The best pubs in Fulham combine a room with character, a well-kept bar, food that earns its place, and a reason to stay for another round. This list spans historic locals, modern gastropubs, Sunday-roast destinations, and beer gardens that hold the sun. Andrew decides which pubs belong; reader votes shape the running order.
The best pubs in Fulham combine a room with character, a well-kept bar, food that earns its place, and a reason to stay for another round. This list spans historic locals, modern gastropubs, Sunday-roast destinations, and beer gardens that hold the sun. Andrew decides which pubs belong; reader votes shape the running order.Read the noteHide the note
The best pubs in Fulham combine a room with character, a well-kept bar, food that earns its place, and a reason to stay for another round. This list spans historic locals, modern gastropubs, Sunday-roast destinations, and beer gardens that hold the sun. Andrew decides which pubs belong; reader votes shape the running order.
The local tip: Skip the front bar and head straight through to the hidden walled garden out back — one of the best in west London.
One of those pubs that quietly does everything right. The kitchen leans Mediterranean — proper cooking rather than pub grub with olives — and the menu punches well above its weight for a backstreet local near West Brompton. The bar keeps its old boozer bones, dark wood and no fuss, and the walled garden out back is the reason to cross Fulham for it on a warm evening. Seagrave Road is a street you only walk down on purpose, which keeps the crowd local and the tables winnable.
16 Seagrave Road, London SW6 1RX
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The local tip: The venison scotch egg at the bar while you wait is legendary
London's first Michelin-starred pub, and still the benchmark for what the form can be. The kitchen is serious about British game and wild food, cooked with real finesse, yet the room on Walham Grove keeps the bones of a proper neighbourhood boozer — you can still prop up the bar with a pint while the dining room does its thing. Book well ahead for a table; walk-ins should aim for the bar and the famous venison scotch egg. That cooking this good hides on a quiet Fulham side street is half the charm.
27 Walham Grove, London SW6 1QP
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The local tip: Classic riverside pub. Good for a pint after a Bishops Park walk
Historic Fulham pub that CAMRA describes as Fulham's oldest, dating possibly to the 1500s and known to have been licensed by 1757. Spacious beer garden with huts, fairy lights, and benches. Sky and BT Sports on screens. Walking distance from Putney Bridge station. History seeping from the walls in the best possible way.
The local tip: Sunday roasts are excellent. Sit upstairs for the view over the green
On its corner of Parsons Green since 1688 and known to everyone as the Sloaney Pony — a nickname it stopped resenting long ago. The beer is the serious part: a superb, properly kept selection year-round, plus the annual Old Ale Festival that beer people cross London for. The sun-trap front terrace overlooking the green is the default seat, the Sunday roast is proper, and on any warm evening the crowd spills happily out across the pavement.
The local tip: The covered garden/Oyster Yard is one of Fulham's best tucked-away outdoor drinking spots.
The ground floor is a handsome pub-restaurant on Parsons Green, but the real draw is The Green Room, a basement speakeasy-style cocktail bar with green and teal tones, brass detailing, wood panelling, and leather banquettes. Exclusive cocktails and champagne with charcuterie boards. Refurbished and reopened in early 2025 under Young's. Also has boutique hotel rooms upstairs if you overdo it. Perfect for date nights and celebrations.
The local tip: Happy hour runs Monday to Thursday, 3–6pm — pair it with a stone-baked pizza before the evening crowd fills in.
A neighbourhood bar and kitchen right next to Bishops Park. By day it's artisan coffee and pastries; by evening it transforms into a proper cocktail bar with uniquely crafted house cocktails. Happy hour Mon-Thu 3-6pm. Neapolitan stone-baked pizzas to line the stomach. Open until midnight Thu-Sat. The kind of versatile, all-day bar that Fulham Palace Road was missing.
The local tip: The espresso martini is the one to order — take it to a seat looking out over Eel Brook Common.
A 2 AA Rosette gastropub overlooking Eel Brook Common, but the bar side is what earns it a spot here. Award-winning interior design by Brace Studio, standout espresso martinis, and a considered cocktail list in a setting that feels more upscale bar than traditional pub. Brass, leather, statement lighting, the sophistication puts it firmly in bar territory. Good for post-work drinks or a pre-dinner cocktail without the standard pub atmosphere.
The local tip: Great cocktails and a terrace that catches the evening sun
Opened late 2024 and already a local favourite. Part wine bar, part bottle shop, with dozens of hand-picked natural wines on industrial steel shelves, mostly Italian, sourced directly from organic and biodynamic vineyards. Rotating by-the-glass selection with reds, whites, orange, and sparkling. As the night goes on, the lights dim, candles come out, and you can pivot to cocktails. Small plates to match. Right on the Fulham border at the top of North End Road.
The local tip: Grab the pavement table that overlooks the green — Grade II since 1892, with one of Fulham's strongest Sunday roasts.
Right on Parsons Green, the Duke is one of those pubs that just works for every occasion. Massive beer garden that fills up the moment the sun comes out, solid brunch on weekends, and a relaxed atmosphere that makes it equally good for families and a Friday night pint. The food is a step above your average pub - the burgers are genuinely good.
The local tip: The Prosecco bar downstairs is a nice touch. Good wine list
The riverside cocktail and wine bar at Fulham Pier, part of Adam Byatt's Brasserie Constance project. Floor-to-ceiling Thames views, a deep wine list curated by the Trinity sommelier team, and a concise cocktail menu. This is the most elevated drinking experience in Fulham right now, proper mixology with a river panorama. Small plates available. Closed on Fulham FC match days, which is either a blessing or a curse depending on your perspective.
Level 1, Fulham Pier, Stevenage Road, London SW6 6HH
The local tip: Proper local boozer. The Sunday roast is surprisingly good
A lofty, good-looking pub on the Fulham Road that does countryside-in-the-city better than most places that try. Rustic wooden benches, worn leather seating, and a menu of sharing boards and pub classics built on locally sourced produce. It works as a lazy brunch, a family lunch, or a proper evening session — the trick is that it never feels like it's performing. The Sunday roast is quietly one of the better ones on this stretch of road.
The local tip: Solid pub grub. The beer garden is great in summer
Grade II listed Young's pub facing St John's Church, five minutes from Fulham Broadway. Strong craft beer selection, solid pub grub, and sport on screens. Quiz every Thursday. Spacious, characterful building that doubles as the pre-match pub for Chelsea games.
The local tip: The riverside terrace on a summer evening is hard to beat
A proper riverside pub tucked away on Rainville Road with one of the best beer gardens in west London. The Crabtree sits right on the Thames and on a sunny day there's nowhere you'd rather be. The inside is classic pub territory — warm, wood-panelled, with a decent selection of ales. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon watching the river traffic, or a post-match pint after walking along from Craven Cottage.
The local tip: One of the best pub gardens in Fulham. Solid food too
The Fulham pub for watching sport without standing in someone's armpit. A big corner site at the Parsons Green end of the Fulham Road with booths, plenty of screens, and reliable pub grub that arrives fast. At weekends it shifts gear — cocktails, music, a younger crowd staying late — and the garden is bigger than you would guess from the street. Not the spot for a quiet contemplative pint on a Saturday, which is entirely the point on match day.
The local tip: Riverside pub with character. Grab a pint and sit outside
Traditional tavern near Putney Bridge, first licensed in 1629 as the Blue Anchor, with an 18th-century building CAMRA describes as Fulham's oldest surviving tavern. Family-run traditional English boozer near Putney Bridge. No pretensions, no gastropub menu, just a proper old-school local with history in the walls.
The local tip: The upstairs private room is free to book — quietly useful for birthdays. Saturday brunch is the calm window.
Formerly The Sands End, rebranded in 2023 under the Butcombe group, and one of the best reasons to wander into the residential backstreets of Sands End. The British cooking is excellent — seasonal, unshowy, done properly — with a thoughtful wine list and a good range of ale alongside. The courtyard garden earns its keep in summer, Saturday brunch is a fixture, and the Sunday roast is taken seriously. The kind of quiet-corner local every neighbourhood believes it has and mostly doesn't.
135-137 Stephendale Road, London SW6 2PR
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The local tip: Reliable local. The quiz night is good fun
No-nonsense pub on North End Road near Fulham Broadway. Wood-panelled interior, cask ales, and straightforward British pub food. Open from 10am daily. Reliable rather than flashy, the kind of place you pop into after shopping at the North End Road market.
The local tip: Trendy cocktail bar vibe behind an unassuming door. Book ahead
Fulham's best late-night cocktail bar, and it doesn't even feel like a bar, it's set up like a house party in someone's flat. There's a bootroom for coats, a sitting room with sofas, a kitchen, and a dancefloor. Proper creative cocktails on a rotating menu, weekly supper clubs, and DJ-led house parties on weekends open until 1am. One of the few places in Fulham that genuinely feels like going out.
The local tip: Great Thai food upstairs. The beer garden gets packed on sunny days
A Fulham institution. Family-run gastropub in an attractive 1920s brewer's Tudor building on Dawes Road. Secluded beer garden, proper Sunday roasts, quiz nights on Tuesdays. Happy hour Mon-Wed and Sundays. The kind of dependable local every neighbourhood needs.
The local tip: Lively atmosphere, especially on weekends. Good craft beer selection
A solid local on Lillie Road near West Brompton that does not try to be anything it is not. Good beer selection, decent pub grub, and a relaxed atmosphere that works equally well for a quiet pint after work or a Sunday session with mates. The outdoor seating is a bonus in summer. Not the flashiest pub in Fulham, but dependable and friendly, which is exactly what you want from your local.
The local tip: Great on match days. Has a proper local feel
Fulham's village pub, tucked on a quiet terrace just off the New King's Road. The duck-egg-blue interior is warm rather than twee, the fireplace roars in winter, and the leafy beer garden out back is a genuine surprise given how close the traffic runs. Proper Sunday roasts, a pub quiz, and a private dining room mean it stretches from family lunch to birthday dinner, and the crowd runs from prams to post-work pints without either feeling out of place.
The local tip: Look up when you get inside — the listed billiards-hall ceiling is the show. Handy for a pint on the walk down to Craven Cottage too.
Housed in a stunning Grade II listed former billiards hall from 1909, near Putney Bridge. High ceilings, period details, and proper character. Craft beers, cocktails, and comfort food. The building alone is worth the visit, one of the most architecturally interesting pubs in SW6.
The local tip: The Sunday roast is the headline — Late Victorian bones, gastropub kitchen since 2015.
A smart gastropub on a quiet residential corner of Waterford Road that gets the balance right: good enough for a birthday, relaxed enough for a Tuesday. The kitchen turns out elevated pub food with real intent — the Sunday roast is the local headline — and the wine list is better than a neighbourhood pub has any right to carry. Service is warm without hovering. The place you take visiting parents when you want to prove Fulham feeds itself properly.
22 Waterford Road, London SW6 2DR
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The local tip: The riverside terrace is stunning. Worth the walk to Imperial Wharf
A modern, split-level riverside bar at Imperial Wharf with cocktails, global wines, and a heated terrace overlooking the Thames and marina. South-facing for afternoon sun and sunset drinks. Feels more like a bar than a pub despite the Young's branding, sleek and contemporary inside. One of the few spots in Fulham where you can drink right on the river. Romantic sunsets guaranteed.
The local tip: Good wine selection. The cheese and charcuterie boards are solid
The original Vagabond location, open since 2010 and the birthplace of the chain. Self-pour wine dispensers let you sample over a hundred wines by shot or glass using a prepaid card, natural wines, rare finds, small-producer bottles alongside seasonal tapas. Two minutes from Fulham Broadway. This is the definitive wine bar experience in SW6, intimate and candle-lit without being pretentious.
Not every pub in Fulham deserves a spot on a list. The ones featured here meet a simple bar: would I personally recommend this place to a friend visiting for the first time? That filter rules out a surprising number of pubs that look polished but underwhelm in practice. Quality of execution, atmosphere, and consistency matter more than postcode prestige or social-media presence. The shortlist reflects Andrew's editorial judgment about which places deserve a recommendation.
Where the Fulham locals go
If you live in Fulham and want the pubs that haven't been hyped to death, look at the hidden-gem tag. 7 pubs on this list earn that label, quietly excellent places that have built a reputation through word of mouth. The Atlas, The Harwood Arms, Aragon House and others stay full without ever appearing in a Time Out roundup.
How this pub list is curated
I start with places I would actually recommend, then let agree/disagree votes move the order around. Paid placement is not part of the ranking. If a pub stops earning its place, it is reviewed and can be removed.
Best for…
Best for a date: The Atlas, The Harwood Arms, Aragon House. Look for right lighting, table spacing, and atmosphere worth turning up dressed for.
Best for kids: The White Horse, Duke on the Green, The Brown Cow. Look for space for prams, patient staff, and food kids will actually eat.
Best for a dog: The Atlas, The Harwood Arms, The Golden Lion. Look for water bowls, treats, and a genuine welcome rather than a tolerated table by the door.
Best for a sunny day: The Atlas, The Golden Lion, The White Horse. Look for a proper terrace, garden, or courtyard with space to spread out.
Frequently asked
What are the best pubs in Fulham?
The top picks are The Atlas, The Harwood Arms, and The Golden Lion. The order combines local judgment with anonymous agree/disagree votes, not Google review scores.
How many pubs are there in Fulham?
25 hand-picked pubs are featured in this guide, covering SW6, W6, W14. We don't list every pub in the area — only ones genuinely worth recommending.
Which pubs are open on Sunday in Fulham?
23 of the listed pubs open on Sundays, including The Atlas, The Harwood Arms, and Aragon House. Hours can change, so check the individual place pages for the latest opening times.
Which pubs in Fulham are dog-friendly?
15 of the pubs on this list are dog-friendly, including The Atlas, The Harwood Arms, and Bishops Bar. Most allow dogs in outdoor seating; some welcome them inside too.
Which pubs in Fulham have outdoor seating?
14 pubs on this list have proper outdoor seating, including The Atlas, Bishops Bar, and Brook House. Best for sunny days when the London weather actually cooperates.
Are there any hidden-gem pubs in Fulham?
7 of the listed pubs count as hidden gems, including The Atlas, The Harwood Arms, and Aragon House — quietly excellent places that have built a following through word of mouth rather than PR.
How much do pubs in Fulham cost?
Prices range from mid-range (£15–35) to splurge (£60+) for the pubs on this list. Each place page has a price level indicator so you can plan ahead.
