McGuffie & Co

You'll walk past this place a dozen times before you notice the discreet entrance tucked into Castle Street's Victorian grandeur. Inside, McGuffie & Co feels like someone's particularly well-stocked front room - if that someone happened to have impeccable taste in spirits and a thing for exposed brick. The bartenders here treat cocktail-making like the craft it should be, without any of the theatrical nonsense you get elsewhere. They'll make you a perfect Negroni or something completely off-menu if you ask nicely. The beer selection is solid too, leaning towards local breweries that actually deserve the tap space. It's the kind of place where you pop in for one drink and somehow find yourself closing the place down, wondering where the evening went.