Hadramowt

You'll find yourself on City Road in that bit of Cardiff that's quietly become something special, walking into a place that doesn't bother with fancy presentation because the food speaks for itself. Hadramowt specialises in Yemeni cuisine, which means fragrant rice dishes cooked with ghee and spices, slow-cooked meat that falls apart, and breads you'll want to soak up every last bit of sauce with. The room's straightforward—no faffing about with mood lighting or designer plates—but that's precisely the point. This is the kind of place where you sit down properly hungry and leave genuinely satisfied, having spent about twenty quid and felt like you've actually eaten something.