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Oklava

  1. London
  2. London Turkish

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Oklava

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Oklava is a modern Turkish restaurant in Shoreditch, London.
For reservations you can either book online via our website or email us at [email protected]

Address: 74 Luke Street , London EC2A 4PY, XGL, GB
Phone: 020 7729 3032
State: XGL
City: London
Zip Code: EC2A 4PY

opening times

Tuesday: 12:00-15:00
Tuesday: 17:30-22:30
Wednesday: 12:00-15:00
Wednesday: 17:30-22:30
Thursday: 12:00-15:00
Thursday: 17:30-22:30
Friday: 12:00-15:00

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Reviews
Had the chance to take a few trips to Last neon this year and Oklava was by far my favorite meal. I’ve had inspired Turkish meals in the past but nothing yet that compares to this. At a meal with two colleagues with different palates we found it delicious and at the top of our list for a return visit next time we’re in the area. We had the luck of sampling a dozen dishes and wouldn’t know how to single out a favorite. Every dish had fresh and inspired flavors. The grilled cheese delicious. The spreads subtle and savory. Fresh vegetables full of flavor complimented every dish. Freshly cooked flat breads with meat and vegetables that you hand wrap and split with the table. Even the fries excelled with robust flavor and texture. Cant wait for the next visit
We did the 4 course meal and the food was fantastic! My absolute favorite was the black sea cheese pide; it is so rich yet crispy on the outside and full of flavors. The aubergine is not very good in my opinion; this dish was re-interpreted as a salad like dish and it just lacks all the smoke and flavors from a traditional aubergine. Had the description been different, it may have been less disappointing. Overall the staff were great, the atmosphere was great, and the food was quite good. Highly recommended!
Fantastic! This was Turkish food with a twist. We ordered the pre fixe menu 7 plates shared across 2 of us + dessert. Dishes ranged from great to outstanding especially the chicken. The only disappointment was the bean salad which came out a little too bitter. Courses change fairly regularly. But I trust the flavors will be unique and bold in every iteration. Service was attentive. I will definitely be back.
Really good experience. It was similar to a tasting menu. So many little plates prepared and beautifully presented with truly fresh products. Our server, Flo, and the only one to be honest, was great. His explanations and recommendations were really helpful. Please, check the pictures to see how beautiful, you cannot check how fresh and tasty just with the pics but how many different colours and textures the menu has got. He had 2 hours to stay in our table and we are not slow eaters. At the end we choose 2 cocktails after the deserts instead of going with boring teas and coffee. Luckily nobody booked our table after us and we could stay 20 more minutes although we were kindly offered to move somewhere else to Keep enjoying with our cocktails if the table was needed. £200 bill can be seen as a bit expensive and excessive but we had a fantastic time. The disappointing bits were; - The price of the desserts and the time it took for them to arrive. £14 and 12.50 per dessert the only 2 dessert options were clearly abusive. My wife is Turkish and we have been in many, many Turkish restaurants in London with similar deserts -The price if the cocktails. -The amount of meat in the menu. Kebab wasn’t something special. For such an special Turkish place I was expecting more and better meat. -The chilli salt chips, to me, didn’t look fresh. More like the frozen ones. Shame because home made skin-on chips would have fit perfectly. But don’t get me wrong, a nice place for an special occasion unless you can afford more than £200 to eat out regularly. However, in my honest and respectful opinion, the cost of this dinner shouldn’t have gone over £120 £130 if you want to add the current inflation. Also keep posted for the next reviews as you will see similar tasting menus probably more interesting with similar value or less. However, please, go and try by yourselves and you will definitely have a great eating out experience. Bon appetite!
Had a really delicious meal here. You can tell all ingredients are of high quality and the dishes were so tasty! One of my top fave restaurants in London!
AMAZING experience here. I’d heard a lot about it but never actually been, and now I regret not going earlier. Everything we ate was extremely delicious. My favourite dish was the beef ribs, but the kunafe was also unmatched. Great mix of flavours that gelled really well together. Also, the staff were all great and very helpful with advice on what to get. Would highly recommend!
It was great to be back inside the restaurant after our last visit where we enjoyed a fabulous al fresco dining experience back in April. I also have to say that the turkish food we enjoyed on saturday was probably the best we’ve ever had. This was matched with fabulous cocktails , good wine and fantastic service. So you can understand why Oklava is clearly one of our favourite restaurants to visit. So yes this led us to saturday and a truly amazing visit once again. The restaurant is nicely tucked away on the corner of Luke Street in Shoreditch and literally less than ten minutes from Liverpool Street station. When we arrived general manager Conall remembered us from earlier in the year and was delighted to see us back before showing us to our table. In fact he couldn’t have looked after us any better throughout our entire lunch. We started to look at the menu when one of the chefs came over to ask if we had any questions and also to inform us of the two specials on offer. We then ordered a cocktail each a Cherry Spritz and a Beet Negroni which were both absolutely fabulous. Now it was time to order the food to which we managed to have all dishes that we’d never tried before including the specials of the day. These were mackerel which is my wife’s favourite and hake which is one of my favourites. So now let’s get started and of course you have to begin with the amazing Baharat Bread & Medjool Date Butter it’s simply to die for. We followed this with Crispy Fried Aubergine with greengage ketchup & kyseri spice that was heaven. Our palate was slightly refreshed by a delightful salad of Fava , grilled summer salad , kale ezme & black cypriot olive oil. Now it was Pide time and in my opinion their best yet. The Black Truffle Pide with feta & pickled hen of the woods was an absolute flavour sensation. This was followed by the Pekemez glazed grilled Quail with fragola grapes & rosemary brown butter. The dish was accompanied by the Tomato Salad with lemon braised greens & sherry caramel which complimented the quail perfectly. We now moved onto the two Specials of the Day. My wife had the Mackerel which when you looked at her face you could tell how good it was. For myself I had the Hake which was topped with apple and in a light buttery sauce. It was truly amazing and you would have to go along way to try and beat this. So all credit to head chef Dawid for not only these two specials but for every dish that we had the pleasure of eating today. Now after a nice little rest it was time to finish with desserts and these were not for the feint hearted. The Spiced Rice Pudding with fig leaf oil , mahlep ice cream & hazelnut crumble was absolutely delicious. The Malt Custard with caramel ice cream , summer fruits & pecan wafer was lighter than the rice pudding but equally fabulous. These desserts were a fantastic way to finish a truly amazing Turkish lunch. This brought to an end yet another amazing visit to Oklava and a restaurant that I would highly recommend visiting yourself. The food was absolutely amazing so thanks to head chef Dawid and the team. The service led by Conall was excellent. So when you put this all together you can see why already looking forward to a return visit. Thank You Selin , Dawid , Conall and all the team for an amazing lunch and hope to see you all again soon
Simple place with some great dishes. The food is full of flavor and very well made. The staff was really welcoming and knowledgeable. The venue is simple and located in a very hip area. It can get crowded and unfortunately really really loud! And depending on who you are can somewhat hurt the overall experience.
Great place for a casual lunch date. The spiced cauliflower is my favourite by far. I could just eat that all day. The lamb chop is good too. Service is friendly and fast. We thoroughly enjoyed it!
loved the flavours and imaginative combinations, though portions are a bit too much on the small side at 12£ a plate, I didn't expect tapas size. despite the few tables, the place gets unbearably loud and noisy, to the point the waiters don't here you when you call, and i even saw several customers walking up to them to get their attention. service was indeed the worst part - non existent. we waited a full hour to receive our first dish, and nobody came to offer an apology or explanation. after our orders finally arrived.and we ate them, we would have happily ordered desserts as we were still hungry, but didn't dare going through another 2h wait. we asked for the bill, and only then our waitress asked if we wanted a complementary coffee to compensate us for the long wait. sorry dear, too little too late. it's a pity, but won't come back and won't recommend. competition is too fierce in this part of London to fail so miserably
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