The Turkish Dish view

Neco Tantuni ve Künefe is a small, family-run tantuni house on Brick Lane in Enfield, just off Hertford Road in Enfield Highway. The family has roots in Mersin, the southern Turkish city where tantuni comes from, and it opened around 2018 in a former local café. The menu is deliberately short. Tantuni, lamb or chicken steamed until tender and then…

The menu is deliberately short. Tantuni, lamb or chicken steamed until tender and then finished in a wide pan with spices, comes wrapped in thin lavash with tomato, onion and parsley. The yoghurt version is sliced and topped with yoghurt, tomato sauce and browned butter. Künefe is made at the counter, and there’s mantı and çiğ köfte too. In 2025 Vittles placed it fourth in its list of London restaurants.

It suits a casual, inexpensive dinner for two or a small group, and anyone curious to taste Mersin street food done properly.

What to order at Neco Tantuni ve Künefe

There are only a handful of dishes, so you can work through most of the menu in one visit.

Tantuni – spiced lamb or chicken in lavash with tomato, onion, parsley and sumac, served with lemon and pickled chillies
Yoğurtlu tantuni – tantuni sliced and topped with yoghurt, tomato sauce and browned butter
Mantı – small Turkish dumplings, usually served with yoghurt and spiced butter
Çiğ köfte – spiced bulgur wrapped in lettuce, the main vegan option
Künefe – shredded pastry and soft cheese baked in syrup, finished with pistachio and clotted cream
Ayran and çay – salty yoghurt drink and Turkish tea to go with it all

Cook it at home

Liked what you ate at Neco Tantuni ve Künefe? Try our tantuni recipe, künefe recipe and mantı recipe at home. You can also read more about baklava.

Atmosphere and good to know

The room is small, with about 20 seats, and the tantuni and künefe are cooked at open stations you can watch from your table. It’s listed as serving halal food and as alcohol-free, based on the restaurant’s own information. Vegetarians and vegans have limited choice; çiğ köfte is the main option.

Seats fill quickly, so go early. There’s free parking on nearby side streets. At least one listing has shown it as temporarily closed, so check it’s open before making a special trip.