The Blind Monkey

Head down Whitehouse Lane and you'll find yourself in the kind of place that's become rarer round Sheffield — a bar that doesn't try too hard but gets the fundamentals spot on. The Blind Monkey sits as part of Don Valley Brewery's operation, which means you're drinking seriously good beer poured by people who actually know their stuff, without any of the pretension that can sometimes creep into craft beer spaces. It's the sort of local you'd genuinely pop into midweek for a pint, not because it's Instagram-worthy, but because the beer's honest, the crowd's sound, and there's something refreshingly straightforward about the whole setup.