Seamus O'Donnells

You know that feeling when you stumble into somewhere that's been doing its thing for decades without caring about Instagram? That's the magic here. By day, it's a proper Irish boozer with sticky floors and regulars who've been propping up the bar since the 90s. Come evening, the energy shifts as students pile in for some of Bristol's most affordable drinks and the kind of spontaneous singalongs that make you forget you have work tomorrow. The Guinness flows like water, the music gets progressively louder, and somehow everyone becomes best mates by closing time. It's not trying to be anything other than a good old-fashioned pub where locals and students mix without pretence, and that's exactly why it works.