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.”
There is one pub outside Britain on the list, the Red Lion on the Isle of Wight.
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, LeedsThe Kinneuchar Inn, FifeThe Merry Harriers, SurreyThe Beckford Arms, WiltshireThe Radnor Arms, KentGreyhound Inn, Pettistree, SuffolkThe Pelican, Notting HillThe Abbey Inn, North YorkshireInn at The Sticks, CarmarthenshireThe Pack Horse, Hayfield, DerbyshireThe Eagle, FarringdonThe Barrington Boar, SomersetThe Sun Inn, Dedham, EssexThe Kerfield Arms, CamberwellThe Broad Chare, Newcastle – Readers’ Choice AwardChurch House Inn, DevonThe Killingworth Castle, OxfordshireThe Felin Fach Griffin, PowysThe Gunton Arms, NorfolkThe Plough, Rye, East SussexThe Bath Arms at Longleat, SomersetThe Parakeet, Kentish TownThe Rat Inn, NorthumberlandThe White Hart Inn, EssexThe Pipe & Glass, East YorkshireThe Bull Charlbury, OxfordshireThe Farmers Arms, DevonThe Devonshire, SohoHop Pole Inn, SomersetThe Waterman’s Arms, BarnesWhite Horse Holme, NorfolkThe Olive Branch, RutlandThe Old Wharf Inn, West MidlandsThe Star Inn, Harome, North YorkshireThe George at Burpham, West SussexFox & Hounds, HertfordshireTichborne Arms, HampshireThe Bull Inn, Totnes, DevonParkers Arms, LancashireThe Woolpack Inn, GloucestershireThe Double Red Duke, OxfordshireThe Cat Inn, West SussexThe Canton Arms, StockwellThe General Tarleton, North YorkshireThe Anchor, Walberswick, SuffolkThe Camberwell Arms, CamberwellThe Brisley Bell, NorfolkThe Swan, SuffolkThe Riverside at Aymestrey, HerefordshireThe White Horse, Brancaster Staithe, NorfolkThe Kirkstyle Inn & Sportsman’s Rest, NorthumberlandThe Grove Inn, DevonThe White Hart, Fyfield, OxfordshireThe Silver Cup, HertfordshireThe Anglesea Arms, HammersmithHeathcock, CardiffThe Feathers Inn, NorthumberlandThe Anchor & Hope, WaterlooThe Taybank, Perthshire & KinrossThe Queens Arms, SomersetHare & Hounds, GlamorganApplecross Inn, HighlandsThe Punch Bowl Inn, CumbriaThe Clachan Inn, Dumfries & GallowayThe Bull Freehouse, Troston, SuffolkThe Exmoor Forest Inn, SomersetThe Ship Inn, NorthumberlandThe Bell at Selsley, GloucestershireThe Tamil Crown, IslingtonThe Millbrook Inn, DevonThe Drunken Duck Inn, CumbriaThe Bull’s Head, HerefordshireDylan’s at The Kings Arms, HertfordshireSt Kew Inn, CornwallThe Pilgrim, BuckinghamshireThe Howard Arms, WarwickshireThe White Horse, Churton, CheshireThe Alford Arms, HertfordshireThe Plough, Bolnhurst, BedfordshireThe Cotley Inn, SomersetThe Cornish Arms, Tavistock, DevonKilchrenan Inn, Argyll & ButeThe Red Lion, Isle of WightThe Greyhound Inn, Letcombe Regis, OxfordshireThe Halfway at Kineton, GloucestershireThe Crown, Hastings, East SussexThe Bonnie Badger, East LothianThe Owl Hawnby, North YorkshireThe Blind Bull, Little Hucklow, DerbyshireThe Surprise, ChelseaThe Leicester Arms, KentThe Old Eyre Arms, DerbyshireThe Dartmoor Inn, Lydford, DevonThe Longs Arms, WiltshireThe New Inn, HerefordshireThe Duck at Yeoford, DevonWhite Horse, Lincoln, LincolnshireThe Gurnard’s Head, CornwallThe Manor House Inn, SomersetThe Bunch of Grapes, Rhondda, Pontypridd