We’ll be taking a trip to current number one, The Unruly Pig in Woodbridge to announce the 2023 Top 5 Gastropubs list. Described as winsome, warm and witty and loved by many, The Unruly Pig is one of four East Anglian pubs also featuring on this year’s list with a further eleven in the Southwest and Wales, nine in the Northwest, and thirteen in the Southeast and London.
The lists are created each year to celebrate excellence within pub gastronomy across the UK with the official announcements taking place at an exclusive event with a lunch hosted by a chef within the top 5. Our 14th list is no exception, we have seen five new entries and three re-entries from pubs who are really making waves in the industry.
Alongside the official list reveal the ceremony also awards places to specialist categories including Newcomer of the Year and Front of House Team of the Year. A One to Watch award is also up for grabs for a gastropub which has all the makings of a Top 50 Gastropub but hasn’t made the list yet.
Top 50 Gastropubs, Publisher, Chris Lowe said: “After a tough few years for the hospitality industry, we are thrilled to see such a strong list of contenders this year. The Top 50 Gastropubs provides a platform for food-lovers to explore the very best offerings across the UK.”
The Top 50 Gastropubs list in alphabetical order is as follows:
Canton Arms, London
Freemasons at Wiswell, Wiswell
Heft, High Newton
Parkers Arms, Newton-In-Bowland
Pyne Arms, Barnstaple
Royal Oak , Whatcote
Scran and Scallie, Edinburgh
Shibden Mill Inn, Halifax
The Angel at Hetton, Hetton
The Baring, London
The Beehive, White Waltham
The Bell Inn, Langford
The Black Bear Inn, Usk
The Black Bull , Sedbergh
The Black Swan, Ravenstondale
The Broad Chare, Newcastle
The Bull & Last, London
The Butchers Arms, Hepworth
The Cadeleigh Arms Tiverton
The Coach, Marlow
The Cornish Arms, Tavistock
The Dog & Gun Inn, Skelton
The Dog at Wingham, Canterbury
The Duck Inn, Stanhoe
The Duncombe Arms, Ashbourne
The Eagle, London
The Felin Fach Griffin, Brecon
The Fordwich Arms, Kent
The French House, London
The Guinea Grill, London
The Gunton Arms, Norwich
The Hand & Flowers, Marlow
The Hardwick, Abergavenny
The Harwood Arms, Fulham
The Kentish Hare, Tunbridge Wells
The Loch and The Tyne, Old Windsor
The Longs Arms, South Wraxall
The Mariners, Rock
The Masons Arms, Knowstone
The Moorcock Inn, Sowerby Bridge
The Pack Horse, Hayfield
The Pipe and Glass, South Dalton
The Rat Inn, Anick
The Red Lion and Sun, London
The Sportsman, Seasalter
The Swan, Bampton
The Unruly Pig, Woodbridge
The White Horse, Brancaster
The White Swan at Fence, Fence
Woods, Dulverton
This year brings back the 51-100 list as a way to recognise as many fantastic pubs as possible from the hundreds of votes received. These will be announced across our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter channels from Friday 13th January every day in the run up to the main event.
