Name: Cengo Ocakbaşı
Address: 740 Hertford Road, London EN3 6PR, London, EN3 6PR, GB
Telephone: 01992 850012

Cuisine: Kebab & Döner
Area: Enfield

The Turkish Dish view

Cengo Ocakbaşı Enfield is a Turkish grill restaurant on Hertford Road, towards the northern end of the long run of Turkish shops and restaurants that stretches up through Edmonton and Enfield Highway. As the name says, the ocakbaşı charcoal grill is the heart of the kitchen. The menu is broad: cold meze such as cacık, ispanak tarator and yaprak sarma;…

The menu is broad: cold meze such as cacık, ispanak tarator and yaprak sarma; hot starters including grilled lamb’s liver, sigara böreği and sucuk; then lamb and chicken from the grill, combination plates, fish, wraps, lahmacun and pide, sharing platters and a house “Cengo Special”.

It is a neighbourhood place that suits a family dinner, a group sharing a platter or a late weeknight meal, with the kitchen open from 11am until midnight every day. Food is also available for delivery.

What to order at Cengo Ocakbaşı

The meze list is a good place to start before the grill:

Cacık – yoghurt with grated cucumber, garlic and olive oil
Ispanak Tarator – spinach with garlic, carrot and yoghurt
Yoğurtlu Patlıcan (Ali Nazik) – fried aubergine with yoghurt
Yaprak Sarma – vine leaves stuffed with rice, pine kernels, sweet spices and dill
Pişmiş Soğan – grilled onions with herbs, spices, şalgam and pomegranate
Ciğer – grilled lamb’s liver
Sigara Böreği – crisp pastry rolls filled with parsley and feta
Sucuk – grilled spicy Turkish sausage

Cook it at home

Liked what you ate at Cengo Ocakbaşı? Try our stuffed vine leaves recipe, sigara böreği recipe and lahmacun recipe at home. You can also read more about döner kebab.

Atmosphere and good to know

A local ocakbaşı with the grill at its centre, Cengo works for a family dinner, a group sharing a platter or a late meal – the kitchen is open from 11am until midnight every day of the week.

There is a dedicated vegetarian section on the menu, plus fish, wraps, lahmacun and pide, so mixed groups are easy to feed. The restaurant doesn’t publish its halal or alcohol policy online, so ask if either matters. Food is also available for delivery through Uber Eats.