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Shish, 2-6 Station Parade, London NW2 4NH

Shish, 2-6 Station Parade, London NW2 4NH

2-6 Station Parade, London NW2 4NH

It's kebabs gone posh. Shish in Willesden Green, adjacent to the Tube station, is one of 3 Shish outlets that have garnered popularity amongst locals and critics alike. At £20 per head, it's not a cheap meal, but it's definitely worth the pounds. The spinach borek was crisp and fresh, although a little oily but the mains are definitely the highlight of the menu. Skewers of meat and haloumi cheese with potatoes, roasted capsicum and onions, next to a bed of salad and fries is done to perfection. And for dessert, don't go past the halva ice-cream with baklava.

By chloe at 30/04/2008 - 18:46 | 2008 | Approved | London | Mediterranean | North | Review | £££/$$$ | add new comment | read more | 84 reads

Night Star-Mangal Ockabasi, 149 Holloway Road London N7 8LX

Night Star-Mangal Ockabasi, 149 Holloway Road London N7 8LX

149,Holloway Road London N7 8LX

Another pre- Arsenal match, feeding and watering stop on the greasy Holloway Road. Why does it always look as if the pavements need a good hosing down and a steam clean? The restaurant is the usual set-up of revolving kebabs in the front takeaway part and long queues of punters on match days who prefer the sidewalk eating experience. The inside is fairly basic-tiled floors and formica tables. However the star of the show is the charcoal grill man (there must be a name in Turkish) who sits at the barbecue, expertly rotating the kebabs, and chops, and chicken fillets, like he's playing an instrument, and shouting at the staff.

By m at 03/03/2008 - 11:08 | 2008 | Approved | London | Mediterranean | North | Review | £/$ | add new comment | read more | 129 reads

Pasha, 301 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 2TU

Pasha, 301 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 2TU

301 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 2TU

It doesn't look like your stereotypical Turkish Restaurant - the recent refurbishment is all clean lines, dark wood and white napery. I'd booked through Time Out, who are currently offering 50% off all food, so the value-for-money-but-not-cheap prices became absolute bargains. Although Pasha's Turkish background is evident, it's modern and international with far more fish than you'd expect. Starters included a generous bowl of good lentil soup; a plate of five huge prawns in chilli and coriander; freshly prepared fried calamari (not from a freezer pack in other words) and Sucuk, a spicy, sausage dish.

By Daisy Middleton at 23/02/2008 - 12:50 | 2008 | Ambience | Approved | Mediterranean | North | Review | £££/$$$ | add new comment | read more | 262 reads

Unicorn Inn, Excise Street, Kincardine, Scotland

Unicorn Inn, Excise Street, Kincardine, Scotland

Excise Street, Kincardine

We ate on a Wednesday evening under a newspaper promotion: 2 courses plus a glass of wine for £10 each.

What should have been an opportunity for the restaurant to showcase their wares turned out to be an exercise in short-sighted penny-pinching. Most of the food was good, although the pate seemed to be plastic stuff from a supermarket, while the sea bass was fantastic. These two cancelled each other out, then.

By FifeFoodie at 23/11/2007 - 14:44 | 2007 | Ambience | Mediterranean | Rejected | Review | Scotland | £££/$$$ | add new comment | read more | 135 reads

Mana Greek, 10 St Sampson Square, York

Mana Greek, 10 St Sampson Square, York

10 St Sampson Square ,York

We visited the restuarant on Saturday the 23rd June 2007. We ordered the vegetarian meze however queried why this included fish!?. We were told that something be done excluding the fish. The first dishes arrived which included a sausage dish!. We were served a selection of greek dips with pitta bread and a cheese pie which was cooked from frozen because it was still frozen at the centre. The next dishes arrived which consisted of a plate each of stuffed vegetables not the lots of little dishes that you would expect a meze to consist of. A greek salad was served with some of the most salty unrecognisable cheese. It should have been feta but it was vile. This was challenged with the waiter who simply shrugged and walked away. I paid the bill "under protest". Overall I found the staff to be unhelpful , dismissive and the food represented poor value for money. I asked to speak to the owner but simply ignored. So rather than spoil my evening any further we left. Broadbean

By m at 28/06/2007 - 09:34 | 2007 | £££££/$$$$$ | Mediterranean | Rejected | Review | Yorkshire | add new comment | read more | 203 reads

Olive, 10 Hornsey High St, London N8 7PB

Olive, 10 Hornsey High St, London N8 7PB

10 Hornsey High St, London N8 7PB

Finding ourselves in Hornsey High St at around lunchtime today, we chose this place at random. As we walked in I overheard a conversation between a customer and a waiter.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, are you a vegetarian?" she asked.
"Well, I'm not now" he replied happily, so I don't know what was going on there, except he went on to say its was great food, but he would never finish it all. Three frocked priests in the centre of the room were also struggling.

By Daisy Middleton at 05/06/2007 - 21:12 | 2007 | Approved | London | Mediterranean | North | Review | ££/$$ | add new comment | read more | 94 reads
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