OpenTable’s Top 100 Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in the UK for 2024 

As the weather warms up, it’s time to dine outdoors. To help find the perfect alfresco spot, OpenTable has scanned diner metrics and over 2.2 million reviews to narrow down the restaurants where Brits love dining outdoors. The result is our annual Top 100 Restaurants for Outdoor Dining, offering delicious food at alfresco hotspots nationwide. Want to dine out with your furry friend too? The list also highlights outdoor spots that are dog-friendly. 

The diners have spoken! Let’s dig in:

Bath/Somerset

• The Old Thatched Cottage – Weston-Super-Mare 🐶
• The Cross House Inn – Bristol

Berkshire

• Bombay Story – Wokingham 🐶
• GOGOS Waterfront Restaurant – Windsor 🐶
• The Boatman – Windsor 🐶
• The Greene Oak – Windsor 🐶
• The Greyhound – Wokingham 🐶
• The Loch & The Tyne by Adam Handling – Windsor 🐶
• The Royal Oak – Yattendon 🐶

Birmingham/West Midlands

• Fiume Restaurant – Wolverhampton 🐶

Cambridge/Cambridgeshire

• Provenance Kitchen – Hinxton

Cheshire

• The White Horse Churton – Chester 🐶

Cornwall

• Pandora Inn – Falmouth 🐶
• Porthminster Beach Café – St Ives 🐶
• The Bank At Bude – Bude 🐶

Derbyshire

• The Bluebell – Alfreton 🐶
• The Duncombe Arms – Ashbourne 🐶

Devon

• Greendale Farm Shop Cafe and Restaurant – Exeter 🐶
• Greyhound Country Inn – Honiton 🐶
• Shoals – Brixham 🐶

Dorset

• Cliffhanger Restaurant – Christchurch 🐶
• Harbour Inn – Lyme Regis 🐶
• Hive Beach Cafe – Bridport 🐶

• The Anchor Inn – Bridport 🐶
• The Old Inn – Wimborne

Dumfries and Galloway

• Gather – Castle Douglas

Edinburgh/Midlothian

• McLarens on the Corner – Edinburgh 🐶

Essex

• The Anchor Danbury – Chelmsford 🐶
• The Anchor Inn – Nayland

Glasgow/Lanarkshire

• Glasgow Bucks Bar – Trongate – Glasgow 🐶
• KELP – Glasgow

Gloucestershire/Wiltshire

• The Dumb Post Inn – Calne 🐶
• William’s – Stroud 🐶

Hampshire

• Filly Inn – Brockenhurst 🐶
• The Jack Russell – Andover 🐶

Hertfordshire

• Lussmanns – Harpenden 🐶
• The Old Guinea – Radlett 🐶
• The Sword Inn Hand – Buntingford 🐶

Isle of Wight

• The George Hotel & Beach Club – Yarmouth

Kent

• Little Rock – Folkestone
• Rocksalt – Folkestone 🐶
• The Boat House– Rochester
• The Captain Digby – Broadstairs 🐶
• The Duke William Ickham – Canterbury
• The Waterfront Restaurant and Bar – Hythe

Lancashire

• The Black Bull – Blackburn 🐶
• The Royal – Lancaster 🐶

Leicestershire

• Sondes Arms – Rockingham

London

• Boro Bistro – London Bridge 🐶
• Emilia’s Crafted Pasta – St Katharine Docks – Tower Hill
• Gaucho Richmond – Richmond 🐶
• Le Pont de la Tour – London Bridge
• Mercer Roof Terrace – Bank

• Ognisko – South Kensington
• Petersham Nurseries Restaurant – Richmond 🐶
• The Britannia Richmond – Richmond 🐶
• The Wharf Restaurant – Teddington 🐶
• Westerns Laundry – Holloway

Manchester/Greater Manchester

• Albert’s Standish – Wigan 🐶
• BAR SAN JUAN – Chorlton 🐶
• The Old School BBQ Bus – Failsworth

Newcastle and Northumberland

• Jolly Fisherman at Craster – Craster 🐶
• The Joiners Arms – Alnwick 🐶
• The Woodmans Arms – Newcastle Upon Tyne 🐶

Norfolk/Suffolk

• Rocky Bottoms – Cromer 🐶
• Rooftop Gardens – Norwich

• SugarBeat Eating House – Norwich 🐶
• The Dun Cow – Holt/Edgefield 🐶
• The Ffolkes – King’s Lynn 🐶
• The Jolly Sailors – Brancaster Staithe 🐶
• The Pigs Edgefield – Holt/Edgefield 🐶
• The White Horse – Brancaster Staithe 🐶

North Wales

• The Potted Lobster – Abersoch 🐶

Nottingham/Nottinghamshire

• The Rustic Crust Pizzeria – Nottingham

Oxford/Oxfordshire

• Parsonage Grill – Oxford 🐶
• The Beetle & Wedge – Wallingford 🐶
• The Folly – Oxford 🐶
• The White Hart at Fyfield – Fyfield 🐶

Shropshire

• The Charlton Arms – Ludlow 🐶
• The Lion at Leintwardine – Craven Arms 🐶

Surrey

• Bird In Hand – Woking 🐶
• The Black Swan Ockham – Cobham 🐶
• The Drumming Snipe – Woking 🐶
• The Red Lion Chobham – Chobham 🐶

• The Star – Witely 🐶

Warwickshire

• Fleur de Lys – Henley-in-Arden 🐶
• The Rose Inn – Atherstone 🐶
• The Throckmorton – Alcester 🐶

West Sussex

• Anglesey Arms – Chichester 🐶
• The Cat Inn – East Grinstead 🐶
• The Shepherd & Dog – Henfield

Worcestershire

• The Ewe and Lamb – Bromsgrove 🐶
• The Fleece Inn – Evesham 🐶

Yorkshire

• Devour – Holmfirth 🐶
• Shibden Mill Inn – Halifax 🐶
• The Crathorne Arms – Yarm 🐶
• The Drovers Arms Restaurant & Country Pub – York 🐶
• The Fish Cottage – Whitby 🐶
• The Star Inn The City – York 🐶

• York Minster Refectory – York 🐶

🐶 – indicates that the restaurant allows doggy dining as of May 2024. This is subject to change and is at the discretion of the restaurant as to where pets are allowed. Please note, this also only applies to well behaved dogs.

The Top UK 100 Restaurants for Outdoor Dining 2024 Methodology

OpenTable’s Top 100 Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in the UK for 2024 is generated from over 2.2 million UK verified OpenTable diner reviews and dining metrics from 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024. Restaurants with a minimum threshold of tagged diner reviews were considered and evaluated by a compilation of unique data points, including diner ratings, the percentage of five star reviews, the number of alerts set, the percentage of reservations made in advance and direct searches. Metrics were weighted to comprise an overall score. The qualified restaurants were then ranked by the percentage of reviews with the tag “outdoor dining”. The resulting list appears A-Z, not in ranked order.