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Turkish restaurant on the [[Locale Isle Of Dogs|Isle of Dogs]] near [[South Quay Station]].

Billed as a collaboration between London's two main Turkish restaurant chains, Haz and Tas, Hazev comprises a cafe/deli, a restaurant, and a bar, all located in a large open-plan room on the ground floor of a waterside residential block to the south of [[Locale Canary Wharf|Canary Wharf]].

The restaurant area is quite fancy; the tablecloths and napkins are thick white linen, an intricately-patterned rug decorates the hardwood floor near the entrance, and large windows offer views out onto the dock.  A curtained-off private dining room is available near the back, and there's a fair bit of outside seating too.

[[Kake]] visited on a Monday lunchtime in September 2010.  There were plenty of customers already in when I arrived around 12:30pm, and more continued to arrive during my visit, though there were always free tables due to the sheer size of the place.

A bread basket was brought as I sat down, along with a small dish of olives and a rather nice dill-scented dip that I think was based on strained yoghurt <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4993947131/ photo]</small>.  The bread was good, warm and fresh, and sprinkled with sesame seeds.  No charge was made for any of this, and I was given an entirely fresh bread basket later, when my food arrived (I felt this was a little wasteful, since I'd only eaten one piece from the first basket, but the waiter insisted).

Although they offer a reasonably-priced set menu <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4994246128/ photo]</small>, I decided to just have two mezze dishes rather than a more extensive meal.  Zeytin yagli bakla (&pound;4.35) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4994582458/ photo]</small>, a cold dish of broad beans served with yoghurt, some decent olive oil, and a scattering of chopped red pepper, was pretty good; the broad beans were cooked and seasoned competently, and the red pepper added a nice textural and visual contrast.  Patlican-biber kizartma (&pound;5) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4994558296/ photo]</small> was equally good; a hot dish of fried aubergine and courgette pieces topped with a well-balanced tomato sauce and arranged neatly around a dollop of cooling yoghurt.

Along with this I had a glass of black mulberry juice (&pound;2.75), which made a nice change from the more usual kinds of soft drinks &#8212; they also have other interesting-sounding drinks on the menu.

The bill arrived with a few small cubes of Turkish delight and an auto-added 12.5% service charge.  Service throughout was polite and efficient.

[[Kake]]'s verdict: I'd certainly come back.  I'd like to try some of their grilled meat dishes too, since they've been praised in other reviews.

Accessibility: Step-free to get in, and step-free through to the ladies' toilet at least, though the cubicles are a bit of a squeeze to get into.

See also:
* [http://eatandbemerryfortomorrowwediet.blogspot.com/2010/10/hazev-england-by-bureaucrat.html Eat And Be Merry review]
* [http://elitistreview.com/2011/04/13/hazev-turkish-tuck-in-the-docklands/ Elitist Review review]
* [http://www.londonchow.com/2009/12/hazev-review-london-turkish-food.html London Chow review]
* [http://www.wharf.co.uk/2010/02/food-review-hazev-1.html Wharf review]
* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/36909.htm London Eating comments]
* [http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/hazev-london Yelp comments]

<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], September 2010.</div>

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