Hayat Restaurant & Sweet centre

Walk into Hayat on Westgate and you're instantly somewhere else — the kind of place that doesn't need to try hard because the food does the talking. This is genuine Middle Eastern cooking, not the polished version. You'll find regulars in here demolishing mezze boards and grilled meats whilst the sweet centre churns out fresh baklava and pastries that actually taste of something. It's casual, properly busy, and the sort of spot where you can tell people actually care about what they're doing rather than chasing trends.