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Two Glasgow restaurants hailed among the UK's '100 Best'

An influential UK restaurant guide has just released its top 100 UK restaurants for 2023 and Glasgow has two top restaurants making the list.

With Glasgow's culinary scene filled with great restaurants, it's great news to see two of our top eateries named in the prestigious survey.

Cail Bruich was named highest for Glasgow in the Harden's Guide in 50th place, which is based on ratings submitted by 3,000 diners who contribute to their annual survey.

While Unalome by Graeme Cheevers was a new entry ranking in 68th.

Other restaurants hailed by the guide (but not included in the top 100) included GaGa on Dumbarton Road, Dakhin in the Merchant City, Ka Pao in the west end and Battlefield Rest in the southside.

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Scotland had eight entries in total with Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire being crowned the UK's overall top restaurant.

Scotland's world-famous restaurant hailed - 'a memory to be treasured' - shot to the top spot for its luxurious ingredients prepared with 'impeccable skill and creativity' and attentive staff who are 'knowledgeable in all respects'.

Speaking about the latest release of the guide, which is now the only UK restaurant guide sold in bookshops based on feedback from normal diners rather than a group of professional inspectors, Peter Harden, co-founder of Harden’s, said: "Andrew Fairlie may sadly no longer be with us but his spirit lives on in this restaurant which bears his name. Reaching the top spot this year is a huge credit to his long-time lieutenants, head chef Stephen McLaughlin and general manager Dale Dewsbury.

"It has been an excellent year for Scotland's representation in the Harden's Top 100 as a whole, with restaurants in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perthshire and Fife featuring."

The Harden's 100 ranking of the UK's best restaurants in full

1 Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder

2 Evelyns Table at The Blue Posts, London

3 Waterside Inn, Bray (39)

4 Endo at The Rotunda, London (4)

5 The Kitchin, Edinburgh (23)

6 Core by Clare Smyth, London (5)

7 Adam Reid at The French, Manchester (40)

8 L’Enclume, Cartmel (19)

9 Maru, London

10 Pine, East Wallhouses

11 Da Terra, Town Hall Hotel, London (3)

12 The Five Fields, London (10)

13 Sorrel, Dorking (13)

14 Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh (61)

15 Hjem, Wall (56)

16 Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton (37)

17 Adam's, Birmingham (29)

18 PLU, London

19 The Araki, London

20 Muse, London (24)

21 Lumire, Cheltenham (46)

22 Estiatorio Milos, London

23 The Little Fish Market, Brighton (15)

24 Lympstone Manor, Exmouth (6)

25 Kitchen Table, London (12)

26 Hambleton Hall, Hambleton (32)

27 The Forest Side, Grasmere (36)

28 LPM, London (45)

29 Paul Ainsworth at No 6, Padstow (85)

30 Joro, Sheffield

31 The Little Chartroom, Edinburgh

32 SOLA, London (31)

33 The Art School, Liverpool (18)

34 Anglo, London (21)

35 Morston Hall, Morston (38)

36 A Wong, London (64)

37 Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms, Eglwys Fach (7)

38 Meadowsweet, Holt (98)

39 The Ledbury, London

40 Nobu, London (27)

41 Roots, York (97)

42 Alchemilla, Nottingham (14)

43 House of Tides, Newcastle upon Tyne (57)

44 Outlaw's New Road, Port Isaac (74)

45 Aulis at L'Enclume, Cartmel

46 The Latymer, Pennyhill Park Hotel, Bagshot

47 Club Gascon, London (95)

48 ChefsTable at TRUEfoods, Melmerby

49 Oxeye, London

50 Cail Bruich, Glasgow (59)

51 Roketsu, London

52 Cornerstone, London (50)

53 Chez Bruce, London (42)

54 SY23, Aberystwyth

55 Trinity, London (47)

56 Aulis London, London (33)

57 Robin Wylde, Lyme Regis

58 Bibendum, London (99)

59 The Clove Club, London (17)

60 Opheem, Birmingham (100)

61 Bohemia, Jersey

62 Restaurant Twenty Two, Cambridge

63 Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen, Port Isaac (49)

64 The Angel, Hetton (58)

65 The Black Swan, Oldstead

66 Frog by Adam Handling, London (82)

67 Umu, London

68 Unalome by Graeme Cheevers, Glasgow

69 Le Gavroche, London (52)

70 The Sportsman, Seasalter (41)

71 Pied Terre, London (44)

72 Ekstedt at The Yard, Great Scotland Yard Hotel, London

73 Mana, Manchester (9)

74 The Sea, The Sea, London

75 Midsummer House, Cambridge (78)

76 The Peat Inn, Cupar (20)

77 Moor Hall, Aughton (16)

78 The Whitebrook, Restaurant with Rooms, Whitebrook (53)

79 Old Stamp House, Ambleside

80 The Moorcock Inn, Sowerby Bridge

81 Lyle's, London (66)

82 Sollip, London (88)

83 Imperial Treasure, London

84 Gidleigh Park, Chagford

85 Behind, London (51)

86 Elderflower, Lymington

87 Wilson's, Bristol (80)

88 BiBi, London

89 Amaya, London (69)

90 The Olive Tree, Queensberry Hotel, Bath

91 The Ritz, London

92 The Wilderness, Birmingham

93 Sketch, Lecture Room at Library, London

94 Quilon, London

95 Kol, London

96 The Fat Duck, Bray

97 Myrtle, London (90)

98 The Small Holding, Goudhurst (25)

99 The Cellar, Anstruther

100 Fraiche, Oxton (28)

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