Methi hitchin

You'll find this Indian restaurant tucked along Bearton Road, where the lights go on at half past four and stay on until the last table's finished their kulfi. The dining room has that comfortable, unfussy feel of a place more concerned with what's coming out of the kitchen than Instagram-worthy interiors. The menu leans into proper home-style Indian cooking – the kind where spice levels actually mean something and each curry has its own distinct personality. Service comes with genuine warmth, and you get the sense this is a family operation that actually cares whether you leave satisfied. It's the sort of place that builds a loyal following not through flashy marketing, but by consistently delivering food that tastes like someone's mum made it – if someone's mum happened to be an excellent cook.