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The New AA Rosette Restaurants for 2026
Frog by Adam Handling and The Cocochine are among six restaurants newly awarded Four AA Rosettes, with a further 15 restaurants joining the Three Rosette ranks. We look at the latest awards and what those Rosettes actually mean.
Frog by Adam Handling and The Cocochine are among the restaurants moving up the ranks as the AA reveals its latest Rosette awards.
The latest AA Rosettes have been announced, with six restaurants awarded Four Rosettes and a further 15 joining the Three Rosette ranks.
There are some notable names among them, including two Luxury Restaurant Guide Club restaurants: Frog by Adam Handling in Covent Garden and The Cocochine in Mayfair, both newly awarded Four Rosettes.
Four for Frog
Frog is Adam Handling’s flagship restaurant in Covent Garden and has held a Michelin Star since 2022. Handling’s cooking has a strong focus on British ingredients and sustainability, with his zero-waste approach running throughout the restaurant.
The new award takes Frog from Three to Four AA Rosettes, placing it among the AA’s top tier of restaurants in the UK and Ireland.
Frog joins Handling’s wider collection, which includes The Loch & The Tyne in Old Windsor and Michelin-starred Ugly Butterfly in Cornwall.
The Cocochine joins the Four Rosette ranks
Also receiving Four Rosettes is The Cocochine, Larry Jayasekara’s Mayfair restaurant on Bruton Place.
Opened in 2024, the restaurant occupies a four-storey townhouse tucked behind Berkeley Square. The main dining room sits on the ground floor, with seven seats at the Chef’s Counter above and a private dining room on the upper floor.
Jayasekara’s cooking draws on produce from Rowler Farm in Northamptonshire alongside seafood from the waters around Tanera Island in Scotland. The Sri Lankan-born chef opened The Cocochine in March 2024 following a career spent in some of Britain and France’s leading kitchens.
The six new Four AA Rosette restaurants
Alongside Frog and The Cocochine, the new Four Rosette awards go to:
- Hide and Fox, Hythe, Kent
- Ikoyi, London
- Inver, Strachur, Argyll & Bute
- LI~LY by Aiden Byrne, Knutsford, Cheshire
15 new Three AA Rosette restaurants
A further 15 restaurants have been awarded Three Rosettes in the latest announcement:
AngloThai, London; Bath Priory, Bath; DAISE by Tony Parkin, Oxton; Fern, Bodmin; Flavour, Tarbert; The Gunroom Restaurant, Caernarfon; KYND at Hampton Manor, Solihull; Langar Hall Hotel and Restaurant, Nottinghamshire; Lofft, Cardiff; LUNA Omakase, London; Orrery by Pierre Minotti, London; Restaurant Elm, Sheffield; sō-lō, Aughton; St Barts, London; and Tom Brown at The Capital, London.
The step from Two to Three Rosettes is a significant one. The AA describes Three Rosette restaurants as “worth the journey”, with restaurants assessed over a longer period for consistency. Only around 15% of Rosette-awarded restaurants reach Three Rosettes.
Four Rosettes are awarded considerably more sparingly and place a restaurant among the AA’s very best in the UK and Ireland.
Stars, Rosettes and Keys: what do they all mean?
Restaurant and hotel awards now come with quite a collection of symbols. The AA awards stars to hotels and Rosettes for cooking, while Michelin awards Stars to restaurants and, since 2024, Keys to hotels.
For diners more familiar with Michelin, there is a useful, if unofficial, shorthand for the higher AA Rosette levels. Three AA Rosettes is often considered broadly comparable to one Michelin Star, Four Rosettes to two Stars and Five Rosettes to three.
There is no official equivalence. The AA and Michelin have separate inspection systems and restaurants do not necessarily hold corresponding awards in both guides. The comparison does, however, give some context to the significance of reaching Three, Four or Five Rosettes.
The AA Rosette scheme dates back to 1956 and was the UK’s first nationwide scheme dedicated to assessing the quality of food in restaurants and hotels. Michelin’s Stars have a still longer history, while its hotel Keys are the newcomer: introduced in 2024 at One, Two and Three Key levels. Michelin describes the Key as the hotel equivalent of its restaurant Star.
The complete AA Rosette restaurant list
Following the latest awards, we’ve updated our complete guide to AA Rosette restaurants across the UK, including every restaurant currently holding Three, Four and Five Rosettes.
See the complete list of AA Rosette awarded restaurants in the UK →
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Membership also includes dining experiences, invitations and private club introductions, all available through the Luxury Restaurant Guide app.
