Restaurants

Slap-bang opposite Archway tube, on a grotty stretch of the very variable Archway Road, this is a welcome find: a small, friendly restaurant, prettily decorated with colourful Turkish tiles and hanging lanterns. Although the wide-ranging menu offers all-day breakfasts and burgers, Turkish food is the name of the game here. On our lunchtime visit, customers included local office workers tucking into charcoal grilled kebabs with relish, and a couple of OAPs eating a classic caff fry-up. Our selection of meze dishes, including crisp börek, lamb köfte, imam bayıldı and houmous, were well-made and satisfying, although the pan-fried squid was rather on the chewy side. Not only were the dishes freshly cooked, they were served out to us in noticeably generous portions and at bargain prices.

Time Out Cheap Eats in London Guide 2007