Eastern Touch is a Middle Eastern restaurant at 1 Fairway Drive in Avalon, Lower Hutt, holding a 4.7 rating on Google. The heart of a good Middle Eastern restaurant is the mezze table — small shared plates of hummus, baba ganoush, tabbouleh and falafel, ordered as a spread rather than one dish each. That tradition makes the cuisine one of the most naturally vegetarian-friendly around, so mixed groups rarely run out of options. The grill is the other test: skewers of chicken, lamb and kofta over charcoal, with a mixed grill the easiest way to compare a kitchen's work. Fresh flatbread, lemony salads and generous olive oil are quiet markers of a place that cares, and regulars tend to order wide, eat slowly, and finish with mint tea or something sweet. On Fairway Drive in Avalon, Eastern Touch gives Lower Hutt an easy way into a cuisine built for sharing.