Bar & Tender

You're walking down Woodlands Road in the West End and you spot Bar & Tender's understated entrance—no neon, no faffing about. Inside, it's got that sweet spot between neighbourhood bar and proper restaurant, the kind of place where locals actually drink and eat rather than just Instagram their gin. The team here know what they're doing with spirits and mixers, building cocktails that taste like they've thought about them, paired with food that doesn't apologise for itself. It's become exactly what that stretch of Woodlands needed.