"Gourmet Turkish kebabs - best in London"

A review of Best Mangal Restaurants Ltd by Ali written on Monday 2nd of April 2007

Best Mangal are not your usual Turkish Kebab emporium.

They are a genuine Ockabasi (Turkish barbeque oven) restaurant and the smell of the charcoal wafting across the air seems to draw punters in, sadly some are put off by finding out they don't do chips!

Their Donner is more like a Schwarma in that it is made from a vertical spit of actual "cuts" of meat and not a minced meat "mix" that is often seen in less quality establishments.

The Shish is excellent. It takes a while to cook but the result is very tender, succulent and smokey tasting lamb cubes. Cop Sis (Chop shish) is my favorite and is just smaller cubes.

Kofte has fresh herbs clearly in the mix and thanks to the tradtional cooking method has a great smokey charcoal flavour.

The bread is a thin freshly made wrap and not the usual pitta - it took me a while to get used to but now I prefer the floury freshness.

If you eat in they also do a thick Nan type bread, too thick to wrap though.

Chilli and garlic sauces are fine and the salad is always fresh.

I am sure there are people who might prefer their regular "dog's meat" type donner & chips after a hard drinking session but I recommend at least trying this class establishment - you may be surprised.

Best Mangal get my choice for Best Kebabs in London..

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