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Ali Ocakbasi

Ali Ocakbasi

16 Irving Street, London I-WC2H 7AU, United Kingdom

Turkish • Barbecue • International • Mediterranean


"You can’t deny that Central London has a certain buzz to it! We visited Ali Ocakbasi, a fantastic Turkish Restaurant in Leicester Square and dined alfresco on a warm evening. The staff were super friendly from the outset and there was a lively and relaxed atmosphere. There is a whole host of amazing dishes on the menu focusing on traditional Turkish feasts. You can choose main dishes from the grill or oven or, like us, choose several starter dishes as mezzes. There are 14 cold starters and 5 hot starters so plenty of variety and choice. We paired our mezzes with a glass of Turkish red wine each Buzbag, Anatolia, Turkey £7.75 glass/£39 bottle). It was a warming wine, yet light and crisp with deep fruity notes. We had the following Cold Mezzes all priced at £6.40: Beyaz Peynir – Traditional Anotilan white cheese Acili Yogurt – Homemade yoghurt served with chili red pepper slices on top Kopoglu – Small cubes of fried eggplant, potatoes and green capsicum pepper) served with special tomato puree and yoghurt on top Muhammara – Traditional spicy paste prepared with crushed walnuts, twice-baked bread, tahini, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice Kisir – Special bulghur salad mix with Anatolian spices and vegetables Turkish restaurant in Leicester Square We opted for the following Hot Mezzes: Semsek – Traditional pidette with cheese £3.80) Sigara Boregi – Deep fried pastry rolls, filled with cheese and parsley £6.40) Sicak Hummus – Warm homemade hummus served plain or with your topping of pastrami, Anatolian sausage or both £8.40-£10.90) As you can see we had 8 mezzes between the two of us and this was absolutely plenty. Each dish was pretty much perfect – amazing colours, great levels of spiciness.We were impressed by the quality and flavour of every dish and all had something different to offer the palate. This is just such a stunning Turkish restaurant in Leicester Square. In such a busy part of London you really do get the best of both worlds here – the tranquility of exquisite dining whilst watching the hustle and bustle of the busy tourist hub. There was amazing hospitality, something we saw them deliver to every customer which makes all the difference. A thoroughly recommended restaurant."

Topkapi Palace

Topkapi Palace

Dale House 204 London Road, Hazel Grove I-SK7 4DF, United Kingdom

Vegan • Turkish • Vegetarian • Mediterranean


"I am here at the slim party with my children personally think that the slim ladies need more personal, as there are many children, but only a few of them, but the staff here serve are great really friendly help full, meet and greet everyone who in and nothing seems much angry for them. I would really recommend this place based on the friendly staff, but I did not try to eat personally, but everyone here seems to enjoy it and it looks all very beautiful and well presented. this is a great idea when the children had more employees with them to have the superb something to eat, but they didn't have to do so much of the superb and help our children are a little older and we have made slim to house before we just continue to check them were in order and had everything they needed. I would like to add that my children had chicken and chips there. the chicken was freshly baked as I would do to house and the chips was nice and cooked in clean oil as I had a few of them, I can comment that for me the venue and the event staff made it a nice day, but the ladies who needed to run the slime 1 or 2 more staff and they sort them themselves better, but if I did 5 minutes before and did not go park. then she asked my wife if the children were ready as if they were going to the kitchen and checking. not enough time spent with the children, but with all that said they were going over by 30 minutes, but I think this is due to organization."

Selale

Selale

78 High Street Chatham, Kent ME4 4DS, United Kingdom

Pizza • Seafood • Mexican • European


"Found out that under new ownership since October 2023, so recommendations to me were based on friends experience with previous owners. The manager was friendly and very attentive, asking lots of questions, explaining their menu when asked, telling me that the interior will be changed in the near future. Anyway, for starters we chose Calamari, Garlic Mushrooms with Cheese, King Prawns, and Halluomi. We then all helped ourselves to bits and pieces of each. The starters were plentiful in portion size, with all choices being great, especially the garlic mushrooms with cheese. For mains we chose a mixed grill, chicken shish, lamb ribs, and chicken wings and chips for my daughter. The chicken and lamb shish were both tender and full of flavour, and the lamb ribs were great. They all came with slad and bulgur (I can only describe it as a cross between rice and cous-cous).The mixed grill was plentiful in size and looked appetising, but my father in law enjoyed that all to himself , so I can only assume it was good. My daughter enjoyed her chicken wings too We were given bread on the table, which was warm and full of flavour too. We were definitely made to feel welcome, and will definitely return. Good to know that they deliver too. We were at the restaurant early (5pm booking), so were the only people in the restaurant, however, there was a constant stream of delivery drivers collecting orders for delivery. It was my daughters birthday the following day, so tye manager gave her a small dessert on the house as well. Parking: A few parking spaces on the street just a couple of doors down from the restaurant , where you use the RingGo App or good old cash to pay for parking."