Slug & Lettuce - Isle of Wight

You'll find yourself on Newport's main drag in what feels like a proper grown-up boozer that takes its cocktails seriously without any of the pretension. The sort of place where locals and visitors alike pile in after work or at weekends—the kind of energy that makes you want to stay longer than you planned. They've clearly got the formula right given how consistently busy it gets, and the fact that nearly 900 people have bothered to rate it should tell you something about what they're doing behind the bar.