How to get a Michelin starred meal for less than £30

When you think of Michelin-starred menus, you probably think of fine-wine, molecular gastronomy and triple figure bills. 

But new research has shown there are dozens of Michelin-starred restaurants where you can get two courses for just £30 or less.     

Banking provider thinkmoney analysed the menus of all 148 restaurants with one or two Michelin stars and found there are 45 restaurants across the UK where you can dine for under £40 per person, and in 20 of them you can dine for just £30 or less for two courses. 

Half of the restaurants are in London, perhaps due to the fact the capital dominates the UK’s Michelin-starred restaurants, taking 13 of the 20 new stars given out this year. 

Cornerstone, which was awarded its first star in January, offers an a la carte menu is the least expensive with two dishes costing just £21.50 per person. 

The menu contains the likes of Raw Oyster with Seaweed Hot Sauce for £5, and Grey Mullet Tartare, Egg Yolk, Soy for £18.

A. Wong, in Pimlico, central London – which became the first Chinese restaurant in the UK to get two stars earlier this year- is the cheapest 2-star Michelin restaurant and costs £28 per person for two courses.

Serving dishes up in an unpretentious neighbourhood restaurant, A Wong  -which is considered the best Chinese restaurant in the UK – serves the likes of £17 ‘Ma Po’ tofu with crispy onions, coriander and barbecued bone marrow and barbecued forbidden city sweetcorn, wagyu beef meat paste and truffle for £10. However, the restaurant is designed to be eaten as dim sum, meaning most customers will order more than two courses.

Also on the list is Mayfair’s Gymkhana, a celebrity hotspot serving up modern Indian food. 

Trishna, another Michelin one-star restaurant in the capital takes second place, with the cheapest starter and main for £23 per person.

The Coach, a Michelin one-star restaurant in Marlow in Buckinghamshire, offers the same price per person at £23 – perfect for celebrating your birthday or anniversary on a budget. This pub is also owned by the same team behind The Hand and Flowers, a Michelin two-star restaurant also in Marlow that will set you back just £35 per person.    

You can eat out for less than £55 per person in all four of Birmingham’s Michelin-star restaurants. Birmingham boasts a Michelin one-star restaurant, Opheem, where you can dine for just £30 per person.

Similarly, Edinburgh also boasts four Michelin-star restaurants. Edinburgh’s Restaurant Martin Wishart, holding one Michelin star, is slightly more expensive at £42.50 per person. The two most expensive restaurants in Edinburgh are priced at £110 per person.

Belfast also boasts three Michelin one-star restaurants, with prices starting from £24 per person – a bargain for anyone looking to dine out for a special event.

Source: Food Recipes and News