Willoughby Arms

Head down Willoughby Road towards the railway and you'll stumble into the kind of pub that doesn't need Instagram to justify itself. The Willoughby Arms is the real deal—a place where regulars know the bar staff's names and conversations at the bar actually feel worth overhearing. You're getting proper pub grub here, the kind that pairs sensibly with a decent selection of ales, and they clearly take their offering seriously without the pretension that plagues so many spots in town centre. It's got that lived-in comfort you can't manufacture, where worn wood and honest lighting beat designer mood-boards every time.