The Top 11 Pubs Near Pulpo Negro
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Rank 1. The Star Inn
Beer Bar
A nano brewery in an outbuilding, mead on tap, and a beer garden with a fire pit that stays open whatever the weather: this is a real-ale pub in the Surrey town of Godalming that takes its cask seriously. The team has run it for years and the regulars have clearly noticed, packing the place reliably. It took the Greene King Pub of the Year at the 2025 Great British Pub Awards.
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Rank 2. The Merry Harriers
British Pub
Old oak beams, a roaring fire, and a menu that changes daily depending on what came off the farm that morning. The Merry Harriers is a proper country gastropub in the Surrey Hills, the kind that's been around forever but got a serious kitchen upgrade when the current team took over. Shepherd's pie uses lamb they raised themselves, the wine list is quietly considered, and local ales share the bar with an actual cocktail list. Fifteen rooms mean you can stay.
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Rank 3. The Horse Guards Inn
British Pub
Oak beams, stripped floorboards, and a vegetable patch that shapes the menu: this South Downs gastropub changes its kitchen list daily based on what's growing, foraged, or sourced from nearby suppliers. The cooking is serious without the pub having forgotten it's a pub. Three en-suite rooms upstairs make it a reasonable excuse to stay the night and pretend you live somewhere quieter than you do.
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Rank 4. Anglesey Arms
British Pub
Sitting on the Goodwood Estate, this West Sussex pub draws walkers, golfers, and devoted regulars who rarely bother with the menu because they already know it cold. The kitchen runs British classics alongside modern bistro dishes and a run of small plates for grazers, while the bar keeps cask ales, lagers, and low-alcohol options. Cosy enough that staying for one more round barely feels like a decision.
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Rank 5. The Crown at Burchetts Green
British Pub
A low-beamed country pub in a tiny Berkshire village, The Crown is the project of Dominic Chapman, who built his reputation at the Royal Oak in Paley Street and has done time with Heston Blumenthal. The menu runs seasonal British with occasional Continental drift, and the cask ales are treated as seriously as the wine list. It sits in the Michelin Guide and ranked 22nd on the Top 50 Gastropubs list, which does the talking for the kitchen.
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Rank 6. Crown
Modern British French Pub
Low ceilings and a centuries-old feel set the tone at this gastropub in Bray, where the kitchen runs on French technique and old-school British instincts. The menu skips trends entirely: pâté, pie and mash, market fish cooked simply, and a dessert list anchored by syrup sponge. There's a private dining snug decorated with the chef's own artwork, which either charms you immediately or raises questions you probably shouldn't voice.
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Rank 7. The Loch & The Tyne
Contemporary British Pub
The raised beds on the terrace grow the herbs and vegetables that end up on your plate, which sets the tone nicely for this gastropub in Old Windsor. Adam Handling's country inn holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a place on the Top 50 Gastropubs list, and the kitchen earns both by taking pub classics seriously without taking itself too seriously. The haggis Scotch egg and the seasonal trifle are regulars worth knowing about.
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Rank 8. Hand and Flowers
Modern British Pub
A thatched pub in Marlow with beamed ceilings and two Michelin stars, which sounds like a setup to a joke until the food arrives. Tom Kerridge made his name here turning classic British pub cooking into something considerably more serious, and the kitchen still earns it. The menu stays short enough that everything on it feels considered, and the room stays pubby enough that none of it feels precious.
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Rank 9. The Coach
Modern British Pub
A rotisserie turning at the center of the room sets the tone at Tom Kerridge's no-reservations gastropub in Marlow: casual, a little louder than you'd expect from a Michelin-starred room, and genuinely good at sharing plates. Small dishes are the move, and the kitchen makes punchy, satisfying food without the ceremony. Marlow locals come for a pint; others make the trip for the cooking. Either way, the pub holds a Michelin star.
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Rank 10. The Oarsman
Contemporary British
The wine list here changes weekly, runs to more than 300 bottles, and groups everything by style rather than region, which tells you something about the priorities. This Marlow gastropub holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and takes its food seriously too, with a daily-changing menu of bistro dishes from an open kitchen and small plates from a charcuterie counter. The part-brick, part-timbered room has an enclosed terrace and the kind of midweek pricing that makes the whole thing feel almost reasonable.
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Wednesday's open mic night has been running longer than most local bands have been alive, and that's the clue to what Chaplin's is. This Boscombe pub won the Great British Pub Awards' Best Community Pub in 2025, and it earns the tag: live music five nights a week, colourful décor, a garden heading toward wedding-venue status, and a crowd that treats the place less like a bar and more like a second living room.