St Peter's Tavern

You'll find this proper Liverpool pub holding its ground on Seel Street, where it's been serving pints long before the area became the city's nightlife epicentre. The kind of place where regulars still prop up the bar at lunchtime and students pile in after lectures, creating an easy mix that feels authentically scouse rather than trying too hard. The beer's decent, the atmosphere's spot-on, and crucially, it stays open late enough to catch you when everywhere else is kicking out. It's not trying to reinvent the wheel with small plates or artisanal anything – just doing the traditional pub thing properly, which is rarer than you'd think these days.