William Wolfe’s 100 best pubs in Britain
The best pubs in Wales and Scotland
The 11 pubs in Wales and Scotland that made Mr Wolfe’s hundred: fires in the grate, landlords who remember you, and food and wine worth the journey.
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near Brecon, Powys4. The Felin Fach GriffinWonderful to have a Welsh pub in the top five, and the plaudits are earned. Not pretty outside; food and setting are. Between the Brecon…A
Applecross, Wester Ross91. The Applecross InnOver the Bealach na Bà, the most thrilling road in Britain, to langoustines landed yards away. Worth every hairpin.B
Gullane, East Lothian92. The Bonnie BadgerTom Kitchin’s inn in golf country. Muirfield is down the road; this is where to celebrate, or commiserate, afterwards.C
St John’s Town of Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway93. The Clachan InnA Galloway village inn of the old school, with roaring fires and cooking that celebrates the local game and fish.G
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire94. The GaffA newcomer in Wales’s food capital. Bright, lively and very good value.H
Aberthin, Vale of Glamorgan95. The Hare & HoundsTom Watts-Jones cooks over fire in his home village. The finest pub in South Wales.I
Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire96. The Inn at the SticksA village inn above the Tywi estuary, with simple rooms and cooking that has the critics driving west.K
Loch Awe, Argyll97. The Kilchrenan InnA tiny inn in deep Argyll, all stone and peat smoke. Arrive in the dark and be very glad you came.K
Kilconquhar, Fife98. The Kinneuchar InnA whitewashed village inn near the East Neuk, cooking with a confidence that has made it Scotland’s best pub.S
Stockbridge, Edinburgh99. The Scran & ScallieTom Kitchin and Dominic Jack’s gastropub: Scottish nature to plate, in Edinburgh’s prettiest village.T
Dunkeld, Perthshire100. The TaybankOn the banks of the Tay, with folk music in the bar and wood-fired cooking in the kitchen. Highland hospitality without the tartan.
near Brecon, Powys4. The Felin Fach GriffinWonderful to have a Welsh pub in the top five, and the plaudits are earned. Not pretty outside; food and setting are. Between the Brecon…A
Applecross, Wester Ross91. The Applecross InnOver the Bealach na Bà, the most thrilling road in Britain, to langoustines landed yards away. Worth every hairpin.B
Gullane, East Lothian92. The Bonnie BadgerTom Kitchin’s inn in golf country. Muirfield is down the road; this is where to celebrate, or commiserate, afterwards.C
St John’s Town of Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway93. The Clachan InnA Galloway village inn of the old school, with roaring fires and cooking that celebrates the local game and fish.G
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire94. The GaffA newcomer in Wales’s food capital. Bright, lively and very good value.H
Aberthin, Vale of Glamorgan95. The Hare & HoundsTom Watts-Jones cooks over fire in his home village. The finest pub in South Wales.I
Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire96. The Inn at the SticksA village inn above the Tywi estuary, with simple rooms and cooking that has the critics driving west.K
Loch Awe, Argyll97. The Kilchrenan InnA tiny inn in deep Argyll, all stone and peat smoke. Arrive in the dark and be very glad you came.K
Kilconquhar, Fife98. The Kinneuchar InnA whitewashed village inn near the East Neuk, cooking with a confidence that has made it Scotland’s best pub.S
Stockbridge, Edinburgh99. The Scran & ScallieTom Kitchin and Dominic Jack’s gastropub: Scottish nature to plate, in Edinburgh’s prettiest village.T
Dunkeld, Perthshire100. The TaybankOn the banks of the Tay, with folk music in the bar and wood-fired cooking in the kitchen. Highland hospitality without the tartan.