Dining on Michelin Guide-approved food often requires dressing in your Sunday best and booking months in advance.
However, that’s not always the case; The Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland has unveiled its Bib Gourmand Award 2026 edition, with 37 restaurants receiving the coveted title – some of which offer takeaway services.
Unlike the Michelin starred restaurants that cost hundreds for a meal, the Bib awards, as they’re known colloquially, recognise the places serving exceptional food at good value prices.
The UK’s capital claimed a large portion of this year’s awards, with 12 London restaurants listed.
Among them is Tamila, Clapham. The brand found TikTok fame with Indian pubs, The Tamil Prince and The Tamil Crown in Islington, before opening Tamila in King’s Cross and Clapham.
Specialising in South Indian small plates and curries, prices range up to £16 for a curry (Thanjavur chicken or Chettinad lamb), and they’re available on Deliveroo.
Just west of Clapham, in Wimbledon, authentic Korean restaurant and takeaway Ssam Ssam scooped a prize, thanks to its £15.50 wagyu bavette and £13.90 traditional bibimbap.
Notting Hill’s Canteen, masterminded by The Public House group, the team behind The Pelican and The Hero in West London, and The Bull in Charlbury, near Oxford, also made the cut.
Want to taste Michelin Guide-approved food without leaving your home? Try ordering from Tamila in Clapham, London
Italian-inspired Canteen, located in Notting Hill, London, claimed a position on the coveted list this year
Though the menu changes daily, diners can expect seasonal pastas, pizzas, and small plates, all for, on average, around £20 per dish.
Canteen was similarly commended by the Daily Mail’s food critic, Tom Parker Bowles, who visited back when it opened in 2024. He praised the predominantly female kitchen and River Cafe-trained head chef Jess Filbey as a ‘class act’.
London’s leafy Islington borough also won big with awards for De Beauvoir wine bar Goodbye Horses and Newington Green’s Cadet.
Elsewhere in the UK, Nottingham’s reasonably priced neighbourhood dining spot, Piccalilli, claimed a spot on the list. Focusing on seasonal small plates, the independent restaurant strives to serve local East Midlands produce.
Also keeping simplicity at the forefront of its agenda is fellow Bib winner Cantaloupe in Stockport.
The sophisticated joint offers a £35 per person lunch menu, with simple dishes done extraordinarily well, including Milanese Chicken Terrine and Smoked Sausage, Lentils and Dijon Mustard.
A previous requirement of the award, established in 1997, was a three-course menu priced at £30 or under, according to The Caterer.
Michelin has since scrapped the criterion, stating that a contender must simply offer ‘good quality, good value cooking’.
Pictured: Dry aged sirloin from a five-year-old ex-dairy cow from the Peak District at Erst in Manchester
Nottingham’s Piccalilli, serving seasonal small plates with local produce, also claimed a spot on the list
Chefs at ‘Osteria locale’, Borgo in Dublin, make everything in house daily, including the sourdough pizzette and fresh pastas
Over in Cardiff, Indian restaurant and takeaway Purple Poppadom claimed a prize. While it offers traditional dishes, such as a £18.95 Lamb Rogan Josh, some plates take a modern spin, like the Burrata Lababdar.
The only other Welsh winner was The Gaff in Abergavenny, a small restaurant serving creative dishes while spotlighting seasonal ingredients.
Scotland secured four restaurants on the list, including underground bar Sebb’s in Glasgow, which serves wine on tap and keeps guests entertained with rotating DJs.
Fellow Glaswegian winner is more relaxed The Clarence, a gastropub, focusing on traditional fare and offering a £29 set three-course menu.
Elsewhere, Borgo in Dublin was one of four spots in the Republic of Ireland to claim the title.
Chefs at the ‘osteria locale’ make everything in-house daily, including the sourdough pizzette, fresh pastas, cultured butters and fresh ricotta.
