Surrey Street

You'll find Surrey Street nestled in Portsmouth's compact city centre, a stone's throw from the Guildhall and all the Georgian charm that comes with it. This is the kind of place where regulars prop up the bar on a Tuesday and the staff remember what you drink—no faffing about with cocktail menus the size of a broadsheet. It's got that lived-in warmth that comes from being somewhere real, somewhere people come because they genuinely want to be there rather than because they've read about it online. The 3.8 rating tells you everything: solid, dependable, unpretentious.