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South West restaurants awarded by the Michelin Guide 2026

Ugly Butterfly 2.0 by Adam Handling
Nitro tiramisu at Ugly Butterfly 2.0 by Adam Handling

The results are in! Discover the South West restaurants awarded by the Michelin Guide 2026, including Bib Gourmands and Green Stars

This year’s Michelin stars were unveiled at a ceremony on February 9 at the Convention Centre in Dublin. Many restaurants in the region retained the prestigious accolade, with Ugly Butterfly being the newest addition to the fold. Destination restaurants including Àclèaf at Boringdon Hall in Plymouth, Paul Ainsworth at No.6 in Padstow and Restaurant Hywel Jones by Lucknam Park in Colerne all held on to their stars, while a wealth of new venues earned Bib Gourmands and Green Stars for the first time.

Discover some of the South West restaurants awarded in the Michelin Guide 2026 below. Get the full line-up here.

One star

  • Àclèaf, Plymouth
  • Bulrush, Bristol
  • Bybrook, Castle Combe
  • Elephant, Torquay
  • Gidleigh Park, Chagford
  • Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham
  • Lumière, Cheltenham
  • Lympstone Manor, Lympstone
  • Olive Tree, Bath
  • Osip, Bruton
  • Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen, Port Isaac
  • Outlaw’s New Road, Port Isaac
  • Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Padstow
  • Restaurant Hywel Jones by Lucknam Park, Colerne
  • The Dining Room, Malmesbury
  • The Masons Arms, Knowstone
  • Ugly Butterfly by Adam Handling, Newquay – NEW
  • Wilsons, Bristol

Green Star

  • Coombeshead Farm, Lewannick
  • CULTURE, Falmouth
  • Daylesford Organic Farm, Daylesford
  • Exmoor Forest Inn, Simonsbath
  • Glebe House, Southleigh – NEW
  • Oak, Bath
  • Osip, Bruton
  • Pythouse Kitchen Garden, Tisbury
  • Wilsons, Bristol

Bib Gourmand

  • Andria, Dartmouth
  • Argoe, Newlyn
  • Beckford Bottle Shop, Bath
  • BOX-E, Bristol
  • Briar, Bruton
  • COR, Bristol
  • Counter Culture, Newquay – NEW
  • Emilia, Ashburton
  • Horse & Groom, Bourton-on-the Hill
  • Jai Ho, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham – NEW
  • Little Hollows Pasta, Bristol
  • Marmo, Bristol
  • North Street Kitchen, Fowey
  • OTHER, Bristol
  • Post, Newnham – NEW
  • Pythouse Kitchen Garden, Tisbury
  • Queen of Cups, Glastonbury
  • RAGÙ, Bristol – NEW
  • Rick Stein’s Café, Padstow
  • Root, Bristol
  • Root Wells, Wells
  • Sardine Factory, Looe
  • The Blaise Inn, Bristol
  • The Chequers, Bath
  • The Cornish Arms, Tavistock

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