Rose Of York Pub & Hotel

You'll find the Rose Of York tucked along Petersham Road, where the Thames bends and the whole stretch feels properly removed from London's chaos. It's the kind of place where the bartender knows regulars' names and the crowd spans from grey-haired locals nursing pints to younger Richmond types meeting for a proper night out. The pub doesn't try too hard—wooden beams, traditional fixtures, decent ales on tap—but it's got that rare quality of feeling genuinely lived-in rather than designed. There's a hotel upstairs if you've had enough and fancy staying put, which honestly makes sense given the riverside location.