Western Hotel

You're walking up Gabriel Street towards the seafront and the Western Hotel just sits there, honest and unpretentious. This is where St Ives comes to have a drink without the faffing about—whether you're after a pint after work or something to kick off an evening. The bar's got that comfortable, lived-in feel you only get when a place has been doing the same thing for decades and doing it well. It's the sort of spot where you'll find builders rubbing shoulders with visiting artists, and nobody thinks that's odd.