"All you need is one meal at Chishuru to start thinking about Oxford Street as an area you want to spend time in. The modern West African restaurant is a breath of fresh air for this hectic part of the city and the whole of London. After relocating from Brixton, Joké Bakare has expanded both Chishuru’s ideas and space, and from our first sip of the weapons-grade spiced okra martini, we knew that this restaurant had something special. The two floors are warm, comfortable, and cosy. The kind of place you could nod off in if the sauces and spices weren’t as thrilling. Lunch and dinner are a set menu roller coaster of flavours, from moi moi with earthy mushrooms, to beef sirloin with onugbu-inspired bitter leaf sauce." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley