The Garrison

Walk into The Garrison and you'll clock it immediately—this is what a proper neighbourhood local should feel like. Bermondsey Street's had its glow-up over the past decade, and this place has been part of that story, sitting pretty at the junction where working SE1 meets weekend visitors who actually know where they're going. The dining room's got that comfortable, lived-in warmth: exposed brick, casual wooden tables, the kind of place where you don't feel overdressed in jeans but wouldn't look out of place in something smarter either. The menu lands somewhere between proper pub classics and ambitious British cooking, which means you're getting quality ingredients treated with respect, but you can still just grab a burger and a pint if that's what you want.