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Tuesday, 02 December 2008
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Quality Assurance for Restaurants

The AA award Rosettes to restaurants based on the quality of their food. Most star-rated hotels have their own restaurants and the AA also inspect these.

For more information please click on the web link below or telephone The AA.

The AA
01256 844455

The restaurants are awarded between one and five rosettes. Below is a guide to AA inspected restaurants.

• 1 Rosette
  Excellent restaurants that stand out in their local area. The food is prepared with care, understanding and skill, using good-quality ingredients.

       

• 2 Rosettes
  The best local restaurants, offering higher standards and better consistency. Greater precision is apparent in the cooking, and there is obvious attention to the quality and selection of ingredients.

        

• 3 Rosettes
  Three Rosettes are awarded to outstanding restaurants that demand recognition well beyond the local area. The highest quality ingredients receive sympathetic treatment, and there is consistent timing, seasoning, and judgement of flavour combinations. You can expect excellent and intelligent service, and a well-chosen wine list.

       

• 4 Rosettes
  Four Rosettes highlight cooking that demands national recognition. Dishes demonstrate intense ambition, a passion for excellence, superb technical skills and remarkable consistency. An appreciation of culinary traditions is combined with a desire for exploration and improvement.

        

• 5 Rosettes
  The food at a Five Rosette restaurant stands comparison with the best in the world. It is highly individual, benefits from breathtaking culinary skills, and sets the standards to which others aspire. There will also be a knowledgeable and distinctive wine list.