Mangal II Restaurant
Editor's Pick
Restaurant Family Run Intimate Chef Led
$$$
The Dirik family ocakbaşı since 1994, the canonical Turkish address the audience takes London-Turks to
Diverse & Chef-led
Dalston & Hackney
East London wave + Turkish-diaspora axis (Mangal II)
Dalston and Hackney are East London's cultural twin, the post-2010 wave that opened up Kingsland Road, the Hackney Road, and Broadway Market. For the traveller this is also the Turkish-diaspora axis: the famous Mangal II ocakbaşı in Dalston, the Stoke Newington Turkish restaurants the kids in London use to feel home, the Ridley Road market. Plus the wider chef-led East: Cycene, Brawn, Black Axe Mangal. The hood that proves London's good food isn't only Mayfair money.
Highlights
Mangal II Turkish ocakbaşı Cycene + Black Axe Mangal Broadway Market + Ridley Road Turkish-diaspora axis
6 places
2 Categories
Restaurant
4 places
Mangal 1 Ocakbaşı Restaurant
Family Run Casual Loud
The original Ali Dirik ocakbaşı on Arcola Street since 1990, BYOB, walk-in only, untouched
Brawn Restaurant
Chef Led Natural Wine Intimate
$$$
Ed Wilson's Columbia Road natural-wine bistro, the East End's most consistent neighbourhood kitchen
107 Wine Restaurant
Chef Residency Natural Wine Tiny Room
$$$
P. Franco's successor at 107 Lower Clapton, a 25-cover wine shop with a hot plate at the back, chef residencies kept
Bar
2 places
A Bar with Shapes for a Name Bar
Editor's Pick
Bar Modern Intimate Artistic
Remy Savage's Bauhaus-precise cocktail room on Kingsland Road
Sager + Wilde Bar
Natural Wine Industrial Neighbourhood
Michael and Charlotte Sager-Wildeve's Hackney Road wine bar, the East London natural-wine reference since 2013
