These photos take you back a quarter of a century to show the nation’s best-loved places to eat at the time.
Celebrity chefs and some famous diners, from DJs to footballers, feature in this retro photo gallery, which also shows the hard-working staff who contributed to the restaurants’ success.
Some of the restaurants pictured are still going strong, but many have sadly closed over the intervening years.
Have you dined at any of these places, and which lost restaurant from the 90s would you most like to see reopen? Let us know in the comments section.

21. Waterfront
The Waterfront wine bar/restaurant in Leith, Edinburgh, in 1999 | TSPL Photo: Adam Elder

22. Reform
Manager Timothy C Devaney outside The Reform Restaurant, in March 1998 | TSPL Photo: Susan Burrell

23. The Shore
Chef Innes Gibson outside The Shore restaurant, Leith, in 1999 | TSPL Photo: Paul Raeburn

24. Marinette
Owners Francis and Armelle Faber at Marinette seafood restaurant, Leith, in 1999 | TSPL Photo: Paul Chappells

