Waterloo Tap

You'll find yourself on Sutton Walk in SE1, tucked away from the tourist crush around the station, where Waterloo Tap does exactly what a good pub should: it doesn't try too hard. The sort of place where someone's always perched at the bar with a pint they actually chose rather than defaulted to, and the staff know their stuff without being insufferable about it. The real draw is the beer selection—rotating taps that take things seriously but keep things approachable, whether you're after something sessionable or willing to experiment. It's got that lived-in feeling of a pub that's become part of the local fabric, where you'll see the same faces on a Friday night, but newcomers slip in easily enough.