Balkan Bites in Haringey

We love this place. We go there so often for lunch with our toddler. The food is amazing and the owners are so friendly. Highly recommend the Lamb Kofta with Rice and Green Salad and the Moussaka is do die for🤗🤗

Super delicious food 😋 and service second to none Turkish tea 🍵

The reviews are shocking — almost as shocking as the seats we were supposed to sit and dine in. If I wanted a stranger practically in my lap while eating, I’d just book a table for one and make a new friend over their pad Thai. The portion sizes? Small. Yes, the food is SPICY and AUTHENTIC — but unless you’re a kid, you’ll probably leave hungry after ordering a main meal- curry and rice. And just when you think it can’t get more bizarre, the hot Thai jasmine rice arrives WRAPPED IN PLASTIC WRAP. Because nothing says “fresh and fragrant” like being steamed in cling film. Now, to the “service and its charges": Not bad, until I dared to ask for the DISCRETIONARY service charge to be removed I was met with disbelief. Questioned, pressed, and made to justify why I wanted it removed,since "it is the part of the menu"; in front of 3 other waiters at the counter. 𝙄𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 **𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮**, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 — 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧. I give this a hard pass.

We hired the upstairs room for about 45 people. Good selection of food. I'm gluten free and had a great lunch. Self service drinks table was a good idea and regularly topped up.

I just bought a pita and they must have missed that I asked souvlaki, because I received gyros. On top of that their toilets were dirty and their Rita's tzatziki tastes like vomit. I don't know how they achieved this but I am feeling sorry I bought two pitas ....