The Best Turkish Food in London
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The best Turkish food in London, according to the experts: The 50, Michelin Guide, and Eater have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Mangal 2 comes out on top.
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NORA and yeni hold the next two places. Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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Rank 1. Mangal 2
Turkish Barbecue
The ocakbasi grill is still the heart of the room, but Mangal 2 has come a long way from its Dalston kebab-house origins. The sons of the founder, one of them fresh from Copenhagen's Noma orbit, took over and quietly rewired the whole operation. It draws the kind of Londoners who track that sort of thing, but the wood smoke and the borek keep it from feeling like a dinner party.
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- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 2. NORA
Turkish
The sesame caraway pide arrives before anything else, and that's a good call. This Turkish restaurant sits on the ground floor of a glass-fronted Canary Wharf apartment block, moody enough inside, with tiled tables and a bar counter where a solo lunch fits nicely, and booths roomy enough for a group that has something to celebrate. The baklava, pistachio-topped and properly chewy, is the kind of ending that makes the financial district feel briefly forgivable.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. yeni
Turkish
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Zahter
Turkish
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 5. Durak Tantuni
Turkish
One thing on the menu: tantuni, a street-food wrap from Mersin in southern Turkey that you won't find on many London menus. Beef is boiled, seasoned, and fried in cotton oil, then packed into thin lavash with parsley, tomato, and onion, bent into shape, and handed over. Jonathan Nunn called it the superior late-night snack template, and the West Green Road regulars filing in after dark are not arguing.
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