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It's appropriate that the dominating feature of this single-room ocakbasi is the embossed copper extractor hood at the right-hand end of the counter: the place is all about that smoking charcoal grill. The setting might be simple (plain paper tablecloths, blue plates on the wall, evil eyes over the grill to ward off curses, wandering Turkish melodies and, bizarrely, some Egyptian friezes), but the welcome from the black-clad staff was warm.
You'll be presented with a big bowl of excellent pide and three salads shortly before your food order arrives, and offered free Turkish tea to finish. In between, the main event is the meat: sis, adana and chicken kebabs, spare ribs, beyti and köfte - perfectly charred without being burnt, and all saltily, juicily magnificent. Only the sis was a little chewy on our most recent visit.
The extras are done right too: those free salads look rough-handed, but we really liked the roasted onion variant with a fruity pomegranate sauce, and the accompanying rice is deliciously plump. We won't vouch for the starters, simply because we rarely have enough appetite to try them. Expect a great feed for pleasingly little cash.
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What is 'following'?Transport Dalston Kingsland rail or 76, 149, 243 bus
020 7249 0400
Meals served noon-midnight daily
Main courses £7.50-£10.50. Licensed. Corkage £1-£5
Credit cards MC, V
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Babies and children admitted, Booking advisable, Separate room for parties ( seats 40 ), Available for hire, Takeaway service19 Numara Bos Cirrik I map
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See all bars & pubs near 19 Numara Bos Cirrik IComments & ratings 4/5 (Average of 7 ratings)
We were a group of 20 on Saturday night for a friends birthday. When we arrived and had been seated for 5 mins, we realised that there were not enough wine glasses on the table for the number of people. We politely asked for more. We were told that they were on the table, it took a while for us to plead for enough glasses. We were brought menus and there were not enough for the number of people. We asked for more and were told to share (1 menu between 2 is fine, but 1 between 4?). We thought that the food would make up for the unfriendly service received so far, after all the reviews were all good. We ordered starters and mains. Starters arrived quickly. I had the hallumi cheese, which I thought would be grilled but was actually deep fried. My fault for not clarifying and not to my taste, but that's not their fault. Everyone seemed to enjoy the starters and the bread was lovely. We then had over a 90 minute wait for the mains with no apology or explanation that we would be waiting for so long. I ordered the mixed kebab which was described as a meal for one person on the menu. It wasok. My friend ordered the mixed kebab described on the menu as for 2-3 people for himself and his girlfriend. They said they wanted the mixed kebab for 2. What they got was the same kebab as me, for one person. When they tried to ask the waiter what had happened, he shrugged and told them they should have asked for the full kebab (this was not clear in the menu). Everyone seemed to enjoy their food but it was nothing special, especially considering the service and after waiting for so long, you would enjoy your food. When finished, we had to ask for the bill several times. Most people were paying cash. My wife asked the waiter to please bring the card machine. The waiter told her they only accepted cash. I had half of it and we borrowed from another friend. The waiter told us that a cash machine was outside but the nearest was actually 10 min walk away. As we were leaving we saw other people paying by card, and on their door a sign saying they welcomed cards. Well they were not welcoming to us and we were not drinking and rowdy, we were not rude so I do not know the place that all of the other reviewers went to as it seems we were at a different place :(
I booked a table for 5 to celebrate my friend's Birthday on St. Valentines night , I was expecting them to rush our orders since they had people queuing on the door... But they were wonderful, very attentive, we asked them to hold the mains for 30 minutes and they did it without a problem... all the food arrived at the same time and it was perfect, both waiters were great and even with a packed restaurant, the offered to put the candles on the cake and light them... We had a perfect evening for less than £20 a head. Thanks a lot, I will be coming back...
Don't go in a big group. This place ruined my friends birthday - terrible service and attitude, main courses took 2 hours, and the wrong items arrived, begging for the bill for 30 minutes, I and my 17 friends will never go back here. The food was ok, but not good enough to overlook all of the bad points. Never again.
Lamb Et Behti Yoghutlu, Lamb Ribs, Albanian Liver, the thing with all the veg starter thing.. absolute classic eating..
best turkish in London without a shadow of a doubt.
the food just keeps on coming with these bros.
The best place to eat orjınal turkısh kebap.breads kebap and salands are so delıcouse!
This place is the one of the best kebab restraunt in london they have so many branch but 19 numara bos cirrik 1 is the best one the number end of the cirrik means its first cirrik restraunt so this repsresent orginal cirrik.
I cannot speak highly enough of this place. The food is simply delicious. The staff are so friendly and attentive. For London, the prices are refreshingly low.
A mile away on Upper Street you would pay three times as much for food half as good.
Will definitely be coming back here. A real gem of a restaurant.
Love this place. Fantastic authentic Turkish restaurant. Would be proud to take my Turkish friends there.
Can't disagree more about vegetarians! I'm veg and this is my favourite restaurant. There's a substantial veggie section on the menu plus lots of delicious piddes that are meat-free. Even vegans can rock the amazing Ezme salad.
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