Paul Ainsworth at No.6
Padstow, Cornwall, England
Paul Ainsworth at No.6 adds a well-established Cornish destination that brings the list back to the south-west in a different mood from Devon’s estuary grandeur. In Padstow, the restaurant benefits from a town already woven into England’s food-travel map, but its own appeal rests on a polished, personal restaurant identity rather than on local fame alone. For travellers, it works especially well as part of a longer Cornish itinerary built around the coast, neighbouring villages and other food stops. That broader destination context helps make it a persuasive national inclusion. It belongs in the lower half not because it lacks quality, but because the list above it leans more heavily into singular landscape-and-restaurant pairings.