Nilly’s Turkish Kitchen

Price

£

Cuisine

Street Food

Area

Shoreditch & Hoxton

Nilly’s Turkish Kitchen is a Turkish street-food stall in Old Spitalfields Market, on Horner Square East inside the market, between Shoreditch and the City. Its founder brought her wraps from Istanbul to the market, and the stall has been trading there for several years.

The menu is short and focused. There are lavaş wraps filled with seasoned meat, fresh salad and garlic sauce, and gözleme, the thin stuffed Turkish flatbread that’s rolled out from a ball of dough and cooked to order on a hot griddle while you watch. Fillings include cheese, spinach and potato, and the market itself singles out the spinach and feta version.

It’s ideal for a quick, budget-friendly lunch while you browse the market.

What to order at Nilly’s Turkish Kitchen

With a small stall menu, these are the dishes to know:

• Et dürüm – seasoned meat wrapped in lavaş with salad and garlic sauce
• Ispanaklı peynirli gözleme – spinach and feta gözleme, made fresh on the griddle
• Peynirli gözleme – cheese-filled gözleme
• Patatesli gözleme – gözleme filled with spiced potato

Atmosphere and good to know

This is a market stall rather than a restaurant, so you order at the counter and eat at the market’s shared seating or take it away. Watching the gözleme being rolled and cooked is half the fun, but it can mean a short wait at busy lunchtimes. Card payments are accepted.

Halal status isn’t stated. Vegetarians are well served, as every gözleme on the menu is meat-free. It’s daytime only, so plan it as lunch rather than dinner, and it’s a handy Turkish stop in the Shoreditch & Hoxton and Spitalfields area.

Nilly’s Turkish Kitchen opening hours

Monday to Friday: 11:00–17:00; Saturday and Sunday: 11:00–18:00. Hours can change on bank holidays, so check with the restaurant before you travel.

How to get to Nilly’s Turkish Kitchen

Liverpool Street station (Elizabeth, Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, plus rail and Overground) is around 5 minutes’ walk, Shoreditch High Street (Overground) is about 6 minutes, and Aldgate East is roughly 8 minutes away. Buses 67 and 135 stop on Commercial Street beside the market, and 8 and 26 run along nearby Bishopsgate.

For live routes and disruptions, use the TfL Journey Planner.

Menu, ordering and contact

Nilly’s page on the Old Spitalfields Market website · Call 07590 516975

More Turkish food nearby

Nearby, try Rose’s Kitchen, HAZ Premier Place and Fora City, or browse all Turkish restaurants in Shoreditch & Hoxton. New to Turkish food? Start with our guide to popular Turkish dishes or see the best Turkish restaurants in London.

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