2026 Gastropub of the Year: The Devonshire

The National Restaurant Awards were launched in 2007 to celebrate the UK eating-out scene. The Top 100 is produced from an academy of more than 200 chefs, restaurateurs, food writers: the UK is split into 11 regions, voters nominate seven restaurants they have visited in the previous 12 months, those weighted votes form the national ranking. The specialist awards sit alongside that ranking and identify category leaders in service, drinks, sustainability, regional excellence, notable new openings. For the 2026 Gastropub of the Year page, Pearl treats The Devonshire as a single-winner specialist award rather than a ranked list. The Devonshire is the high-profile Soho pub and dining room from Oisin Rogers, Charlie Carroll, Ashley Palmer-Watts. Its 2026 win reflects a rare mix of pub energy, polished sourcing, in-house butchery, ember cooking, strong hospitality, broad public appeal.

The 2026 Gastropub of the Year page on Pearl captures the single official specialist-award winner, The Devonshire, links that recognition back to a live restaurant profile.

In the 2026 National Restaurant Awards, Gastropub of the Year went to The Devonshire in Soho, London. The Devonshire is the high-profile Soho pub and dining room from Oisin Rogers, Charlie Carroll, Ashley Palmer-Watts. Its 2026 win reflects a rare mix of pub energy, polished sourcing, in-house butchery, ember cooking, strong hospitality, broad public appeal. Pearl uses this page for searchers who are looking for the specific award category, the winning restaurant, the broader 2026 National Restaurant Awards context.