Esnaf Lokantası

Cuisine

Home Cooking (Lokanta)

Area

Enfield

Esnaf Lokantası Enfield is a family-run Turkish canteen on Green Street, just off Hertford Road, cooking the kind of everyday home-style food – soups, meat and chicken dishes, vegetables, rice and salad – that tradesmen’s restaurants (esnaf lokantası) serve across Turkey.

Dishes are cooked fresh each day and served canteen-style, so you choose from what is on the counter that day rather than from a fixed list. A chef’s plate gives a taste of several dishes at once, and soup with bread makes a simple, filling start.

It is a good choice if you want Turkish food beyond kebabs. The food is halal and no alcohol is served, there is outdoor seating, and it opens from 7am until 10pm every day.

What to order at Esnaf Lokantası

Choose from the day’s counter, or let the kitchen decide:

• Chef’s Plate – a mixed plate of the day’s cooked dishes
• Günün Çorbası – the soup of the day, served with bread
• Et Yemekleri – the day’s slow-cooked meat dishes
• Tavuk Yemekleri – chicken dishes cooked fresh each morning
• Sebze Yemekleri – home-style vegetable dishes from the counter
• Pilav – rice to go with your choice of dishes, plus salad and bread

Atmosphere and good to know

This is a simple, canteen-style lokanta where the day’s dishes are on display and you point to what you want. It has a family-run feel, with tea often offered, and outdoor seating for warmer days.

The food is halal and no alcohol is served. Hours run from 7am to 10pm daily, so it works for an early lunch as well as dinner. Vegetable dishes are part of the daily spread, but the counter changes, so ask what is meat-free on the day.

Esnaf Lokantası opening hours

Monday to Sunday: 07:00–22:00. Hours can change on bank holidays, so check with the restaurant before you travel.

How to get to Esnaf Lokantası

Brimsdown station (West Anglia line from Liverpool Street) is about 15 minutes’ walk east along Green Street, and Southbury on the Overground’s Weaver line is a similar distance south-west. Route 279 stops on Hertford Road, a minute or two from the door, and route 191 runs along Green Street.

Menu, ordering and contact

Call 07826 068185

More Turkish food nearby

Nearby, try Güneş Enfield and Cengo Ocakbaşı, or browse all Turkish restaurants in Enfield. New to Turkish food? Start with our guide to popular Turkish dishes or see the best Turkish restaurants in London.

Features

• Halal
• Outdoor seating

Location