Two Cornwall eateries have been named among the top 100 local restaurants in the UK for 2024 according to the Good Food Guide.
North Street Kitchen in Fowey and Edie's in St Austell were featured, with North Street Kitchen being the regional winner for the South West of England.
Describing the process of picking the restaurants, the publication shared: "This year, The Good Food Guide received an astonishing number of nominations from diners across the country, all keen to champion their favourite places to eat.
"An unprecedented 60,000 votes were cast, leaving the Guide’s team of expert inspectors the tasty task of anonymously eating in a vast number of restaurants across the country.
"The result is a snapshot of extraordinary local creativity and talent, personal hospitality and genuine community spirit."
The full list of the best 100 local restaurants can be found on the Good Food Guide website.
What was said about the Cornwall restaurants?
North Street Kitchen has an overall rating of 'Very Good' from the Good Food Guide and has a score of 3.5/5 on Tripadvisor from 110 reviews.
In a review on the publication, the restaurant was praised for its decor including "Festoon lighting" and blackboard menus.
They add: "Ethan Friskney-Bryer was head chef here before acquiring the place in February 2024, and remains as committed as ever to the principles of variety and sustainability in seafood.
"It's the kind of place where your fish might well have been caught by one of the chefs.
"The local mussels in garlic butter and cider are a reliably popular draw, preceded perhaps by a plate of pickled anchovies or a clutch of Porthilly rock oysters."
Other dishes that received praise included sea bass with chard in fresh lemon butter and butterflied mackerel with garlic stalks and bacon.
Meanwhile, Edie's in St Austell has an overall rating of 'Good' from the Good Food Guide and has a score of 5/5 on Tripadvisor from 863 reviews.
In a review on the publication, the restaurant was praised for feeling "like a true neighbourhood spot".
They add: "Contemporary brasserie cooking is the name of the game, with a good-value fixed-price menu supplementing an appreciably adventurous carte.
"First off might be a dazzling salad of Isle of Wight tomatoes with pickled shallots, pangrattato, whipped feta and basil oil, an energising blaze of colour.
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"Much is made of the starter soufflés, perhaps Comté cheese with spinach and wild mushroom fricassée.
"Soft gnudi make a satisfying lunchtime main, accompanied by a riot of spring veg in lemon butter with crumbled sourdough croûtes adding crunch, while fish dishes are all you might expect for the location – maybe halibut with brown shrimps and saffron potatoes in curry sauce.
"Fillet steaks with hand-cut chips, watercress and Café de Paris butter will be a dead cert for a large proportion of the clientele."
