Muriel's Cafe Bar

Church Lane's been quietly brilliant for years, and Muriel's is the sort of place you'd genuinely bump into mates on a Friday. You'll find yourself wedged in alongside everyone from uni students to folks who've been coming since it opened, all nursing drinks that actually taste like someone cared. The space feels lived-in rather than designed—wood, low lighting, the kind of bar where you can have a conversation without shouting over some playlist algorithm. Food's solid enough to soak things up, but honestly, you're here for the drinks and the company.