Premier Inn has revealed the best places to eat classic British fare, by researching dish-specific TripAdvisor review data.
With each dish bringing with it a preconception of where to visit to get the best of each; such as coastal towns for fish and chips, Wales for rarebit or East London for Pie & Mash, the hotel chain wanted to find out if their origins are still the right destinations for these well-loved classics.
Some locations held their crowns such as East London for pie and mash and Wales for Welsh Rarebit, but the research has also uncovered some hidden gems. Bacon sarnie lover? Head to Sheila’s Café in Lancaster Gate for the classic breakfast on the go. Sweet tooth? Brucianni’s, a traditional seaside parlour in Morecambe has been delighting visitors with its knickerbocker glory for decades. Something more warming? The Bird in Hand in Woking takes the title for sausage and mash.
Locations of the top ten best British Classics
- AFTERNOON TEA: Greywalls Hotel, Gullane, Scotland
- BACON SANDWICH: Sheila’s Café, Lancaster Gate in London
- CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA: Aagrah, Leeds in West Yorkshire
- FISH & CHIPS: Renfrew’s Chippy, Denton in Manchester
- FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST: Café Mosaic, Cirencester in The Cotswolds
- KNICKERBOCKER GLORY: Brucianni’s, Morecambe in Lancashire
- PASTY: Blackwell’s, Bideford in Devon
- PIE AND MASH: Maureen’s, Poplar in London
- SAUSAGE AND MASH: Bird in Hand, Woking in Surrey
- STEAK AND KIDNEY PIE: Turner’s Pies, Chichester in West Sussex
- WELSH RAREBIT: The International Welsh Rarebit Centre, Brecon in Wales
The research itself looked for common keywords we use to positively describe specific food experiences, such as ‘best fish and chips’, ‘best pie and mash’ or ‘amazing bacon sarnie’. In total, over 10,000 TripAdvisor reviews were used in the research, making the results a true people’s vote. Premier Inn has now also created an interactive map that highlights the top three locations to find each food type, making it a trusty food guide for anyone looking to sample the very best that Britain has to offer.
A Premier Inn spokesperson said: “Traditions tend to dictate where the best dishes are likely to come from, but by looking into TripAdvisor reviews we’ve been able to ascertain the places that people really rate for Britain’s best-known culinary creations. With some surprising results, we hope this map can help people to find the very best places for their favourite dishes and inspire some new locations to visit across the country.”
Find out more here: https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/news/2019/greatest-british-food.html
