The Tall Ship

You're walking down Southgate Street towards the water, and The Tall Ship pulls you in with the kind of warmth that makes you forget it's raining outside. This is proper local stuff—the sort of place where regulars actually know the bar staff and the crowd feels genuinely mixed, from dock workers to families grabbing lunch. The Docks location means you've got that water-adjacent buzz without any of the pretension, and they've clearly not overthought what makes a good pub work.