Edinburgh restaurant Condita named in Good Food Guide's top 20 most exciting restaurants 2022

An Edinburgh restaurant has been named one of the most exciting in the country by the Good Food Guide.

Condita was handed the accolade from one of the most respected dining out guides on Monday (October 17). The intimate Michelin starred restaurant, which serves a surprise tasting menu to diners, came 15th out of the top 20 restaurants in the whole UK. Co-director and creator Mark Slaney said: “We are all delighted with the news.”

Named top of the Good Food Guide’s 120 most exciting restaurants was L’Enclume in Cumbria, which judges said “has matured but has not aged” and is “such an example to their industry peers”. Ynshir in Ceredigion, Wales, came second and Moor Hall in Lancashire was named third. Of the top 20, Condita was one of only two Scottish restaurants which made the list. The other was Inver, a seafood and game restaurant found on the shores of Loch Fyne in Argyll and Bute.

Condita has just six tables and is nestled between a hairdressers and a Post Office in 15 Salisbury Place. It received one Michelin star in 2019, with the Michelin Guide describing its food as “Interesting modern dishes” which are “confidently prepared and skilfully presented”. It says: “Flavours are honest yet delicate and are carefully thought-through to enhance one another. The team deliver the dishes with pride.”

Condita in Edinburgh has been named one of the top 20 most exciting restaurants by the Good Food Guide (Photo: Spiros Katridis)

Condita is one of only three Michelin starred restaurants in the Capital, with the others including The Kitchin and Restaurant Martin Wishart. It currently has a high 4.7 rating on Google reviews and five stars on Tripadvisor.

Edinburgh restaurants recognised in the Observer food awards

Good Food Guide: Top 20 most exciting restaurants of 2022 – full list

1. L’Enclume, Cumbria

Mackerel served at Condita restaurant in Edinburgh (Photo: Gavin Hill)

2. Ynyshir, Ceredigion

3. Moor Hall, Lancashire

4. The Raby Hunt, Co Durham

5. The Sportsman, Kent

Found on Salisbury Place, Condita is famed for its contemporary dishes, excellent customer services and serene atmosphere, with hundreds of people describing it as "worth the wait".

6. Outlaw’s New Road, Cornwall

7. Osip, Somerset

8. Pollen Street Social, London

9. Inver, Argyll & Bute

10. Wilderness, Birmingham

11. Restaurant Story, London

12. SY23, Ceredigion

13. Pine, Northumberland

14. Annwn, Pembrokeshire

15. Condita, Edinburgh

16. Grace & Savour, West Midlands

17. Da Terra, London

18. Carters of Moseley, Birmingham

19. Kol, London

20. Endo at The Rotunda, London