Plenty of London venues made it into the Waitrose Good Food Guide's UK's 50 best restaurants ranking, but they were all beaten by L'Enclume — a small, riverside eatery in Cumbria serving locally sourced ingredients.
It is owned by award-winning chef Simon Rogan, who has a passion for organic produce.
L'Enclume has retained its title as the UK's best restaurant for four consecutive years.
In a statement on the guide's website, Good Food Guide editor Elizabeth Carter said she loved that its rustic exterior and discreet entrance "makes you feel you’re in on a secret."
Despite L'Enclume's modest appearance, Rogan is "restlessly inventing and pushing his ingredients to extract maximum flavour and interest."
Like a lot of organic food, the dishes here come with a big price tag. Both the lunch and dinner menu have a set price of £130 per head, and that's before you've ordered wine. A wine pairing with dinner costs £200.
Take a look at some of L'Enclumes most inventive dishes, the restaurant, and its farm.
This is L'Enclume in Cartmel, Cumbria. It has an "unassuming appearance from the outside," according to the Good Food Guide. It was founded in 2002 in an old farmhouse that looks inconspicuous next to the neighbouring cottages.
Most of the food at the restaurant is grown on its own 12-acre organic farm.
The restaurant retained its top spot in the Good Food Guide for the fourth year running. The dining area is minimalist and rustic, with no tablecloths and exposed brick walls.
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