This is one of the most overrated Turkish BBQ restaurants in Stoke Newington. The first thing you smell when you walk in are the toilets. The restaurant itself looks unhygenic, and the food offered is less than other restaurants in the same neighbourhood.

Personally, I would recommend Cirrak, which is around the corner on main street. Their salads are far better, the meat is just as good as Mangal 1, and I think the only reason people eat at the Arcola street restaurant is that it IS considered trendy. However, it is just another example of the emperor's new clothes.