Saxtys - Independent Cocktail Bar, Restaurant & Club

You're on Widemarsh Street, walking past the usual high street suspects, and then you find this: a proper independent spot that refuses to blend in. Saxtys does the three-part shuffle well—cocktail bar upstairs where they actually know what they're doing with spirits, a restaurant section where the food doesn't take a back seat to the drinks, and downstairs it transforms into a club when the night kicks off. It's the sort of place that pulls everyone from first-date couples to groups of mates who've been coming here for years, all in the same night. The crowd's mixed, the energy's genuine, and you won't feel like you're paying for the venue's Instagram aesthetic.