Istanbul Restaurant

You're walking past the Cathedral Quarter towards Butts, and Istanbul announces itself without any fuss—just honest Turkish cooking in a straightforward room. The sort of place where families pile in on Friday nights, groups of mates commandeer tables for long sessions over raki, and solo diners perch at the counter without feeling awkward about it. The kitchen takes its job seriously: the lamb's got proper colour on it, the hummus tastes like someone actually cares, and they're not skimping on the charcoal for the grills. It's the kind of restaurant that's been feeding Coventry right for long enough that they've stopped trying to impress and just got on with being good.