Ynyshir voted as the UK's best restaurant (with Brat at no. 3) - see the top 100 here

Gareth Ward's Ynyshir in Wales has long been a highly praised restaurant and now it's finally made its way right to the top of the 100 restaurants picked for this year's National Restaurant Awards. Not only is it top of the pile, but it also marks the first time a restaurant outside England has topped the list.

Last year's No 1 moves only one place down the list, while Brat is the capital's highest placing on the list at No 3 (up from No 7 last year). It's particularly good news for Chet Sharma's Bibi too - that enters the list at No 5, a pretty impressive achievement. 

Other new London entries include Adejoké Bakare's Chishuru, Trivet, Russell Norman's Brutto, Fallow, Mangal 2 and a notably high re-entry and No 6 for The Ledbury. It's also good news for The Ritz which jumps from 44 last year to No 4 this year.

Out of the full top 100 list, 61 of the restaurants are in London (and seven of the top 10). That's the largest percentage for a while (there were only 48 last year). 

Of the special categories of the night, here's who went home with an award:

• Chef of the Year: Simon Rogan, Umbel Restaurant Group
• Restaurateur of the Year Dan and Natasha Smith, The Fordwich Arms and The Bridge Arms
• Chef to Watch: Spencer Metzger
• Opening of the Year: BiBi
• One to Watch, sponsored by Woods Foodservice: Lisboeta
• The Sustainability Award: Where The Light Gets In
• Gastropub of the Year: The Angel at Hetton
• The Service Award: The Ritz
• Wine List of the Year: Noble Rot Soho
• Cocktail List of the Year: KOL
• Food Lovers Award: Oxwich
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Ruth Rogers, The River Café.

Here's the full top 100 (with the London restaurants in bold) 

1. Ynyshir
2. Moor Hall
3. Brat
4. The Ritz
5. BiBi
6. The Ledbury
7. A Wong
8. Core by Clare Smyth
9. Ikoyi
10. L’Enclume
11. Manteca
12. The Angel at Hetton
13. Fallow
14. House of Tides
15. Sabor
16. Perilla
17. The Fordwich Arms
18. Da Terra
19. Kiln
20. KOL
21. Noble Rot Soho
22. Brawn
23. Inver
24. Lyle’s
25. Trinity
26. The River Café
27. Tony Parkin at the Tudor Room
28. Kitchen Table
29. Claude Bosi at Bibendum
30. Sessions Arts Club
31. St John
32. The Black Swan at Oldstead
33. Chez Bruce
34. Restaurant Story
35. Mangal 2
36. Planque
37. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
38. 40 Maltby Street
39. Restaurant Sat Bains
40. The French House
41. Bright
42. The Guinea Grill
43. Frog by Adam Handling
44. Parker’s Arms
45. Pollen Street Social
46. Silo
47. The Sportsman
48. Pine
49. Maison François
50. Native at Browns
51. Evelyn’s Table
52. Hjem
53. Allegra
54. Erst
55. The Clove Club
56. The Seahorse
57. Elystan Street
58. Etch
59. SOLA
60. Trattoria Brutto
61. The Man Behind the Curtain
62. Frenchie
63. Hélène Darroze at The Connaught
64. Kudu
65. Osip
66. Midsummer House
67. The Bridge Arms
68. The Grill at The Dorchester
69. Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill
70. Alchemilla
71. Gymkhana
72. Raby Hunt
73. The Quality Chop House
74. Rochelle Canteen
75. Café Deco
76. Decimo
77. Joro
78. Mana
79. Paul Ainsworth At No.6
80. Carter’s of Mosley
81. Cottage in the Woods
82. Hide
83. Orasay
84. Ondine
85. Ox
86. Trivet
87. The Old Stamp House
88. Opheem
89. Sargasso
90. The Little Chartroom
91. Tallow
92. Aizle
93. Chishuru
94. Le Cochon Aveugle
95. Muse
96. Northcote
97. The Palmerston
98. Benares
99. La Dame de Pic
100. Endo at the Rotunda

For more, visit the National Restaurant Awards website

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