Nellie Deans

You're standing on the Promenade with the Irish Sea doing its thing, and you duck into Nellie Deans for something that feels a bit more grown-up than the usual stretch of amusement arcades and chip shops. It's the kind of place where locals still outnumber the stag dos—well, sometimes anyway. The bar does solid cocktails without the pretension, and the location right on the front means you've got that seaside backdrop without having to squint through neon signs. It's exactly what the Promenade needed: somewhere that respects a decent drink and doesn't treat you like you're on a theme park ride.