The South West Eleven

You'll find yourself on a stretch of Battersea Park Road that feels refreshingly removed from the tourist circuit, where this pub sits as the kind of place that rewards regulars with familiarity and welcomes newcomers without fuss. The South West Eleven has that lived-in quality—worn wooden furniture, a genuine bar setup, the sort of spot where someone's always got a crossword on the go. It's the pub you'd hope to find in your neighbourhood: honest about what it is, which is somewhere to have a good drink and decent food without any of the Instagram posturing that's infected so many London locals.