Gosnells Bermondsey Bar

You're walking under the brick railway arches on Enid Street when you spot Arch 72—that's your cue to duck in. Gosnells is doing something genuinely different in London's drinks scene: they're serious about mead, that ancient honey wine that everyone assumes is either medieval treacle or craft-beer-bros playing dress-up. Except these lot make it properly, with the kind of obsession usually reserved for natural wine nerds. The industrial-meets-cosy vibe of the arch itself—exposed brick, warm lighting—makes it feel like you've stumbled into something that shouldn't exist but absolutely should. The bartenders know their stuff without being annoying about it, and the range means whether you're after something dry and complex or something honeyed and approachable, you'll find it.