Top UK restaurants with Michelin stars offering lunchtime 'meal deals' - including one for just £15

The new Michelin guide for the UK and Ireland was published last night - with 170 one star, 27 two star and nine three-star restaurants crowned.

For many people, these restaurants are well out of budget - as the bill could stretch into many hundreds of pounds, even if there's only two of you.

But there are a few Michelin restaurants that offer cheaper - if not cheap - lunch or early evening menus

The Sky News Money blog team looked at every Michelin restaurant in the new UK list and found 16 that offer deals at different points of the day.

The cheapest, by a distance, is the £15 set lunch deal at The Coach, owned by Tom Kerridge, in Buckinghamshire.

In our list below, we've included anywhere offering special deals for two courses for £40 or less.

It should be noted that some websites are pretty tricky to navigate, and one or two proudly boast of not displaying their menus online - so a couple may have slipped through the Money team's net.

But here are the deals we found...

Buckinghamshire

The Coach, Marlow - set lunch, two courses for £15, and a third for £7.50

Cumbria

Cottage in the Wood, Braithwaite - three courses for £34

Devon

Elephant, Torquay - two courses for £29.50, three for £35

The Masons Arms, Knowstone - three-course lunch menu for £32.50

Gloucestershire

Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham - set lunch menu, and set dinner menu Wednesday to Friday, £40 for two courses

Kent

The Sportsman, Whitstable - three courses for £40, available from January to March, Tuesdays to Thursdays only

Lancashire

The Barn, Aughton - three courses for £42 at lunch, Thursday to Saturday

London

Amaya, Belgravia - lunchtime platter for £35, Monday to Friday

Benares, Mayfair - set menu, two courses for £35, lunchtime and early evening Monday to Saturday

Chishuru, Soho - lunch menu for £35 (going up to £40 next week)

Elystan Street, Chelsea - winter sale set menu, three courses for £35

The Ninth, Soho - £30 for two courses, £35 for three courses, Monday to Saturday

Trishna, Marylebone - three courses for £40 at lunchtime and early evening

Veeraswamy, Mayfair - two lunch courses for £39 at weekends

Northern Ireland

Ox, Belfast - two-course set lunch menu for £40

Wales

The Walnut Tree, Abergavenny - two courses for £40