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Best Pubs in Notting Hill, London

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Flowered pubs, seafood pints, Portobello basements, and neighborhood rooms that make west London feel lived in.

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Best Pubs in Notting Hill, London

Guide: Portobello Pints and Basement Rum

Notting Hill's drinking clusters around Portobello and the roads near Notting Hill Gate, where traditional pubs sit beside a rum-heavy basement. Cask ale and roasts dominate daytime tables, Guinness and oysters cover dinner, and cocktails take over in the basement later at night.

  • The Churchill ArmsThe Churchill Arms is an instantly recognizable, flower-covered Kensington pub serving cask ale and Thai food among dense Churchill memorabilia.
  • The CowThe Cow is one of Notting Hill's defining gastropubs, famous for Guinness, oysters, seafood platters, fish stew, bangers and mash, and an upstairs dining room that makes a pint feel like dinner.
  • Sun in SplendourSun in Splendour is the practical Notting Hill Gate pub for meeting up, Sunday roasts, cask ale, and starting or ending a Portobello walk without pushing the day into a reservation.
  • Trailer HappinessTrailer Happiness is a retro, kitsch-filled Polynesian cocktail bar near Portobello, with rum-heavy drinks, basement energy, and Caribbean-style snack food for a late Notting Hill night.
  • The Walmer CastleThe Walmer Castle is a polished Ledbury Road pub with a comfortable dining room, cocktails, pints, and a more grown-up west London atmosphere.

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