Ordering system for Turkish restaurants in London

Updated 13 November 2026. This page uses the Food Standards Agency register as it stood on 12 November 2026. It covers the 32 London boroughs that appear in the register's list of local authorities, and it does not name any business.

In short: London has 109 FSA-registered premises with Turkish-style words in the business name, with Enfield highest at 15. A London Turkish restaurant can give regulars its own ordering page: Chefzi plans cost £9 to £49 a month per location, excluding VAT, with 0% commission ever and a free first month, no card needed.

What the FSA register shows

This is a name-keyword count, not a census. It finds only premises whose registered name includes one of those words. It misses Turkish restaurants with other names (including "ocakbaşı" spelt with the Turkish character, which our search cannot match) and may include places that use the word for something else. We left out retailers and mobile caterers.

Of the 101 with a numeric rating, 50 (50%) are rated 5 and 10 (10%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. 8 more are awaiting inspection.

Where they are

Enfield alone has 14% of the list. The postcode districts show the same pattern:

EN3, in Enfield, is the busiest district on the register. If you are in one of these districts, your delivery area overlaps with several shops using the same word in their name, so a delivery fee and minimum per zone matters. For borough detail, see our Enfield, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Camden pages.

What a Turkish restaurant needs from an ordering system

• Grill choices that build a ticket properly. In Chefzi, modifiers can be required, and a group can set a minimum and a maximum, so a mixed grill can force a choice of meat, bread, salad and sauce before the order goes through.
• Collection and delivery hours that differ. Collection hours and delivery hours are separate, so you can close delivery when the last driver finishes and keep collection open.
• Dine-in ordering and table bookings. QR table ordering lets a guest scan a code at the table and send the order to the kitchen app. A guest can also request a table, and you confirm it. There is no card deposit on a booking.
• A holiday closure that covers collection and delivery in one window, for Eid or Christmas. Pre-order lead time is set for the whole location, not for a single dish, so a dish that needs a day's notice has to be handled in the dish name or description.
• Cash as well as card. Cash on collection and cash on delivery are both available, and card payments are on Plus and Pro.
• Tablet offline? The Chefzi Orders app rings until someone accepts or rejects. If the device is offline, Chefzi texts the restaurant and then calls.

For the festive weeks, see Ramadan and Eid online ordering and Christmas opening hours and pre-orders.

Late-night hot food in London

London's late-night licences come from the council of the borough where your premises sit, so the rules and policy differ from borough to borough. Check your own borough's licensing pages. Set your online hours inside the hours on your licence. For a Turkish restaurant that closes late, separate delivery and collection hours let you stop delivery earlier than the kitchen closes.

How to start

1. Put your menu into Chefzi on a short call with us. We set it up with you and aim to have you live in 24 to 48 hours.
2. Make the key choices required: meat, bread and sauce on each grill.
3. Add your ordering link to your Google Business Profile (how) and a QR code to every bag and table (QR kit).
4. Tell regulars about your own ordering page with their permission (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro).

For the rest of the story, see the Turkish restaurant page, the Turkish grill page, the London page and halal menu wording if your food is halal.

A worked example for a London Turkish restaurant

This is an illustration, not a measured figure for London. We have no published average order value for London Turkish restaurants, so it uses £25, the default in our commission calculator, and a round 40 orders a week. Put your own numbers in.

Say 40 orders a week, about 173 a month, move from Just Eat to your own Chefzi link. At £25 each that is £4,325 of sales a month. Just Eat's published partner rates (read 12 November 2026, details) are 14% when you use your own drivers and 30% when it delivers, plus VAT. On those 173 orders that is £606 plus £121 VAT, £727 in all, at 14%, or £1,298 plus £260 VAT, £1,557, at 30%.

On Chefzi the same 173 orders carry 0% commission. You pay the flat plan: Plus, which adds card payments, is £22 a month (£19 billed annually) per location, excluding VAT, and it does not change if the month is busier. Card processing charges depend on your payment provider and are not modelled on either side. Orders customers still place through Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats keep paying those apps' commission; the example only covers the ones you move.

What Chefzi costs

Starter £12 a month (£9 billed annually), Plus £22 (£19) and Pro £49 (£39), per location, excluding VAT. 0% commission, no setup fee, first month free and no credit card to start. Card payments and SMS and email marketing are on Plus and Pro. The branded Android app, loyalty rewards and the Chefzi POS (in beta) are on Pro. See pricing.

What Chefzi does not do

• It does not set up delivery for you: you run your own drivers, and Chefzi has no courier integrations.
• It has no kiosk and no CRM.
• A pre-order lead time is set for the whole location, not for one dish.
• Orders placed on Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats still pay those apps' commission. Chefzi helps you move regular customers to your own site.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), 32 London boroughs, name search for "Turkish", "Istanbul", "ocakbasi", "Anatolia", "Bosphorus" or "Ephesus", extract 12 November 2026, restaurants, cafés, takeaways and other catering premises only. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The FSA states that ratings are a snapshot of an inspection and that "awaiting inspection" means the business has not yet been inspected.
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 12 November 2026.