The Turkish Dish view

Eyva Turkish Grill & Meze Bar is a sit-down Turkish restaurant on Goodmayes Road in Goodmayes, on the eastern edge of Ilford and just around the corner from Goodmayes station. It's a full-service grill restaurant rather than a takeaway, with a menu that covers everything from meze to sizzling pans. The kitchen centres on the charcoal grill – Adana kebabs,…

Eyva Turkish Grill & Meze Bar is a sit-down Turkish restaurant on Goodmayes Road in Goodmayes, on the eastern edge of Ilford and just around the corner from Goodmayes station. It’s a full-service grill restaurant rather than a takeaway, with a menu that covers everything from meze to sizzling pans.

The kitchen centres on the charcoal grill – Adana kebabs, lamb chops and beyti – alongside hot and cold meze, seafood plates and house specials such as lamb or chicken tava (meat cooked in a sizzling pan with peppers and tomatoes) and İskender. Sharing platters for two come with bread, hummus, yoghurt, chilli sauce and salad.

It suits families, groups of friends and anyone after a relaxed grill dinner in east London.

What to order at Eyva Turkish Grill & Meze Bar

These dishes are on Eyva’s menu or regularly mentioned by diners:

Adana kebap – spiced minced lamb on a wide skewer, grilled over charcoal
Pirzola – grilled lamb chops
Beyti – spiced minced meat from the grill, often wrapped in flatbread with yoghurt and tomato sauce
İskender – sliced meat on bread with tomato sauce, melted butter and yoghurt
Kuzu tava or tavuk tava – lamb or chicken cooked in a hot pan with peppers, onions and tomatoes
Hot and cold meze – a mixed spread of dips and small plates to start
Sharing platter for two – mixed grills with bread, hummus, yoghurt, chilli sauce and salad

Cook it at home

Liked what you ate at Eyva Turkish Grill & Meze Bar? Try our Adana kebab recipe, İskender kebab recipe and imam bayıldı recipe at home. You can also read more about meze.

Atmosphere and good to know

Eyva is a proper restaurant with table service, and it takes reservations, which is worth doing for larger groups or weekend evenings. It’s listed as halal, but it’s worth confirming with staff if that matters to you. Vegetarians can make a meal of the meze, and there are seafood dishes for non-meat eaters.

It’s a comfortable spot for a long, sociable meal, with plenty of sharing dishes that work well for families and groups.