AND now, the end is near...

For one final time during our 2016 Food and Drink Awards we need your votes to decide the town's overall favourite dining experience.

Your suggestions have been flooding in all week over email and our Facebook and Twitter pages whether it was your favourite place to take a loved one to or the restaurant you always head to celebrating a special occasion.

Based on the volume of entries and focussing on restaurants which have not appeared in previous categories, we have narrowed them down to the shortlist below.

And to get an idea of why readers have been raving about each one, flick through our picture gallery above.

Thank you to everyone who has taken part so far in our first Food and Drink Awards.

This vote is now closed.

All our winners will be revealed in a special supplement in the paper later this month.