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The Best Restaurants In Dublin

With a shiny new crop of Michelin stars (retained, admittedly) cementing its status as a serious food city, Dublin's restaurant scene has never been more exciting. Skip the tourist traps of...
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The Best Restaurants In Brighton: The IDEAL 22

Ideal if you're looking for best spots to eat and drink in London-on-Sea... The south coast city of...

The Best Restaurants In Bristol: The IDEAL 22

Ideal for finding the best eats in one of the UK's true culinary powerhouses... *Updated for 2025* Bristol’s food...

Where To Eat Near The AO Arena, Manchester: The...

It’s rare to find such an enormous, influential concert venue slap bang in the middle of a...

The Best Restaurants In Salisbury, Wiltshire

Let’s put this on the page and in writing before we begin; Salisbury feels like a contradictory...

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The Best Restaurants In Bath: The IDEAL 22

Ideal for superlative dining in arguably the UK's most picturesque city... The transformation of Bath’s restaurant scene, from one dominated by chains and tea rooms to...

The Best Restaurants In Whitstable, Kent

Searching for the best restaurants in Whitstable? Search no further... There's something rather magical about Whitstable. Perhaps it's the way the light hits the oyster...
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The Best Mexican Restaurants In Brighton

Mex this can on Monday, took her for a taco on Tuesday, we were making mole on Wednesday, and on Thursday and Friday and...

Where To Eat In Dartmouth: The Best Restaurants In Dartmouth

Looking for the best restaurants in Dartmouth? You’ve come to the right place to find them. No, not Dartmouth, silly, but IDEAL Magazine… Sure, Dartmouth's...

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The Best Restaurants In Leeds

Ideal for finding a great feed in the Capital of the North... Known for its rich contributions to art, architecture, music, sport, film, and television,...

The Best Seafood Restaurants In Bristol

So much has been written about the quality of Bristol restaurants in recent years, with the city often cited as being the epicentre of...

Where To Eat The Best Steak In London

It’s a food critic’s trope as re-worked as a restaurant’s ‘soup of the day’ in its fifth menu iteration; 'you can tell the quality...

The Best Restaurants In Stratford City: Where To Eat Before ABBA Voyage

Ideal for finding a decent feed in Stratford before the show... Sprawling over a sometimes sparse section of East London, Stratford (or 'Stratford City', as...

Where To Eat Italian Food In Brighton: The Best...

Ideal for the best pizza and pasta in Brighton... Sure, fish’n’chips on the pebbles, perhaps with a plastic...

Where To Eat In Blackpool: The Best Restaurants In...

Blackpool may not enjoy the stunning sunsets of Santorini, the panoramic vistas of Turkey or the glimmering turquoise blue...

Where To Eat Italian Food In Bristol: The Best...

Ideal for a taste of Bel Paese in the south west of England... To say that Bristol’s dining...

The Best Cocktail Bars In Brighton

Whether it’s because there’s something in the water, in the fresh sea air, or simply in the...

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The Best Restaurants In Leeds

Ideal for finding a great feed in the Capital of the North... Known for its rich contributions to art, architecture, music, sport, film, and television, Leeds has long been a...
Joseph Gann

The Best Seafood Restaurants In Bristol

So much has been written about the quality of Bristol restaurants in recent years, with the city often cited as being the epicentre of the UK’s culinary scene outside...
THE IDEAL FOOD TEAM

Where To Eat The Best Steak In London

It’s a food critic’s trope as re-worked as a restaurant’s ‘soup of the day’ in its fifth menu iteration; 'you can tell the quality of a kitchen by its...
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The Best Restaurants In Stratford City: Where To Eat Before ABBA...

Ideal for finding a decent feed in Stratford before the show... Sprawling over a sometimes sparse section of East London, Stratford (or 'Stratford City', as they're attempting to rebrand it)...
Joseph Gann

The Best Sunday Roasts In Brighton

The city of Brighton, both quintessentially British and proudly progressive, hosts a collection of Sunday roasts that are, well, also fitting of those two descriptors. Here in the so-called London-by-the-Sea,...
Joseph Gann

Where To Eat Italian Food In Brighton: The Best Italian Restaurants...

Ideal for the best pizza and pasta in Brighton... Sure, fish’n’chips on the pebbles, perhaps with a plastic pint in hand, is a great way to spend an afternoon in...
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Where To Eat In Blackpool: The Best Restaurants In Blackpool

Blackpool may not enjoy the stunning sunsets of Santorini, the panoramic vistas of Turkey or the glimmering turquoise blue seas of the Caribbean, but it does offer a value-for-money holiday to...
Joseph Gann

Where To Eat Italian Food In Bristol: The Best Italian Restaurants...

Ideal for a taste of Bel Paese in the south west of England... To say that Bristol’s dining scene is dominated by the cuisine of Mediterranean Europe would be something...
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The Best Cocktail Bars In Brighton

Whether it’s because there’s something in the water, in the fresh sea air, or simply in the DNA of the city, vibrant cocktails full of fun and frivolity just...
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The Best Cocktail Bars In Bath: Where To Drink

There are all sorts of reasons to travel to Bath - its UNESCO World Heritage Status, the fine Georgian architecture, its ancient Roman Baths… But perhaps a less well...