"Until 5am on weekdays, 6am on weekends For shisha obsessives and shawarma lovers, this Lebanese spot on Edgware Road is a west London institution. The red glow of Cafe Helen’s signage is a siren call for anyone needing comfort late at night or early in the morning. Be it baskets of warm flatbread and bowls of creamy labneh, or piles of dripping shawarma meat with a mound of rice. There’s plenty of seating but swing by the takeaway shop next door too." - jake missing, sinead cranna