Notting Hill
Phil Winser and James Gummer took a tired corner boozer off All Saints Road and made it the pub every other pub in London studies. Proper beer at the bar, a dining room on the ground floor at the back. Book the dining room, eat at the bar.
Finsbury Park, London5. The PlimsollEd McIlroy is the best landlord in the UK, and his Finsbury Park corner boozer serves the best burger in the land. A proper pub with proper…D
Soho, London9. The DevonshireA Victorian corner pub off Piccadilly Circus, reborn as the most exciting pub in London. Oisín Rogers pulls the best pint of Guinness in…A
Waterloo18. The Anchor & HopeNo bookings, a long wait and worth every minute. Slow-cooked dishes for the table, and a wine list for serious drinkers.C
Westbourne Park19. The CowTom Conran’s Irish-accented pub, a Notting Hill fixture for a quarter of a century. Oysters and Guinness upstairs, Beckham downstairs.E
Clerkenwell20. The EagleWhere the gastropub was born in 1991. The steak sandwich remains a national monument.G
Belgravia21. The GrenadierHidden down a cobbled mews where chauffeurs wash Bentleys. Bloody Marys, Beef Wellington and a ghost who was once an officer. You have to…