The Best Bars in Borough

The pattern: start at one of the market wine bars (Brindisa or The Rake), walk south to the arches (Bar Topolski, The Sheaf), end at a riverside pub. The whole route is under fifteen minutes walking.

Hand-picked and ranked by our London editors. Cited prices and hours are current as of May 2026; check the bar's site before a long journey.

Winchester Walk, on the edge of Borough Market. Twelve taps, 130 bottles, the rare bar in zone one whose list is genuinely curated. The Beer Writers Guild has named it best specialist beer bar in the UK three times since 2015.