These London Gastropubs Are Among The Best In The UK

If you (like me) are constantly on the lookout for a great boozer that also serves up top-quality food, then you’re in luck. Industry experts from all over the UK recently voted on their pick for the country’s best pubs with particularly delicious food (aka gastropubs). And they’ve put the results together into a wonderful little ranking – Estrella Damm’s Top 50 Gastropubs for 2025. It’s now official; London is home to some of the best gastropubs in all of the UK.

In a list full of examples from the likes of Suffolk, Lancashire, Cornwall, Manchester, and beyond, London was responsible for 11 of the top 50 gastropubs. But taking the top position as the UK’s best gastropub was Suffolk’s The Unruly Pig. Close behind in second and third position were Soho’s The Devonshire and York’s The Star Inn, respectively.

‘Gastropub’ became a bit of a dirty word thanks to the sub-standard examples that flooded the country in the late-2000s and early ’10s. Many will hear it and conjure up images of horrifically overpriced (but mediocre) food served on anything but a normal plate – such as planks of wood, mini fryer baskets, and strangely shaped crockery. Or they’ll think of minuscule Sunday roasts, and downright disappointing experiences.

But these pubs prove that the word ‘gastropub’ doesn’t have to be synonymous with disappointment. After all, if you go back to the root of the word, it just means a pub with a particular emphasis on good food. And that can hardly be a bad thing, right?

London’s best gastropubs

London’s top gastropubs range from popular drinking holes in Soho to pubs serving impressive Indian cooking and beyond. These spots made it into the top 50 list: