RestaurantsLondonStoke NewingtonN16

Harden's says

Chef Ali Dirik has passed on his second site to his sons, restaurant manager Ferhat and chef Sertaç who have upped the ambition here - Jay Rayner in The Guardian called the cooking "serious and inventive", the transformation "brave and compelling" and the food "properly delicious".

survey result

Summary

£80
 ££££
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Mangal 2 has reinvented itself during the pandemic” with Ferhat and Sertaç Dirik (the sons of the founder), “transforming it from its previous incarnation as just another of one of the (good!) pile-’em-high Turkish restaurants on the Dalston/Stoke Newington strip into a totally new venue: still Turkish, but more small plates now than giant platters”. All reports agree it’s a successful switch, “standing on a solid par with the other good small-plates-and-wine joints around Hackney, while still doing something quite different”. “The noisy room is a little Spartan, but the exciting and interesting food transports you”“the Turkish influence is not that obvious” but the menu delivers “good ingredients very well cooked” (although “the wine list is a bit too natural, with no other conventional options)”.

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Restaurant details

Highchair,Menu
No dress code
110

Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£9.50 £29.00 £6.00 £8.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £28.00
Filter Coffee £2.75
Extras  
Bread £5.00
Service 12.50%
4 Stoke Newington Rd, London, N16 8BH
Opening hours
Monday5:30 pm‑11 pm
Tuesday5:30 pm‑11 pm
Wednesday1 pm‑11 pm
Thursday1 pm‑11 pm
Friday1 pm‑11 pm
Saturday2 pm‑11 pm
SundayCLOSED

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