The 13 poshest pubs in London have been named by the Times

There’s nothing like the classic grub and rough-around-the-edges charm of a traditional London boozers. But sometimes you might want somewhere with a little extra glamour. That’s where London’s posh gastropubs come in. And at the height of Sunday roast season, the Times has just named its 13 favourite in the capital. 

Much like we do here at Time Out, writers at the Times ‘embarked upon the ultimate pub crawl’ to determine which of the city’s high-end alehouses are the poshest of them all. 

One of Time Out’s favourite gastros, the Camberwell Arms was included for its ‘cosy and comfy’ atmosphere and Sunday roasts that ‘taste of home’. We awarded the same Camberwell pub five stars last year. In her review, Time Out food editor Leonie Cooper called it ‘the gastropub to end all gastropubs’ and that ‘“sublime” doesn’t even begin to do it justice’. 

The only other east London establishment on the list is the Knave of Clubs, praising it for being ‘Shoreditch at its best — creative, warm and just a little scruffy’. Unsurprisingly for a list that that highlights posh spots, pubs in west London dominate.

Four pubs in Notting Hill made the cut: the Fat Badger, the Pelican (both owned by hospitality group Public House), the Cow and the Princess Royal. A shoutout also went to the newly launched The Marlborough X Crisp Pizza. The paper said: ‘The top part of the Marlborough offers a cosy, dimly lit space complete with burgundy leather, barstools and the Devonshire’s famously good Guinness. Meanwhile those lucky enough to get one of the 60 seats downstairs will be treated to cosy tables under the kind of green lamps you’d find in a New York pizzeria.’

Other entries include the Tamil Crown in Angel, which serves south Indian cuisine and the Hart in Marylebone (another one from Public House). Read on for the full list. 

These are London’s 13 poshest pubs, according to the Times 

• The Hart, Marylebone
• The Devonshire, Soho
• The Fat Badger, Notting Hill
• The Tamil Crown, Angel
• The Marlborough X Crisp Pizza, Soho
• The Pelican, Notting Hill
• The Cow, Notting Hill
• The Camberwell Arms, Camberwell
• The Trafalgar, Chelsea
• The Prince Arthur, Belgravia 
• The Princess Royal, Notting Hill 
• The Knave of Clubs, Shoreditch
• The George, Fitzrovia

Now, take a look at Time Out’s 20 favourite gastropubs in the city.

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