"If your dream birthday menu involves pints of Guinness, a bougie spice bag, and a slab of chocolate cake—same, and also, look no further than The Raglan. This Indian-Irish pub in Walthamstow is laid-back enough to get messy with the curry sauce, but the food feels special. Particularly that spice bag and a vada pau with vindaloo pork more tender than your head post-birthday celebrations." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley