Zaza

You'll find yourself on Chase Side where Zaza sits among the usual high street suspects, but walk through the door and you're transported somewhere decidedly more continental. It's the kind of place where regulars actually exist — people who've been coming since it opened, who know the staff by name. The restaurant trades in honest Italian food done right: think fresh pasta made sense of, risottos that don't cut corners, proper osso buco. It's not trying to be fashionable or instagrammable; it just works because the fundamentals are there. The room itself feels lived-in and welcoming, buzzing on a Friday night but never overwhelming. Service is attentive without being fussy. Prices sit at the comfortable end of mid-range, which explains why families, couples and groups of mates all seem equally at home here.