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THE SURREY AWARDS 2025 – THE WINNERS…

Posted by Devenia Besant on 16 May 2025

It’s was an absolute pleasure to be at last nights Surrey Awards and even more fantastic to see some Epsom and Ewell businesses recognised for what they do.  The event held at G-Live also raised over £2500 in funding for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.

Here’s the list of winners, highly commended and all nominees, I always see this list as a great guide for places to visit, one of my favourite Surrey villages to visit is Shere (probably because I’m a massive fan of the film The Holiday) so think I’ll make a booking for Kinghams for my next visit.

BEST RESTAURANT (FINE DINING)

WNNERS – Kinghams (Shere)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – The Fox dining room (Ottershaw)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Sorrel (Dorking)
Latymer (Bagshot)
The Tudor Pass (Egham)
Japanese Grill (Leatherhead)
The French Table (Surbiton)

BEST RESTAURANT (MEDITERRANEAN)

WNNERS – Spaghetti Tree (Tadworth, Warlingham, Shirley)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Pianillo (Chertsey)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Grappelli (Cobham)
Lebnani (Reigate)
Don Luis (Esher)
Casa Ponte (Carshalton)
Piattini Kitchen & Cocktails (Guildford)

BEST RESTAURANT (PAN ASIAN)

WINNERS – Rambling Pig By Rapsa (Ewell)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Le Raj (Epsom)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Passorn Thai (Shalford)
Thai Taste Lounge (Reigate)
Bombay Social (Esher)
Kinjo (Oxted, Cobham)
Fetcham Tandoori (Fetcham)

BEST RESTAURANT (MODERN BRITISH)

WINNERS – The Gosling (Woking)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Golden Bull (Camberley)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Cattle & Cocktail (Oxted)
The Victoria (Oxshott)
The Starling (Esher)
The Seven Stars (Ripley)
Coppa Club (Cobham, Haslemere)

BEST GASTROPUB

WINNERS – Grumpy Mole (Oxted, Epsom, Cheam, Brockham, Tadworth)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – The Black Swan (Ockham)

OTHER NOMINEES:

The Victoria (Oxshott)
The Watermill (Dorking)
March Hare (Guildford)
The Bear (Cobham)
The Running Horses (Mickleham)

BEST DESSERT BAR

WINNERS – Lillie’s In The Garden (Morden)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Creams (Redhill, Guildford)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Skoops (Leatherhead)
My Froyoland (Camberley)
Cups & Cones (Esher)
Sweet Passion Cakes (Byfleet)
Dotties (Carshalton)

BEST BAR

WINNERS – Bosco Lounge (Surbiton)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Hummings (Esher)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Incognito (Kingston)
The Ginistry (Epsom & Oxted)
Pews Bar (Guildford)
Crown & Pepper (Caterham)
Number 9 (Reigate)

BEST CLUB

WINNERS – The Liqs Club (Ashtead)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Ivory lounge (Reigate)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Pryzm (Kingston)
Bacchus (Kingston)
Fever & Boutique (Epsom)
Niku (Surbiton)
Labyrinth (Guildford)

BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE

WINNERS – G Live (Guildford)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Esher Theatre (Esher)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Dorking Halls (Dorking)
Agincourt Rock Venue (Camberley)
Fighting Cocks (Kingston)
Holroyd Arms /Suburbs Venue (Guildford
Boileroom (Guildford)

BEST HOTEL

WINNERS – Hilton Hotel (Cobham)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Foxhills (Ottershaw)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Pennyhill Park (Bagshot)
Harbour Hotel (Guildford)
Beaverbrook (Leatherhead)
Wotton House (Dorking)
Great Fosters (Egham)

BEST FITNESS

WINNERS – The Fit Partnership (Esher)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Ezee Padel (Weybridge)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Kate Staples Fitness (Walton)
Warehouse Gym (West Byfleet)
Bodhi Eden (Epsom)
Ashtead Squash & Tennis Club (Ashtead)
Foxhills (Ottershaw)

BEST SPA

WINNERS – Foxhills Spa (Ottershaw)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – The Coach House Spa (Leatherhead)

OTHER NOMINEES:

The Spa at Pennyhill Park (Bagshot)
Brooklands Spa (Weybridge)
Mayflower Spa (Dorking)
The Spa at Runnymede (Egham)
Nutfield Priory (Redhill)

BEST BEAUTY

WINNERS – EQlibrium (Weybridge/London)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – J’Adore La Beaute (Hampton Court)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Light Touch Clinic (Weybridge)
Icon Style Beauty (Cobham)
Mudita Aesthetics (Chessington)
Lisa Harris Skin Science (Weybridge)
Harley Street Skin Clinic (Reigate)

BEST HAIR SALON

WINNERS – Hare & Bone (Esher)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – The Cutting Room (Chobham)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Teresa Weller (Dorking)
Gustav Fouche (Weybridge)
Nico Bouquet (Cobham)
Serenity Hair & Spa (Camberley)
Holloway Wright (Lingfield)

BEST FAMILY FUN

WINNERS – Thorpe Lakes (Chertsey)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Shynefest (Guildford)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Guilfest (Guildford)
Bocketts Farm (Leatherhead)
Kick X (Addlestone)
Godstone Farm (Godstone)
Daytona Motorsport (Esher)

BEST WOMEN’S FASHION

WINNERS – Monice London (Woking)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – House of Afrika (Purley)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Ellu Amour (Hampton Court)
Story Clothing (Cheam)
The Gate Boutique (Guildford)
Styled Right (Caterham)
Mizi Atelier (London)

BEST MEN’S FASHION

WINNERS – Howard & Co. Attire (Kent/Surrey)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Skinner & Vale (Walton)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Robert Fuller Menswear (Banstead)
Westdaw Menswear (Dorking)
AD Clothing (Guildford)
Jeremy Hobbs (Cobham)
House of Poochie (Hampton Court)

BEST SCHOOL/COLLEGE

WINNERS – Hurtwood House (Dorking)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Downsend (Leatherhead)

OTHER NOMINEES:

St George’s College (Weybridge)
Epsom College (Epsom)
St John’s School (Leatherhead)
Charterhouse (Godalming)
Gordon’s (Woking)

BEST NEWCOMER (ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES)

WINNERS – Dr Chandni (Banstead)

HGHLY COMMENDED – Cluck & Crusts (Oxshott)

OTHER NOMINEES:

Pop Playrooms (Kingston)
Gym & Jab (Esher)
The White Horse (Dorking)
Cambio Marcia (Guildford)
Cloonys (Reigate)

The great Surrey public decide on the ‘Winners’ & ‘Highly Commended’ in each category and have been voting via the secure online voting system in Surrey Rocks Magazine. See rocksmag.com for more information.

Congratulations to all!

Dee xx