Afrikana Restaurant Cardiff

You'll find yourself on City Road heading towards Cathays, and Afrikana pulls you straight in with the smell of spices and slow-cooked meat that's been doing its thing for hours. The restaurant doesn't mess about with presentation theatre; it's about feeding you properly, with dishes that span the continent and actually taste like someone's nan made them. The space itself is unpretentious—colourful, lived-in, the kind of place where tables of mates are proper laughing—and the service has that rare quality of feeling genuinely interested in whether you're enjoying yourself.