Sonrisa Comida Argentina

You'll smell the charcoal grill before you even step inside this compact Argentine restaurant tucked just off the Cultural Quarter on St Martins. The blackboard specials are scrawled in Spanish, the staff actually know their way around a wine list heavy on Malbec, and the kitchen treats steak with the reverence it deserves. The ribeye arrives perfectly charred on the outside, pink within, and accompanied by proper chimichurri that has bite. Beyond the beef, their empanadas are properly crimped pastry parcels filled with slow-cooked meat that falls apart at first bite. The weekend crowds spill onto the pavement when weather permits, creating that buzzy Latin American street-side dining feel that's rare to find done this authentically in Leicester.