EFES Turkish Restaurant Clifton Road

Walk into Efes and you'll find yourself in the kind of place where the staff actually know their regulars by name. It's unpretentious but genuine, with a menu that doesn't mess about—grilled lamb chops that have proper char on them, mezze boards loaded with proper Turkish spreads, and that bread that arrives warm and actually tastes like something. The room's got a lived-in comfort to it, nothing too fancy, just good Turkish cooking done right. You're sat alongside families, couples, groups of mates all having the same good time.