Wednesday 12 August 2026 is "the Glorious Twelfth", which will see the start of the red grouse shooting season across England and Scotland. From then on, we should start to see grouse appearing on menus. It's been a challenging year on the weather front, with the heat in particular affecting habitats, so maybe don't expect too much on the actual day.
Here's who should be serving it soon and with all of the below, check on their Instagram page to see when it'll be on the menu.
Wiltons
St James's - 55 Jermyn St, London SW1Y 6LX
Wiltons is one of London's oldest restaurants (it's 284 years old) and has a reputation for great game dishes - so grouse is always an event here. They source their grouse from Bolton Abbey Estate, and they'll be serving it "à l'Anglaise", served with bacon and bread sauce. Look out for more new game dishes too, like venison braise and venison saddle with wild mushroom gratin.
Follow them on Instagram: @wiltons_restaurant
The Jugged Hare
City of London - 49 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4SB
One of The Jugged Hare's specialities is game, which it has on its menu all year round (and even in its name), so this season is always important for them. They're aiming to serve it as quickly as possible and when it's available, it will be served with liver pâté on toast, Savoy cabbage and bacon, game chips, bread sauce and red wine jus.
They'll also be introducing more new game dishes for the season, including squirrel crumpet (!) with West Country Emu egg and Suffolk muntjac tartare with bone marrow toast.
Follow them on Instagram: @thejuggedhare
Sussex
Soho - 63-64 Frith St, London W1D 3JW
Sussex is a restaurant by The Gladwin Brothers and they celebrate the season every year with birds from the Yorkshire moors. This year, there are limited birds available (only 120 across all their restaurants this week) so book early and make sure the restaurant knows you want the grouse in advance. Their own take on it is a young Yorkshire grouse, served with elderberries, cauliflower purée and crispy bacon, finished with wood sorrel
When: From 13 August 2026
Follow them on Instagram: @sussex_resto.
Also see: The other restaurants in the group will also be serving grouse, so that's Rabbit (Chelsea), The Pig's Ear (Chelsea), The Shed (Notting Hill) and The Black Lamb (Wimbledon).
The Cinnamon Club
Westminster - The Old Westminster Library, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BU
The Cinnamon Club, Vivek Singh's Indian restaurant in Westminster, is always a good bet for an early place to enjoy grouse. Taking an Indian cuisine approach as ever, this year's dish is clove-smoked grouse breast, served with chickpea bread and Rajasthani tarka dal, with more game specials also being added to the menu like mallard with tawa mince and mango; teal breast with sesame tamarind chutney.
When: From 12 August 2026 (but check with the restaurant first)
Follow them on Instagram: @thecinnamoncollection
Bouchon Racine
Farringdon - 66 Cowcross St, London EC1M 6BP
Henry Harris' restaurant above the Three Compasses is another that will always feature game on the menu, but make sure you book ahead for this one. He prepares it traditionally (from a French perspective), so that will be roasted with an Armagnac gravy on a liver toast, served with pommes gaufrettes, liver toast, bread sauce and Armagnac gravy.
When: Should be there on 13 August 2026 (but check with restaurant)
Follow them on Instagram: @bouchonracine
Boisdale
Belgravia and Canary Wharf
Boisdale, with its close connections to Scotland, is always a good place to head to for grouse. Theirs comes direct from the Tweed Valley on the Scottish borders. It's served the traditional way, roasted and served with game chips and offal toast, cabbage and bacon, redcurrant jelly, bread sauce and Claret gravy (£49.50).
When: From 17 August at both restaurants.
Corrigan's Mayfair
Mayfair - 28 Upper Grosvenor St, London W1K 7EH
Chef and restaurateur Richard Corrigan loves using both British and Irish game on his menus. He'll be putting a Whole Yorkshire Grouse sourced from the Rutherford Estate's Burnside Farm in Kelso. It'll be paired with some of the very best of late summer produce like sweetcorn, girolles, hazelnuts, pickled cherries and crisp game chips. And look out for other game including partridge, pheasant, woodcock, woodpigeon and venison as the season progresses.
When: From Friday 14 August.
Kitchen W8
Kensington - 11-13 Abingdon Rd, London W8 6AH
This Michelin-starred restaurant is co-owned by Phil Howard and Rebecca Mascarenhas and has Mark Kempson in the kitchen, who is a big fan of game dishes (he has won a few Eat Game Awards) and always has something ready for grouse season. This year, the dish will be roast Yorkshire grouse with leafy celeriac, smoked bacon, damsons and discover apple (£53).
When: From 17 August 2026
Follow them on Instagram: @kitchenw8
Also look for...
Galvin La Chapelle (City of London, 18 August) - The restaurant is holding its annual grouse dinner, with five courses (including roast grouse, of course) and paired wines for £165
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