The Embankment Bar & Grill

You're walking into somewhere that actually gets the balance right—proper cooking, proper service, but nobody's pretending it's Michelin-starred. The Embankment sits right there on Ebrington Street with the river doing most of the heavy lifting on the ambiance front. It's the kind of place where you can bring your mum for her birthday or crack into a decent steak after work without overthinking it. The menu's straightforward but well-executed, and they clearly know what they're doing behind the bar too.