Kervan Kitchen Gidea Park

Nice ambience, friendly staff but unfortunately just not the greatest food charged at pretty high prices! We really enjoyed the sucuk sausage and halloumi starter. Apart from that the two lamb dishes didn't match up to Turkish food we've had in the past.

To start with the restaurant is well done up, everything is super clean, and the staff all round are exceptional.

The Sigara Boregi was super tasty, and is perfectly portioned for 2 people to share - really well made and great tasting.

The complimentary bread is so so good - the seasoning on it is outstanding and the sauces that come with this bread are insane. I would come here just for this bread, honestly it's thag good.

For my mains, I had the Vegetarian Mussakka. This again was outstanding, the aubergine was done to perfection, the melted cheese, delightful and the topped with an incredible sauce. I asked for it to be made spicey, and they did not disappoint - just sublime.

Very nice and cosy place. Located in a nice suburbs of london. Good quality Turkish food and cooked perfectly to perfection. The service is professional and fast. One of the best places in Far East london.

Great food, lovely restaurant. Portions are ENORMOUS but really tasty. Nice atmosphere (live singer on Fri night! Terrific voice!). Friendly, efficient staff. Would def recommend.

Great place to meet up with friends, have celebrations. Tge menu is extensive offering a lunchtime special menu Monday to Friday. The staff are extremely knowledgeable, very polite and professional at all times. The food comes in generous portions so make sure your hungry when going, this is one place to try. Parking isn't great as they don't have their own parking, however there are places you can park locally. It has a great atmosphere definitely a place to go if your wanting to celebrate a special occasion let the staff know prior to attending, booking a table is recommended on weekends, staff will guide you if your looking to attend on a quieter day or time.

Very nice food and a lovely setting. I hate the whitebait and the Kervan special kebab with chicken and lamb shish. The meat was absolutely delicious and so tender. The salads were lovely and fresh.
There are cheaper Turkish restaurants around but it is a good venue for a get together with friends or family and the food really is so nice. Seems very popular for birthdays and social occasions.

EXPENSIVE BUT WILL IMPRESS
You need to attend when there's live music

FOOD
In terms of food, I was not shocked nor impressed, as it tastes like other kebabs I've tried at other turkish restaurants as they always have the same meat taste. I prefer Kebabs from a normal street kebab shop or from GDK.

The dishes were quite expensive, as a main would cost you from £12 - 20. Instead of going for individual dishes, you might as well order a platter for everyone. The platter however disappointed me as it only serves 2-3 people. The portion as well did not contain a lot of meat. A platter has all available meat they serve on the menu, you get lambs, lambchops, ribs, chicken, meat, wings etc and 2 types of rice.

There were 6 of us and we had to order 2 platters, 1 platter cost £65! We also ordered starter dishes that came with calamari, halloumi cheese bites, spring roll!? falafel, 2 meats. We also had bread starter, but not sure if that was even part of our paid menu or if it was a complimentary free starter. The bread tasted VERY good, I could eat it all day. Starter dishes were delicious especially the calamaris.

If you ask me, ordering starter and 1 platter should fill up 4 people. The first lambchop I tasted was very very good, but when I had the second lambchop, the taste was not the same as the first one I tried. I was disappointed with the rib, it was just a piece of rib! And it didn't have much taste, it just felt like I was eating a piece of meat. Or maybe I am used with normal ribs from supermarket with sauce dribbled on top of them. But I was not happy with the portion of the ribs. Rice was very good, you get 2 types of rice on 1 platter, one white and the other yellowish orange.

I like the koppernberg that I ordered because it was a 500ml bottle and they serve you with an squiky clean glass with ice and garnish.

CUSTOMER SERVICE
Customer service were good, staffs were polite and nice, they served us nicely. Our plates were small size dish which you can use for starters or main. It comes with a napkin and 2 forks and 2 knives.

We didn't wait too long for our food, but we did wait for our table which was already booked for 8:30pm. We were seated around 8:50pm, we were waiting from 8:35pm.

The waiters comes and put new plates on your table when you are done with starters.

We went on a Saturday evening which also happens to have live music. The music artist was amazing, my family really enjoyed the atmosphere and vibe.

The chairs were super comfortable! They also do a birthday celebrations announcements. There's also a hand sanitizer you can use when you enter the building.

You can also take home your unfinished food. They call you hours ahead on the day of your booking, to confirm if you are still coming.

PRICE
The drinks we ordered were koppernberg £5, Jack Daniel with coke £6, apple juice £3, martini and 2 passion alcohol drinks.

Platter is £65.

For a family, you should be looking to spending over £100!
If you typically spend £25 - £50 at a restaurant, be prepared to spend more here if you are coming with 4 or more people.

Sorry I don't know what the service charge cost is. We spent maybe over £160+ for 6 people. We had 6 drinks, starter, breads+sauces, and 2 platters that cost £65 each.

OVERALL
I recommend this place, your love ones or friends you bring here on a Saturday/Friday Live music day will not be disappointed.

Staffs were great, all gave nice service. I would give it a 5 but deducted 1 star because we had to wait despite booking a table in advance. Also food taste nothing special, taste like other Turkish restaurants.

I wish they do a special unique twist to their kebabs that is different from other Turkish restaurants. I would give it a 5 star ONLY for the live music days, but if you were to come here on other days, it would be 4 stars.

Fantastic food and we were well looked after by the friendly staff . I recommend that everyone visits Kervan Kitchen