Turkish restaurants near London’s main stations: Victoria, King’s Cross, Liverpool Street and more
Fourteen Turkish restaurants within fifteen minutes’ walk of a London terminus, with the walking time, the hours and the dish to order, for a proper meal before a train or a quick lunch between meetings.
Last updated November 2026
Looking for Turkish restaurants near London stations usually happens at the worst moment: forty minutes before a train, in the rain, with a group. This guide is built for that. Each entry gives the walk from the station concourse, the opening hours and one or two dishes, so you can decide in a minute. The times come from the restaurants’ own listing pages and are on foot at an ordinary pace.
Central London has fewer Turkish restaurants than Green Lanes or Dalston, but the ones near the big stations are a good spread: a smart hotel dining room by St Paul’s, a pide specialist in Holborn, two charcoal grills in Pimlico and a gözleme counter by Aldgate. For planning the journey itself, Visit London’s getting-around guide covers the Tube, buses and fares. For more in the centre, see our central London and West End guide.
Quick picks
- Victoria: SMOQUE Victoria, 4 minutes
- King’s Cross St Pancras: Pitted Olive, 5 minutes (daytime)
- Liverpool Street: Fora City, 6 minutes
- London Bridge: Lokma Bermondsey, 10 to 12 minutes
- Fenchurch Street: HAZ Plantation Place, around the corner
Victoria
Victoria is the best-served terminus for Turkish food, with two charcoal grills within a ten-minute walk and a theatre next door. Browse the Victoria and Pimlico area for more.
SMOQUE Victoria (4 minutes)
A modern Turkish restaurant and cocktail bar on Wilton Road, a short walk from the station and the Apollo Victoria Theatre, cooking over coal in an open kitchen. Lamb ribs, chicken Adana, İskender on charred flatbread and coal-fired sea bass. Open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays; book through OpenTable before a show.
Cyprus Mangal (7 minutes)
On Warwick Way in Pimlico since 2005, with a long meze list, Cypriot hellim and a house mixed grill of köfte, lamb chop, rib, şiş, fillet, chicken wing and quail. There is a kids’ menu and a four-course tasting menu for two or more. Busy in the evenings and at weekends without a booking.
King’s Cross, St Pancras and Euston
Pitted Olive (5 minutes from King’s Cross)
A small café on Leigh Street for gözleme, börek, menemen and home-style lunch plates, with a quiet tiled back room under a skylight. Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday only, so it suits a daytime train. No bookings, takeaway available.
Fig & Walnut Kitchen (10 minutes from King’s Cross or Euston)
A family-run restaurant on Marchmont Street in Bloomsbury, open 8am to 11pm every day, which makes it the all-hours option for either station. Turkish breakfast with homemade simit in the morning, meze platters and sarma beyti later, cocktails at the bar. Four minutes from Russell Square if you are on the Piccadilly line.
FIRIN (10 minutes from King’s Cross)
A wood-fired oven restaurant on York Way serving Develi-style pide, lahmacun and slow-cooked tandır lamb in a bright room with an open kitchen. Open from noon, closing at 10.30pm (10pm Sundays). Book for dinner; takeaway by phone.
Levent Börek Fitzrovia (Goodge Street, about 10 minutes from Euston)
Not quite on Euston’s doorstep, but worth the walk down Tottenham Court Road for börek by the square and a Turkish breakfast spread, open 8am to 7pm daily. Börek travels well, so it doubles as food for the train.
Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street and the City
Fora City (6 minutes from Liverpool Street)
An Ottoman-style dining room on Houndsditch with round tables, set menus for groups and live guitar from Tuesday to Saturday. Imam bayıldı, mücver and lamb güveç. Open Monday to Saturday from 11am; closed Sundays. Three minutes from Aldgate too.
Rose’s Kitchen (5 minutes from Liverpool Street)
A weekday lunch counter by Petticoat Square doing hand-rolled gözleme to order and salad bowls with grilled chicken or halloumi. Open 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday, mostly takeaway, with queues that move quickly at the peak.
HAZ Plantation Place (Fenchurch Street, around the corner)
A large, smart Turkish restaurant on Mincing Lane, five minutes from Monument and Tower Hill as well, with a long menu of grills, oven dishes, meze and fish and set lunches. It can usually fit walk-ins. Note that a bread cover charge and service charge may be added.
Leydi (City Thameslink, 3 minutes; St Paul’s, 5 minutes)
Chef Selin Kiazim’s all-day restaurant in the Hyde London City hotel on Old Bailey, open from 7am for Turkish breakfast through to mangal-grilled meat at night. Sunday hours end at 3pm. Chicken and wagyu are halal; the lamb is not.
London Bridge
Lokma Bermondsey (10 to 12 minutes)
A big, sociable grill and bar on Bermondsey Square with the remains of Bermondsey Abbey visible below the floor. Pembe sultan (beetroot and yoghurt dip), yaprak döner and sarma beyti, plus weekend breakfast from 9am and live music at weekends. Groups of up to 15 can book online. Also 10 minutes from Borough.
Tower Mangal (15 minutes)
Further down Tower Bridge Road, a no-fuss grill trading since 1997 and open 11am to midnight every day. Halep kebab, Ali Nazik and İskender on homemade bread. The drinks list is soft drinks and ayran rather than alcohol.
Marylebone, Farringdon and Charing Cross
Ishtar (10 minutes from Marylebone)
An elegant Marylebone dining room on Crawford Street with Ottoman-inspired dishes, a meze platter to share, slow-cooked lamb shank and often live music at weekends. Listed as halal, with a bar. Seven minutes from Baker Street. Book on Friday and Saturday nights.
TURAN Turkish & Mediterranean Cuisine (7 minutes from Farringdon)
A small family-run grill on Leather Lane keeping office hours: lunch until 7pm on weekdays, closed at weekends. Chicken şiş, lamb chops and köfte boxes with rice and salad, and warm bread with dips if you eat in. Five minutes from Chancery Lane.
KİD (Charing Cross and Leicester Square, about 6 to 8 minutes)
For a pre-theatre or pre-train meal worth planning around: chef Sertaç Dirik’s Frith Street grill with tombik pide, içli köfte and lamb pirzola with grape molasses. Open noon to 10.30pm Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays; book through SevenRooms and use the Bateman Street entrance.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a Turkish restaurant near Victoria station?
Yes, two good ones. SMOQUE on Wilton Road is about four minutes’ walk and stays open until midnight at weekends, and Cyprus Mangal on Warwick Way in Pimlico is about seven minutes and has been there since 2005.
Where can I eat Turkish food near King’s Cross?
Pitted Olive on Leigh Street is five minutes away for daytime gözleme and börek, FIRIN on York Way is ten minutes for wood-fired pide and tandır lamb, and Fig & Walnut Kitchen on Marchmont Street is open 8am to 11pm daily, about ten minutes from both King’s Cross and Euston.
Which Turkish restaurants near Liverpool Street are open on Sunday?
Few in the City are. Fora City and Rose’s Kitchen are closed on Sundays, and Leydi closes at 3pm. Taş Fırın Shoreditch in Shoreditch, about fifteen minutes’ walk north on Bethnal Green Road, is open until 11pm on Sundays.
Which of these open early for breakfast?
Leydi opens at 7am Monday to Saturday, Fig & Walnut and Levent Börek at 8am, Rose’s Kitchen at 8am on weekdays, and Pitted Olive at 9am. Lokma serves a weekend breakfast from 9am.
