Michelin & Cie, Europe’s largest tiremaker, produced its first guide in 1900. It was free of charge until 1920 and was intended for chauffeurs.
The three star rating was published in 1936.
one star: “A very good restaurant in its category” (“Une très bonne table dans sa catégorie”)
two stars: “Excellent cooking, worth a detour” (“Table excellente, mérite un détour”)
three stars: “Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey” (“Une des meilleures tables, vaut le voyage”).
MICHELIN GUIDE RESULTS 2015: FULL LIST
The Michelin Guide 2015 results have been released, see below for the full list of Michelin star restaurants in the UK.
* denotes new winners
3 Michelin Stars
*No new 3 stars
Fat Duck – Bray
Waterside Inn – Bray
Gordon Ramsay – Chelsea
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester – Mayfair
2 Michelin Stars
*No new two stars
Midsummer House – Cambridge
Gidleigh Park – Chagford – Devon
Le Champignon Sauvage – Cheltenham
Whatley Manor (The Dining Room) – Wiltshire
Hand and Flowers – Marlow
Restaurant Sat Bains – Nottingham
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons – Oxford/Great Milton
Restaurant Nathan Outlaw – Cornwall
Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles – Auchterarder
Patrick Guilbaud – Dublin
The Ledbury – North Kensington
Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley – Belgravia
Le Gavroche – Mayfair
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught – Mayfair
Hibiscus – Mayfair
Square – Mayfair
L’Enclume – Grange-over-Sands/Cartmel
Michael Wignall at The Latymer (at Pennyhill Park Hotel) – Surrey
Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library) – Mayfair
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel) – Westminster
The Greenhouse – Mayfair
One Michelin Star
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon – Strand & Covent Garden
Fischer’s at Baslow Hall – Baslow, Derbyshire
The Park (at Lucknam Park Hotel) – Bath/Colerne
The Terrace (at Montagu Arms Hotel) – Beaulieu
Pipe and Glass Inn – Beverley/Yorks
West House – Biddenden, Kent
Fraiche – Birkenhead
Purnell’s – Birmingham
Simpsons – Birmingham
Turners – Birmingham
Northcote – Blackburn/Langho
Morston Hall – Morston/Norfolk
Curlew – Bodiam/East Sussex
Lords of the Manor – Gloucestershire
Royal Oak – Bray
Casamia – Bristol
Manor House H. and Golf Club – Wiltshire
Simon Radley at The Chester Grosvenor – Chester
Pony & Trap – Chew Magna/Bath
Sir Charles Napier – Chinnor/Buckinghamshire
Apicius – Cranbrook/Kent
Ockenden Manor – Cuckfield/West Sussex
Sienna – Dorchester/Dorset
Butchers Arms – Eldersfield/Worcestershire
The Pass – Horsham/West Sussex
The Neptune – Hunstanton/Norfolk
Box Tree – Ilkley/West Yorkshire
Ocean at the Atlantic – Jersey
Bohemia (at Club Hotel and Spa) – Jersey
Tassili (at Grand Hotel) – Jersey
The Stagg Inn – Herefordshire
Mr Underhill’s at Dinham Weir – Ludlow/Shropshire
Harrow at Little Bedwyn – Marlborough/Wiltshire
Nut Tree – Murcott/Oxfordshire
Hambleton Hall – Rutland
Black Swan – Oldstead/North Yorks
Yorke Arms – Ramsgill-in-Nidderdale/North Yorks
JSW – Petersfield/Hampshire
Driftwood – Portscatho/Cornwall
L’Ortolan – Reading/Shinfield
Drake’s – Ripley/ Surrey
Old Vicarage – Sheffield
Masons Arms – South Molton/Knowstone/Devon
Room in the Elephant – Torquay
The Sportsman – Whitstable/Kent
5 North St – Winchcombe/Gloucs
The Black Rat – Winchester/Hampshire
Paris House – Woburn/Bedfordshire
Glenapp Castle – Ballantrae/South Ayrshire
Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond – Balloch/West Dunbartonshire
Braidwoods – Dalry/North Ayrshire
Castle Terrace – Edinburgh
Number One (at Balmoral Hotel) – Edinburgh
Kitchin Edinbugh/Leith – Edinburgh
Martin Wishart Edinburgh/Leith – Edinburgh
Sangster’s – Elie/Fife
Albannach – Lochinver/Highlands
Boath House – Nairn/ Highlands
Peat Inn – Fife
Knockinaam Lodge – Portpatrick/Dumfries & Galloway
Kinloch Lodge – Isle of Skye
Walnut Tree – Abergavenny/Llanddewi Skirrid/Monmouthshire
Tyddyn Llan – Llandrillo Denbighshire
The Checkers – Montgomery/Monmouthshire
House (at Cliff House Hotel) – Waterford
Chapter One – Dublin
L’Ecrivain – Dublin
Thornton’s (at The Fitzwilliam Hotel) – Dublin
Bon Appétit – Malahide/Dublin
Hakkasan Hanway Place – Bloomsbury
Pied à Terre – Bloomsbury
Club Gascon – City of London
Harwood Arms – Fulham
River Café – Hammersmith
La Trompette – Chiswick
St John – Clerkenwell
Rasoi – Chelsea
Kitchen W8 – Kensington
The Glasshouse – Kew
Galvin La Chapelle – Spitalfields
Chez Bruce – Wandsworth
Amaya Belgravia – Westminster
Pétrus – Belgravia
Benares – Mayfair
Galvin at Windows (at London Hilton Hotel) – Mayfair
Hakkasan Mayfair – Mayfair
Kai – Mayfair
Maze – Mayfair
Murano – Mayfair
Pollen Street Social – Mayfair
Tamarind – Mayfair
Umu – Mayfair
Wild Honey – Mayfair
L’Autre Pied – Regent’s Park & Marylebone
Locanda Locatelli – Regent’s Park & Marylebone
Texture – Regent’s Park & Marylebone
Seven Park Place (at St James’s Hotel and Club) – St James’s/Westminster
Arbutus – Soho
Yauatcha – Soho
Quilon – Victoria
Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 – Padstow
Alimentum – Cambridge
Raby Hunt – nr Darlington
Hedone – Chiswick
Dabbous – Regent’s Park & Marylebone
Hinds Head – Bray
St Johns Hotel – Leicester Square
Launceston Place – Kensington
Trishna – Marylebone
Alyn Williams at The Westbury – Mayfair
The Red Lion Free House – Wiltshire
Thackerays Restaurant – Kent
Tristan – Horsham
Bath Priory – Bath
Samling – Cumbria
adam’s – Birmingham
Wilks – Bristol
Ormer by Shaun Rankin – Jersey
HKK – Shoreditch
Angler – Finsbury
Story – London Bridge
Ametsa – Belgravia
Brasserie Chavot – Mayfair
Lima – Regent’s Park/Marylebone
Social Eating House – Soho
Outlaw’s at The Capital – Knightsbridge
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon – Strand and Covent Garden
*Fera at Claridges – Mayfair
*Gymkhana – Mayfair
*Clove Club – Shoreditch
*Barrafina – Soho
*Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen – Port Isaac, Cornwall
*Treby Arms – Devon
*Isle of Eriska – Scotland
*Three Chimneys and The House
over-By – Isle of Skye
*Ynyshir Hall – Wales
*Crown at Whitebrook – Wales
*City Social – City of London
*Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs – Bloomsbury
*Cross at Kenilworth – Kenilworth
*Star Inn – Harome, North Yorkshire
Here is a list if the Scottish entries
It’s not just about stars!, Since 1955, the guide has also highlighted restaurants offering “good food at moderate prices”, a feature called “Bib Gourmand”. They must offer menu items priced below a maximum determined by local economic standards.
Additions to Glasgow today include The Gannet and Ox and Finch.
All listed restaurants receive a “fork and spoon” designation, as a subjective reflection of the overall comfort and quality of the restaurant. Rankings range from one to five: One fork and spoon represents a “comfortable restaurant” and five signifies a “luxurious restaurant”. Forks and spoons coloured red designate a restaurant that is considered “pleasant” as well.
Restaurants can also receive other symbols next to their listing.
Coins indicate restaurants that serve a menu for a certain price or less.
Interesting view or Magnificent view, designated by a black or red symbol.
Grapes, a sake set, or a cocktail glass indicate restaurants that offer a “somewhat interesting” selection of wines, sake, or cocktails.
The Michelin site can be accessed here.