The Queens Arms

Head down to Newhall Street and you'll find yourself in a proper neighbourhood pub that hasn't dressed itself up or apologised for what it is. The Queens Arms pulls in regulars who've been nursing pints here for years, alongside people discovering it for the first time—and that's the magic of it. You're getting solid cask ales, straightforward bar snacks, and the kind of atmosphere where strangers become mates by the second round. It's the antidote to the sterile chain pubs cluttering the city centre.