Garlands

Head down Talbot Road towards the seafront and you'll find Garlands doing what it does best: serving decent drinks to people who know their way around a bar. It's the kind of place where regulars have their spots, staff remember your order, and nobody's trying too hard to be trendy. The atmosphere shifts throughout the day—relaxed daytime pints give way to a livelier evening crowd, but it never tips into chaotic. You get the sense this is genuinely where locals come to unwind, not somewhere designed for Instagram posts.