Pubs that are still pubs

The best pubs in London are the ones that still feel like pubs — good rooms, good cellars, no theme-park refit. These 26 cleared our bar: visited, drunk in and argued over by people who live here.

• The Wenlock Arms All The Ales
• Pig and Butcher Farmhouse Inspired Cuisine
• Compton Arms - Rake Gravy-Doused Gastro
• De Beauvoir Arms De Beauvoir Hotspot
• The Scolt Head Four Seasons Pub
• The Duke of Wellington William’s wish wellingtons
• The Talbot Balcony bevvies
• The Sun Tavern Rise & Shine
• The Haggerston Kingsland Road Racer
• The Hunter S Neighbourhood Boozing
• Duke of Wellington Flatboys For Fatboys
• The Camel Pints, Pie, Mash
• Farr's Dalston Beers, Near
• Lady Mildmay Newington Green Pints
• Prince George Pints & Pool
• The Prince Arthur London Fields Forever
• The Army and Navy Prober Pub
• The Shakespeare The Shakey Pints
• The Hemingway Vicky Park Pints
• The Shacklewell Arms Indie Sleaze Still Going Stron
• The Palm Tree Jazz Matazz
• The Young Prince A Classicist’s Dream
• The Auld Shillelagh Old Stokey Establishment
• The Axe Craft Beers, Pub Classics
• The Clapton Hart Pints At Its Hart
• Crooked Billet Big Beer Garden

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