Chopstix - Exeter

Walk past the ground-floor windows on the High Street and you'll spot the crowds already tucked into steaming bowls. Chopstix has been doing the business here for years, consistently delivering the kind of food that makes you wonder why you ever bother with mediocre takeaways. It's unpretentious—fluorescent lights, laminate tables, the works—but that's precisely the point. You're here for properly cooked noodles and rice, not Instagram angles. The kitchen clearly knows what it's doing, and locals keep coming back because it works.