Lokanta Cafe&Turkish kitchen

Head up Fulwood Road towards the university and you'll find yourself in Lokanta, where the open kitchen pulls you in before you've even sat down. It's the kind of place that feels lived-in; locals pile in at lunch for quick kebabs and flatbreads, then it transforms into somewhere you'd linger over dinner with friends. The wood-fired oven does serious work here—charred meats, blistered breads, proper Turkish coffee. Nothing's trying too hard, everything tastes like it means it.