British Pie Week 2025: Superior Pies To Eat In London
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Where to get your pie fix this March
From the hearty and meaty to the sweet and fruity, pies have been a staple on British tables for centuries. Each year, the beloved dish is celebrated in British Pie Week, which returns from 3 – 9 March 2025, culminating in the British Pie Awards, which sees almost 1,000 pies judged in a prestigious competition. Restaurants across the country also get involved with the culinary fun, adding special dishes to their menus during March – here are the ones not to miss.
Best London Pies For British Pie Week 2025
The Pig’s Ear
The Gladwin brothers are all about celebrating British cuisine, so of course they’re getting involved with Pie Week. Head to their Chelsea pub The Pig’s Ear to try the special, a veggie pie filled with celeriac, mushrooms and thyme, served with mash. Enjoy alongside a crisp pint of beer or a glass of fizz from the family vineyard in Nutbourne.
Details: Available 3 – 9 March 2025
BOOK: pigsearpub.com
The Connaught Grill
Housed within five-star hotel The Connaught, this restaurant is all about British classics. Head there this week to try one of its special sweet and savoury pies: options include a braised ox cheek pie with confit yukon gold potato, Cornish monkfish wellington, with an apple and rhubarb pie for dessert.
Details: Available 3 – 9 March 2025
BOOK: the-connaught.co.uk
Holborn Dining Room at Rosewood London
Rosewood London’s Holborn Dining Room has its very own Pie Room, which always pulls out the stops for British Pie Week. This year, the restaurant is celebrating the old Cockney tradition of pie, mash and liquor, with two specials on the menu: British beef short rib and bone marrow pie, and a curried lamb pie with chilli caper raita – both served with mash and parsley liquor. They’ll be available to eat in or via takeaway from The Pie Hole.
Details: Available 3 – 7 March 2025, for eat-in or takeaway between 11am – 3pm
BOOK: holborndiningroom.com
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The Audley Public House
Gastropubs often do a great pie, but this creation from Mayfair hotspot The Audley Public House sounds particularly special. A collaboration between chefs Jamie Shears and Alex Dilling, the ‘posh pork pie’ is an elevated take on the pub classic, made with black truffle, trumpet mushrooms, Alsace bacon and Cognac. Long-standing menu favourites, meanwhile, include a chicken, ham and leek pie, and a Durslade Farm shepherd’s pie.
Details: £70 for two, available from 3 – 9 March 2025
BOOK: theaudleypublichouse.com
RAILS Restaurant
Housed within the Great Northern Hotel in King’s Cross, RAILS is a distinctly British restaurant, so of course pies are a key feature of the menu. This Pie Week, the eatery is celebrating with a new special, paired with a local beer from Church Farm Brewery. Throughout March, diners can enjoy everything from a chicken and mushroom pie accompanied by a Harry’s Heifer to a steak and Guinness pie with Brown’s Porter.
Details: £17 for a pie and a beer, available throughout March 2025
BOOK: railslondon.com
Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill
The clue’s in the name: oysters are central to Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill, Richard Corrigan’s Mayfair institution. It’s no surprise then, that the British Pie Week special is a beef and oyster pie, served with buttery colcannon and rich gravy. Alternatively, guests can tuck into the restaurant’s classic fish pie, which Corrigan recommends having with a splash of green tabasco. Don’t knock it ‘till you’ve tried it…
Details: £25 for a pie
BOOK: bentleys.org
The Grill by Tom Booton
Two very different London institutions, five-star hotel The Dorchester and East London pie shop G. Kelly, are partnering on a British Pie Week special. The Grill’s head chef Tom Booton has reimagined the classic pie inspired by G. Kelly’s heritage: a pork and mushroom pie served with parsley sauce and vinegars. G. Kelly, meanwhile, will be introducing a limited-edition chicken and mushroom pie inspired by Booton’s signature dish.
Details: Both pies will be available from 3 – 9 March 2025
BOOK: dorchestercollection.com / gkelly.london
Great Central Pub at The Landmark London
Matt Fletcher heads up the food offering at the Great Central Pub, found within Marylebone’s five-star hotel The Landmark. The gastropub is all about elevated British pub fare, served within elegant yet relaxed surroundings, and the menu is looking particularly tasty this March, with two new handmade pies on offer. Choose between a Cromer crab and mussel pie, or a chestnut mushroom risotto and wild garlic pie – paired with a pint, naturally.
Details: £20 for a pie or £25 with a pint, available from 3 – 31 March 2025
BOOK: landmarklondon.co.uk
The Ox
Clapham’s newest foodie pub, The Ox is getting involved with British Pie Week by adding a lamb shepherd’s pie to its menu, designed for two to share. Prefer your own? Fear not: there’s also a beef bourguignon pie served with triple cooked chips, or a vegan pie.
Details: Pies from £20
BOOK: theoxclapham.com
