collective £990m spent on fueling our obsession for good food, the study found Scotland has another string to its bow in the staycation boom.

Taking the top spot for the best city in the UK for foodies is Edinburgh due to having one of the highest numbers of coffee shops in the city (219), and a significant number of Uber Eat options to choose from (543).

It’s also a great city to visit for those who are health conscious- with a total of 117 healthy restaurants available and 37 healthy delivery options from UberEats.

Not only has Edinburgh ranked as the number one city for foodies, but Glasgow has also ranked number 3.

It narrowly misses out behind Manchester for having slightly fewer UberEats restaurants (667) in the city.

The top 10 UK Foodie Destinations

#	City	Number of restaurants per Capita	Number of Healthy Restaurants	Number of Michelin Guide Restaurants	Average weekly household spend on food and non- alcoholic drinks	Number of Uber Eats Restaurants	Number of Healthy Uber Eats Restaurants	Number of establishments serving dessert	Number of Coffee + Tea shops	Number of Bakeries
1	Edinburgh	0.3660	117	24	£57.60	543	37	70	219	40
2	Manchester	0.3665	57	19	£57.80	799	63	61	138	28
3	Glasgow	0.2951	54	15	£57.60	667	42	64	171	23
4	Leeds	0.2126	53	9	£56.10	658	57	32	114	20
5	London	0.2263	851	392	£69.90	794	222	551	1576	335
6	Cardiff	0.2505	33	10	£57.40	430	23	36	111	11
7	Liverpool	0.3183	67	6	£57.80	381	21	44	129	24
8	Brighton	0.4000	71	15	£68.70	464	37	43	138	22
9	Newcastle	0.3145	31	8	£57.10	428	25	35	81	18
10	Bristol	0.2765	65	15	£63.10	487	42	36	123	27
10	Birmingham	0.1778	55	16	£60.40	741	50	68	106	23
12	Sheffield	0.2171	32	5	£56.10	442	37	30	96	18
13	York	0.3294	27	9	£56.10	155	10	34	93	17
14	Nottingham	0.3067	34	5	£62.20	504	34	23	86	12
15	Leicester	0.2988	26	7	£62.20	588	33	42	56	13

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