Little Swift

You're walking past the Turner Contemporary, the sea's doing that moody thing it does, and you spot Little Swift tucked into Marine Drive. It's the kind of place where the bartenders actually know what they're doing—not just pouring, but thinking about balance, technique, bitterness, all that. The crowd's a proper mix: locals who've made it their regular, couples who've ditched the chain bars, people who genuinely care about what's in their glass. It's intimate without feeling cramped, and there's zero pretence about it.