Nothing beats a good pub and despite one pub a day closing in the UK in 2025, this list celebrates some of the best boozers that the country has to offer
Chloe Dobinson Digital Production Editor
11:59, 29 Oct 2025
The Good Food Guide names 100 of the best pubs in the UK(Image: Head of Steam)
It is that time of the year again when The Good Food Guide’s best pubs in the UK have been revealed. However, the 2025 list has snubbed Merseyside in its listings.
Despite the doom and gloom of Britain’s pubs, with one boozer per day closing on average in 2025. The Good Food Guide celebrates the best pubs in the country that offer great food and drinks.
The compiled index of the top 100 was published on Wednesday morning.
On what makes a good pub, Editor of The Good Food Guide, Chloë Hamilton, 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 Highlan dLaddie – a city-centre slam dunk – is a very good case in point.”
So, where is the best pub in the UK for 2025?
The Highland Laddie in Leeds took the top spot, which is a 100-year-old city centre institution that reopened in April 2025.
It is run by new owners Sam Pullan and Nicole Deighton (also of the Empire Café, Leeds) and has a Google rating of 4.7 thanks to its great food and drink.
The Highland Laddie in Leeds was named as the best pub in 2025(Image: Bloomberg, Bloomberg via Getty Images)
One visitor said: “The standout aspect of our visit was the exceptional service. The staff was incredibly friendly, accommodating, and welcoming, making us feel right at home.
“This was undoubtedly the best dining experience we’ve had in Leeds in quite some time! We highly recommend it!”
A second commented: “Such good food in a great old, reopened and well set up old pub packed full of charm.”
A third added: “Incredible pub with amazing food. Was blown away by the quality of the cooking for the price. Great beers on tap and friendly staff. All set in a beautiful pub.”
The Good Food Guide’s 100 Best Pubs 2025:
1. The Highland Laddie, Leeds
2. The Kinneuchar Inn, Fife
3. The Merry Harriers, Surrey
4. The Beckford Arms, Wiltshire
5. The Radnor Arms, Kent
6. Greyhound Inn, Pettistree, Suffolk
7. The Pelican, London
8. The Abbey Inn, North Yorkshire
9. Inn at The Sticks, Carmarthenshire
10. The Pack Horse, Hayfield, Derbyshire
11. The Eagle, London
12. The Barrington Boar, Somerset
13. The Sun Inn, Dedham, Essex
14. The Kerfield Arms, London
15. The Broad Chare, Newcastle – Readers’ Choice Award
16.- Church House Inn, Devon
17. The Killingworth Castle, Oxfordshire
18. The Felin Fach Griffin, Powys
19. The Gunton Arms, Norfolk
20. The Plough, Rye, East Sussex
21. The Bath Arms at Longleat, Somerset
22. The Parakeet, London
23. The Rat Inn, Northumberland
24. The White Hart Inn, Essex
25. The Pipe & Glass, East Yorkshire
26. The Bull Charlbury, Oxfordshire
27. The Farmers Arms, Devon
28. The Devonshire, London
29. Hop Pole Inn, Somerset
30. The Waterman’s Arms, London
31. White Horse Holme, Norfolk
32. The Olive Branch, Rutland
33. The Old Wharf Inn, West Midlands
34. The Star Inn, Harome, North Yorkshire
35. The George at Burpham, West Sussex
36. Fox & Hounds, Hertfordshire
37. Tichborne Arms, Hampshire
38. The Bull Inn, Totnes, Devon
39. Parkers Arms, Lancashire
40. The Woolpack Inn, Gloucestershire
41. The Double Red Duke, Oxfordshire
42. The Cat Inn, West Sussex
43. The Canton Arms, London
44. The General Tarleton, North Yorkshire
45. The Anchor, Walberswick, Suffolk
46. The Camberwell Arms, London
47. The Brisley Bell, Norfolk
48. The Swan, Suffolk
49. The Riverside at Aymestrey, Herefordshire
50. The White Horse, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
51. The Kirkstyle Inn & Sportsman’s Rest, Northumberland
52. The Grove Inn, Devon
53. The White Hart, Fyfield, Oxfordshire
54. The Silver Cup, Hertfordshire
55. The Anglesea Arms, Hammersmith, London 56.Heathcock, Cardiff
57. The Feathers Inn, Northumberland
58. The Anchor & Hope, London
59. The Taybank, Perthshire & Kinross
60. The Queens Arms, Somerset
61. Hare & Hounds, Glamorgan
62. Applecross Inn, Highlands
63. The Punch Bowl Inn, Cumbria
64. The Clachan Inn, Dumfries & Galloway
65. The Bull Freehouse, Troston, Suffolk
66. The Exmoor Forest Inn, Somerset
67. The Ship Inn, Northumberland
68. The Bell at Selsley, Gloucestershire
69. The Tamil Crown, London
70. The Millbrook Inn, Devon
71. The Drunken Duck Inn, Cumbria
72. The Bull’s Head, Herefordshire
73. Dylan’s at The Kings Arms, Hertfordshire 74.St Kew Inn, Cornwall
75. The Pilgrim, Buckinghamshire
76. The Howard Arms, Warwickshire
77. The White Horse, Churton, Cheshire
78. The Alford Arms, Hertfordshire
79. The Plough, Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire
80. The Cotley Inn, Somerset
81. The Cornish Arms, Tavistock, Devon
82. Kilchrenan Inn, Argyll & Bute
83. The Red Lion, Isle of Wight
84. The Greyhound Inn, Letcombe Regis, Oxfordshire
85. The Halfway at Kineton, Gloucestershire
86. The Crown, Hastings, East Sussex
87. The Bonnie Badger, East Lothian
88. The Owl Hawnby, North Yorkshire
89. The Blind Bull, Little Hucklow, Derbyshire
90. The Surprise, London
91. The Leicester Arms, Kent
92. The Old Eyre Arms, Derbyshire
93. The Dartmoor Inn, Lydford, Devon
94. The Longs Arms, Wiltshire
95. The New Inn, Herefordshire
96. The Duck at Yeoford, Devon
97. White Horse, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
98. The Gurnard’s Head, Cornwall
99. The Manor House Inn, Somerset
100. The Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd, Wales