MICHELIN’s Bib Gourmand is awarded to restaurants offering a simple yet skilfully prepared meal for under £30. What better choice for an evening out in August then, when you’ll receive 50% off food and non-alcoholic drinks on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday under the government’s ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme (up to a maximum discount of £10 per diner)?
The venture started last week on 3rd August as a way to boost the hard-hit hospitality sector and is proving a runaway success with Britain’s public, who are eating out in their droves – whilst following all the new post-Covid protocols, of course.
Some restaurants claim it has boosted the number of diners they have been serving to almost pre-lockdown levels. Others are now opening for longer than they had originally planned in order to reap the benefits. The government has set aside £500 million in order to fund the scheme – and according to HMRC, over 10 and a half million claims have already been made.
How does it work? There’s no voucher involved and the discount will be automatically applied to your bill by the restaurant. There is no minimum spend and you can use the scheme as many times as you like, even at the same time as other offers and discounts – although no discount can be claimed on alcoholic drinks or the service charge.
So what are you waiting for? Make a saving on a delicious meal AND help support the hospitality industry by booking to eat out at one of these MICHELIN Bib Gourmand restaurants:
London
Salt Yard, Camden
Kateh, Bayswater & Madia Vale
Brasserie Zédel, Soho
Bao, Soho
Berenjak, Soho
Hoppers, Soho
Kiln, Soho
Kricket, Soho
Cinnamon Bazaar, Strand & Covent Garden
Primeur, Canonbury
Trullo, Canonbury
Morito, Canonbury
Westerns Laundry, Holloway
Plaquemine Lock, Islington
José, Bermondsey
Kudu , Peckham
Padella, Southwark
Popolo, Shoreditch
Two Lights, Shoreditch
Provender, Wanstead
Brawn, Bethnal Green
Smokestak, Bethnal Green
Gunpowder, Spitalfields
St John Bread and Wine, Spitalfields
Cafe Spice Namaste, Whitechapel
Sorella, Clapham Common
Brighton and Hove
Chilli Pickle
Cin Cin
The Set
Bristol
BOX-E
Root
Buckinghamshire
The Hundred of Ashendon, Ashendon
Three Oaks, Gerrards Cross
Cheshire
Joseph Benjamin, Chester
Cornwall
Sardine Factory, Looe
Rick Stein’s Café, Padstow
Kota, Porthleven
Devon
Cornish Arms, Tavistock
Dorset
The Green, Sherborne
Essex
Green Man, Howe Street
Greater Manchester
El Gato Negro, Manchester
Hampshire
Pulpo Negro, New Alresford
Isle of Wight
Seaview, Seaview
Kent
Swan Wine Kitchen, Tenterden
Lancashire
Twelve, Thornton
Merseyside
Pilgrim, Liverpool
Norfolk
Wiveton Bell, Wiveton
North Lincolnshire
Hope & Anchor, South Ferriby
North Yorkshire
Chadwicks Inn, Maltby
Skosh, York
Nottinghamshire
Ibérico World Tapas, Nottingham (from 18th August)
Oxfordshire
Bell Inn, Langford
Magdalen Arms, Oxford
Shropshire
Charlton Arms, Ludlow
Somerset
Beckford Bottle Shop, Bath
South Yorkshire
Jöro, Sheffield
Staffordshire
Duncombe Arms, Ellastone
Surrey
Dastaan, Ewell
The Anchor, Ripley
Tyne and Wear
Broad Chare, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Route, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Staith House, North Shields
West Sussex
Cat Inn, West Hoathly
West Yorkshire
Prashad, Drighlington
Wiltshire
The Forester, Donhead-St-Andrew
Worcestershire
The Inn at Welland, Welland
Scotland
Merienda, Edinburgh
The Scran and Scallie, Edinburgh
Monadh Kitchen, Glasgow
Ox and Finch, Glasgow
Bonnie Badger, Gullane
Sugar Boat, Helensburgh
Kilberry Inn, Kilberry
Provender, Melrose
Wales
Hare & Hounds, Aberthin
Bryn Williams at Porth Eirias, Colwyn Bay
Northern Ireland
Deanes at Queens, Belfast
Home, Belfast
Noble, Holywood
Balloo House, Killinchy
Wine & Brine, Moira