The New Inn

You'll find The New Inn tucked on New Street, just where the cathedral quarter starts getting interesting. It's the kind of place where regulars prop up the bar, the landlord knows what you're drinking before you order, and nobody's trying too hard. The food's straightforward — proper pub fare that doesn't pretend to be anything fancier than it is. With a 4.4 rating from nearly 1,200 reviews, it's clearly doing something right, and that something is being genuinely welcoming and dependable in a way that matters to the people who actually live here. Come for a pint and something solid, stay because the company's good.