Harry's Hotel, Bar & Bistro

You're walking into somewhere that's been doing the North Parade thing properly for years—the kind of place where the staff remember regulars and actually seem glad to see you. Harry's sits right on the seafront stretch, so there's that postcard view, but it never leans on it. The menu reads like someone who knows their way around a kitchen without getting pretentious about it: solid bistro fare, fresh fish when it's worth having, and they don't mess about with fussy plating. The bar's a proper spot for an evening out, not just somewhere you pass through to get to a table.