TGI Fridays - Norwich

You know what you're getting when you rock up to Riverside Leisure Park for some proper American excess. The staff here genuinely seem to enjoy the theatrical birthday song-and-dance routines, and the energy is properly infectious - especially on weekend evenings when the place fills with families celebrating everything from kids' birthdays to hen dos. The loaded potato skins arrive piled high with cheese and bacon, the burgers are genuinely hefty affairs, and those famous cocktails pack enough punch to make the cinema queue afterwards seem like a brilliant idea. Yes, it's a chain, but this Norwich branch does the formula well - portions are generous, service is cheerful, and when you fancy switching off your food snobbery for some uncomplicated American comfort food, it delivers exactly what's on the tin.