The Woodside

Walk into The Woodside and you've stepped into the sort of pub that doesn't need a gimmick or a rebrand to pull people through the door. It's sat there on Gasking Street doing its thing—serving proper pints to regulars who've probably been coming for years. The vibe is straightforward: you're here for a drink, decent company, and honest pub fare if you're peckish. It's the kind of place where the bartender knows what you want before you ask, and nobody's pretending to be somewhere they're not. You won't find craft cocktails or artisanal anything, but you will find a solid selection of ales and lagers that actually taste like something, not like they've been engineered in a lab. It's proper local, the sort that makes up the backbone of Plymouth's drinking culture.