The Cauliflower

Walk into The Cauliflower on a Friday night and you'll find the kind of pub that doesn't need to try hard—it's got regulars who've been coming for years, a bar that pours a solid pint, and that lived-in feeling you can't manufacture. The High Road location means it catches everyone from office workers clocking off to locals popping in for their usual. You're getting straightforward pub grub and an atmosphere that actually feels like somewhere people want to be, not somewhere Instagram told them to visit.