16 Michelin Star restaurants in Yorkshire, Scotland and the North East

RESTAURANT PINE, NORTHUMBERLAND

In February 2022, Restaurant Pine became one of the UK’s latest Michelin starred restaurants – and the second Michelin Star restaurant in Northumberland – with a listing in the Michelin Guide 2023, earning a Michelin one star as well as a Michelin Green Star for sustainability.

Set in a beautifully renovated cow barn, Restaurant Pine offers an intimate setting where you can admire the sloping Northumberland landscape alongside Hadrian’s Wall, or watch your evening meal be prepared by our team of dedicated chefs in the bespoke open kitchen.

During the day, Restaurant Pine offers a classic three-tiered afternoon tea with a refined, modern approach. In the evening, enjoy a generous tasting menu using ingredients foraged from the Northumberland countryside, or grown at its onsite kitchen garden.

A real North East gem, the decor is aimed to reflect the surroundings, with a warm, inviting, country feel throughout.

Wednesday – Saturday: Evening tasting menu only.

Friday – Sunday: Afternoon tea and evening tasting menu.

Tasting Menu – £120pp

SOLSTICE BY KENNY ATKINSON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Opened in 2022, Solstice is the newest fine dining restaurant in Newcastle by Kenny and Abbie Atkinson.

A small but perfectly formed restaurant, diners are served a tasting menu of around 15-18 individual servings from snacks to savoury meat and fish dishes before a sweet section of desserts and petit fours.

The atmosphere is intimate, with chefs presenting the plates to the guests themselves.

View a SOLSTICE BY KENNY ATKINSON sample tasting menu.

Lunch: £155pp

Dinner: £170pp (from 1st April 2023)

Wine pairing: £95

Non-alcoholic pairing: £55

CAIL BRUICH, GLASGOW

Cail Bruich means ‘to eat well’ and this smart restaurant run by two brothers certainly lives up to its name.

And while the restaurant is run by two brothers, its head chef Lorna McNee who is grabbing all the headlines. Currently the only female chef in Scotland holiding a Michelin star – achieving the feat in little over five months – Lorna creates elegant cuisine that make the most of Scotland’s seasonally-changing ingredients.

HLN Hint: You can experience the magic of the open kitchen at Cail Bruich by dining at their unique Chef’s Table, and pop the cork on your celebrations with Krug Champagne.

Friday & Saturday: Lunch and tasting menu

Tuesday – Thursday: Tasting menu only

Surprise tasting menu: £140pp

HERON, LEITH

A new addition for 2023’s Michelin Guide, Heron is a relaxed, fine-dining restaurant with enviable views of Edinburgh’s Water of Leith.

Priding itself on an uncomplicated, understated ambience – reflected in the cuisine the team here creates – Heron’s two chef-owners are firm farm-to-table champions, offering both an à la carte and tasting menu that showcase some of Scotland’s best seasonal produce.

A kitchen team that thrives on their keen understanding of flavour, we’ve heard (from the Michelin Guide itself, no less), that the sauces here are a real highlight.

Saturday & Sunday: Lunch and dinner

Wednesday – Friday: Dinner only

Tasting menu: £95pp

THE KITCHIN, LEITH

Chef-owner Tom Kitchin was born and bred in Edinburgh and is a passionate ambassador for all things Scottish.

His contemporary restaurant, housed within a smartly converted whisky warehouse, is living proof: demonstrating the Highlands in the tree bark and dry stone décor, while the serving team dressed in kilts bring that effervescent Scottish charm to your table.

On your plate, you’ll find a combination of Tom’s nature-to-plate philosophy and his classical French training, which results in dishes that hit the mark every time. Highland game is a speciality, as is his ‘Rockpool’ dish of fresh local seafood.

Tuesday – Saturday: Lunch and dinner

Surprise tasting menu: £140pp

TIMBERYARD, EDINBURGH

Another new addition to 2023’s Michelin Guide, Timberyard offers a rustic warehouse aesthetic that perfectly accentuates an ethos centred around the local, the seasonal, and letting ingredients speak for themselves.

They say it takes more skill to make something simple taste exceptional and that is certainly the case at Timberyard. The chefs here transform a few choice ingredients sourced from local, artisan suppliers and Scotland’s natural larder into culinary masterpieces – which you can enjoy alfresco in the courtyard when the sun shines or snuggled up by the fire during the winter.

Thursday: Dinner only

Friday – Sunday: Lunch and dinner

Tasting menu: £105pp

ROOTS, YORK

This charming restaurant offers Michelin-starred dining right in the heart of historic York, curated by celebrated chef Tommy Banks.

Harnessing innovative cooking techniques, the tasting menus here evolve naturally according to the availability of produce – which originates from the onsite kitchen garden, small regional suppliers and chef-owner Banks’ parents’ farm.

Inspired by his own farming heritage, the tasting menu at Roots showcases Yorkshire’s larder in all its glory, within a modern, laidback, city-centre dining room.

Wednesday & Thursday: Dinner only

Friday & Saturday: Lunch and dinner

Tasting menu: £145pp

STAR INN AT HAROME

Star Inn at Harome is a beautiful thatched inn with a stylish dining room and a cocktail bar looking out onto the rear gardens and Kitchen Garden.

On cooler days, the pub bar has a roaring fire – perfect to enjoy a pre-dinner gin. There’s a traditional low-ceilinged old dining room and upstairs they have a coffee loft with beautiful bright decor and a private dining room.

The Restaurant is normally open all year round offering a seasonal A la Carte Menu with honest flavours and a range of small plates and bigger dishes. Pre-book to experience the full Tasting Menu with the option of a matched package of premium wines selected by their Wine Consultant.

Check out a sample menu.

Tasting Menu: £95pp