Western Anatolia
This smart kebapçı (kebap eatery) with bow-tied waiters serves all the standard kebaps plus a sucuk döner (spit-roasted spicy veal sausage) option.
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Tampere
Presenting modern Nordic fare featuring avant-garde flavour combinations, this elegant bistro won't be to all tastes. Set menus are mandatory; a wine…
Russian Far East
Beside pl Lenina, this clean modern stolovaya serves tasty, affordable staples: baked dishes, roast meats and the usual beet or potato salads are all on…
Central Sweden
This homey cafe on the main drag serving hot coffee and home-baked cakes and pastries feels like an auntie’s living room, complete with family portraits…
Costa da Morte
The restaurant at Hotel Puerto Arnela serves up excellent shellfish, grilled fish and meat dishes – nothing too fancy, just good ingredients prepared…
Russian Caucasus
Browse the tables piled high with fresh fruit and berries, dried fish and herbs and handmade brooms, not to mention eye glasses, shoes and anything else…
North Cornwall
Celeb-chef Rick Stein's fish-and-chips bar uses beef-dripping batter for a crisp finish, and often has unusual fish options, such as monkfish, John Dory…
Małopolska
This Rynek veteran offers a simple menu of meat dishes with sides of rice, potatoes or buckwheat groats. It's all very old school, although the outside…
Logroño
The speciality of this cramped little locals' bar is foie fresco a la plancha (fresh liver cooked on the plancha). It also has a good wine selection.
Igoumenitsa
In a strip of restaurants north of the ferry ports, Alekos has good service and seafood. Order grilled squid, a salad and some white wine while you wait…
Lake Constance
The pizzas and light, crisp Flammkuchen (Alsatian pizza) are the stars of the menu at this friendly Italian job. Nab a spot on the terrace when the sun's…
Il Collio
Come here for well-prepared Friulian standards in an hold farmhouse. On warmer days, a terrace table makes for a wonderful lunch spot with views over the…
Harz Mountains
Sprawling through seven houses, this cafe does decent if unspectacular international nosh and a delicious apple strudel. There’s a kid’s table and small…
Bergen & the Southwestern Fjords
This pizza joint is probably the best option in town for an evening meal – nothing groundbreaking, but decent pizzas with a good choice of toppings, and…
Transylvania
This fuss-free pizzeria and diner covers all the doughy bases from Hawaiian to calzone, and serves fast-food fillers like doner kebabs and heavily cheese…
Burgas
Cheap, self-service, cafeteria-style chain offering simple but filling fare such as sausages, salads and stews. There are some outdoor tables and it also…
Lake Garda West Bank
Surprisingly good thin-crust pizzas straight from the wood-fired oven. Enjoy them lakeside beside the weeping willow, but watch out for the pushy, pizza…
County Mayo
Grab a snack or pause for a true respite in this cafe, packed with old-world charm. It features sandwiches, salads, soups, baked treats and more, all…
Yakutsk
Pleasant cafe with frothy coffee drinks, buttery croissants and other temptations (cherry Danishes, apple strudel, honeycake, bliny). The takeaway shop is…
Sultanahmet
A branch of a well-known local chain, this şekerlemeleri sells lokum (Turkish Delight), baklava, milk puddings and börek (filled pastry).
Ston & Mali Ston
Grab a seat in the lovely garden courtyard where you can watch and smell the fish and meat sizzling on the barbecue. Fresh mussels, risotto and pizza are…
Lake Baikal
The Spar supermarket opposite the bus station is the place to stock up on enough fruit, cheese, bread and instant porridge to keep you going all the way…
Cyprus
Grab a table on the shoreside to make the most of the sea views, and dine on well-cooked and flavourful kebab dishes as well as all the usual Turkish…
Split
The go-to place for pizza in the old town, Galija is the sort of joint where locals take you for a good, simple meal. It also serves pasta and Dalmatian…
Trás-os-Montes
Despite lacklustre service, this new-town spot serves up glorious Douro views along with a wide-ranging menu featuring pizza, pasta, salads and Portuguese…
Castilla y León
Pass through this hotel's workaday bar and into the light-filled restaurant, where staff serve up hearty meat dishes and a generous lunchtime menú del día.
Wessex
They're often queuing out the door at this classic British chippy, which boasts sustainable fish, freshly cut chips, mushy peas and pickled eggs. Eat in…
Serifos
One of two seafront tavernas right on the beach in scrappy Megalo Livadi, the Cyclops specialises in grilled fish and wild-fennel dumplings. The service…
Setúbal Peninsula
This cafe on the main drag serves merendeiras (wood-fired oven-baked sandwiches with chorizo, beef or cod), and filling daily soups and desserts. Cash…
Verona
Cheap central eatery near Piazza Brà serving simple street food such as panini, pizzas, a selection of vegan snacks and even rare baked potatoes to a…
Ikaria
Serves a variety of meat – souvlaki, steaks, kebabs, sausages – to take away or to eat on the spot, from simple gyros to large platters for two (€15).
Kaş
Family-run restaurant with well-priced pide, pizza, beer and pop music, 'Plane Trees' has a pleasant courtyard garden tucked away off the street. Try a…
Göcek
With a lovely shady terrace and beachside seating, this local favourite serves a great selection of meze with some unusual options, including delicious…
Alonnisos
Pi & Fi roughly means 'quick and easy', like its grab-and-go kebabs and pitta souvlakia (cubes of meat on skewers). Opposite the police station on the…
Bulgaria
This atmospheric restaurant in an imposing National Revival–style house has worn wooden floors and carved ceilings, and a good range of homemade Bulgarian…
Bohemia
A basic, reasonably priced place that serves decent pizzas and good beer, though the rest of the menu isn't up to much. It's a welcome pit stop for lunch…
Belfast
At the Crumlin Road Gaol, the Crum Cafe serves coffee, tea, wine and beer as well as scones, tray bakes, sandwiches and soup.
Schloss Belvedere to the Canal
The stalls are piled high with olives, flowers, farm-fresh meat and cheese at this market. There are a handful of cafes, takeaway joints and bakeries on…
Debrecen
Some of the cheapest (if not the best) pizza in town awaits in an interior courtyard just off the main square. A substantial number of the 50 choices are…
İzmir & the North Aegean
Highly recommended by locals, this seafood restaurant enjoys a prominent position on the quay just opposite the sanctuary of Cybele. The mezes are…
