Tigella

You're walking into something genuinely different on Peckham High Street. Tigella is doing the regional Italian food that most London restaurants talk about but don't actually understand—specifically the stuff from Emilia-Romagna, which means hand-rolled pasta, slow-cooked meat ragù, and those little stuffed breads (tigelle) that give the place its name. It's unpretentious in the best way: wooden tables, proper noise, the kind of place where they care more about what's on your plate than how Instagram-ready it looks. The wine list is refreshingly sensible, and they're not here to impress with fussiness—just excellent, flavourful food that tastes like someone's actually bothered to get it right.