The best restaurants in United Kingdom serving French food

My wife and I have been fans of Stephen Edward’s food for many years. We have eaten his food previously at Cromwells in Small Dole, Whites in Steyning and the Camelia at South Lodge. I was therefore happy to book a table at Etch to celebrate our Wedding Anniversary. I did this via The Fork app and it was clearly stated that we wanted the ‘Michelin tasting menu’ in the restaurant. We paid the deposit and received confirmation. However, late morning on the day of the reservation, I was contacted by a restaurant employee to ‘confirm our booking in the cocktail bar’. I explained that we had booked the restaurant, but was told that they didn’t have that information and had no availability. The lady said that she would be contacting all diners to confirm their tables and would call me back if anybody cancelled, however I received a deposit refund as soon as I put the phone down and a message from ‘The Fork’ saying the restaurant couldn’t accommodate us! I’m sure the food is as great as ever, but it is the dismissive attitude of the staff over their mistake that leaves a bad taste in the mouth

Sloppy ice cream bought 2 cones one mint chocolate chip one chocolate both were so sloppy they melted before I could get to the beach. Not the first time I thought the first time was just a one off Need to turn the temp down on the freezer. Nottised a lot of other people with all theirs dripping down everywhere What a waste of money Ge t the whippy its more solid that's if the machine is working!!!

Had a really great breakfast at Skyes. The waiting staff were very attentive, efficient and helpful. The food was very good. We had a Welsh breakfast and a ham, cheese and egg galette.

Been here several times before and have always had a great time. Went for dinner there last night and the food was amazing. Had the best Moussaka ever. Great service

Fabulous! 5* service from Marina and 5* cooking from Amy. It was our first visit but won’t be our last. We had the 4 course tasting menu and enjoyed every course.

10 Tib Lane has been on my list for some time, due to the great reviews. It didn’t disappoint. Food was superb - intriguing, inspired dishes, all a bit different, really flavoursome. It’s a sharing plate concept, mainly small plates, alongside a half handful of larger ones. The menu for both food and drink is concise, the wine list, not run of the mill. Service was personal and really friendly. The restaurant is set across 2 floors (plus what looked like a private dining room on the 3rd floor). It's cosy, intimate, lowly lit and retro. Loved it.

What a lovely place this is, with very friendly staff and some tasty but not too expensive wines, and they do some very tasty food as well. Happy to recommend and can't wait until we are back in Worthing so we can go here again.

4 of us visited The Gaff last night for the Chef’s Table experience to celebrate my wife’s birthday. I must admit I was slightly trepidatious when we sat at the bar and were the only patrons in there. I needn’t have worried. As the restaurant filled up around us Chef Robert served up one of the best tasting menus we’d ever experienced. Every course was wonderfully unfussy, with a couple of dishes opting to make vegetables the star of the show, believe me - you’ve never had cauliflower like this. He was also a great host who clearly loves his craft and happily indulged my amateur interests in his cooking throughout the evening. All this was complimented by our American friend with a passion for Pauillac, the wine pairings were high quality, interesting but most importantly delicious. It is unbelievably good value for what you receive (£140 a head for 8 courses, 8 wines and service) and felt really special. My only thought as I exited into the cool April night, ‘I can’t wait to go back’.

Exceptional. We hired Paul from the Petite Chouette to cater for a full weekend for a family get together, including a 4 course private dining experience on the Saturday evening. The food was fabulous and Paul was a delight. He offered a selection of menu option as requested and catered for our culinary needs. The highlight was the private dining experience which also included wine pairings. Paul was knowledgeable and happy to answer all our questions. The food was amazing. We will definitely use the Petite Chouette again and after tasting the exceptional wine and cheese, I will be ordering a monthly subscription box.

Back from holiday, and visited my favourite restaurant , as soon as possible. It was during “the Crieff food festival”, and my wife and I both had the fish pie. I would not recommend anyone having fish pie anywhere else again after the fish pie at G’s bistro. You would always be trying to compare, but that would be impossible. We have never (truthfully) had anything other than perfection, ambience, service, happiness all around.

Lo pasé muy bien aquí celebrando el cumpleaños de un amigo. Las bebidas, el servicio amable y la música estaban a punto, ¡así que 5 estrellas bien merecidas!

1890's Beautiful surroundings with very welcoming staff set the scene for a fabulous lunch of delicious & superbly presented food accompanied by great wine pairing & service. Looked after extremely well, thank you to the whole team for such a wonderful experience. If you get the opportunity you must go.

We went for a meal with friends who had eaten here several times previously and rated it highly. The menu is quite small and no vegetarian options shown, although when asked there were two options available, veggie curry and cauliflower steak unfortunately neither of which appealed to me personally. I opted for the potato skins starter as a mains instead which was quite tasty but nothing I could wholeheartedly recommend. My meat eating companions chose off the chalkboard menu but were all left feeling slightly underwhelmed, cassoulet, gammon and chicken, none of which they raved about, in fact they were disappointed too as it wasn’t up to previous standards. The concept behind the pub was apparently to recapture the original Victorian feel but it just looked as if it badly needed updating. Staff were very helpful and friendly but without great food I couldn’t rate it any higher.

This was our first time at Bistro Max and we weren’t disappointed. They only open on a Friday even dining (breakfast & lunch) so you do need to book in advance. The atmosphere is lovely & quaint and the staff are very attentive and welcoming. The menu is small but we like that because you know it’s cooked fresh, we were kind of expecting small a la carte type portions, nope they we ample size. They specialise in fish so that we were having, food was prompt, we had cod with prawns and goan prawn/cod curry both were delicious and you could tell it was all fresh, not frozen rubbish here. Lovely place to take someone for a special occasion or just treat yourself.

That was the most amazing breakfast this morning....didn't eat another thing until 7pm this evening! Thank you so much...the beans were sensational! Can't rate this place highly enough! So sorry I live so far away and can't visit all the time!