Leeds pub named third best in Britain after topping Good Food Guide list last year

A Leeds pub has been named the third best in Britain after securing another major accolade in the Good Food Guide's latest rankings.

The Highland Laddie, on Cavendish Street, has now finished in the top three of the guide's 100 Best Pubs list for a second consecutive year, having claimed the top spot in its inaugural rankings in 2025.

At its second annual celebration of 100 Best Pubs, the 75-year-old guide named The Queens Arms in Eccles, Greater Manchester, the best in the country. The pub is widely recognised as the oldest passenger railway pub in the world.

The Cow in Notting Hill, London - famous for pulling pints for celebrities including David Beckham, Tom Cruise and Kylie Minogue - took second place, while The Highland Laddie claimed the bronze.

It is far from the first time the Leeds pub has received recognition from the Good Food Guide.

Last year, just months after reopening in April 2025 under new owners Sam Pullan and Nicole Deighton, the 100-year-old pub was named the best in Britain in the guide's inaugural 100 Best Pubs list.

The owner of the Good Food Guide, Adam Hyman, said: "While our industry continues to adapt to the new norm of what running a hospitality business looks like in Britain, our Best Pubs list once again shows that some of the best food and hospitality can be found in pubs."

Louise McLaughlin, marketing director at award partners Timothy Taylor's, said: "The Good Food Guide's 100 Best Pubs celebrates everything that's great about the British pub: warm hospitality, quality food and drink, character, and a genuine connection to local communities.

"These are the kinds of pubs Timothy Taylor's is proud to champion, and we're delighted to help shine a light on the publicans, their teams, and the loyal regulars who keep this important part of our culture thriving. Congratulations to all of this year's winners."

Full list of winners (ranked 1-100):

1. Queens Arms, Eccles, Greater Manchester
2. The Cow, Notting Hill, London
3. The Highland Laddie, Leeds, West Yorkshire
4. Greyhound Inn, Pettistree, Suffolk
5. Red Lion, Brinkley, Cambridgeshire
6. The Compasses Inn, Tisbury, Wiltshire
7. The Beckford Arms, Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire
8. Inn at the Sticks, Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire
9. The Radnor Arms, Folkestone, Kent
10. The Abbey Inn, Byland, North Yorkshire
11. The White Hart, Fyfield, Oxfordshire
12. The Kerfield Arms, Camberwell, London
13. The Barrington Boar, Barrington, Somerset
14. The Kinneuchar Inn, Kilconquhar, Fife
15. The Pelican, Notting Hill, London
16. The Pack Horse, Hayfield, Derbyshire
17. The Merry Harriers, Hambledon, Surrey
18. The Shaston Arms, Carnaby, London
19. The Sun Inn, Dedham, Essex
20. The Broad Chare, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
21. The Bath Arms at Longleat, Horningsham, Somerset
22. The Wellington Arms, Baughurst, Hampshire
23. Hop Pole Inn, Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire
24. Church House Inn, Harberton, Devon
25. The White Hart Inn, West Mersea, Essex
26. The Crown Inn, Harbury, Warwickshire
27. The Olive Branch, Clipsham, Rutland
28. The Rose, Deal, Kent
29. The Parakeet, Kentish Town, London
30. The Waterman’s Arms, Barnes, London
31. The Rat Inn, Anick, Northumberland
32. The Felin Fach Griffin, Brecon, Powys
33. The Farmers Arms, Woolfardisworthy, Devon
34. The Old Wharf Inn, Stourbridge, West Midlands
35. The Gunton Arms, Thorpe Market, Norfolk
36. The Marble Arch, Manchester, Greater Manchester
37. The Eagle, Clerkenwell, London
38. The Plough Rye, Rye, East Sussex
39. The Star Inn, Harome, North Yorkshire
40. The Latimer, Notting Hill, London
41. Fox & Hounds, Barley, Hertfordshire
42. Parkers Arms, Newton-in-Bowland, Lancashire
43. The Woolpack Inn, Slad, Gloucestershire
44. The Brisley Bell, Brisley, Norfolk
45. The Bull Inn, Totnes, Devon
46. The Hawthorn, Shepherd’s Bush, London
47. The Bildeston Crown, Bildeston, Suffolk
48. The Woolpack Inn, Totford, Hampshire
49. The Plough, Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire
50. The Wellington, Margate, Kent
51. Camberwell Arms, Camberwell, London
52. The Unruly Pig, Bromeswell, Suffolk
53. The Grove Inn, Kings Nympton, Devon
54. The Swan, Stratford St Mary, Suffolk
55. The General Tarleton, Ferrensby, North Yorkshire
56. The Queen’s Arms, Corton Denham, Somerset
57. The Kentish Hare, Bidborough, Kent
58. The Taybank, Dunkeld, Perthshire & Kinross
59. Heathcock, Cardiff, Cardiff
60. The Canton Arms, Stockwell, London
61. The Devonshire, Soho, London
62. The Cat Inn, West Hoathly, West Sussex
63. The Bull Charlbury, Charlbury, Oxfordshire
64. The Feathers Inn, Hedley on the Hill, Northumberland
65. The Kirkstyle Inn and Sportsman’s Rest, Slaggyford, Northumberland
66. The Hoddington Arms, Upton Grey, Hampshire
67. Applecross Inn, Wester Ross, Highlands & Islands
68. The Bull’s Head, Craswall, Herefordshire
69. The Keelson, Edinburgh
70. St Kew Inn, Bodmin, Cornwall
71. The Ship Inn, Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
72. The Alford Arms, Frithsden, Hertfordshire
73. The Earle Arms, Heydon, Norfolk
74. The Gurnard’s Head, Zennor, Cornwall
75. The Clachan Inn, St John’s Town of Dalry, Dumfries & Galloway
76. The Trof, Manchester, Lancashire
77. The Andover Arms, Hammersmith, London
78. Queen’s Head, Newton, Cambridgeshire
79. The Tamil Crown, Islington, London
80. The Red Lion, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
81. The Cornish Arms, Tavistock, Devon
82. The New Inn, Great Limber, Lincolnshire
83. Nobles by Bellfield, Leith, Edinburgh, Lothians
84. King’s Head, Spratton, Northamptonshire
85. Dylans at the Kings Arms, St Albans, Hertfordshire
86. The Old Point House, Angle, Pembrokeshire
87. The Old Eyre Arms, Hassop, Derbyshire
88. The Black Horse, Amberley, West Sussex
89. The Flying Stag, Braemar, Aberdeen
90. The Crown, Hastings, East Sussex
91. The Candover, Preston Candover, Hampshire
92. The Clarence, Glasgow, Strathclyde
93. The New Inn, Hereford, Herefordshire
94. The Lytton Arms, Knebworth, Hertfordshire
95. The Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd, Rhondda
96. The Swan Inn, Fittleworth, West Sussex
97. Freemasons at Wiswell, Wiswell, Lancashire
98. The Bryntirion Inn, Bala, Gwynedd
99. Fylingdales Inn, Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire
100. The Falcon Inn, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire