A family friendly restaurant on Earl's Court Road, Marmara Mangal Restaurant offers an authentic Turkish menu with Mediterranean touches in the heart of leafy West London. Located south west of Hyde Park, Marmara Mangal's vibrant, welcoming interiors and friendly attentive service make it the perfect place to unwind after a shopping expedition to the exclusive boutiques and department stores in nearby Kensington. The restaurant is also close to attractions such as the Finborough Theatre, the Cineworld Cinema on Fulham Road and Stamford Bridge Stadium, home to Chelsea Football Club.

The varied à la carte offers delicious hot starters of king prawns sautéed with tomatoes, onions, parsley and peppers; filo pastry stuffed with feta cheese and parsley and lightly fried; sucuk, a traditional charcoal grilled Turkish garlic sausage and arnavut cigeri, a dish of succulent diced lamb's liver sautéed with onions and parsley. If you prefer cold starters there are choices of vine leaves stuffed with a mixture of rice, onions and herbs or imam bayildi a classic dish of aubergine stuffed with onions, tomatoes and green peppers in a special tomato sauce.

Kebabs are central to Turkish cuisine and Marmara Mangal's selection takes in succulent examples such as lamb doner kebab; the house special chicken doner kebab; spicy minced lamb with garlic; chicken sis and patlican kebab which combines sliced aubergine with minced lamb. The charcoal grill also offers tempting lamb ribs; premium cut sirloin steak, seasoned breast of chicken, marinated chicken wings, marinated quails and salmon steak.

Other main courses options include heart warming traditional stews, knuckle of lamb seasoned with herbs and served with roasted potatoes, lamb moussaka or a perennial favourite such as falafel.

Turkish cuisine has, inevitably, been influenced by the wealth of seafood from its four sea coasts and Marmara Mangal makes the most of this culinary heritage with dishes such as tiny herring, lightly fried and served with salad; king prawns sautéed with tomatoes, onions, parsley and peppers; charcoal grilled whole sea bass, rings of squid, deep fried and served with salad and a mixed seafood selection of prawn, kalamari, mussels and tuna sautéed with bell peppers and onions in a special cream sauce.

A pizza and pasta selection gives the menu the perfect Mediterranean touch. This includes pizzas with toppings of Turkish sausages with cheese and oregano; tuna with hot green pepper, onions, olives, cheese and seasoning and Turkish ham with egg, olives, cheese and oregano. Dishes of Bolognese pasta; minced beef, onion, garlic and carrots in a Napolitana sauce, tavuk pasta; chicken, mix peppers, mushrooms and hint of garlic in a cream sauce and salmon and zucchini pasta add to the variety.

A selection of chef's specials tempts the palate with a range of specialities and the restaurant also offers a range of set menus and a children's menu.

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