Hala

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29 Grand Parade

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Tue Jul 3 2012

Hala may be a simple eat-in or takeaway joint, but it has always been smart. Waiting staff wear black waistcoats and yellow ties, while the ladies sitting in the window hand-rolling gözleme (filled crêpes) sport matching white T-shirts and hair nets. A revamp has reinvigorated the place a little, but the food and the welcome remain blessedly unchanged.

Everything has visual pzazz. Excellent mixed meze came in a colourful arrangement on the plate: houmous as grainy as grits sat next to a relatively restrained tarama; butter-rich cacık nudged a mellow aubergine salad (patlıcan salatası). Cubes of fresh white cheese and some zingy but mild ezme (tomato salad) completed the picture. Our waiter scooped froth on to a glass of ayran, before poking a pink straw through the lot. The three ‘daily dishes’ – stews and pasta – can be served as a mix.

Knowing Hala’s generosity, you’d end up with more than your fair share of each. But the grill is the main attraction. Even if alinazik was short on puréed aubergine it mattered little, so succulent was the lamb. Mixed kebab platters come on huge plates, and there are a couple of grilled fish options too.

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Address:
Hala 29 Grand Parade
London
N4 1LG

Cross Street:
Green Lanes
Phone:
020 8802 4883
Website:
www.halarestaurant.co.uk
Opening hours:
Meals served 7am-2am daily
Transport:
Tube: Manor House tube then bus 29
Price:
Main courses £3.50-£11.50
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1. Hala
  - 29 Grand Parade
    London
    N4 1LG
  - 020 8802 4883
  - www.halarestaurant.co.uk
  - 51.580331,-0.099237

Facilities:
Eating and drinking facilities. Café. Restaurant and bar facilities. Take away. Vegetarian dishes. Accessible facilities. General facilities. Available for hire
Occasions:
Local flavour
Type of event:
Parties

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(22 ratings)

My favoruite and higly recomended dish in hala lamb sarma beyti and chicken shish with yogurt

Suna Sat May 11
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HALA where I met manti and gozleme for the first time in my life .I could eat every day if I lived in London can you please do the delivery to liverpol :))))

steven Sat May 11
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I have been eating here many years when they had a very small restaurants I have never been disappointed with the food lamb ribs and gozleme to die for I would certainly recommended it

paulx Sat May 11
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The best lamb paca with yogurt in greenlanes nice and hot

Lous Thu May 9
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Good price good qualty friendly staff

Tom Sun Apr 7
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I we been there many time they we newer disapointed me lowely kebab and we lowe gozleme at hala I cant wait for next time highly recomended

Ashley- Sun Apr 7
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my best dinner place speacly sarma beyti with efes draft :)))

aly Fri Jan 18
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Just the best

karen Fri Jan 18
Rated as: 5/5
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this place realy is as good as the reviews the food is proper turkish food and you cant get much better than this if you like your turkish food also good value

lily Fri Jan 18
Rated as: 5/5
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This is proably the best kebab you can eat in london the sevice is super fast kebabs and mezes so good when I remember it my mouth just watering ;))))

mich Fri Jan 18
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