Across South Yorkshire an incredible 1,800 different beers are produced each year, and thankfully there is no shortage of excellent pubs at which to sup them.
CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide lists the best pubs across the country for real ale lovers and the latest edition features 79 pubs across South Yorkshire, 30 of which are in Sheffield.
The guide was compiled based on the experiences of thousands of CAMRA volunteers who visited pubs across the country to find the cream of the crop.
As well as details about the quality of the beer on offer at each pub, it includes information about food, events, history and more.
We’ve picked out nine of the best pubs from within Sheffield city centre which we love and are included in the Good Beer Guide 2025.
They range from historic watering holes to award-winning new bars which have opened in old shops or industrial premises.
The Good Beer Guide 2025 is available to buy now at https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product/the-good-beer-guide-2025/
1. Dog & Partridge, Trippet Lane, Sheffield
The Dog & Partridge pub, on Trippet Lane, is described in the Good Beer Guide 2025 as a 'comfortable multi-roomed pub' with a darts board, a lounge which often hosts live music, and a popular quiz every Tuesday evening. It serves four changing beers, usually from local breweries, the guide adds. The Dog & Partridge was recently voted by The Star's readers as the pub every Sheffielder 'needs to visit', with one fan calling it a 'proper pub' with 'the best beer and food and ambiance in the city'. | Google Photo: Google
2. The Bath Hotel, Victoria Street, Sheffield
The Bath Hotel, with its carefully restored 1930s interior, is described in the Good Beer Guide 2025 as 'nationally important'. There are usually three regular cask beers and three guest cask beers available, according to the guide, alongside light snacks. The distinctive corner pub, dating back to 1867, has a 4.4/5 rating from 688 Google reviews. It was named CAMRA’s Sheffield pub of the year for the city centre in 2024. | National World Photo: Chris Etchells
3. The Old Shoe, Orchard Square
The Old Shoe bar, specialising in craft beers and ciders, opened in summer 2023 in the former Schuh store (see what they did there?) in Sheffield's Orchard Square shopping centre. The Good Beer Guide 2025 describes how two constantly changing cask ales are available and they produce their own cider on the premises. You can order food for collection from the Sheffield Plate food hall or Proove Pizza. | National World/Kirsty Hamilton Photo: National World/Kirsty Hamilton
4. The Grapes, Trippet Lane, Sheffield
The Grapes pub, on Trippet Lane, is probably best known as the venue for the Arctic Monkeys' first ever gig, on June 13, 2003. But you don't need to be a fan of the band to appreciate the unique charms of this popular Irish pub, which is famous for serving possibly Sheffield's best pint of Guinness. The Good Beer Guide 2025 describes it as having a 'nationally important' interior, consisting of a snug, lounge and pool room. It offers two cask beers, and bar food Monday to Saturday lunchtimes, the guide adds, with traditional Irish music in the back room six days a week | National World Photo: Dean Atkins