The Turkish Dish view

Baba Restaurant Chelsea is a modern Turkish restaurant and bar on Fulham Road, at the Chelsea end near the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. It describes its cooking as Turkish cuisine reimagined, with Mediterranean and Levantine touches and a smart, grown-up dining room. The menu moves from meze and small plates to slow-cooked mains. Dips such as cacık, babagannuş and muhammara…

The menu moves from meze and small plates to slow-cooked mains. Dips such as cacık, babagannuş and muhammara come with za’atar bread, and starters include yaprak sarma and içli köfte. For mains, hünkar beğendi and köfte sit beside lamb chops, short ribs and fish, and the kitchen also makes mantı. There’s a set lunch too.

It suits a date night, a dinner with friends who like to share, or a special-occasion meal in Kensington & Chelsea.

What to order at Baba Restaurant Chelsea

Order a few dips and starters for the table, then share a couple of mains. Dishes from the menu:

İçli köfte – semolina shells filled with spiced beef, with garlic yoghurt and Aleppo chilli oil
Hünkar beğendi – slow-cooked lamb stew over smoked aubergine purée
Köfte – beef and lamb meatballs with tomato sauce, yoghurt and herb salad
Yaprak sarma – vine leaves stuffed with rice
Cacık – yoghurt with cucumber, mint, dill and garlic
Babagannuş – smoked aubergine dip with tahini and crispy onions
Çoban salatası – chopped tomato, cucumber, onion, pepper and parsley, with ezine cheese if you like
Levrek simit – sea bass served on Turkish simit with sauce vierge

Cook it at home

Liked what you ate at Baba Restaurant Chelsea? Try our stuffed vine leaves recipe, grilled köfte recipe and hünkar beğendi recipe at home. You can also read more about meze.

Atmosphere and good to know

Baba has a bar and lounge area with banquette seating, and the drinks list covers signature cocktails, Anatolian and Aegean wines, and rakı. It’s a sit-down restaurant, so booking is recommended, especially at weekends; you can reserve online or by phone.

Halal status isn’t stated. Vegetarians have a good choice of dips, salads, stuffed vine leaves and a vegetable moussaka. Note that it opens only in the evening on Mondays.