best pubs for...

our top ten pubs for stuff

 

To help you, if you're looking for a pub with a particular strength - it might be a pub that does a fine Sunday roast, or a pub with waterside views, we've compiled a number of lists of pubs that we think are especially good at different things.

The lists appear below and you should note that the pubs don't appear in particular order within them. We've tried to keep the lists short - roughly ten pubs per subject - but if you can think of others that are missing from any list, please let us know.

 

best pubs for good beer...

Jerusalem Tavern rated 5 pints (Farringdon, London)

Bridge House rated 4 pints (Bermondsey, London)

Market Porter rated 4 pints (Borough, London)

Harp rated 3 pints (Leicester Square, London)

Salisbury rated 3 pints (Leicester Square, London)

Wenlock Arms rated 5 pints (City Road, London)

Castle rated 3 pints (Fleet Street, London)

Carpenters Arms rated 4 pints (Marble Arch, London)

Royal Oak rated 5 pints (Borough, London) FAP award winner

White Swan rated 3 pints (Twickenham, London)

Dovetail Bar rated 4 pints (Clerkenwell, London)

Quinns rated 4 pints (Camden, London)

Priory Arms rated 4 pints (Stockwell, London)

Three Compasses rated 3 pints (Hornsey, London)

Bricklayers Arms rated 3 pints (Putney, London)

Rake rated 3 pints (London Bridge, London)

Lower Red Lion rated 5 pints (St. Albans, Hertfordshire)

White Lion rated 4 pints (St. Albans, Hertfordshire)

Prague rated 3 pints (Shoreditch, London)

Aikmans rated 3 pints (St. Andrews, Fife)

Rising Sun rated 4 pints (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Devonshire Arms rated 3 pints (Beeley, Derbyshire)

Blue Boar rated 5 pints (Maldon, Essex)

Goat Major rated 4 pints (Cardiff, )

Shipwrights Arms rated 4 pints (Faversham, Kent)

Marble Arch rated 5 pints (Manchester, Lancashire)

Bricklayers rated 4 pints (Colchester, Essex)

Peveril rated 3 pints (Peel (IOM), Isle of Man)

Fox and Fiddler rated 2 pints (Colchester, Essex)

Kings Arms rated 2 pints (Colchester, Essex)

Coast Inn rated 2 pints (Mersea Island, Essex)

Three Fishes rated 4 pints (Great Mitton, Lancashire)

Canton RFC rated 3 pints (Cardiff, )

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best pubs for watching TV (especially sport)...

One Tun rated 3 pints (Fitzrovia, London)

Cockpit rated 4 pints (St. Paul's, London)

Pakenham Arms rated 4 pints (Clerkenwell, London)

ONeills rated 3 pints (Shepherd's Bush, London)

Alexandra rated 3 pints (Clapham Common, London)

Gun rated 3 pints (Spitalfields, London)

Carpenters Arms rated 4 pints (Marble Arch, London)

Rob Roy rated 2 pints (Lancaster Gate, London)

F3K rated 2 pints (Earl's Court, London)

Morrison rated 2 pints (Fulham, London)

Elgin rated 4 pints (Holland Park, London)

McGowans rated 2 pints (Cricklewood, London)

Goat Major rated 4 pints (Cardiff, )

Marquis rated 2 pints (Colchester, Essex)

Kings Arms rated 2 pints (Colchester, Essex)

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best pubs for good food...

Newman Arms rated 4 pints (Fitzrovia, London)

Coach Maker rated 3 pints (Marylebone, London)

Narrow rated 3 pints (Limehouse, London)

Grapes rated 5 pints (Limehouse, London) FAP award winner

Cock Tavern rated 3 pints (Smithfield, London)

Atlas rated 4 pints (Fulham, London)

Camel rated 4 pints (Bethnal Green, London)

Charles Cotton rated 2 pints (Hartington, Derbyshire)

Devonshire Arms rated 3 pints (Beeley, Derbyshire)

John Kavanagh rated 3 pints (Dublin, )

Ferry House rated 5 pints (Surlingham, Norfolk)

Marine Hotel rated 2 pints (Peel (IOM), Isle of Man)

Coast Inn rated 2 pints (Mersea Island, Essex)

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best pubs for quiz night...

One Tun rated 3 pints (Fitzrovia, London)

Sutton Arms rated 4 pints (Barbican, London)

Royal Inn on the Park rated 3 pints (Bow, London)

Richard I rated 4 pints (Greenwich, London)

Oxford Arms rated 2 pints (Camden, London)

Lord Nelson rated 3 pints (Docklands, London)

Five Bells rated 2 pints (East Finchley, London)

Wenlock Arms rated 5 pints (City Road, London)

Nobody Inn rated 4 pints (Dalston, London)

Avalon rated 3 pints (Balham, London)

Victoria rated 5 pints (Lancaster Gate, London)

Cleveland Arms rated 4 pints (Lancaster Gate, London)

Old Eagle rated 4 pints (Camden, London)

Masons Arms rated 5 pints (Bury St. Edmunds, )

Prince Albert rated 3 pints (Southwark, London)

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best pubs for a roast Sunday dinner...

Lord Clyde rated 4 pints (Highbury, London)

Princess of Wales rated 3 pints (Blackheath, London)

Scolt Head rated 3 pints (Dalston, London)

Royal Oak rated 5 pints (Borough, London) FAP award winner

Princess of Wales rated 4 pints (Primrose Hill, London)

Queens Head rated 1 pints (Winchmore Hill, London)

Monkey Chews rated 4 pints (Primrose Hill, London)

Three Compasses rated 3 pints (Hornsey, London)

Victoria rated 3 pints (Highgate, London)

Nightingale rated 4 pints (Wanstead, London)

Devonshire Arms rated 3 pints (Beeley, Derbyshire)

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pubs with the best outdoor space...

Windsor Castle rated 4 pints (Notting Hill, London)

Canonbury rated 2 pints (Highbury, London)

Pub on the Park rated 3 pints (Hackney, London)

Spaniards Inn rated 4 pints (Hampstead, London)

Vanbrugh rated 3 pints (Greenwich, London)

Duke of Edinburgh rated 3 pints (Brixton, London)

Edinboro Castle rated 3 pints (Camden, London)

Crown and Horseshoes rated 2 pints (Enfield, London)

1802 rated 3 pints (Docklands, London)

Spurstowe Arms rated 3 pints (Hackney, London)

Coat and Badge rated 3 pints (Putney, London)

Ye Arrow rated 3 pints (Gillingham, Kent)

Bricklayers Arms rated 3 pints (Bromley, London)

Marquis rated 2 pints (Colchester, Essex)

Coast Inn rated 2 pints (Mersea Island, Essex)

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pubs with the best live music...

Golden Eagle rated 4 pints (Marylebone, London)

Filthy McNastys Whiskey Cafe rated 4 pints (Angel, London)

Palm Tree rated 4 pints (Mile End, London)

Hope and Anchor rated 3 pints (Highbury, London)

Water Rats rated 2 pints (King's Cross, London)

Wenlock Arms rated 5 pints (City Road, London)

Aint Nothin ButBlues Bar rated 4 pints (Soho, London)

Wonder rated 4 pints (Enfield, London)

Old Blue Last rated 3 pints (Shoreditch, London)

New Inn rated 4 pints (St. John's Wood, London)

Kings Arms rated 2 pints (Colchester, Essex)

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best pubs for playing pool...

Kings Arms rated 3 pints (Holborn, London)

Hope and Anchor rated 3 pints (Highbury, London)

Horseshoe rated 3 pints (Clerkenwell, London)

Banker rated 4 pints (Cannon Street, London)

King Harold rated 3 pints (Leyton, London)

Good Mixer rated 2 pints (Camden, London)

Water Poet rated 3 pints (Spitalfields, London)

Landor rated 3 pints (Stockwell, London)

F3K rated 2 pints (Earl's Court, London)

Sportski Bar rated 2 pints (Palmers Green, London)

Big Red rated 3 pints (Holloway, London)

Westbury rated 2 pints (Maida Vale, London)

Cairn Hotel rated 4 pints (Carrbridge, Inverness-shire)

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pubs with the best waterside location...

Mayflower rated 4 pints (Rotherhithe, London)

Angel rated 3 pints (Rotherhithe, London)

Yacht rated 3 pints (Greenwich, London)

Prospect of Whitby rated 2 pints (Wapping, London)

Founders Arms rated 3 pints (Southwark, London)

Dove rated 3 pints (Hammersmith, London)

Narrow rated 3 pints (Limehouse, London)

Captain Kidd rated 3 pints (Wapping, London)

Old Thameside Inn rated 3 pints (London Bridge, London)

Narrowboat rated 3 pints (City Road, London)

White Cross rated 3 pints (Richmond, London)

Anchor and Hope rated 3 pints (Clapton, London)

Commissary rated 3 pints (City Road, London)

Lobster Smack rated 4 pints (Canvey Island, Essex)

Bay Hotel rated 2 pints (Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire)

Queens Head rated 3 pints (Maldon, Essex)

Horatios rated 2 pints (Brighton, East Sussex)

Ferry House rated 5 pints (Surlingham, Norfolk)

Castle Arms rated 3 pints (Castletown (IOM), Isle of Man)

Peveril rated 3 pints (Peel (IOM), Isle of Man)

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best pubs with rooms to stay...

Mitre rated 2 pints (Greenwich, London)

Brook Green Hotel rated 3 pints (Hammersmith, London)

Duke of Edinburgh rated 3 pints (Brixton, London)

Black Lion rated 4 pints (Kilburn, London)

Windmill rated 0 pints (Cricklewood, London)

New Inn rated 4 pints (St. John's Wood, London)

Charles Cotton rated 2 pints (Hartington, Derbyshire)

Guy Fawkes Inn rated 4 pints (York, North Yorkshire)

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pubs serving good whiskies...

Oakdale Arms rated 3 pints (Turnpike Lane, London)

Crobar rated 3 pints (Soho, London)

Britons Protection rated 4 pints (Manchester, Lancashire)

Duchess rated 4 pints (Vauxhall, London)

Albanach rated 3 pints (Edinburgh, Lothian)

Aikmans rated 3 pints (St. Andrews, Fife)

Criterion rated 3 pints (St. Andrews, Fife)

Britannia rated 4 pints (Borough, London)

Devonshire Arms rated 3 pints (Beeley, Derbyshire)

Evil Eye Lounge rated 3 pints (York, North Yorkshire)

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