Middle Eastern · Plymouth
A Kurdish-Iraqi kitchen in Plymouth where £13 buys a genuine feast — meat, rice, naan, a spicy vegetable side — and a bowl of lamb, rice and tomato soup lands on the table the moment you sit down, which is a small miracle when children are hungry and impatient. The lamb biryani gets named again and again, portions are big enough to share, and the bread comes out hot. High chairs, a kids' menu and halal food are all sorted, and there's free parking plus a prayer room upstairs. Two honest snags: it's cash only, so bring notes, and the seating is closer to a takeaway than a formal dining room — fine with a pram, less so if you want a leisurely two hours. Staff are warm and were happy to accommodate a family of five.
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