Saltwood House is regarded as one of the southeast's finest homes and benefits from a two-starred restaurant nearby. Photo: Strutt & Parker
While many of us are content to have a decent cafe or bistro up the road, true foodies are only happy with a top restaurant in easy reach.
Accolades don’t get any better than a Michelin Star, and the recently unveiled Michelin Guide 2025 includes 220 one-, two- and three-starred restaurants across Great Britain and Ireland.
There’s one new three-star establishment, three are freshly crowned with two stars and a further 22 have earned one shiny new star.
If moving home is on the menu, feast your eyes on this smorgasbord of properties, all close to Michelin-starred restaurants.
1. Setl, Birmingham, from £290,000
These new flats are a short walk from two Michelin-starred restaurants. Photo: Savills
A new development of one- and two-bedroom flats in the heart of the city’s Jewellery Quarter.
They feature open plan kitchen and living areas, floor-to-ceiling windows and top-end appliances, and residents have use of a rooftop garden, co-working lounge and wellness studio.
Opheem, a two-starred Indian restaurant and one-starred Adam's, which specialises in contemporary British cuisine, are both within walking distance. Through Savills.
2. Port Isaac, Cornwall, £650,000
The cheerfully-decorated cottage is perfectly located for seafood lovers. Photo: John Bray Estates
Nathan Outlaw’s two restaurants, Outlaw’s New Road and Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen, both have one star and specialise in seafood. They are also an easy stroll from Hillside Cottage.
This three-bedroom house, decorated in bright, cheerful colours, is currently a holiday let and enjoys beautiful views over harbour and out to sea. Contact John Bray Estates.
Gourmet food is on the doorstep here. Photo: Hudson Moody
This brand-new townhouse is in a scheme of four homes adjacent to the city walls. Arranged over three levels, it incorporates a kitchen/dining room, utility and cloakroom on the ground floor, a living room and the main, ensuite bedroom on the first floor, and two more bedrooms and a family bathroom on the second, plus an integral garage and landscaped garden.
Roots, a one-starred modern restaurant curated by chef Tommy Banks, is on the same street. Through Hudson Moody.
4. Bray, Maidenhead, Berkshire, £950,000
Having The Fat Duck as your neighbour is a dream come true for gourmands. Photo: Knight Frank
One of the best things about living in Bray is that it is three Michelin-starred establishments. Alain Roux’s The Waterside Inn and Heston Blumenthal’s innovative The Fat Duck both boast three stars and The Hinds Head, also run by Blumenthal, has one star.
This fully-refurbished Edwardian house is right next door to the Fat Duck and comprises two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living and dining area with a woodburning stove and an eat-in kitchen leading out to a cottage garden. From Knight Frank.
5. Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, £975,000
Move here and you'll be able to dine in style and walk on the beach afterwards. Photo: Sowerbys
You’ll find this detached four-bedroom house a stone’s throw from Old Hunstanton’s sandy beach and The Neptune, a one-starred modern restaurant with rooms, run by owner-chef Kevin Mangeolles.
Fully renovated and extended, the house includes an all-in-one kitchen, living and dining space, full-height windows and luxury finishes throughout, and a hot tub in the garden. Find out more from Sowerbys.
When it comes to top-notch restaurants, the new owner of this warehouse conversion will be spoilt for choice. Photo: Roost Studio Limited
Five Michelin-starred restaurants — The Clove Club (two stars) and St John, Club Gascon, Angler and plant-based Plates, all boasting one star — are within a 20-minute walk of this loft-style apartment.
It’s on the first floor of a converted coffee warehouse and features a grand entrance hall, an open-plan reception room, a sleek kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms along with high ceilings, exposed brickwork, original wood flooring and plenty of storage. Get in touch with Harding Green.
7. Exmouth, Devon, £1.2m
Lympstone Manor is a short drive from this five-bedroom house. Photo: Fine & Country
Fine dining aficionados should book a viewing of this family house as it’s very convenient for Michael Caines’s one-starred Lympstone Manor.
There are five bedrooms, two reception rooms, two bathrooms and a study and an application has been submitted to renew lapsed planning permission to build another five-bedroom house in the half acre grounds. If successful, the new house could be sold or rented out. Find out more from Fine & Country.
Newly Michelin-starred restaurant Lyla is just round the corner from the listed townhouse. Photo: M J Brown Son & Co/ESPC
There’s plenty to savour in this grand A-listed, six-bedroom townhouse. For starters, it’s part of an elegant Georgian terrace, designed by eminent architect William Playfair and many period features have been retained.
Rooms are spread over the ground and first floors, and a self-contained three-bedroom flat in the basement could be kept separate or incorporated with the accommodation above.
Lyla, one of two Edinburgh restaurants to receive its first Michelin star (the other is Avery) is round the corner. By M J Brown Son & Co via ESPC.
9. Saltwood, Kent, £4m
This historic house is lucky enough to have a leading restaurant in the village. Photo: Strutt & Parker
Dating from the 13th century and with various later additions, Grade II listed Saltwood House has been described as one of the finest buildings in southeast England.
Over the past 10 years it’s been meticulously restored and includes eight bedrooms, seven reception rooms, an annex and six and a half acres of land containing Italianate, courtyard and kitchen gardens, a park-like paddock, outbuildings and a swimming pool.
Local restaurant Hide and Fox is renowned for using Kent produce and has just been awarded two Michelin stars. From Strutt & Parker.
