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Mersin Tantuni

Turkish (Mersin street food) · Dalston

11 Stoke Newington Road, N16 8BH

Budget £20 · typically ~£15 pp·12 min walk

Location

87Score
LocalBite score from taste, value, discovery, authenticity, and local confidence — not Google stars.

Taste

8.8

How good the cooking actually is.

Value

9.5

What you get for the money.

Discovery

7.0

How easy it is to stumble on, versus already famous.

Authenticity

9.0

How true it is to the cuisine — not a diluted version.

Local confidence

8.5

Whether locals who care about food actually go.

Why we recommend

Authentic Mersin-style tantuni on Stoke Newington Road — proper Turkish street food, not generic kebab. Open until midnight daily. Generous portions at prices that make a £30 budget feel lavish.

  • Standout orders

    Lamb and yogurt versions — kunefe dessert is a must-try — named again and again in recent reviews

  • Atmosphere & service

    Reasonable prices and the warm, welcoming atmosphere

  • Atmosphere & service

    Staff are friendly, attentive, and provide excellent recommendations

  • Locals & regulars

    Local recommendation pattern: proper tantuni wrap vs generic kebab — late-night Dalston staple

  • Locals & regulars

    Stoke Newington Road Turkish strip — value-focused street food

What to order

  • Tantuni wrap

    From reviews

    Keeps coming up in Google reviews — order the Tantuni wrap if it's on the menu. Curator tip: get feel lavish.

  • Yogurt tantuni with lamb

    From reviews

    Reviewers single this out — especially the lamb and yogurt versions, and say the kunefe dessert is a must-try.

  • Balkan köfte

    Our pick

    From the charcoal grill — this is the plate that shows what the kitchen actually does.

  • Künefe

    Our pick

    A curator staple at Mersin Tantuni — the dish we'd send a first-timer toward.

Good for

Exceptional valueLate nightSomething adventurousNew cuisine

Practical notes

Open daily 12pm–12am. Dine-in and takeaway; halal.

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