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Ali Ocakbasi, a Turkish grill restaurant group will open its debut UK site in Leicester Square today.
The restaurant, which “specialises in a fusion of traditional and modern Anatolian cuisine,” will open at 16 Irving Street, right in the centre of a public space that is among London’s busiest and most popular with visitors to the city.
Kiren Dhesi, of Cedar Dean Group property agents, which acted for the previous tenant, said, “We are really excited to have sold the lease to Ali Ocakbasi, making London the latest home to its European growth plans, following Amsterdam and Vienna.”
While Adam Landau, from One One One Advisory acted on behalf of the restaurant operator, added: “Ali Ockobasi will be showing off Anatolian cooking techniques and recipes that London has yet to experience to such an authentic degree.”
But given the pedigree of London’s Turkish restaurants located principally in Dalston, east London, that statement is open to debate.