The Big Tree Pub

You'll walk past this corner spot dozens of times before realising it's only open Thursday through Sunday – and that's exactly how The Big Tree likes it. When the doors are open, you're stepping into the kind of no-nonsense local that Dorset Street does best, where the Guinness settles properly and nobody's trying to reinvent the wheel. The limited hours mean when you do catch it open, there's a proper sense of occasion. Weekend afternoons draw a mix of northsiders and those who've made the trek from posher parts of town, all united by decent pints and the kind of atmosphere that can't be manufactured. It's the sort of place where conversations flow as smoothly as the taps, and closing time always comes too soon.