TURAN Turkish & Mediterranean Cuisine

Cuisine

Kebab & Döner

Area

Clerkenwell & Farringdon

TURAN Turkish & Mediterranean Cuisine is a small, family-run Turkish restaurant at 93 Leather Lane, on the edge of Farringdon and Clerkenwell. It sits among the street-food stalls and offices of Leather Lane, and it keeps office hours to match: open from lunchtime until 7pm on weekdays and closed at weekends.

The cooking centres on Turkish grill classics that work for a quick lunch or an early supper. Expect chicken shish, lamb chops and lamb kofte served as plates with rice and salad, or packed into a box to take back to your desk. Eat in and the meal comes with warm bread and dips.

It suits office workers from Holborn and Hatton Garden who want a proper hot lunch without a long sit-down, and anyone wandering the Leather Lane market at midday. Grill plates come with rice included, which keeps lunch simple and good value.

What to order at TURAN

The menu is short and grill-led, so these are the dishes to look for:

• Tavuk şiş (chicken shish) – marinated chicken cubes off the grill, served with rice and salad
• Kuzu pirzola (lamb chops) – grilled lamb chops plated with rice and salad
• Köfte box – grilled lamb kofte packed in a box to take away
• Ekmek ve mezeler – warm bread with dips, served to dine-in guests
• Pilav – rice, included with the grill plates
• Salata – fresh salad served alongside the grills

Atmosphere and good to know

This is a simple, stylishly decorated family-run room geared to the weekday lunch crowd, with tables for eating in and a busy takeaway trade. It is relaxed rather than formal, and works well for solo diners or a couple of colleagues grabbing lunch together.

There are no evening or weekend services, so plan around its 7pm close and weekend closure. It is listed as wheelchair accessible. Halal status and alcohol are not stated in the sources we found, so ask staff if either matters to you. Booking is not needed; just walk in.

TURAN opening hours

Monday: 12:00–19:00; Tuesday: 11:00–19:00; Wednesday to Friday: 12:00–19:00; Saturday to Sunday: Closed. Hours can change on bank holidays, so check with the restaurant before you travel.

How to get to TURAN

Chancery Lane (Central line) is about a 5-minute walk away, and Farringdon (Elizabeth line, Thameslink, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines) is about 7 minutes. Buses 8, 25, 242 and 521 stop on Holborn at the southern end of Leather Lane, while the 55 and 243 run along Clerkenwell Road to the north.

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Features

• Takeaway
• Wheelchair accessible

Location