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The annual National Pub & Bar Awards nominees have just been announced, and eight London pubs have made the list of 252 pubs and bars across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland vying for pub supremacy.
The County and Regional Winners will be announced on June 10 at an event in London, as well as the overall big dog, AKA the National Pub & Bar of the Year. The National Pub & Bar Awards are run by Pub & Bar magazine and they’re intended, as you may have guessed from the name, to celebrate the best of Britain’s boozers.
The London offering is a varied bag of boozers and bars, with nominees split into two ‘regions’, with three drinking establishments in the City of London and five in Greater London making the grade.
In the City of London we have Liverpool Street Chop House & Tavern, Roxy Ball Room St Mary Axe and The Star by Liverpool Street. All of the City shortlisted bars are relatively new, with Liverpool Street Chop House & Tavern and Roxy Ball Room St Mary Axe only opening last year, and The Star by Liverpool Street launching in 2022.
The Greater London finalists are revamped Victorian pub The Lord Northbrook in Lee, JKS Restaurants gastropub The George in Fitzrovia, The Orange in Belgravia, and posh Notting Hill gastros The Pelican and Walmer Castle.
The ceremony will also include an Industry’s Choice Award, a top 10 of pubs voted for separately by 400 judges from the world of hospitality, as well as a consumer-voted Pub Group of the Year and Bar Group of the Year award.
London pubs nominated in the 2025 National Pub & Bar Awards
City of London
- Liverpool Street Chop House & Tavern
- Roxy Ball Room St Mary Axe
- The Star by Liverpool Street.
Greater London
- Lord Northbrook, Lee
- The George, Fitzrovia
- The Orange, Belgravia
- The Pelican, Notting Hill
- The Walmer Castle, Notting Hill
Last year The Red Lion & Sun in Highgate was named London Pub & Bar of the Year, while Soho’s The Devonshire scored the Industry’s Choice Award. The overall winner was the Bull in Charlbury, which was named the UK’s best pub.
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