Harden's survey result
Summary
“Fresh food and an affordable set menu for lunch” are prime attractions of this cheap ’n’ cheerful Turkish chain – a fixture after more than two decades in the City, where there are now five branches, plus a more recent pan-Mediterranean spinoff in Covent Garden, Olea Social.
Summary
“Good mezze and grilled meat” help tick the boxes for “delicious food that is not expensive” at this Turkish business with five branches in the City – making them suitable “for business or social occasions” (although they can be “noisy”). In summer 2023, the group made its West End debut with the opening of Olea Social in Covent Garden, with a more general Mediterranean focus.
Summary
“Super-fresh” food, including “especially good starters and mezze”, “friendly service” and “very good value for money” are the hallmarks of this “very good Turkish chain in the City”. There’s also a “large range of vegetarian dishes”. The six branches are all heaving at lunchtime, but “St Paul’s is the most spacious, in a great setting near the cathedral and much quieter too, especially at the weekends”.
Summary
“Exceedingly large portions of simple, fresh and tasty Turkish food” draw a busy lunchtime crowd to this group of six restaurants within a mile or two of each other in the City. “The meat especially is good quality”, while social distancing has had its compensations: “tables were further apart, which made for easier conversation”.
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Restaurant details
Opening hours
lunch from 11.30 am, dinner till 11.30 pm
Last orders: 11.30 pm
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