The Baltic Hotel

You'll find The Baltic tucked away on Jamaica Street, in that sweet spot between the Cavern Quarter and the waterfront where the city's nightlife actually happens. It's the sort of place where you can pitch up for a quiet drink and somehow end up staying for three hours because the bartenders know what they're doing and the crowd's always interesting. The space has that industrial-warehouse feel that Liverpool does so well—exposed brick, proper lighting, none of the try-hard nonsense—and there's genuine warmth to how they treat regulars and walk-ins alike.