The west London hangout — which is known for its celebrity draw, with regulars said to include Dua Lipa, Princess Eugenie and Olivia Wilde — placed seventh on the list, followed in the capital by The Eagle (number 11), considered to be one of the country’s first gastropubs; the Kerfield Arms (14); the Parakeet (22); the Devonshire (28); the Waterman’s Arms (30); the Canton Arms (43); the Camberwell Arms (46); the Anglesea Arms in Hammersmith (55); the Anchor and Hope (58); the Tamil Crown (69) and the Surprise (90).
Top overall on the list, which was published today, is the Highland Laddie in Leeds, a century-old boozer that reopened in April after being bought by Sam Pullen and Nicole Deighton, who also own the city’s popular Empire Cafe. The pub, which describes itself as a “drinkers pub with a dining room”, is small and cosy, with four local cask ales kept on draft, as well as Guinness and 1970s hit Double Diamond.
“We are all absolutely over the moon to be recognised as The Good Food Guide’s No.1 pub in Britain,” said Pullen and Deighton. “We are even more thrilled to be flying the flag for Leeds and Yorkshire.”
Chloë Hamilton, the guide’s editor, said: “We went searching for the pubs that nail the drinking and dining side of the equation. It turns out the harder you look the more you find, and they’re not all hidden away in the Cotswolds. The Highland Laddie — a city-centre slam dunk — is a very good case in point.”
Elsewhere, the Broad Chare in Newcastle picked up the Readers’ Choice Award. “We all enjoy a little recognition,” said owner Terry Laybourne, “and this one is extra special as it comes directly from our customers — the people at the very heart of what we do.”
The list, which is a first for the guide, was created in partnership with Timothy Taylor’s Landlord and supported by Tracklements and Koffmann’s Potatoes. The full entries are below, with those in London in bold.
The Good Food Guide’s 100 Best Pubs 2025
- The Highland Laddie, Leeds
- The Kinneuchar Inn, Fife
- The Merry Harriers, Surrey
- The Beckford Arms, Wiltshire
- The Radnor Arms, Kent
- Greyhound Inn, Pettistree, Suffolk
- The Pelican, London
- The Abbey Inn, North Yorkshire
- Inn at The Sticks, Carmarthenshire
- The Pack Horse, Hayfield, Derbyshire
- The Eagle, London
- The Barrington Boar, Somerset
- The Sun Inn, Dedham, Essex
- The Kerfield Arms, London
- The Broad Chare, Newcastle – Readers’ Choice Award
- Church House Inn, Devon
- The Killingworth Castle, Oxfordshire
- The Felin Fach Griffin, Powys
- The Gunton Arms, Norfolk
- The Plough, Rye, East Sussex
- The Bath Arms at Longleat, Somerset
- The Parakeet, London
- The Rat Inn, Northumberland
- The White Hart Inn, Essex
- The Pipe & Glass, East Yorkshire
- The Bull Charlbury, Oxfordshire
- The Farmers Arms, Devon
- The Devonshire, London
- Hop Pole Inn, Somerset
- The Waterman’s Arms, London
- White Horse Holme, Norfolk
- The Olive Branch, Rutland
- The Old Wharf Inn, West Midlands
- The Star Inn, Harome, North Yorkshire
- The George at Burpham, West Sussex
- Fox & Hounds, Hertfordshire
- Tichborne Arms, Hampshire
- The Bull Inn, Totnes, Devon
- Parkers Arms, Lancashire
- The Woolpack Inn, Gloucestershire
- The Double Red Duke, Oxfordshire
- The Cat Inn, West Sussex
- The Canton Arms, London
- The General Tarleton, North Yorkshire
- The Anchor, Walberswick, Suffolk
- The Camberwell Arms, London
- The Brisley Bell, Norfolk
- The Swan, Suffolk
- The Riverside at Aymestrey, Herefordshire
- The White Horse, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
- The Kirkstyle Inn & Sportsman’s Rest, Northumberland
- The Grove Inn, Devon
- The White Hart, Fyfield, Oxfordshire
- The Silver Cup, Hertfordshire
- The Anglesea Arms, Hammersmith, London
- Heathcock, Cardiff
- The Feathers Inn, Northumberland
- The Anchor & Hope, London
- The Taybank, Perthshire & Kinross
- The Queens Arms, Somerset
- Hare & Hounds, Glamorgan
- Applecross Inn, Highlands
- The Punch Bowl Inn, Cumbria
- The Clachan Inn, Dumfries & Galloway
- The Bull Freehouse, Troston, Suffolk
- The Exmoor Forest Inn, Somerset
- The Ship Inn, Northumberland
- The Bell at Selsley, Gloucestershire
- The Tamil Crown, London
- The Millbrook Inn, Devon
- The Drunken Duck Inn, Cumbria
- The Bull’s Head, Herefordshire
- Dylan’s at The Kings Arms, Hertfordshire
- St Kew Inn, Cornwall
- The Pilgrim, Buckinghamshire
- The Howard Arms, Warwickshire
- The White Horse, Churton, Cheshire
- The Alford Arms, Hertfordshire
- The Plough, Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire
- The Cotley Inn, Somerset
- The Cornish Arms, Tavistock, Devon
- Kilchrenan Inn, Argyll & Bute
- The Red Lion, Isle of Wight
- The Greyhound Inn, Letcombe Regis, Oxfordshire
- The Halfway at Kineton, Gloucestershire
- The Crown, Hastings, East Sussex
- The Bonnie Badger, East Lothian
- The Owl Hawnby, North Yorkshire
- The Blind Bull, Little Hucklow, Derbyshire
- The Surprise, London
- The Leicester Arms, Kent
- The Old Eyre Arms, Derbyshire
- The Dartmoor Inn, Lydford, Devon
- The Longs Arms, Wiltshire
- The New Inn, Herefordshire
- The Duck at Yeoford, Devon
- White Horse, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- The Gurnard’s Head, Cornwall
- The Manor House Inn, Somerset
- The Bunch of Grapes, Rhondda, Pontypridd
