Best Eco-Friendly Restaurants in the U.K.

Get your green-on in these restaurants going above and beyond to do good for Mother Earth. From using sustainable ingredients to reducing their energy usage, these spots are serving up incredible dishes with an ultra-light carbon footprint. Book today to do your part.

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Updated April 12, 2019

Hawksmoor Air Street

Price: Expensive

Steakhouse

Piccadilly

4.5

11749 reviews

Hawksmoor, a seafood and steak restaurant that gives equal care and attention to both, sources its seafood from British waters, humanely raised, grass-fed beef from British farms and seasonal produce from Brixham Market in Devon.

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Petersham Nurseries Restaurant Richmond

Price: Very Expensive

European

Richmond

4.5

2617 reviews

Petersham Nurseries Café is the brainchild of the Boglione family, whose commitment to organic gardening, sustainable sourcing and impeccable cuisine launched a chain of restaurants, workshop series, philanthropic endeavors and more. Among other initiatives, Petersham Nurseries sources all its products organically and sustainably, runs comprehensive recycling and composting programs and is a member of the Sustainable Restaurant Association, ranking among the organization’s 20 most sustainable restaurants.

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Da Vinci

Price: Moderate

Italian

Aberdeen

4.3

144 reviews

DaVinci Ristorante Italiano in Aberdeen is a small, family-owned business that purchases as many ingredients as possible from small, local and family-owned suppliers. The restaurant serves homemade breads from a local bakery and buys its meats from Donald Russell, Scotland’s most acclaimed sustainable butcher.

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The Coal Shed London

Price: Expensive

British

London Bridge

4.1

1031 reviews

The Coal Shed team works closely with small producers, buying all their meat and seafood from sustainable sources. The restaurant’s rare-breed meat is butchered by its chefs according to nose-to-tail principles.

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Rossopomodoro - Hoxton

Price: Moderate

Pizzeria

Hoxton

4.5

215 reviews

Rossopomodoro Hoxton, an Italian restaurant specializing in authentic Neapolitan pizza, is a proud member of the restaurant sustainability initiative Carbon Free Dining.

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Harry's Restaurant

Price: Expensive

Comfort Food

Exeter

4.8

2536 reviews

Harry’s Restaurant, a family-run fine dining establishment founded in 1993, sources its ingredients from local farms and purveyors whenever possible.

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Fratello's Jesmond Newcastle

Price: Moderate

Italian

Newcastle upon Tyne

3.3

270 reviews

Fratello’s, a small regional chain of restaurants in the Newcastle area, prepares fine Italian cuisine using ingredients sourced from the local region. Its chefs work with a network of choice farms and purveyors in the North East.

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Capricci

Price: Expensive

Italian

Bankside

4.7

475 reviews

The London-based, Italian-inspired restaurant and delicatessen Capricci showcases foods and wines from small-scale artisanal purveyors. Its seasonal menu offerings are prepared using sustainable ingredients.

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Lussmanns - St. Albans

Price: Moderate

Modern European

St. Albans

4.6

3329 reviews

Lussmanns received a Food Made Good award and twice received the Sustainable Small Restaurant Group of the Year award from the Sustainable Restaurant Association in recognition of its efforts to champion small-scale British producers and suppliers.

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Sorrento

Price: Expensive

Italian

Stratford-Upon-Avon

4.5

418 reviews

Sorrento Restaurant in Stratford Upon Avon has a comprehensive green initiative covering all its operations. Among other efforts, the restaurant buys local farm food, has eliminated plastic, installed energy-efficient lighting and appliances, switched to paper straws and thoroughly insulated its building.

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