The best restaurants serving Turkish food in St Mary's Islington London

I’m too hungry to write well. But this is only the second time EVER that I have been to a restaurant that served our table NO FOOD. We arrived before 6pm and were shown to the basement - often not a good sign. We placed our order just after 6 and had to leave to get to the match by 7.20. There was no food by then. The poor waitress kept saying “five minutes” but was clearly getting nowhere. Of course it was down to really terrible management. And aggressive with it. Apparently we should have understood that it was a bit of a lottery whether any food would be served: the manager pointed proudly to two other tables where people had had to leave without getting any food at all. Clearly Gem was trying to profiteer off hungry fans and accepted every booking, even when the management must have known they were completely unable to serve everyone. I suppose it was a risk worth taking for the restaurant - just not for the customers. Gem by name but not by performance or attitude. Will buy some halloumi on the way home…

Not sure if Noa is gone under new management. Took my team (10 people) to this place for lunch. Food portions very small, borderline embarrassing , colleagues had to ask for more rice. Overall not a good experience and unlikely will go again.

The kebabs were so good from here! The chicken sheesh was to die for and so was the lamb donor - would recommend to a friend - best kebab I’ve had in a while

An awesome place to visit. Delicious food and affordable prices people were extremely helpful and nice highly recommended