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Time Out
12-05-2025
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- Time Out
The best pub in London in 2025, according to lifestyle guide Muddy Stilettos
It is officially beer garden season! The weather is now clement enough for you to sit outside the best of London's pubs and sip a shandy in the sun. It's also time for a lucky boozer to be named the best in London. Congrats to the Punch Bowl in Mayfair, which lifestyle guide Muddy Stilettos has named the city's 'best destination pub' in the 2025 Muddy Stilettos Awards. Now in its 12th year, each year the awards recognise a host of shops, pubs, hotels and venues according to public votes. The Punch Bowl is a Georgian pub on a central London backstreet (Farm Street, to be exact). It used to belong to Guy Ritchie and Madonna, who bought it from Greg Foreman, son of gangster and Kray twins associate Freddie Foreman, in 2008. Ritchie sold the pub in 2013 and it was refurbished in 20914. It's now run by Butcombe Brewery and, impressively, is open from 8am for breakfast, serving a £50 sharing brekkie grill platter. The Grade II-listed boozer dates back to 1750. Speaking about the pub's win, The Punch Bowl's general manager Kyra Roberts said: 'We're absolutely delighted to have won Best Destination Pub in London! The team works tirelessly to give our guests the very best experience – from our exceptional food and drink to the live music, supper clubs and quiz nights we organise each month. 'We love the community we serve and to know our reputation for quality is spreading, leading to us winning an award as prestigious as this, is incredible!' The Punch Bowl beat out other pub finalists The Albion in Islington, The Holly Bush in Hampstead, The Three Crowns in Stoke Newington and The Wolfpack Inn in Fulham.
Time Out
06-05-2025
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- Time Out
The best café in London has been crowned for 2025
In London, we're lucky to have a bucketload of top tier independent cafés and bakeries. From old school caffs, to hipster hangouts our coffee shops are dishing out coffees, cakes and pastries around the clock that are worth queuing for – and we've ranked our favourites for you here. But a new list of the top cafés in London has just been revealed by the 2025 Muddy Stilettos Awards. Now in its 12th year, each year the awards recognise the best independent businesses in a variety of categories according to public votes. According to Muddy Stilettos, London's best café in 2025 is Swiss Bread Bakery & Café in Richmond. This indie coffee shop is run by best friends Andre and Tanja, who both hail from Switzerland, and is beloved for its fresh breads, croissants, cakes and cinnamon buns. The pair are also known for their Swiss lunches, which include flammkuchen, fondue, sausage boards and weekly specials. Runners up for the best café in London were popular brunch spot Apple Butter in Covent Garden, De Morgan Café in Holland Park, Peggy Porschen in Belgravia and Urban Pantry in Chiswick. Regional winners of each category will go head to head in the awards finals in June this year. The overall winners will be decided by the Muddy Stilettos editors. ☕️ The best cafés and coffee shops in London, according to Time Out.
