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Fig & Walnut Kitchen is a family-run Turkish and Mediterranean restaurant at 75-77 Marchmont Street in Bloomsbury, a few minutes from Russell Square. It is run by husband and wife Ismail and Fatma, who also look after the Pitted Olive deli and Sandwich Street Kitchen nearby, and it grew out of the home-style Turkish dishes they first served there. The…
Fig & Walnut Kitchen is a family-run Turkish and Mediterranean restaurant at 75-77 Marchmont Street in Bloomsbury, a few minutes from Russell Square. It is run by husband and wife Ismail and Fatma, who also look after the Pitted Olive deli and Sandwich Street Kitchen nearby, and it grew out of the home-style Turkish dishes they first served there.
The kitchen is known for grills and meze, with Sarma Beyti, Ali Nazik and İskender as its signature dishes. Lahmacun comes in versions topped with zahtar from a Turkish family producer, and hot and cold meze platters make sharing easy. Mornings start with a Turkish breakfast with homemade simit.
Open from breakfast until late every day, it suits a working lunch near the university and the British Museum, a relaxed dinner with friends or a weekend brunch.
What to order at Fig & Walnut
Pick a meze platter to share, then try one of the house specialities:
- Turkish breakfast – homemade simit with preserves and feta
- Hot meze platter – calamari, muska böreği, hellim, sucuk, falafel and lahmacun bites
- Cold meze platter – humus, cacık, tabbouleh, soslu patlıcan and beetroot tarator
- Zahtar lahmacun – thin oven-baked flatbread with zahtar
- Sarma beyti – minced kebab wrapped in lavash and sliced
- Ali nazik – smoky aubergine and yoghurt topped with grilled meat
- İskender – döner over bread with tomato sauce, yoghurt and butter
- Künefe – warm shredded pastry with melted cheese and syrup
Cook it at home
Liked what you ate at Fig & Walnut Kitchen? Try our İskender kebab recipe, lahmacun recipe and simit recipe at home. You can also read more about meze.
Atmosphere and good to know
There are two dining areas linked by a cocktail bar, with a recently refurbished interior and pavement tables outside on Marchmont Street. There is room for larger groups, and the restaurant is child-friendly.
Cocktails such as a pomegranate margarita and Turkish drinks such as sahlep are on the drinks menu. Breakfast is served from 8am, and the kitchen stays open until 11pm daily. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options are available across the menu. Walk-ins are welcome, but you can book a table on the website, which is worth doing for groups and weekend brunch.
Fig & Walnut opening hours
Monday to Sunday: 08:00–23:00. Hours can change on bank holidays, so check with the restaurant before you travel.
How to get to Fig & Walnut
Russell Square Underground station (Piccadilly line) is about a 4-minute walk away. King’s Cross St Pancras, for the Northern, Victoria, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines plus mainline rail, is around 10 minutes on foot, as is Euston. Buses 59, 68, 91 and 168 stop nearby on Southampton Row and Woburn Place.
For live routes and disruptions, use the TfL Journey Planner.
Menu, ordering and contact
View the menu · Order or book online · Fig & Walnut website · Instagram
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