Historical version 1 of F M Mangal, SE5 8QZ (view current version)
- 020 7701 6677
- 54 Camberwell Church Street, SE5 8QZ
Turkish restaurant on Camberwell Church Street in Camberwell.
secretlondon visited one early evening in June 2009. I think I was the only customer.
You enter into a small lobby area where you would order and wait for takeaways. Restaurant seating is in front of you up or down a small flight of stairs. There was Turkish pop music playing.
I had hot mixed meze (£7) photo which was sold as a starter. It came with some flat bread photo and consisted of borek, falafel, calamari, sucuk and hellim. The falafel was average and the calamari had an onion rings vibe. The cheese filled springrolls-like things felt like they were made in a factory.
Not fancying a main I went straight to wild strawberry cheesecake photo (£2.75). This felt like it had been frozen and defrosted for me.
I probably need to go again and have a main but I suspect they are not making the food themselves as much as cooking pre-processed food. As their prices are high-end for Camberwell this isn't very good really. Their kebabs may be great and they clearly have a large grill for them.
Accessibility: Not sure if there are steps to get in but there are steps to get to any of the tables, and two sets to get to the toilets.
The restaurant's business cards give the postcode as SE5 8OZ. I am sure it is 8QZ, like neighbouring properties.