The Best Pubs in the World

Our pub coverage focuses on the cities where the publican tradition runs deepest: London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, and the Australian cities that imported the form intact. We also cover American Irish pubs in cities like Boston and New York where the tradition has continued seriously.

Pick a city to see our editorial pick of pubs worth visiting. We rank by atmosphere first, beer list second, food third. The best pubs win on all three but a few earn their place on atmosphere alone.

Pub from 1891 in Soho. No phones, no music, beer in halves at the bar. The crowd is regulars, locals, and writers. The Resistance met here during the war.