Las Iguanas - Basingstoke

You're walking through Festival Place on a Friday night and you want proper food, not another chain doing the bare minimum. Las Iguanas gets it right. The menu swings across Peru, Brazil, Chile and Colombia – think ceviche that tastes of the sea rather than regret, slow-cooked pork that falls apart, and rice dishes that remind you why they matter. The cocktails are genuinely good (not just strong), and the service staff actually know what they're talking about. It's got enough energy to feel special without being so loud you can't hear your mates, and prices won't leave you gutted.