Lass O'Richmond Hill

You're walking up Queen's Road towards Richmond Hill, and this is where locals actually drink—not the tourist traps by the riverside. The Lass has that lived-in feel of a pub that's been pulling pints for ages, with dark wood and the kind of crowd that includes everyone from office workers to proper regulars. The food's genuinely good (none of that frozen chip nonsense), the ale selection punches above its weight, and if you bag a seat by the window, the views across the Thames valley remind you why people move to this end of town in the first place.