The Malt House

Fulham’s finest gastropub, The Malt House, is so thoroughly noted in good food and drink guides it might as well be heritage listed. Indeed, its premises are impressive, and this award-winning London pub and restaurant even boasts luxurious ensuite rooms upstairs. The Malt House experience is thoroughly curatorial – with craft beers and a wine list compiled on consultation with Berry Bros. & Rudd, plus a careful selection of chef’s seasonal dishes, this fine establishment down Vanston Place exhibits only the best of British hospitality.

The Malt House has been a public house since the early 18th-century, back then it was called The Maltster, in tribute to the local brewing industry – a name that sounds uncannily like a bland, 21st-century chain of Britpubs. Change is as inevitable as history, and though this pub and bistro has retained the best of tradition, we like the ring of The Malt House – succinct and to the point – a fitting appellation for one of the UK’s finest gastropubs. With glowing listings in Harden’s, Michelin’s pub guide, the Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide, and the Good Pub Guide, The Malt House is a shining light in London’s eating and drinking scene. Moreover, The Malt House – true to its old-school pub roots – offers luxury ensuite accommodation in the upper rooms of this gorgeous, high-ceilinged building.

Just a couple of minutes’ walk from Fulham Broadway tube station, you can’t miss The Malt House, standing proud on Vanston Place. It’s immediately inviting, and once inside you’ll fall head over heels for this lovingly restored British pub. And as for the tipple, The Malt House offers punters perfect pints of craft lager, cider, and ale, a wine list developed by award-winning wine and spirits merchants Berry Bros. & Rudd, and seasonal cocktails created by The Malt House’s resident mixologist. The award-winning restaurant is one of London’s best places to dine, with the chef’s seasonal dishes sitting alongside classic British pub fare such as fish and chips and burgers, all given a gourmet going over. Sundays see droves turning out for The Malt House’s Sunday Roast (and restorative Bloody Marys), while sports fans reach blindly – eyes transfixed by the bog screen – for The Malt House’s home-made Scotch eggs when match days are happening. The Malt House is undoubtedly a total British gastropub experience, and up there with the best.