AA 3-rosette restaurants in England

23 February 2010 by Angela Frewin

AA ROSETTE CRITERIA

One rosette Chefs should display a mastery of basic techniques and be able to produce dishes of sound quality and clarity of flavours, using good, fresh ingredients.
AA-rosette-2
Two rosettes Innovation, greater technical skill and more consistency and judgement in combining and balancing ingredients are all needed at this level.
AA-rosette-3
Three rosettes This award takes a restaurant into the big league. Expectations of the kitchen are high: exact technique, flair and imagination must come through in every dish, and balance and depth of flavour are all-important.
AA-rosette-4
Four rosettes At this level, not only should all technical skills be exemplary, but there should also be daring ideas, and they must work. There is no room for disappointment. Flavours should be accurate and vibrant.
AA-rosette-5
Five rosettes The supreme accolade awarded only when the cooking is at the pinnacle of achievement. Flavours, combinations and textures show a faultless sense of balance, giving each dish an extra dimension.

THREE AA ROSETTES: SOUTH WEST
5 North Street, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire	AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373550) entry
[The Abbey](http://www.abbeyrestaurant.co.uk/) restaurant, Penzance, Cornwall	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/373288) entry
[Andrews on the Weir](http://www.andrewsontheweir.co.uk/), Porlock, Somerset	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371800) entry
[The Bath Priory](http://www.thebathpriory.co.uk/) hotel and restaurant, Bath, Somerset	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373588) entry
Bovey Castle and [The Mulberry](http://www.boveycastle.com/) restaurant, Moretonhampstead, Devon	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/551226) entry
[The Bybrook restaurant](http://www.exclusivehotels.co.uk/) at Manor House, Castle Combe, Wiltshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/370952) entry
[Casamia Restaurant](http://www.casamiarestaurant.co.uk/), Bristol	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/restaurants/bristol-casamia-restaurant-1252433) entry
Corbyn Head hotel & [Orchid restaurant](http://www.orchidrestaurant.net/), Torquay, Devon	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373695) entry
[Driftwood](http://www.driftwoodhotel.co.uk/driftwood-restaurant.htm), Portscatho, Cornwall	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373094) entry
[The Elephant Bar & Restaurant](http://www.elephantrestaurant.co.uk/), Torquay, Devon	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372478) entry
[The Hambrough](http://www.thehambrough.com/), Isle of Wight	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/371056) entry
[The Harrow at Little Bedwyn](http://www.harrowinn.co.uk/), Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371604) entry
[The Horn of Plenty](http://www.thehornofplenty.co.uk/), Gulworthy, Devon	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372372) entry
[Hotel Endsleigh](http://www.hotelendsleigh.com/), Tavistock, Devon	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371065) entry
[Hotel Tresanton](http://www.tresanton.com/), St Mawes, Cornwall	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371692) entry
[Lewtrenchard Manor,](http://www.lewtrenchard.co.uk/) Lewdown, Devon	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372360) entry
[Little Barwick House](http://www.littlebarwickhouse.co.uk/), Yeovil, Devon	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372357) entry
[Lucknam Park](http://www.lucknampark.co.uk/), Colerne, Wiltshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371084) entry
[Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 restaurant](http://www.number6inpadstow.co.uk/), Padstow, Cornwall	[AA](http://www.number6inpadstow.co.uk/) Entry
[The Mason Arms Inn](http://www.masonsarmsdevon.co.uk/), Knowestone, Devon	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/371853) entry
[The New Angel](http://www.thenewangel.co.uk/), Dartmouth, Devon	[AA ](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/370839)entry
[Restaurant Nathan Outlaw](http://www.themarinahotel.co.uk/nathanoutlaw/index.htm) at the Marina Villa hotel, Fowey, Cornwall	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/370918) entry
[The Seafood Restaurant](http://www.rickstein.com/), Padstow, Cornwall	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/370922) entry
[Sienna](http://www.siennarestaurant.co.uk/jumpoff.htm), Dorchester, Dorset	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/373521) entry
[St Martin's on the Isle](http://www.stmartinshotel.co.uk/), St Martin's, Cornwall	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371105) entry
[Stock Hill Country House](http://www.stockhillhouse.co.uk/) hotel & testaurant, Gillingham, Dorset	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371256) entry
[Summer Lodge Country House hotel](http://www.summerlodgehotel.com/), Evershot, Dorset	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371908) entry
[Well House hotel](http://www.wellhouse.co.uk/Liskeard_Restaurant/Restaurant.html), Liskeard, Cornwall	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373141) entry
[Whatley Manor](http://www.whatleymanor.com/), Malmesbury, Wiltshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373294) entry

THREE AA ROSETTES: SOUTH EAST
[36 on the Quay](http://www.36onthequay.co.uk/), Emsworth, Hampshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371254) entry
[Amberley Castle](http://www.amberleycastle.co.uk/), Sussex	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/551220) entry
[Apicius](http://www.restaurant-apicius.co.uk/), Cranbrook, Kent	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371111) entry
[Auberge du Lac](http://www.aubergedulac.co.uk/), Welwyn, Hertfordshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/restaurants/welwyn-auberge-du-lac-373513) entry
[Aubergine at the Compleat Angler,](http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/offers/aubergine/index.htm) Marlow, Bucks	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/restaurants/marlow-aubergine-at-the-compleat-angler-370847) entry
[The Bildeston Crown](http://www.thebildestoncrown.com/), Bildeston, Suffolk	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/371352) entry
[Bingham restaurant](http://www.thebingham.co.uk/), Richmond, Surrey	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/373664) entry
[The Camellia restaurant](http://www.exclusivehotels.co.uk/) at South Lodge hotel, Lower Beeding, West Sussex	[AA ](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371455)entry
[Chewton Glen hotel](http://www.chewtonglen.com/), New Milton, Hampshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373530) entry
[Drake's restaurant](http://www.drakesrestaurant.co.uk/), Ripley, Surrey	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372192) entry
[Gravetye Manor hotel](http://www.gravetyemanor.co.uk/), East Grinstead, West Sussex	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371382) entry
[The Hand & Flowers](http://www.thehandandflowers.co.uk/), Marlow, Buckinghamshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373455) entry
[Hartwell House hotel](http://www.hartwell-house.com/), restaurant & spa, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373495) entry
JSW, Petersfield, Hampshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372976) entry
[Lainston House hotel](http://www.exclusivehotels.co.uk/), Winchester, Hampshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372972) entry
[Macdonald Compleat Angler](http://www.macdonald-hotels.co.uk/compleatangler-hotel.co.uk), Marlow, Buckinghamshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/370847) entry
[Newick Park hotel ](http://www.newickpark.co.uk/welcome.html)and country estate, East Sussex	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/373457) entry
[The Oak Room](http://www.danesfieldhouse.co.uk/oak_room.htm) at Danesfield House, Marlow, Bucks	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/371571) entry
[Ockenden Manor](http://www.hshotels.co.uk/), Cuckfield, West Sussex	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371410) entry
[L'Ortolan](http://www.lortolan.com/), Shinfield, Berkshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371011) entry
[The Pass](http://www.southlodgehotel.co.uk/EXCLUSIVE_HOTELS/eating_and_drinking/the_pass.aspx), near Horsham, West Sussex	AA entry
[Le Poussin](http://www.lepoussin.co.uk/) at Whitley Ridge Country House, Brockenhurst, Hampshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372905) entry
[Read's restaurant,](http://www.reads.com/) Faversham, Kent	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372538) entry
[Thackeray's](http://www.thackerays-restaurant.co.uk/), Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372672) entry
[Waldo's restaurant](http://www.clivedenhouse.co.uk/), Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373678) entry
[The West House](http://www.thewesthouserestaurant.co.uk/), Biddenden, Kent	[AA ](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373230)entry
[West Stoke House](http://www.weststokehouse.co.uk/), Chichester, West Sussex	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/410288) entry

THREE AA ROSETTES: WEST MIDLANDS
[La Bécasse](http://www.labecasse.co.uk/), Ludlow, Shropshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/373342) entry
[Castle House](http://www.castlehse.co.uk/), Hereford, Herefordshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373364) entry
[Mallory Court hotel](http://www.mallory.co.uk/), Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371742) entry
[Mr Underhills restaurant](http://www.mr-underhills.co.uk/), Ludlow, Shropshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371264) entry
[Old Vicarage](http://www.oldvicarageworfield.com/) hotel and restaurant, Worfield, Shropshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372731) entry
[Purnell's](http://www.purnellsrestaurant.com/index.html), Birmingham	AA entry
[Simpsons](http://www.simpsonsrestaurant.co.uk/), Birmingham, West Midlands	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372346) entry

THREE AA ROSETTES: EAST MIDLANDS
Harry's Place, Grantham, Lincolnshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371802) entry
[The Old Vicarage](http://www.theoldvicarage.co.uk/), Ridgeway, Derbyshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371184) entry

THREE AA ROSETTES: EAST OF ENGLAND
[Colette's at The Grove](http://www.thegrove.co.uk/restaurants/colettes.aspx), Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373295) entry
[Hintlesham Hall hotel](http://www.hintleshamhall.com/), Hintlesham, Suffolk	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372181) entry
[Morston Hall,](http://www.morstonhall.com/) Blakeney, Norfolk	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372563) entry

THREE AA ROSETTES: NORTH WEST
[The Church Green](http://www.thechurchgreen.co.uk/c), Lymm, Cheshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/restaurants/lymm-the-church-green-1252434) entry
[Fraiche,](http://www.restaurantfraiche.com/) Birkenhead, Merseyside	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372511) entry
[Gilpin Lodge Country House](http://www.gilpinlodge.co.uk/) hotel & restaurant, Windermere, Cumbria	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372676) entry
[Holbeck Ghyll Country House hotel](http://www.holbeckghyll.com/), Windermere Cumbria	[AA ](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372539)entry
[Linthwaite House hotel](http://www.linthwaite.com/), Windermere, Cumbria	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/372532) entry
[The Longridge restaurant](http://www.heathcotes.co.uk/longridge.htm), Longridge, Lancashire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371473) entry
[Northcote Manor](http://www.northcotemanor.com/), Llangho, Lancashire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372659) entry
[Rampsbeck Country House hotel](http://www.rampsbeck.fsnet.co.uk/), Watermillock, Cumbria	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372694) entry
[The Samling](http://www.thesamling.com/), Windermere, Cumbria	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/373692) entry

THREE AA ROSETTES: NORTH EAST, YORKSHIRE & HUMBER
[Anthony's restaurant](http://www.anthonysrestaurant.co.uk/), Leeds, West Yorkshire	[AA ](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/372404)entry
[Box Tree](http://www.theboxtree.co.uk/) restaurant, Ilkley, West Yorkshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371733) entry
[Burlington Restaurant ](http://www.thedevonshirearms.co.uk/)at the Devonshire Arms, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/restaurants/bolton-abbey-the-burlington-restaurant-373715) entry
[Jesmond Dene House](http://www.jesmonddenehouse.co.uk/), Newcastle-upon-Tyne	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/restaurants/newcastle-upon-tyne-jesmond-dene-house-371183) entry
[Judges Country House hotel,](http://www.judgeshotel.co.uk/dining/) Yarm, Cleveland	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/100/373399) entry
[Seaham Hall hotel - The White Room restaurant,](http://www.seaham-hall.com) Seaham, County Durham	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/370991) entry
[Swinton Park](http://www.swintonpark.com), Masham, North Yorkshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/restaurant/371008) entry
[Yorke Arms](http://www.yorke-arms.co.uk), Ramsgill, North Yorkshire	[AA entry