And the Good Food Guide best category winners are...

Best new restaurant: Sake No Hana, Mayfair

"The restaurant’s design is stunning; perfectly trained staff are 'superb' (the expert sake sommelier, in particular, has received more rave reader comments than any other sommelier in the country); and the kaiseki cooking is of a very high quality."

Best value for money: Tom Ilic, Battersea

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"Looks and feels more like a neighbourhood bistro than a 'serious' restaurant but produces imaginative, gutsy, big-on-flavour cooking at very reasonable prices."

Best budget restaurant: Viet Grill, Shoreditch

"Astonishing value. Food is fresh, fragrant and incredibly cheap - it's hard to believe that most dishes cost between £3-£6."

Best gastropub: Carpenter’s Arms, Hammersmith

"Daily changing, no-frills British menu, good value for money, friendly staff, lovely sheltered garden – a perfect local."

Best set menu: Wild Honey, Mayfair

"Three courses for £15.50 for food of this quality makes it one of the best lunch deals in town. The menu moves from day to day and although in many ways it shows the inclinations of simple Briitsh cooking, its real loyalty is to be reassuringly cosmopolitan."

Best vegetarian: Manna, Primrose Hill

"Recently refurbished and with a good wine list. One of Britain’s first vegetarian restaurants is still one of its best."

Best for breakfast: Roast, London Bridge

"The buzz in the market outside is reflected by the kitchen's enthusiasm for well-sourced British ingredients. This ethos extends to the wonderful breakfasts."

Best wine list: The Square, Mayfair

"Astonishing in every department and not everything costs an arm and a leg either. The menu - nine starters, eight main courses and a couple of specials - is classical French, nicely balanced without too much elaboration."

Best fish restaurant: One-O-One, Knightsbridge

"Creative and confident fish dishes, full of twists and turns and surprising techniques.The culinary idiom is essentially modern French with Asian undertones, but the USP here is the serving of small tasting dishes."

Best up-and-coming chef: Tristan Mason, formerly of Orrery, Marylebone

"This young chef is one to watch. He allows modern ideas to impinge freely on classic French cooking to stunning effect."

Read the latest UK restaurant reviews by AA Gill, Giles Coren and Michael Winner

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