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".
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Summary
“Exceptionally curated, mouthwatering Turkish cuisine” – “I DREAM of the food!” – has won fooderati fame for this 30-year-old Dalston fixture, which Ferhat and Sertaç Dirik took over from their father Ali in 2020 to relaunch in a contemporary idiom. Their efforts were recognised by the publication of their first cookbook by prestige publisher Phaidon in October 2024.
Summary
“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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4 Stoke Newington Rd, London, N16 8BH
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £28.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £2.75 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £5.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
4 Stoke Newington Rd, London, N16 8BH
Opening hours
| Monday | 5:30 pm‑11 pm |
| Tuesday | 5:30 pm‑11 pm |
| Wednesday | 1 pm‑11 pm |
| Thursday | 1 pm‑11 pm |
| Friday | 1 pm‑11 pm |
| Saturday | 2 pm‑11 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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