- Cuisine
- Café & Turkish Coffee
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- Muswell Hill
Cilicia Muswell Hill is a family-owned Turkish and Mediterranean café-restaurant on Muswell Hill Broadway, named after the ancient region of southern Anatolia. It runs from breakfast through to dinner, mixing an all-day café menu with meze, grills and a set of house mains. By day it works as a neighbourhood café, with big breakfasts served all day – including a…
Cilicia Muswell Hill is a family-owned Turkish and Mediterranean café-restaurant on Muswell Hill Broadway, named after the ancient region of southern Anatolia. It runs from breakfast through to dinner, mixing an all-day café menu with meze, grills and a set of house mains.
By day it works as a neighbourhood café, with big breakfasts served all day – including a vegetarian full English built around grilled halloumi – plus sandwiches and coffee. Later the focus moves to meze and the grill: lamb cutlets, the minced-lamb Cilician skewer and house dishes with historical names such as the Lamb Gordion Knot and Trojan Horse lamb or chicken.
The interior is bright, colourful and contemporary, there is a wine list and cocktails, and vegetarian and vegan dishes are part of the offer. It suits a long brunch, a family dinner or a meze-led evening with friends.
What to order at Cilicia
From the main menu, these are the house specialities to look for:
- Cilicia Special – mixed grilled lamb, chicken and köfte over fried potatoes with yoghurt sauce
- Cilician Skewer – lightly spiced minced lamb with peppers and herbs, with rice and vegetables
- Lamb Gordion Knot – grilled lamb on bread cubes with yoghurt and Cilician sauce, finished with butter
- Lamb Parcel – a garlicky lamb skewer wrapped in thin bread with tomato sauce, on yoghurt
- Trojan Horse Lamb – lamb with herbs and shallots wrapped in grilled aubergine, on aubergine and tomato sauce
- Kleftico – slow-cooked lamb shank with herbs, served on mashed potato
- Mix Grill – lamb cubes, chicken cubes, a Cilician skewer and a lamb cutlet with rice
Atmosphere and good to know
Cilicia is bright and colourful inside, with a relaxed café feel during the day and a more restaurant-like mood in the evening. It is family owned, and the mix of breakfasts, sandwiches, meze and grills makes it an easy pick for mixed groups and families.
Wine and cocktails are served, and the menu includes vegetarian and vegan options. Halal status isn’t stated on the website. Breakfast is served all day. Tables can be reserved through the website, which also has an online ordering page for takeaway.
Cilicia opening hours
Monday to Thursday: 11:00–22:30; Friday: 11:00–23:00; Saturday: 10:00–23:00; Sunday: 10:00–22:00. Hours can change on bank holidays, so check with the restaurant before you travel.
How to get to Cilicia
There’s no Tube station in Muswell Hill. Alexandra Palace station (Great Northern) is about 20 minutes’ walk downhill, and Highgate on the Northern line is a similar walk or a short bus ride. Routes including the 43, 134, 144 and W7 stop on Muswell Hill Broadway, linking to Highgate, Finsbury Park and Turnpike Lane.
Menu, ordering and contact
View the menu · Order or book online · Cilicia website · Instagram · Facebook · Call 020 8444 7172
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