The Taste Trekker

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, wherever you happen to be reading from. We’ve been reviewing restaurants via our Gourmet Gauge scale for the last year now, and we have managed to do over 80 different venues, some of them casting back from previous adventures over the last couple of years, but a lot have been done from these last 365 days. We have a sticky post at the top of our blog with our scoreboard, but I thought I would show you the current scoreboard in terms of venue type. You can see the full scoreboard with points here.

On my spreadsheet not only do I have the scoreboard for every eatery, but I have also separated them into categories: restaurants, cafes, bakery’s, cruise ship venues and ice cream parlours. Here are the charts as it stands:

Restaurants

1. The Bank on College Green, Dublin, Ireland – NEW
2. Makars Mash, Edinburgh, Scotland
3. Pizzeria Luca, Copenhagen, Denmark
4. House at Home, Romsey, England
5. Higher Farm, Castle Cary, England
6. Witching Post Inn, Egton, England
7. Black Bull Inn, Ugthorpe, England
8. Mamma Roma, Edinburgh, Scotland
9. Michaelangelo’s, Weston-Super-Mare, England
10. Augustus, Taunton, England
11. Wild Rocket, Bridgwater, England
12. SLAPS, Kansas City, America
13. The Bower Inn, Bridgwater, England
14. The Cottage, Keenthorne, England
15. The Beefy Boys, Bath, England – EDITED
16. The Hats and Barrels, Solva, Wales
17. 640 Pizzas and Pints, Kansas City, America
18. Boozy Cow, Edinburgh, Scotland
19. Bram Ladage, Rotterdam, Netherlands – NEW
20. Woodford Lodge, Chew Magma, England
21. Urbano 32, Chester, England
22. Café Andulez, Edinburgh, Scotland
23. Flour & Ash, Bristol, England
24. Harvey’s Succotash, Kansas City, America
25. The Maypole Inn ,Thurloxton, England
26. The Bishops, St. Davids, Wales
27. La Baracca, Copenhagen, Denmark
28. Pizza Punks, Leeds, England
29. Hallernes Smørrebrød, Copenhagen, Denmark
30. The Cow, Isle of Wight, England
31. St Davids Cross Hotel, St. Davids, Wales
32. Taco Naco, Kansas City, America
33. Scran New Town, Edinburgh, Scotland
34. Royal Oak, Fishguard, Wales
35. Brent House Carvery, East Brent, England
36. Bumblebee, Gloucester, England
37. Gorms, Copenhagen, Denmark
38. La Kasia, Bridgwater, England
39. Royal Fisheries, Whitby, England
40. Malt Shovel Inn, Cannington, England
41. Fish N Fritz, Weymouth, England
42. Cocks & Cows, Copenhagen, Denmark
43. The Galleon Inn, Broad Haven, Wales
44. Rich’s Cider Farm, Huntspill, England
45. Burger Garage Vestebro, Copenhagen, Denmark

Cafes

1. Josie’s, Romsey, England
2. Landeau Chocolate, Lisbon, Portugal
3. Between Bread, Exeter, England
4. House of Waffles, Brugge, Belgium
5. Sjokolade, Geiranger, Norway
6. Burnt Honey, Castle Cary, England
7. Coro Chocolate Café, Edinburgh, Scotland
8. CHCO, Rotterdam, Netherlands – NEW
9. Nosh, Pickering, England
10. MamGu Welshcakes, St.Davids, Wales
11. The Milkman, Edinburgh, Scotland
12. Blackmore Farm, Cannington, England
13. Goudstroop, Rotterdam, Netherlands – NEW
14. Elbphilharmonie Café, Hamburg, Germany – NEW
15. Café Flora, Frome, England
16. Pallets Tea & Coffee, Beaulieu, England
17. Castle Coffee House, Dunster, England
18. Tiny Tasting Room, Exeter, England
19. Abbey Steps Tearoom, Whitby, England
20. Waldo Café, Kansas City, America
21. Mrs Potts Chocolate House, Bath, England
22. River Cottage, Devon, England
23. Mildreds Coffee House, Kansas City, America
24. Short and Strong, Charlestown, England
25. Messenger Coffee Co, Kansas City, America
26. Cinque Minuti, Alesund, Norway
27. Potting Shed, New Forest, England
28. Charlie Friday’s, Lynton & Lidmouth, England
29. Hockey’s Farm Shop, New Forest, England
30. Ollie’s Café, East Brent, England
31. Roadhouse Diner, Whitland, Wales
32. Sopley Farm Shop, New Forest, England
33. Santagloria, Seville, Spain – NEW

Bakery’s

1. Blackhole Bakery, Kansas City, America
2. Sankt Peders Bageri, Copenhagen, Denmark
3. Danela’s Bakery, Castle Cary, England – NEW
4. Broodbakker Simon Meijssen, Netherlands – NEW
5. Lagkagehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
6. Graces Bakery, Isle of Wight, England
7. Brod, Cardiff, Wales

Cruise Ships

1. 6th Street Diner, P&O Arvia
2. Sindhu, P&O Iona and Arvia
3. Keel & Cow, P&O Iona and Arvia
4. Glass House, P&O Iona and Arvia
5. The MDR’s, P&O Iona and Arvia
6. Beach House, P&O Iona and Arvia
7. The Quays, P&O Iona and Arvia
8. Taste 360, P&O Iona
9. Olive Grove, P&O Iona

Ice Cream Parlours

1. Betty Rae’s, Kansas City, America
2. Andys Frozen Custard, Kansas City, America
3. De Ijssalon, Rotterdam, Netherlands – NEW
4. The Local Scoop, Dawlish, England

There we have it, that is how the rankings currently stand, we may do monthly updates and stick them to the top of the blog, or we may create a new menu page. If we do a new menu page then it would consist of the full list, where all eateries are compiled onto one chart. Then we will show the top 5 of each category, making sure not to make the page too long. Over time we may just do the top 10 in each category, again, so you’re not endlessly scrolling.