The Gun, Docklands

You're walking along the Thames in Docklands when you spot The Gun tucked away on Coldharbour—a proper neighbourhood pub that actually feels like it belongs here, not some corporate afterthought. The sort of place where locals prop up the bar for a pint after work, but it's got enough going on with the food and drinks to pull you back deliberately. They do serious cocktails (not in a try-hard way), honest pub classics done well, and the riverside location means you can actually breathe in what's otherwise a glass-tower monotony.