The Turkish Dish view

The Olive Cafe & Bakery Palmers Green is a family-run café and bakery at 397 Green Lanes in Palmers Green, N13. Open since 2020, it pairs a Mediterranean and Turkish menu with pastries and sourdough baked on site each morning. Breakfast is the strong suit. The Turkish breakfast brings eggs, sucuk, halloumi, feta, çeçil cheese, olives, tahini and honey butter…

Breakfast is the strong suit. The Turkish breakfast brings eggs, sucuk, halloumi, feta, çeçil cheese, olives, tahini and honey butter with Turkish bread, and there is menemen, çılbır and sucuklu yumurta too. Gözleme comes with a long list of fillings, from spinach and cheese to lamb, and desserts include künefe and baklava. The wider menu also covers English breakfasts, brunch plates, burgers and pasta.

It suits a long weekend breakfast with friends, a family brunch, or a quick gözleme and Turkish tea on a weekday in Palmers Green.

What to order at The Olive Cafe & Bakery Palmers Green

Go for breakfast if you can. These are all on the café’s own menu:

Turkish breakfast – a spread of eggs, sucuk, cheeses, olives, tahini and honey butter with Turkish bread
Menemen – eggs scrambled with tomatoes and peppers, served with bread
Çılbır – poached eggs on garlic yoghurt with chickpeas, spinach and chilli
Sucuklu yumurta – fried eggs with spicy Turkish sausage
Gözleme – thin hand-rolled flatbread filled with spinach and cheese, lamb, potato or halloumi
Künefe – warm shredded pastry with melted cheese and syrup
Türk kahvesi and çay – Turkish coffee and tea, with ayran as a cold option

Cook it at home

Liked what you ate at The Olive Cafe & Bakery Palmers Green? Try our menemen recipe, çılbır recipe and gözleme recipe at home. You can also read more about börek.

Atmosphere and good to know

The café has around 60 seats inside and 40 outside, so there is usually room for groups. Weekday tables can be booked by phone, weekends are walk-in only, and groups of six or more should call ahead. Delivery covers Palmers Green and nearby parts of Enfield through Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat, and orders can also be placed by WhatsApp.

The café says its whole kitchen is halal certified. Wine and beer are served. Vegetarian and vegan dishes are clearly marked, including a vegan breakfast and lentil soup.