Dog & Gun

Walk into the Dog & Gun and you'll immediately feel the pull of a proper neighbourhood pub—the kind where regulars have their spots and the staff actually remember your name. It's positioned brilliantly on Lake Road, close enough to the town centre to catch the post-hike crowd but far enough to feel genuinely local. The ales rotate nicely, there's decent pub grub that doesn't pretend to be something it isn't, and you'll find everything from walkers in their muddy boots to families settling in for Sunday lunch. It's the sort of place where you can nurse a pint for two hours and nobody minds.