Comptoir Libanais

You're standing on Festival Terrace with the Thames glittering behind you, and suddenly a spread of hummus, kibbeh, and chargrilled halloumi arrives at your table. Comptoir Libanais does the whole casual-but-brilliant thing well—the sort of place where you can rock up alone for a quick lunch or bring eight mates and somehow everyone leaves happy. The kitchen clearly knows what it's doing with Lebanese classics, and they're not pretentious about it. Prices sit at a reasonable level for Southbank, which means you're not getting fleeced for the location.