Last night (Tuesday 27 October) saw the Fancyapint.com Best London Pub awards for 2009, held at the Lord Clyde in Highbury.

This year – the sixth year of awards – there were thirteen winning pubs in two categories: the reviewers’ awards and visitors’ awards.

In each category there is an overall winner – in 2009 the overall winner of the Reviewers’ Award is the Lord Clyde (342 Essex Road, N1 3PB) and the overall Visitor’s Award goes to the Jerusalem Tavern (55 Britton Street).

This year, to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the Fancyapint.com awards and the 10th anniversary as a website, the reviewers made a special award to their top London pub of the last decade. The Special Award winner is the Colton Arms (187 Greyhound Road, W14 9SD).

Visitors’ Awards
Overall winner – The Jerusalem Tavern, Farringdon
Commercial Tavern, Shoreditch
Churchill Arms, Notting Hill
Princess Louise, Holborn
Wilmington Arms, Clerkenwell

Reviewers’ awards
Overall winner – Lord Clyde, Highbury
Antelope, Belgravia
Eagle, Old Street
King Charles I, King’s Cross
North Pole, Docklands

Most Improved
Earl Ferrers, Streatham
Shaftesbury Tavern, Archway

Reviewer’s special award – best London pub over the last 10 years
The Colton Arms, Hammersmith

If you would like more information on the awards, email Dean or ring on 020 7198 7960.