The Acre

You'll find The Acre tucked into Victoria Street, right in the heart of Windsor's restaurant row, and it's exactly the kind of place that makes you wonder how you missed it before. It's got that effortless vibe of somewhere that knows what it's doing—the sort of bar where the staff actually care about what they're making you, rather than just following a laminated recipe card. The crowd here is refreshingly grown-up and mixed; locals who've clocked it as their proper local, couples on dates, mates catching up over a drink. Not trying to be anything it's not, just solidly good at the fundamentals.