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The Good Food Guide reviews the best restaurants, pubs and cafés throughout the UK. Completely independent, we pay for every meal we review and do not accept advertising. The Guide is written from scratch each year, and is based on genuine reader feedback and the expertise of our cast of anonymous inspectors across the UK. Consistently the nation's bestselling restaurant guide, it is highly regarded by restaurants and the public alike.
The 2012 edition features a host of new eateries alongside perennial favourites as it charts the best of British dining. From bijou cafés to top-end restaurants, the Guide highlights the best places for romantic dinners, business lunches and celebratory meals. Detailed, informative reviews reveal the dishes, chefs and new restaurant gems to look out for, from Scotland to Cornwall, Northern Ireland to Norfolk.
* Authoritative, incisive reviews and recommendations
* Interviews with top chefs and sommeliers
* Features on the top culinary trends for 2012
* £50 worth of money-off vouchers
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Easy to flick through to find the area in question, that you may be wishing to dine in.
My only gripe being that there are hardly any pages dedicated to the Midlands, in whole just two pages and that is including Birmingham. Would be good if a few places for fine dining could be found in the Staffordshire area that we don't know about already. The South/London seems to win hands down in this book, which is great if wishing to sample fine food in that area. So if out for a weekend break there is no doubting about where to eat, just which one in particular as there are so many places mentioned.
It is a good guide book, which is easy to read, what I also liked is that there are also web sites for most of the eating places. So more can be found about the various places before visiting. Always useful to get other people's views before booking a place if very expensive and out of your own local area.
I have only bought one of these guides many years ago, but this one has been greatly improved and a good useful book to have if you like to travel and enjoy good food. There maybe places in it that you have already visited and maybe a few new ones to try out.
A good enough reason to try out different eating places.
My only gripe being that there are hardly any pages dedicated to the Midlands, in whole just two pages and that is including Birmingham. Would be good if a few places for fine dining could be found in the Staffordshire area that we don't know about already. The South/London seems to win hands down in this book, which is great if wishing to sample fine food in that area. So if out for a weekend break there is no doubting about where to eat, just which one in particular as there are so many places mentioned.
It is a good guide book, which is easy to read, what I also liked is that there are also web sites for most of the eating places. So more can be found about the various places before visiting. Always useful to get other people's views before booking a place if very expensive and out of your own local area.
I have only bought one of these guides many years ago, but this one has been greatly improved and a good useful book to have if you like to travel and enjoy good food. There maybe places in it that you have already visited and maybe a few new ones to try out.
A good enough reason to try out different eating places.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I buy all the restaurant guides - Michelin, The Good Food Guide, Harden's and Zagat, etc. Michelin is perhaps the most prestigious and of course focusses on fine dining; Harden's is based on Joe Public reviewers' opinions but has more listings; The GFG covers London and other counties and tends to be more balanced and detailed; whereas Zagat's entries are short and filled with quotes (from reviewers) and tend to be a bit judgemental - I don't always agree with their opinions.
The Good Food Guide has been going for over 60 years and has built a justly deserved reputation for comprehensiveness and balance.
The Guide starts with a comprehensive introduction and listing of recent awards. It kicks off the reviews with London and then goes through the English regions, then Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. What I like about the GFG compared to all other guides is - aside from the problem of its relatively large size - it is authoritative, well written and balanced. Some of other guides tend to condemn restaurants because one or two diners have a had a bad time. The GFG also has plenty of detail about each restaurant and more detail about dishes, prices and wine.
It's difficult to beat with a real pedigree - if you have a large pocket to carry it!
The Good Food Guide has been going for over 60 years and has built a justly deserved reputation for comprehensiveness and balance.
The Guide starts with a comprehensive introduction and listing of recent awards. It kicks off the reviews with London and then goes through the English regions, then Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. What I like about the GFG compared to all other guides is - aside from the problem of its relatively large size - it is authoritative, well written and balanced. Some of other guides tend to condemn restaurants because one or two diners have a had a bad time. The GFG also has plenty of detail about each restaurant and more detail about dishes, prices and wine.
It's difficult to beat with a real pedigree - if you have a large pocket to carry it!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is a handy reference guide - but don't think that if you rely on it you'll find every excellent eating establishment in the country. For me, there are some real omissions (actually quite glad about that - don't want them getting overrun!) but it's still a good starting point. The restaurants recommended tend, on the whole, to be on the pricey side, so not one for cheap-eats.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
great gift
Brought this for my dad and already hes been to two restaurants listed in the book, a great gift for a food lover
Published 1 month ago by smiler29
A perfect gift for foodies
We bought this for parents together with the Good Pub Guide as they are avid foodies and love exploring and finding new places to eat. Read more
Published 2 months ago by KB
Useful for finding good places to eat whatever the occasion
To test the usefulness and accuracy of the reviews in this book, I went to a handful of the restaurants in my local area to see if I agreed with them, which I did. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Elizabeth Meades
The best guide
We have been buying the Good Food Guide since the early 1970s. Despite changes of ownership (and editors) in that time, it remains the most informative and reliable guide to eating... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kernowlot
A good food guide?... excellent more like.
In excess of 600 pages long, you can be assured this is an exhaustive and authoritative guide to a large collective of the best restaurants, pubs and cafes in the country. Read more
Published 6 months ago by The Fault
Great food, good guide but...
why so few recommendations for my part of the country? Okay,it's the good food guide so you now exactly what you're getting. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Cheeky Monkey
Good Food Guide 2012
GFG 2012 gives an excellent if sometimes repetitive overview of some of the best restaurants currently in UK. Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. Jarvis
Best food guide on the street
This is an excellent book, informative easy to use. This is the second book we have had and its been really useful. Makes an excellent birthday or christmas gift.
Published 7 months ago by lollypop
Hmm .. not sure ..
If you frequently travel to new & unfamiliar towns and cities, (or live on London) know the difference between your Chorizo & your Chervil & are able to eat in a restaurant based... Read more
Published 7 months ago by RozziD
Informative guide to the best restaurants
I began exploring this book by trying to find restaurants I'd visited and duly found that most of the places I considered to be among the best I'd known were included. Read more
Published 7 months ago by M. V. Clarke
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