Dottore (CLOSED)

Depending on your tolerance of crowds, Dottore is either cosy and convivial or cramped and loud. We fall squarely in the former camp: as far as we're concerned, this boutique restaurant in the backstreets of Hamra is one of the funnest, most seductive Italian joints in the city. Space is at a premium – but then that's a price worth paying for premium-quality pizzas, all freshly prepared and cooked in a traditional wood-burning stove. Service is efficient, and a limited range of decent meat dishes and antipasti is also on offer for the benefit of coeliacs and pizzaphobes. Highly recommended.