The Dog House

You'll find yourself on Kennington Road, that stretch south of the elephant that's properly come into its own, walking into something that feels like it's been there forever—because it has, in spirit. The Dog House does what good pubs do without overthinking it: reliable ales, decent cocktails, and food that doesn't try to be something it's not. It's the sort of place you stumble into on a Thursday night and suddenly it's 11pm and you're three drinks deep, chatting to randoms about why south London's criminally underrated.