Testi

5 Reviews on “Testi”

• Micheal Davis

  We’ve tried a few of the Turkish restaurants in Stoke Newington and Dalston, and we keep coming back to Testi.The meat is excellent – and the bread that is served alongside is just fantastic. It’s grilled over the hot BBQ coals, and is tinged with the taste of grilled meat. The portions are generous, and the salads that come with your mains are as exciting as the mains themselves.The service is always brilliant. Those guys always accommodate us no matter how busy they are, even if we turn up without a booking. The service can be quite brisk at times – but its never done with surly-ness or rudeness. These guys are running a tight ship, and its a very lively and busy restaurant at times.Highly recommended! My fave dishes – Chicken Sarma Beyti, and the Lamb Chops. And remember – the portions can be large, so don’t over order. We often skip starters and get straight to the mains. They also do take-away, in case you can’t eat in!It is definitely the best Turkish Restaurant in London !

  November 11, 2015, 3:06 pm

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• The Girl Next Shore

  You’ve gotta have some balls to hang testicles on your window and call it one of your recommeded dishes, right?A few blogger buds and I went to a Turkish restaurant in Stoke Newington called Testi, where one of the chef’s recommended dishes is a main portion of lamb testicles. I wondered if it was all eponymous, but according to one of the servers testi means jug in Turkish and there’s a classic type of kebab cooked in jugs over fire (which I didn’t think was in the menu). Interesting.Naturally, we had to have hummus and it was deliciously creamy with just the right amount of texture and tang. The olive oil drizzled on top gave the flavour an extra boost too.We were given some warm Turkish flat bread to dip into the hummus. They were crusty, soft and moreish!The kalamar was just average but the dip it came with was pretty good and I had some of it with the bread.We had some boregi, the classic dish of filo pastry stuffed with spinach and feta cheese. Who doesn’t love that winning combo?Various salads came with our mains and were served first. We weren’t so sure what this was until we realised it was an onion salad. It was crisp, sweet, and didn’t give you onion breath afterwards. A revelation. There was a lot of dressing in the green salad so I was surprised to find that the leaves were still crisp and flavourful. I think I had most of this (still trying to catch up on my 5-a-day).I really enjoyed the house special red onion salad as it went so well with my main. The ‘special red sauce’ tasted like a mixture of balsamic vinegar and pomegranate juice. The grilled onions, despite being soaked in the vinaigrette were actually still firm and crunchy.Mid-course, they gave us more flat bread. They were slightly flatter and a little bit more savoury than the first ones we had for starters. The lamb and chicken shish mix is a perfectly safe choice for those who want to try the best of both (shish) worlds.The lamb sarma beyti, skewered ground beef wrapped in lavash (Turkish wrap bread like naan or roti) cooked on the grill was delicious.I ordered lamb pirzola which is essentially grilled lamb chops. They’re not exactly massive chops but they’re not thinly sliced either. I thought I ordered more than I could chew. Testi’s chops were cooked just the way I liked my lamb – well. The meat was tender and easy to cut through. Even the charred parts on the bone slithered smoothly as I tugged them with my knife.The lamb was juicy and seasoning was spot on. However, when I accidentally poured some of the sauce from the house special onion salad, I was pretty mindblown. Lamb and pomegranate? It’s a marriage that lasts a good run on your palate.And yes, I finished my plate.We were given a complimentary fruit platter to munch on after our meals. Needless to say, there was much to be happy about – the service was pretty good, the food was very enjoyable, and the company was fantastic. I would love to go back to try more stuff on the menu. Maybe I’d have the balls to try some testicles then. thegirlnextshore.com

  March 10, 2015, 9:31 pm

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• Bl_miki

  Oguz. Its realy bad food and service , i hve never been a bad restuarant like Testi , i recommand that not to try this restuarant.

  June 2, 2014, 12:12 am

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• Louise Cowburn

  Great food. Big portions. Delicious.

  October 1, 2011, 5:44 pm

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• Matt Shannon

  Quail and Onions. All the kebabs are great, the quail especially so. Keep an eye out for the bread rubbed with kebab juices. House salads are fantastic, charred onions in sumac is a winner.

  March 1, 2009, 3:51 pm

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