Press and awards

Quiet words, kindly meant.

We do not chase notice, but we are grateful for it. A few words from those who have written about the room, and the recognition it has gathered over the years.

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Recognition

Held lightly, and with thanks.

2025

Twenty first among the world's most considered tables

Placed for a fifth year running on the global list of essential restaurants.

2025

Sustainable kitchen of the year

Recognised for a forest to table model that gives back more than it takes.

2024

Cellar of the year, small growers

For a list built almost entirely from mountain families and natural makers.

2024

Best fermentation programme

For a cellar of koji, miso, and wild pickles aged across full seasons.

2023

Two stars, retained

Held for a seventh consecutive year in the national fine dining guide.

2022

Design and hospitality award

For a dining room built around ma, the active emptiness between things.

In print

What has been written.

A room so calm that the food seems to arrive from the forest itself, unhurried and entirely sure of what it is.
The Quiet Table2025
Restraint handled as an art. Nothing is loud, and nothing is missing.
Mountain and Market2025
Fire, ferment, and a deep respect for the season, held together with a rare stillness.
Leaf and Cellar2024
The empty space on the plate carries as much intent as the food set upon it.
Ma, a journal of design2024
Foraging here is not a flourish, it is the whole grammar of the cooking.
The Foragers' Review2023
An evening that asks you to slow down, and rewards you when you do.
Continental Table Guide2023
The cellar alone is worth the journey north into the hills.
Cellar Notes Quarterly2022

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