Turtle Bay Leicester

You'll smell the jerk seasoning before you even push through the doors on Bath House Lane, just off the Cultural Quarter. The rum bar stretches along one side, stacked with bottles that mean business, while reggae and dancehall pulse through speakers without drowning out conversation. It's Caribbean chain food done properly – the sort of place that doesn't apologise for bold flavours. The cocktails are the real draw here. Two-for-one deals run most evenings, and they're generous with the rum measures. Pair them with curry goat that actually has some heat or jerk chicken that's been nowhere near a microwave. The staff know their stuff about the menu and won't steer you wrong. It gets properly busy at weekends, especially when Leicester's students descend for the bottomless brunch, but the energy's infectious rather than annoying.