Food: Don Pietro

Don Pietro shows that you don't always have to drive for an hour to get a respectable eating experience; for instance take this local Italian sat right in the middle of the exotic location some of us like to call Gant's Hill. It serves up decent enough nosh at a fair whack (I got the garlic bread and what appeared to be the best veggie option on the menu in a gnocchi all for under a tenner), it's clean and cosy and service is brilliant. Yes, you have to make do with the inevitable Essex crowd you'll find in there, but that all just adds to the charm (and gives you licence to be as loud as you want, too).

It beats any local balti house hands down in my opinion. Recommended; well if you're in the area anyway.