Lezzet Restaurant

You wouldn't expect to find some of Newcastle's best Turkish food tucked away on Front Street in Benton, but here we are. The dining room feels wonderfully unpretentious – think family-run warmth rather than city centre glitz – and the kitchen delivers the kind of honest, flavour-packed dishes that keep regulars coming back week after week. The mixed grill is a thing of beauty, arriving on a sizzling platter with perfectly charred lamb and chicken that tastes like it's been kissed by a proper charcoal grill. Don't sleep on the meze either – the hummus alone is worth the trek out here. Sure, it's not the most glamorous location, but when the food's this good and the portions this generous, who cares about postcode snobbery?