The Albert

Head down to North Marine Road and you'll find The Albert doing what it does best: serving decent pints and proper pub food to a genuinely mixed crowd. This isn't some theme-park version of a Yorkshire pub—it's the real deal, the sort of place where locals prop up the bar at lunchtime and families drift in for an early evening out. The beer selection is taken seriously here, with rotating guest ales that actually matter, and the staff know their stuff without being annoying about it. It's got that lived-in warmth that comes from being somewhere people actually want to spend their time, not just pass through.