Anar Kitchen - Kingston

You'll walk past the river markets and find yourself on Old London Road where Anar's been quietly building a reputation that's now impossible to ignore. This is straightforward Persian cooking done properly—the kind of place where they're not trying to reinvent the wheel, just making sure it's perfectly balanced with sumac, saffron and char. Order the chicken, obviously, but the kebabs sing too. It's packed most nights with locals who've worked out that this spot delivers proper flavour without the pretence or the prices that come with it.