A Cena

Walk into A Cena and you'll find yourself in the kind of Italian restaurant that doesn't try too hard. It's warm, unpretentious, and genuinely focused on doing the basics brilliantly. You're getting handmade pasta done right, wood-fired pizzas with proper char, and a wine list that clearly someone's thought about rather than just ordered from a catalogue. The sort of place where locals actually eat, not just tourists stumbling off Richmond Road. It's the kind of neighbourhood restaurant that makes you realise you don't need Michelin stars to eat well—you just need care, decent ingredients, and people who actually know what they're doing.