"Sometimes all you need is a warming open-fire kitchen, clay-coloured walls, and course after course of well-balanced, deeply satisfying small plates to remind you why London is so great. Rambutan—one of the best Sri Lankan restaurants in the city—has all that, and so much more. The menu changes regularly but the prawns—cooked in a silky curry sauce over the fiery aduppu—are a must, as are flaky rotis for mopping up every last drop of said sauce. The counter is the sought-after spot for a front-row seat to the kitchen action." - sinead cranna, rianne shlebak, jake missing, daisy meager, heidi lauth beasley