The AA has been inspecting and rewarding hotels since 1908.

The AA has announced the latest 12 restaurants and hotels to be awarded its prestigious three AA Rosette Award.

Establishments to be honoured include: Well House Hotel in Cornwall described as a “culinary hideaway which serves a well balanced selection of modern British dishes”; Texture, a restaurant in the Mostyn Hotel which offers accomplished modern French cuisine; and Gary Rhodes’ “latest luxurious” venture, Rhodes W1 Restaurant.

Amongst others, Kent’s The West House, La Bécasse in Ludlow and L’Autre Pied in Marylebone village have also received the award.

The AA’s Hotel Services Group Area Manager, Giovanna Grossi, explained the processes used to select hotels and restaurants for the title. He said: “Emphasis is placed on the clarity of flavours and decent sourcing of high quality ingredients, creating a dining experience which is refined yet relaxed; and which can be found at each of our new three AA rosette awarded restaurants who can proudly boast innovative menus, highly talented and inventive chefs and mouth watering dishes.”

2008 marks the AA’s 100th anniversary of inspecting hotels. To mark the event, the company will hold its AA Hotel Services Centenary Celebrations on September 2 2008. The AA said the occasion will be “a night to remember, with the finest AA-inspected and rated establishments from England, Scotland and Wales being rewarded for their achievements.”

For more information on the AA Rosette Award scheme, click here.

By Natasha Piscitelli