This irresistibly cheerful Chilean café offers homemade pastries, empanadas and fresh breads, served with perfectly seasoned avocado, chopped tomatoes and other small daily pleasures. The coffee is excellent, the tunes are Chilean – as in fact is everything else. It appears to the be the centre of local Chilean community as customers beetle in and out with their paper-wrapped oven-warm pastries and breads. Of course, Pisco is much in sight and on offer – you just have to drink your Sour before the 4pm closing time. 

Known as ‘greasy spoons’ the old London cafes (known fondly as ‘caffs’) have these days been replaced for the most part by barista coffee joints across the city, with their accompanying sourdough and fancy cake offering. Yet Sheila’s hangs on to its origins, offering its all day fry-up (eggs, bacon, tomato, fried bread, mushrooms, baked beans in various combinations) with mugs of strong tea and no espresso machine in sight. On arrival, a plastic photograph of a plate loaded with Full English is slapped onto your (sometimes shared) table and from there on in, you are treated to a classic caff experience. 

The beautiful new flagship of the small Mexican chain is all colour and style. Hundreds of curved and brightly coloured pendants light this large open space, its oversized plants, curved mustard banquettes and brightly coloured woven chair backs to a banging soundtrack and excellent margaritas. But the star is the food – light, bright and fragrant small plates inspired by Mexican market food are made from sustainable ingredients create an altogether joyful experience at reasonable prices.