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, and food writers: the UK is split into 11 regions, voters nominate seven restaurants they have visited in the previous 12 months, and those weighted votes form the national ranking. The specialist awards sit alongside that ranking and identify category leaders in service, drinks, sustainability, regional excellence, and 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, and Ashley Palmer-Watts. Its 2026 win reflects a rare mix of pub energy, polished sourcing, in-house butchery, ember cooking, strong hospitality, and broad public appeal.

The 2026 Gastropub of the Year page on Pearl captures the single official specialist-award winner, The Devonshire, and 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, and Ashley Palmer-Watts. Its 2026 win reflects a rare mix of pub energy, polished sourcing, in-house butchery, ember cooking, strong hospitality, and broad public appeal.