Royal Oak

Walk into the Royal Oak on Broadway and you'll clock immediately why regulars keep coming back—it's the kind of place where the staff actually know your name after your second visit. Sat right in the heart of Canton, this is a proper pub that doesn't try too hard or charge you the earth. The food's solid, the drinks list is honest, and there's usually someone interesting propping up the bar telling a story you half-want to hear. It's not trying to be cool or ironic about being a pub; it just is one, and that's precisely the point.