If there’s one person that’s always hard to buy for in practically every family, it’s your father or father figure.
When it comes to gifts for mum, she’d be delighted to unwrap anything just because you got it for her - whether that's a bottle of Veuve Clicquot, a Liberty cushion cover, a 111SKIN face mask or a new pair of party heels. Dad? Ah, if only it were so simple.
Or so you may think. Leave outdated views of the stereotypical dinosaur in the past and instead embrace the multi-faceted modern man. Sports, gardening and whisky may be easy box tickers for some, but others might enjoy a luxury diary, premium skincare - heck, even a scented candle.
The key to success? Think of things he wouldn’t ordinarily splash out on himself.
You can't go far wrong with a luxurious pair of slippers that he can slip into after work - Birkenstock’s would fit the bill nicely. Or, perhaps a set of premium Japanese knives would improve his cooking prowess. Either way, presents that elevate his everyday experiences will always be a surefire win.
If your pa is on the more traditional end of the spectrum, think along the practical and personal lines. Lean into their hobbies for guaranteed success, even if they don’t feel exciting for you. Look to buy a new set of golf clubs for the man who's always dreaming of the links or a new drill for the DIY-obsessed.
If you’re still in need of some inspiration, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve put together a list of crowd-pleasing favourites that will have him beaming. We’ve listed everything from luxury to affordable so there’s something for every pocket, as well as every kind of dad.
Wrap it up, present it with a big hug and prepare to make his day.
Shop now
Top masculine summer fragrances for men: Choose your signature scent for the season ahead
Bulldog Skincare’s new SPF moisturiser already has over 100 five-star reviews
Best rugged smartphones 2025 that will survive any harsh conditions
Best guitar wall hangers for showcasing your musical instrument
Best turntables: Record players to get your vinyl sounding great
Guinness Nitrosurge
This recent-ish launch (it was released in Ireland in 2021 before hitting the UK market in 2023) from Guinness purports to put the power of the pump in your hands.
It’s designed to be used on tins of Guinness using ultrasonic technology to recreate the classic Guinness pour. Clip it onto the top of the can, hit the button, tilt the glass, and then pour to watch the creamy swirls settle into your favourite beer.
It’s not a match for the ceremony and flavour of a proper pub-pulled pint, and purists may sneer, but if all you’re looking to do is improve the taste of the canned stuff, this will help.
Buy now £23.00, Amazon
Apple AirTag Bluetooth Tracker - Pack of 4
Whether it’s misplacing keys, your wallet, or ending up stranded at an airport without your luggage, everyone could do with a pack of AirTags that show you the direction and distance of your lost item. The battery lasts for over a year, is easy to replace, and is even water-resistant so no need to worry if you drop your keys in a puddle. Pair it with the AirTag Loop for an added extra.
Buy now £92.00, Amazon
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+
Boasting the biggest screen in Samsung’s Galaxy Tab FE Series, the Plus tablet feels like a personal cinema you can hold in your hands.
The whopping 13.1-inch LCD display offers a smooth, crisp, glitch-free viewing and browsing experience, and it can take decent selfies and photos too (if you can handle the awkward dimensions).
Side speakers deliver clear audio for listening at home or through earbuds when you’re out or travelling.
And the included S Pen stylus allows you to draw, write, Circle to Search or navigate the internet without staining the screen with fingerprint smudges.
It’s not cheap, but for the razor-sharp specs and exciting AI tech under its hood, this is a brilliant mid-range option for the latest Android tablet.
Buy now £649.00, Amazon
Mini Kamado BBQ Grill
Ceramic egg-shaped BBQs have a rep for being wildly expensive, but that isn't always the case, as this adorable mini version proves.
Ideal for one or two diners, the grill can reach temperatures of 370°C with heat emitting long afterwards, so it's great for slow cooking too. It's small enough to be stowed in the boot for camping trips or set up on the patio for small cookouts.
Buy now £84.99, Amazon
Smythson x Thomas Lélu 'Do Small Things' Panama Notebook
Smythson’s collab with French illustrator and author Thomas Lélu is ripe for Father’s Day gifting, especially if he’s a wordy sort. This ‘Do Small Things’ notebook offers the perfect balance of sweetness and practicality, especially if you pay a little extra to have it personalised.
Buy now £75.00, Smythson
Samsung Galaxy Ring
Not since Frodo’s Middle Earth quest has one ring been so hotly coveted. This too has special powers, forged in the metaphorical fires of Samsung’s innovation lab.
While it looks good with a gently curved concave look offered in gold, silver and onyx hues, it’s the internal wizardry that counts here. Samsung’s ring beams sleep quality, step count, mood and menstruation data to the Samsung Health app before serving AI-powered advice and insights to help you take targeted action or tweak poor behaviour.
It can even detect snoring, recording bursts of it overnight and allowing you to check if your nocturnal orchestral symphony is tipping over into something more serious, like sleep apnoea. In short, it’s a minuscule health, fitness and wellness coach at your fingertips.
The ring is far less cumbersome to wear than a smartwatch, has great battery life (expect up to seven days straight, with just 80 minutes to recharge fully) and looks cute in a ring stack.
The biggest coup of all? It does this all without a monthly subscription, unlike its competitors. My precious indeed.
Buy now £399.00, Amazon
Paul Smith Storyteller Scented Candle
Paul Smith may be a fashion behemoth, but the luxury label's home fragrance range is not to be underestimated. Not only does each candle smell delicious, but they're also hand-poured into elegant glass vessels which can be kept once burned. An investment worth making.
Buy now £75.00, Paul Smith
Appetites by Anthony Bourdain
There is no one like the late, great Anthony Bourdain. A master of decadence, passion and hedonism, Appetites is an essential read for anyone who has even flirted with the idea of working in the culinary industry.
Beautiful and strangely grotesque, this phenomenal cookbook is filled with the recipes Bourdain goes to in a pinch to please family members or to craft the perfect late-night snack. Gorge on guilt-free eating.
Buy now £30.64, Amazon
Snowdonia Cheese Company Cheese & Beer Lover's Hamper
Filled to the brim with delicious goodies, this is one for the foodie in your life. Within the blue wicker basket is a trio of Snowdonia Cheese Company's best-loved cheeses, including the smooth, creamy Black Bomber, so good it should come with a warning.
For everything you need for a stellar serving, there are crackers, chutneys and two cold craft lagers from Curious Brew to wash it down with.
Buy now £47.00, Snowdonia Cheese Company
Dewar's Double Double 21 Year Old
An exceptional scotch for an exceptional person, Dewar's Double Double is a journey for the senses. This isn't just any whisk: it's a superb example of blending and ageing, taking you through ripe vine fruits and into the sweetness of cacao with a smoothness that will have you sit back and marvel at the glass.
Buy now £140.00, The Whisky Exchange
Always Pan 2.0
The cult cookware has a spot in everyone's kitchen - dads included. Our Place's Always pan is so named because it's a tool you can use for practically anything.
Whether he's roasting a chicken, frying an egg or even steaming vegetables, it's a versatile addition to any wannabe chef's collection.
Buy now £125.00, Our Place
Smeg Soda Maker
Why have it still when sparkling is on the menu? Chic appliance brand Smeg has launched a fizzy water machine to up your sparkling water game.
Offered in four chic colours, the sleek cordless unit features a dial turn that allows you to control the level of carbonation pushed into the water. Being wire-free means you can set it up anywhere, from your bedside table for pre-snooze hydration to out in the garden, ready to impress party guests.
Whether you’re someone who has to wait for the bubbles to drop after cracking open a can of pop or you like them tickling your nose, you’ll love this.
Buy now £148.90, Amazon
Victorinox Spartan Knife
It may have been invented in 1891, but the Swiss Army Knife continues to prove its mettle in 2025. Victorinox, the original makers, offer a customising service where you can write a message, name or initials on the body. Prices start at just £27 for the Spartan mode,l which comes with 12 functions, including a corkscrew and bottle opener. You know, the essential stuff.
Buy now £27.00, Victorinox
Nag's Head Football Club Trotter Football Shirt
An easy win for Only Fools & Horses fans, this football-esque shirt is sponsored by a well-known Peckham business. A classic, just like your old man.
Available in XS - 5XL.
Buy now £39.99, Amazon
PerfectDraft Black Philips Machine Home Beer Cooler & Dispenser
Presenting one of the best gifts for anyone with a scintilla of interest in beer, it’s the PerfectDraft Pro. The Smart beer dispenser keeps beer fresh for up to 30 days, remote temperature control, and lets you pull proper pints, just like in a bona fide boozer.
This bundle comes with the machine, two pint glasses and a 6L keg of Camden Hells, although there are plenty of other branded bundles to choose from if this beer isn’t his bag.
If he loves a cold one, he’ll go hopping mad for this.
Buy now £141.85, Amazon
Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0
Campfires are great but the smoke that comes with it? Not so much.
Get hi-tech with your flames with Solo Stove's Bonfire 2.0 gadget. The firepit, which comes in pretty metallic hues, offers a high level of heat without smoke thanks to Signature 360° Airflow technology, which super-heats air to burn off smoke before it finds its way into your hair and clothes.
The portable device sits on a stand to protect the ground underneath and can be used at home and away on camping pitches, allowing you to bask in its warm glow wherever you go.
Buy now £309.99, Amazon
Rains Hilo Weekend Bag
Rains' Hilo bag is ideal for those who are always on the move - whether it's a long weekend city break or a mid-week work trip. It combines the label's signature waterproof fabric with a spacious construction for a holdall that's both stylish and practical. A win-win.
Buy now £79.00, Rains
Aspinal of London Golf Scorecard Holder
Whether they’re a pro golfer or a fairweather player, if one thing’s for sure, every sportsman needs to keep track of the score - and what better way to take note than using Aspinal’s leather scorecard holder?
With the option for luxury gift wrap and personalisation, this 100 per cent leather design with silk lining is a thoughtful gift for any lover of the sport.
Buy now £85.00, Aspinal of London
Byredo Bal d'Afrique 50ml
Byredo’s founder Ben Gorham is all about translating memories through fragrance.
Bal d’Afrique is one of his earliest blends, which he describes as “the fantasy of arriving in Africa through somebody else’s words” – it’s actually based on his father’s diaries of travelling around the continent for 10-15 years.
Though it has some floral elements, the base of cedarwood and vetiver comes through for a woody yet spicy finish.
Buy now £150.00, Cult Beauty
Teremana Tequila Blanco
Clooney’s not the only one with a taste for the tequila biz; fellow Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson also has a slice of the action with his brand Teremana Tequila, which won Gold for its Reposado expression and a lauded Master medal for its Blanco the Tequila & Mezcal Masters competition.
The small batch Blanco is better for margarita-making, as the agave is simmered in artisan copper stills, leaving behind a rich, smooth flavour. How does Johnson prefer it? On the Rocks, of course (sorry).
Buy now £39.95, The Whisky Exchange
Bartesian Cocktail Making Machine
Learning to mix the perfect cocktail is a skill most people don’t have the patience for. And now you don’t need to thanks to the Bartesian cocktail-making machine.
The gadget, destined to become the star of your next house party, uses a similar concept to pod coffee makers, automatically mixing drinks to serve in minutes.
Pick your pod flavour - there is Margarita, Pineapple Margarita, Amaretto Sour, Hurricane, Lemon Drop, and Uptown Rocks to choose from - select from four cocktail strengths (‘Standard’ uses a 60ml measure; have a crash helmet ready for Strong) and place your glass with ice under the spout. You will need to supply your own booze - this takes whisky, vodka, tequila and gin or rum, but you can use the pods on their own to make mocktails.
Any downsides? Well, unlike a proper bar, you can’t ask the Bartesian to freestyle a drink. It won’t glide a drink down the bar towards your expectant hand like you’re in a Western. And as for convivial chit-chats, they’ll have to be one-sided I’m afraid.
But if you’re looking for a party piece, it won’t fail to get everyone talking.
Buy now £299.00, Amazon
Marshall Monitor III ANC
Best for: Gratifying the Gods of guitar
Hailing from the most famous name in guitar amp history, the Marshall sound is one that shaped the success of rock’s biggest icons since the 1960s, and since 2010 this best-of-British brand has expanded access to that audio awesomeness, taking it from the stacks of the stars on stage directly to the discerning ears of the public, in the form of headphones and Bluetooth speakers that come cooler than a cryogenic cucumber.
And it’s the latest iteration of Marshall’s over-ears that we look at now, the Monitor III ANC, the company’s first fully wireless cans to come bursting with all the battery and Bluetooth brawn required to cut that cord completely.
With both ANC and super-sturdy, Bluetooth 5.3 turned up to 11, you still get a truly remarkable 70 hours of playback or an incomprehensible 100 hours with Bluetooth alone, and to be clear, with the ANC on and effectively ridding you of all outside annoyance, the Monitor III’s Adaptive Loudness adjusting sound as per your changing environment, and the 32mm dynamic drivers doing their unerringly defined thing, the playback you receive is at the very pinnacle of precision.
While Marshall may be synonymous with rock music, the sonic scope of the new Monitor is so wide, so all-enveloping and so nuanced that it sweeps majestically like a herd of audio antelopes across a vast soundscape savannah to suit all sound genres, delivering absolute oomph and delicate subtlety with equal aplomb wherever required.
But, that said, first and foremost comes rock, and when you marry up these masters of music with Jimi Hendrix, as I chose to, you instantly lose yourself inside the acid-drenched panning complexity of his classic tracks, as every note of his Strat sings with the clarity of crystal and the bass of Noel Redding or Billy Cox brings a tight timbre in the background. And the space inside? You could fit two heads if you had them.
Damn good looking too, finished in the traditional Marshall amp livery of black and (now) gold, the Monitor III is subtle but striking at the same time and will immediately appeal to fans of the amps, while the plump earpads and headband make them impossibly comfortable over countless hours of wear. Blending almost unseeingly in with the noir design also sits the customisable M-button for selecting Spotify, summoning your voice assistant or switching between EQ settings, and finally, sitting proud and drawing the eye like a single golden earring, the multidirectional control knob.
With a companion app to let you tweak settings to your own, rightfully demanding specifications and easily the coolest hard carry case you’re likely to ever come across, the Marshall Monitor III is the new king of ANC cool.
Buy now £299.00, Amazon
Aesop Eleos Nourishing Body Cleanser
It's time to prise pops away from his half-empty bottle of basic body wash in favour of something a little more luxe.
Aesop's Eleos cleanser is just the ticket, refreshing skin without stripping it of its essential oils. The kind-to-skin formula paired with a woody herby scent will make this his new bathtime favourite.
Buy now £33.00, Cult Beauty
Gtech Combi Drill
Papa's got a brand new... drill? If he's a DIY fan, a new toy will be just up his street come Father's Day. Gtech's Combi Drill is a versatile thing that comes with three easy switch modes to seamlessly go between drilling, driving and hammering. That to-do list will soon be dust.
Buy now £99.99, Tesco
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille Eau de Parfum Spray - 50ml
An instantly recognisable Tom Ford scent, Tobacco Vanille is one of the most iconic winter scents you can buy. Silky smooth and rich, the spicy notes of vanilla, tonka beans and cocoa balance sweet romance with a spicy confidence. Gentlemanly charm in a bottle.
Buy now £188.70, Sephora
Not Another 'Cap'
Casually distressed vintage-style caps have become the uniform for the off-duty dad. Not Another Bill’s cap allows you to finish the phrase - think Not Another BBQ, vintage car, half marathon - in the thread colour of your choice.
Buy now £24.00, Not Another Bill
Rathfinny Vineyard Tour
English sparkling wine is proving it’s having more than a moment in the sun.
Explore vineyards without leaving the country by booking a visit to Rathfinny, a stunning wine estate set in the idyllic Sussex countryside. The Summer Tours and Tasting involves wandering through the venue learning about viticulture, finishing with a guided flight of Rathfinny wines.
It's a perfectly celebratory way to celebrate any wine-loving dad, and the best bit is it won't cost a bomb or take up the whole day.
The tours are just under two hours and run from 10.30am, 1pm and 3pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Buy now £30.00, Rathfinny
Paul Smith 'Artist Stripe' Dressing Gown
It’s always dressing gown season. Replace his tatty and tired terry robe with a smarter cut from Paul Smith. This piece magnifies the brand’s famous ‘Artist Stripe’ on 100 per cent cotton towelling with a contrast tie belt to match. For lounge lizards and stylish couch potatoes.
Buy now £210.00, SSENSE
