Gastropubs are for when scampi fries and salted peanuts with your pint just aren’t enough to fill you up. The restaurant/pub hybrids have all the cosy vibes of a traditional boozer alongside spectacular food menus that rival that finest restaurants in the country. And since 2009, the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs has called upon the expertise of industry experts, chefs and food writers to determine which UK gastropubs stand out above the rest. Now, it’s revealed its 2026 edition. 

In a ceremony on Monday January 26, the title of the best gastropub in the UK for 2026 went to… The Devonshire in London. 

The ‘Dev’ in Soho first opened its doors in 2023 and quickly became the place to be spotted if you’re anyone who’s anyone (the likes of Margot Robbie and Nigella Lawson have stopped by there). Top 50 called it a ‘roaring success’ and described it simply as somewhere that ‘serves up premium quality, homemade food, focusing on the best of British produce’. 

Its main pub on the ground floor serves what’s widely regarded as London’s best Guinness and upstairs is the restaurant and grill rooms led by beef connoisseur Charlie Carroll and former Fat Duck chef Ashley Palmer-Watts. There you’ll find dishes like Scottish beef that has been dry-aged and butchered on site, creel-caught langoustines from Oban, lobster and hand-dived scallops from Devon.

Though the Devonshire is one of the hardest places in the city to get a table, it’s not absurdly unaffordable. You can tuck into a two-course set menu for just £25 or three-courses for £29.

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Photograph: Estrella Damm

The London boozer pushed three-time winner The Unruly Pig in Suffolk down to second place. Top 50 described the Unruly Pig as a ‘winsome and warm’ pub that serves ‘filling and well-crafted pub food in an environment that reflects the personalities of the people behind the stunning venue’. It offers a three course £35 lunch set menu featuring dishes like smoked cod’s roe on focaccia, confit pork belly and sticky date pudding.  

Third place went to another London gastropub, The Red Lion and Sun in Highgate, while fourth prize was handed to Gloucestershire’s The Woolpack Inn and fifth place was claimed by The Star Inn in North Yorkshire. 

The Estrella Damm 50 Best Gastropubs 2026 ranking in full

  1. The Devonshire, Soho, London 

  2. The Unruly Pig, Woodbridge, Suffolk

  3. The Red Lion & Sun, Highgate, London

  4. The Woolpack Inn, Slad, Gloucestershire

  5. The Star Inn, Harome, North Yorkshire

  6. The Angel at Hetton, Hetton, Yorkshire

  7. Parkers Arms, Newton-in-Bowland, Lancashire

  8. The Rat Inn, Anick, Northumberland

  9. The Rum Fox, Grindleton, Lancashire

  10. The Cornish Arms, Tavistock, Devon

  11. Canton Arms, Stockwell, London

  12. The Dog at Wingham, Wingham, Kent

  13. The Abbey Inn, Byland, Yorkshire

  14. The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe, Somerset

  15. The Broad Chare, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland

  16. The Gunton Arms, Norwich, Norfolk

  17. The Baring, Islington, London

  18. The Merry Harriers, Hambledon, Surrey

  19. The Fordwich Arms, Canterbury, Kent

  20. The Bell Inn, Langford, Oxfordshire

  21. The Kentish Hare, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

  22. The Crown, Burchetts Green, Berkshire

  23. The Marksman, Hackney, London

  24. The Hero, Maida Vale, London

  25. The Kerfield Arms, Camberwell, London

  26. The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent

  27. The Mariners, Rock, Cornwall

  28. The Bull, Charlbury, Oxfordshire

  29. The Coach, Marlow, Buckinghamshire

  30. The Highland Laddie, Leeds, West Yorkshire

  31. The Pipe and Glass Inn, South Dalton, Yorkshire

  32. The Silver Cup, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

  33. The Waterman’s Arms, Barnes, London

  34. Heft, High Newton-in-Granes, Cumbria

  35. The Tamil Crown, Islington, London

  36. Harwood Arms, Fulham, London

  37. The Killingworth Castle, Woodstock, Oxfordshire

  38. The Gurnard’s Head, St Ives, Cornwall

  39. The Bull & Last, Highgate, London

  40. The Kinneuchar Inn, Leven, Fife

  41. The Tartan Fox, Newquay, Cornwall

  42. Queen of Cups, Glastonbury, Somerset

  43. The Knave of Clubs, Shoreditch, London

  44. The Mason’s Arms, Bampton, Oxfordshire

  45. The Wild Rabbit, Kingham, Oxfordshire

  46. The Black Bear Inn, Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire

  47. The French House, Soho, London

  48. The Loch & The Tyne by Adam Handling, Old Windsor, Berkshire

  49. Shibden Mill Inn, Halifax, West Yorkshire

  50. The White Horse, Chester, Cheshire

The very best gastropubs in the UK for eating and drinking, according to Time Out. 

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