Restaurants

Bavo

Flame-coloured flowers warm Bavo’s light, spacious interior. Much of the rest of the decor is in muted greens, though seats at the pleasantly spread-out tables are...

Islington: 105-107 Southgate Road, N1 3JS

Hala

Welcoming, authentic Turkish in Green Lanes

Harringay: 29 Green Lanes, N4 1LG

Kazan City

Ottoman elegance in the Square Mile

City: 34-36 Houndsditch, EC3A 7DB

Mangal Ocakbasi

With its legendary reputation for grills, Mangal doesn’t bother with frills. It has started producing a takeaway menu, but diners are asked to choose from the long...

Dalston: 10 Arcola Street, E8 2DJ

Mez

The location of Mez is perhaps a little odd for an upmarket restaurant: on the Isle of Dogs, straddling the financial area and the surrounding estates. It boasts big...

Docklands: 571 Manchester Road, E14 3NZ

Özer

Entering upmarket Özer you find yourself in a busy bar with low chairs. This offers a range of wine, spirits and beer, but is primarily an antechamber for the large...

Fitzrovia: 5 Langham Place, W1B 3DG

Pasha

Last year Pasha changed its generally traditional look to a slicker, more modern style befitting the Angel location. Rich dark greys and low lighting are now the order...

Islington: 301 Upper Street, N1 2TU

Sariyer Balik

A recent refit has done nothing to change the essential character of Sariyer Balik, which centres on the provision of perfect grilled fish. There’s a new sign...

Newington Green: 56 Green Lanes, N16 9NH

Zara

There’s a relaxed and cosy feel to Zara, and the food is excellent, which makes this an ideal place to stop after a walk on Hampstead Heath. In summer, the glass...

Belsize Park: 11 South End Road, NW3 2PT

19 Numara Bos Cirrik II

Stoke Newington: 194 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 7JD

19 Numara Bos Cirrik III

Hackney: 1-3 Amhurst Road, E8 1LL

19 Numara Bos Cirrik IV

Tottenham Hale: 665 High Road, N17 8AD

Anatolia Ocakbasi

Both the somewhat barn-like restaurant and the takeaway at the front are usually busy, with a fast turnover of customers. Haydari (a mix of fresh yoghurt, garlic,...

Hackney: 253 Mare Street, E8 3NS

Antepliler

Still the only real restaurant on a street famed for its Turkish cafés, Antepliler stays enormously popular by having a more adventurous menu than any of its...

Harringay: 46 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1AG

Bakko

‘Bakko’ is a Kurdish term for ‘village elder’ and this otherwise modern-looking restaurant has many Kurdish artefacts on its walls. In fine weather, the glass...

Muswell Hill: 172-174 Muswell Hill Broadway, N10 3SA

Best Mangal

Primarily, Best Mangal is a very busy takeaway, but squeezed behind all the carry-out kerfuffle is a serviceable small restaurant, seating about 30 at close-set tables...

West Kensington: 104 North End Road, W14 9EX

Best Mangal II

This second branch of the renowned Mangal mini-chain of Turkish restaurants is ever so slightly more upmarket than the original further along the road and tends to be...

West Kensington: 66 North End Road, W14 9EP

Beyti

In addition to Turkish restaurant food, Beyti offers Black Sea and northern Anatolian dishes. This is enough to make the restaurant worth finding, even though its...

Newington Green: 113 Green Lanes, N16 9DA

Bodrum Café & Bar

With its wooden tables and yellow-painted walls, dotted with black-and-white photographs and posters for local jazz evenings, Bodrum Café has a cheerily laid-back,...

Stoke Newington: 61 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 8EL

Café Z Bar

A standard café menu is complemented by a fair choice of Turkish mezes and grills. Muhamarra (a paste made from red peppers, walnuts and pomegranate syrup) made a...

Stoke Newington: 58 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 7PB

Cilicia

The day-glo orange-painted walls are covered in Turkish ephemera, with paintings, hubble-bubble pipes and textiles dotted about, while brightly decorated lights (made...

Hackney: 1 Broadway Market, E8 4PH

Gallipoli Again

Three Gallipoli restaurants are scattered along a hundred yards of Upper Street, and are undoubtedly the most popular Turkish restaurants in Islington. The bill of...

Islington: 120 Upper Street, N1 1QP

Gallipoli Bazaar

Islington: 107 Upper Street, N1 1QN

Gallipoli Café Bistro

Islington: 102 Upper Street, N1 1QN

Gem

This Kurdish restaurant is less pretentious than much of the competition on Upper Street and remains popular. The decoration is agricultural, with authentic Kurdish...

Islington: 265 Upper Street, N1 2UQ

Haz

You’re likely to have an interesting but odd dining experience here. Haz is anything but intimate – a smart canteen space serving rather good food to suits...

City: 9 Cutler Street, E1 7DJ

Haz

City: 6 Mincing Lane, EC3M 3BD

Hisar

Order well and the food at this solid local restaurant can be very good. There’s a double glass frontage to the premises, with a takeaway at one entrance. The long...

Dulwich: 51 Lordship Lane, SE22 8EP

Ishtar

Ishtar is a modern restaurant, with fancy twisting cutlery, big wine glasses and square plates. It has noisy wooden floors but classy, thick white tablecloths. Both...

Marylebone: 10-12 Crawford Street, W1U 6AZ