Grove Hotel

Head up Belle Vue Road and you'll find yourself in proper neighbourhood pub territory. The Grove isn't trying to be anything it isn't—it's the kind of place where regulars occupy the same stools they did last Tuesday, and the bartender remembers your usual without asking. You're getting solid British pub food here, the sort of thing that actually tastes like it's been cooked rather than assembled, paired with a rotating selection of ales that suggests someone behind the bar actually cares. It's got that comfortable, lived-in feel that comes from doing one thing consistently well for ages.