FM Mangal

Really good food, cooked on a charcoal fire. Interior has been recently refurbished and looks great — despite how it looks outside.

Four plus stars
After walking by this place for half a year (the exterior of the shop being fairly understated, with a rubbish tip in front of the door I finally stopped in and since have been many times, with my favorites for sitdown the FM Mangal special (flatbread and lamb) and a vegetarian dish with roasted aubergines and peppers. Very large portions, free flatbread, not too oily, and very good taste and price.
The lamb sis takeaway kebab is also excellent although calling ahead on the takeaway is advisable to avoid the wait (it’s made fresh after the order, which leads to very good taste in the kebab but means that it takes over 10 minutes to make takeaway.
Drinks are not super duper cheap but otherwise I would say this is a great venue and I will definitely visit it again.
Protip: Don’t get seated near the bathroom downstairs. It smells baaaad
Minimum card charge

I chose this place (having never been) as my last restaurant meal before a long stint of global travels, and I’m so happy I did.
The split-​level dining room is very nice and the food absolutely fantastic, from the complimentary flatbread with delicious dipping sauce with grilled onions to my generous main dish. When I return, I hope to try everything on the menu (ok, that might be an exaggeration but I really enjoyed it!)

Outstanding Turkish food. Whilst I have only eaten the takeaway you can rest assured that the same attention to detail, intense flavours and skill goes into this as the sit down menu. Theatrical environment with the centre piece a giant coal fired grill.
Try the fm mangal special for some meaty goodness and make sure you get one of their Turkish salads. Be prepared to wait for at least twenty minutes for your takeaway because of popularity but luckily there’s a nice boozer over the road with a great selection of ales at the Stormbird.

Excellent Turkish food in a vibrant local area that is getting ever better for cheap eats.
I visited FM Mangal with my girlfriend for lunch last week and we had a great experience. Quickly seated by friendly and polite waitresses we opted to go for the lunch special, a steal at £8.50! I ordered the lamb kebab with rice and salad, and my girlfriend chose lamb moussaka.
Whilst we were waiting for our main meal we were given a complimentary starter of turkish flatbread with grilled onions in a tasty dipping sauce. The dipping sauce seemed to be a red wine reduction and was delicious! The flatbread was to die for, cooked fresh over hot coals, and coated in spices and oil for succulent flavour.
My main course was excellent, tenderly cooked lamb which was soft and melted in the mouth. This came with a big wedge of lemon and fresh traditional turkish salad and a good serving of rice.
My girlfriend also greatly enjoyed her meal, I tried a bit of the moussaka and it was great!
The décor is attractive with turkish style lamps and nice lighting. We were seated in the upper terrace.
I gave four stars as despite being impressed with my food, I felt the kebab portion was a little small! One skewer of small lamb pieces left me a little peckish afterwards. I have a feeling that this was because we chose the lunch special though, and that if we had been eating a la carte we would have received a larger dish.
Service was attentive and friendly.
Nonetheless though it was a great deal and I would definitely recommend FM Mangal. Oh and you get little bits of turkish delight at the end! We also received a pen and keyring; unfortunately I have lost both.

I like to come here and to eat tasty food. But if you’re not a fan of the Turkish cuisine don’t come over here you may not like it. Otherwise you’ll be surprised by the size and variety of the meals. And overall it’s priceworthy!

Long
story short: great food and great price. If you like
oriental (turkish) food you‘ve come to the right place. The grill is
unbelievably delicious and the service excellent. At the end they
serve us complimentary drinks (some sweet liqueurs). Strongly
recommend this place, give it a try.

These guys do a very generous £6 lunch deal*, which throws in an excellent (and filling) starter of charcoal grilled sumac flatbreads PLUS a glass of wine. Service is disarmingly friendly — as in many Turkish establishments, they seem keen to give you desserts, starters etc «on the house». Actually, the grill guys don’t seem quite as friendly, but I guess you wouldn’t if you had to stand next to roaring flames all day long. They know what they’re doing with those flames, though! Some pretty delicious lamb specialities.
They also have a balcony where you can sit and survey the goings-​on beneath you while you chow down on your cop sis — nowhere else on Church St has a balcony, so that’s got to earn FM Mangal an extra star.
*Oops, it’s now gone up to £7 — looks like there’s been some cack-​handed attempt at amending the sign! Anyway, that’s still a bargain, believe me.

FM Mangal is absolutely wonderful. I can’t comment on the dining atmosphere as I have only ever got takeaway but I can rave for too long about the quality of the food.
As a vegetarian I have to keep to a fairly restricted part of the menu but that small section is stuffed with such goodness! My favourite dish by far is a big fat aubergine stuffed with rice, tomato, bell peppers, covered in olive oil and grilled.
For £6, this also comes with a gorgeous big salad of shredded lettuce, carrot, onion and tomato, as well as an incredible soft and chewy flatbread about the size of a pillowcase, covered in sumac.
I absolutely love it, it’s definitely my favourite place in the area. My OH also informs me that the meat dishes are just as good!

This place is amazing. Best bread ever, and the cop sis are top. All the food is fresh and tasty. The staff are friendly and its very reasonable price wise.

‘Tis true, FM Mangal does rocketh the free world. Scrummy Turkish food, delish beer, super-​friendly staff and rock-​bottom prices. Ker-​ching!
Other highlights of this resto incroyable are the terrace looking out on to Camberwell Church Street and the tightly wound iron staircase you have to shuffle up to get to the terrace. Once on the terrace, as I remarked to my friend, one could be in a Mediterranean country on holiday rather than in Camberwell. Rather delightful. Try it.

I love this place, the service is amazing and you get given a lovely free starter of moreish bread and barbecued onions and watermelon for dessert which is pretty incredible given how good value it is in the first place.

I can’t rate this place enough. Great food, great prices and great service. The food is very Turkish and ample portions and for the price offers great value for money. The locals know it and love it making getting a table more and more difficult! Their lunch offers are awesome value.

I don’t want to get accused of hyperbole here, so let’s just be clear from the outset that everything in this review is my true, measured opinion…
BEST MEAL I HAVE EVER EATEN
Yep, true dat. Get thee down here if you want to munch exquisite (cheap) Turkish food and experience great friendly service.
The Food:
(£32 for 3 beers, shared starter and two mains)
A delicious hot mezze platter with a bowl of what my partner and I have christened Meat Bread. Meat Bread should have a church built in its honour. Turkish flatbread brushed with meat juices from the charcoal grill that all the kebabs etc are cooked on, and cooked over said charcoals, for a smokey, oily, meaty taste sensation akin to the wonder that is fried bread in bacon fat (approx 9 times more yummy). Once we cottoned on to the fact that it was complimentary and unlimited, we ordered another 3 bowls. We were big fat Valentines pigs who struggled to eat the rest of our meal.
I often go for lamb when I’m out, as it’s the meat I’m least experienced at cooking. I’m used to it being rich and strong, served with glugs of red wine sauce or punchy tomato. I dreaded it a bit, having gorged on Meat Bread.
What came out was delicate little pieces of lamb kebab (not greasy, and spiked with herb, pepper and spice) layered with a little bit of light, fresh tomato sauce, and some kind of beautiful hot yoghurt and butter garlic sauce. I could eat butter until it comes out of my eyes, but I had no idea lamb could go with such a delightful creamy concoction. A decent but not obscene portion, with a cute little pile of perfectly cooked rice. I ate it all.
Desserts looked a bit rubbish, in a dial-​a-​frozen-​cheesecake way, but that is so often the case, so no great shocker.
The Service:
3 different waitresses tended to our every need and were really friendly and fun. They anticipated the boy’s need of another beer in a non-​pushy way just as he was about to finish his first, brought bowl after bowl of Meat Bread and all was speedy and pleasant. We were left in peace after eating– no pushing of the dessert menu. At the end we were brought complimentary almond and orange liqueurs and homemade Turkish Delight.
The Restaurant:
The restaurant is small but perfectly formed. Nothing über-​fancy, but perfectly smart and date-​friendly. It is at the back of the takeaway area, which does a roaring trade. I’m told the takeaway lunchboxes (kebabs, stuffed peppers etc) are amazing. I came here on the recommendation of a very foodie friend, and am told that the other restaurants and pubs on this road are good as well.

This place is brilliant.
It’s Turkish, and doesn’t look much from the outside (not helped by the takeaway kebab offering), but when you go in there’s a proper restaurant and the food is fantastic.
They give you delicious bread when you arrive. Main courses are about £8, desserts £2−3. A three course dinner for two with a glass of wine each cost £32, and was way too much food.