Walkabout, Blackpool

You know exactly what you're getting when you walk into this Aussie-themed boozer on Queen Street – and that's precisely why it works. The place is plastered with rugby shirts, didgeridoos, and enough Southern Hemisphere memorabilia to stock a Brisbane souvenir shop, but the punters don't come for cultural authenticity. They come for the consistently cheap pints, massive portions of pub grub, and the fact you can still be nursing a lager at 3am on a Tuesday. The crowd's a proper mix – office workers decompressing after shifts, tourists getting tanked before hitting the Golden Mile, and locals who've been coming since it opened. Staff keep the drinks flowing without fuss, and when you're three deep at the bar watching footy on one of countless screens, the fake Aboriginal art becomes oddly endearing. It's not trying to be anything other than a reliable drinking den.