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"Time Out" Eating and Drinking in Great Britain and Ireland

The second edition of Time Out's countrywide Eating Guide is the definitive guide to the best restaurants, gastropubs and bars across the UK. It concentrates on over 1,2000 great places to eat (including around 400 London venues), regardless of price or cuisine. Each entry has a full review and listings, and there are plenty of color photographs throughout.

Price: £9.09

Publication: September 30, 2004

   

AA 1001 Great Family Pubs: Britain

This colourful guide features recommended family pubs in Britain recognised for their quality food and atmosphere. Ancient taverns, traditional countryside inns, gastro-pubs and welcoming hostelries are included - all carefully selected on merit with no charge for inclusion. Pubs are selected for good food and authentic atmosphere with information on wine and other specialist drinks available. Useful symbols featured include AA Rosettes for top quality food; a wine glass for over six wines available by the glass and stars and diamonds for AA inspected accommodation. Entries are organized by region and then alphabetically by county and there are directions and up-to-date details with opening times and prices, including bar meals and restaurants.

Price: £5.59

Publication: March 15, 2005

   

AA the Pub Guide

This colourful guide features recommended pubs in Britain, recognised for their quality food and atmosphere. Over 2500 ancient taverns, traditional countryside inns, gastro-pubs and welcoming hostelries are included, carefully selected on merit with no charge for inclusion.

Price: £10.49

Publication: September 30, 2004

   

AA the Restaurant Guide

This latest AA restaurant guide includes a number of new features including a London street atlas, expanded wine information, and insider information on every restaurant included in the guide.

Price: £11.89

Publication: September 30, 2004

   

Britain's Best Country Pubs for Food Lovers

This new title contains over 250 traditional pubs, country inns and gastropubs for great food and real ales. With perfect pub walks and places to visit, this is the ideal guide for anyone who enjoys stopping for excellent food and drink while exploring the countryside.

Price: £9.09

Publication: October 1, 2004

   

Eating Out in Pubs: Good Food in Informal Surroundings (Michelin Annual Guides)

Eating out in pubs has changed a great deal over the last decade, as more and more establishments put the emphasis on dining. And who better to introduce them than Michelin, guiding the way with an appreciation and understanding of good food. From cutting-edge gastropubs and historic town taverns to unspoilt inns in stunning countryside, discover a local with that little bit extra!

Price: £10.49

Publication: September 10, 2004

   

Egon Ronay's RAC Guide: To the Top 200 Restaurants in the UK

The restaurants in this guide are the result of very widely based research, i.e. visits by 'restaurant inspectors' of unsurpassed experience. They dine and lunch anonymously, their expenditure unrestricted, which enables them to explore the cuisine extensively. Their reports, about 300-350 words, occupy a page each, are highly readable yet informative, with an editorial team led by a well-known ex-editor in Fleet Street. All the visits took place in the last four months of 2004.

Price: £14.99

Publication: February 16, 2005

   

Good Beer Guide

Edited by world famous beer writer and critic Roger Protz, the 'Good Beer Guide 2005' contains 4500 full entries on pubs, with every entry updated each year.

Price: £9.79

Publication: September 2004

   

Hardens UK Restaurants (Harden's Guides)

Price: £9.09

Publication: October 1, 2004

   

Pub Guide

Over 1,000 pubs are featured in the brand new edition of this totally independent guide, from charming village locals via characterful roadside hostelries to up-to-the-minute city gastropubs. All the entries have been handpicked by the same team that produce the prestigious Good Food Guide, and show the same commitment to giving comprehensive, meticulously collected information with clarity, accuracy and objectivity. The Which? Pub Guide is totally independent, taking no advertising or free hospitality, and making no charge to pubs for inclusion in the Guide. Entries are selected on merit along, based on the assessments of readers, backed up by anonymous inspections. It highlights pubs offering exceptional bar food, as well as those providing a wide choice of real ales and wines. This edition has been re-researched from scratch since the last edition, and includes many new entries for 2005. Entries in the main section of the book focus on the food and drink on offer, but also evoke the character and ambience of the pub, and give details of opening hours, smoking/music policies, wheelchair access, gardens, accommodation and much more. In addition, a 'Round-up' section takes in a wide variety of pubs selected less for their food but for, perhaps, their great beer, splendid setting, fascinating history or architecture, or some other attribute that makes them also well worth a visit.

Price: £11.19

Publication: September 30, 2004

   

The Good Food Guide 2005

The Good Food Guide continues to be the most reliable single source for the best of eating out in the UK. Its objectivity and independence have been well established for over 50 years, and its commitment to providing informative, well-written, fully researched reviews of around 1,300 of the best restaurants in the land remains undiminished. As for each new edition, the range it covers is wide, whether it is a Chinese restaurant in Liverpool, fish restaurant in Edinburgh, country-house hotel dining room in Wales, or latest opening by a high-profile chef in London. There are over 350 entries in London alone -- more than in many just-London' restaurant guides.

Price: £11.19

Publication: October 1, 2004