Tas Pide

Great atmosphere. Not so great service. Oh, and completely unable to accommodate a vegan.

Nice and calm place (at least when I went) with good live music, not too loud. Well located just by the Tate Modern.
The service is kind.
Both the starter — I don’t remember the name — and the pita were as good as to maybe come back. Unless you are really hungry, one pita is enough for two people.

The best available option near the Globe in my opinion. Nice décor. Wide menu. Good wine list and fair prices. We had Icli Kofte (lamb meatballs) and Ahtapoc Salatasi (octopus salad) and were ok but not great. Kusbasili Pidi (baked lamb) was good. Sondali Dana Kaburna (steak and vegetables) came without rice so we ordered a side of pilaf. Attention was top notch. Anatolia red wine was good. I give this place a 5 star rate because is the best option in that touristic area.

We happened upon this place whilst walking the river walk in London. The food was fantastic. I had the lamb pide, which is best described as a Turkish pizza with ground lamb, mint, diced onion, peppers, and an egg on top. They had my favorite cider (Rekorderlig, strawberry and lime). Service was fantastic. Great ambiance. A gentleman was playing music with a tiny guitar and wind instrument. I didn’t give it 5 stars because it was too hot in the restaurant. The door was open, but it was blazing hot.

We also stumbled upon this restaurant by chance.
Excellent humus.
We had the lunch menu. Chicken and lamb.

A delight, just near the Globe Theatre. A nicely diverse menu including plenty of veg options. a pide is like pita bread made into a small pizza. YUM!

This place would be bang on 2 and half stars if that existed in Unilocal,but it doesn’t so I have to settle for good olé 3. The staff are really lovely. The food came fast — but we didn’t come during the pre theatre rush, although it was a busy Friday night. The bread they give you whilst you wait was good. I loved my Rose Sherbert soda drink which is actually Tas is own brand.
My mini starter lamb pide was a bit bland, I found it needed more seasoning. Really loved the pide dough though, very delicious and crisp. I also had a reasonable but very unexciting fig salad which now I think about it I belatedly realise came with feta and not the goats cheese listed on the menu
It was all pleasant enough, but nothing special. But not bad considering the location right next to the Globe, where you would expect tourist rip off joints. It is reasonably priced with decent value set menu deals to be had. I won’t be rushing here again, but a good fix if you are in the area and hungry. No Turkish delight shocker– the stockpile by the door as we left the restaurant was dry!

Stumbled across this restaurant by chance, so glad we did. Food was delicious and really reasonably priced. Would definately recommend and will be returning. Also, good choice of vegetarian options.

Want to eat near the Globe? Better, cheaper, larger than the «Real Greek» chain around the corner with very short chairs to boot. I find it better than most of the places in the area.
The only thing is the music: you either want twee «autentico» music along with your food… or you don’t. I don’t. It’s not too bad if you don’t have the table right by them.
There are always specials on and, as a bonus, it’s open late. And the specials iwll give you more food than you can eat in a couple of sittings…
Post-​Globe specialty! (and Turkish Delight onthe door for all your rosey-​soap flavoured pudding needs)

The food quality is not as good as the food quality in the Tas restaurants in Southwark or London Bridge… And it’s more expensive…

I guess Jamie W. and I landed on yet another chain in London. So much for being penny-​pinching food snobs when we travel, but we ended up at Tas Pide because there was a dearth of lunchtime dining options around the Tate Modern, and Turkish food sounded pretty good since we were eating a lot of Italian during our London stopover. The décor did remind me a bit of Istanbul by way of HGTV with lots of rustic wood beams, cane-​backed chairs and things you would have bargained to pilfer at the Grand Bazaar (photo:
). At 2PM, the place was near-​empty except for a group of young Eastern European women in heavy make-​up and nearly-​invisible shorts.
I’m not presuming what they did for a living, but they did seem to text a lot. Ahem. Anyway, things looked bright right away as the young waiter brought us a basket of warm Turkish bread, a ramekin of hummus and another ramekin of marinated olives (photo:
). They were still offering their £ 9.45 three-​course lunch menu, so we took advantage (photo:
). I started with the Humus Kavurma which featured diced lamb, pine kernels and paprika (photo:
). It was a bit oily but good, just what we wanted at that time of day. I just wish they provided pita wedges so we could scoop up more of it. Since I had not eaten a Turkish pizza in such a long time, I tried the Kiymali Pide, which was apparently one of their house specials.
Quite doughy, it was shaped in the traditional eyelid shape with minced lamb (are you sensing a pattern here?), fresh tomatoes, onion, parsley, red pepper and a scrambled egg stuffed inside (photo:
). While it sounded tasty, it was rather dry for all the effort, so i used the pickled red cabbage to lubricate it as much as I could. I guess I was expecting more of a kick given the plethora of ingredients. The meal ended with their only dessert option, the Kaymakli Kayisi, sauteed apricots in a house-​made cream with chopped almonds and pistachios (photo:
). It was a bland little concoction hardly worth calling a course, but at least it gave us something sweet before our short walk back to our hotel. What we really needed was some Turkish delight.
FOOD — 3 stars… pretty good Turkish fare though some shortcomings were evident
AMBIANCE — 4 stars… the décor felt right even if the chairs were a bit uncomfortable
SERVICE — 3.5 stars… very quiet and attentive even with the lure of Eastern European, ummm… entrepreneurs
TOTAL — 3 stars… not quite a Turkish delight but if you need a hummus fix, here it is.

I may have made bad choices but I found my food a bit bland (dolma and a vegetarian pide with aubergine/​tomato on it) though not unpleasant. There were some nice olives on the table. The nice waiter talked me into getting chocolate cake which was also nice — like a Sara Lee chocolate gateaux but nicer. All ok/​nice.
Minor downsides were that it is a bit of a squeeze — we were a group on a long thin table against the wall in the corner and if someone on the corner side needed to get out, the whole row of us had to completely leave the table! They were also pretty slow with tap water (an essential for me — water is genuinely my favourite drink and I don’t see why I should pay for bottles of it when I like tap fine).
This all said, I had a great time — the food was only ok for me, a couple of tiny annoyances — BUT this place has a lovely warm friendly feel, nice lighting/​noise level/​cosy décor so it was great for the group of us to laugh and chat and feel good and take our time.

Took some friends here for lunch on their suggestion and it was a great choice.
In the street down beside the Globe Theatre, this is easily found by public transport.
Being all vegetarian, we shared the haloumi style cheese and a wonderful broad bean and yoghurt starter. Then we had various vego Pides.
There was complimentary bread and olives too.
I recommend it as a stylish great place to eat that won’t break the budget.

I cannot say enough about this place.
First of all, walking into the restaurant is like stepping into your Grandmothers kitchen, comforting and warm. A great atmosphere for friends catching up or an informal date
As for the food, order everything you can. The selection is incredible and the quality of the food itself is mouthwatering. I went with both veggies and meat eaters and everyone left happy and feeling like we were rolling down the street.
I would happily order food, wine and sit here for a full 5 hours and enjoy my surroundings.

A nice Turkish restaurant, it was certainly a pilgrimage though, the Northern Line south to Leicester Square, the 29 bus, 3 stops and then a long, but lovely walk. I had a sort of flat bread with Lamb, Eggs, Tomato, Aubergine and all sorts of summer vegetables. The one downside was that the restaurant was quite loud and dingy inside, not unlike a Turkish prison!

Now I love Turkish food — meze, hummus and the whole atmosphere. So when I booked tickets for the Globe I thought to myself, ‘right PERFECT chance to try Tas Pide.’ Right by the theatre, looked quite busy but I had about 1 hr 15 mins so perfect to grab food before the performance.
Lovely waiters, menu looked AMAZING and I wanted to sit there for about 6 hours and slowly eat all of it. Before exploding from gluttony of course! But I restrained myself (casual pat on the back there, thank you very much) and ordered small. Nothing worse than feeling too full at a theatre performance, totally takes away from concentration. Now despite me ordering small, I received my food 15 minutes before the performance was due to start. That’s about 45 minutes of waiting after I ordered. For not very much, mainly cold food. Super disappointing.
I however will go back; the food was AMAZING. So tasty, shame I had to shovel it into my already big mouth and run.

This is a spot right next to the Shakespeare’s Globe. The first time I came here, I had just a quick drink but the next time I came, the hubby and I were ready for a nice meal after a couple drinks at the Oyster Shed.
Service was pretty good compared to what I am used to (still not saying much), but better than expected. This is proper Anatolian Turkish cuisine which is different than other Arab places but still super yummy.
The stars were what we ordered. We started with some homemade turkish bread with olive oil. We ordered a couple drinks: glass of champagne and a beer. Then the mains: Iskender, which was lovely, flavorful and rich. Also the mixed grill, which was a bunch of different meats which were equally delicious. I am so ready to go back!

Wow, excellent food. I went here before seeing a show at the Globe as it is literally across the street. Fluffy bread was served with yogurt dip and marinated olives. I ordered the Sahan set meal for 9.45, which was well worth it — a feta salad and a pide, which is kind of like a Turkish pizza, I guess. You can also get a more calzone-​like version.
The feta salad: I was not expecting much, but it was actually rather incredible. A dressing of balsamic glaze and lemon with mint and dill made it outstanding.
The pide: minced lamb and red pepper, perfectly spiced, in a baked? fried? crusty thing. It really hit the spot.
My friend had some delicious dolma and a different pide, with lamb and cheese. There are a number of vegetarian options, but gluten-​free might be a problem.
The desserts looked delicious but we were too full from the pide!
I’m deducting one point for waiter service. I wondered if we were actually in the Anatolian deserts as I could not get a glass of water for the life of me even when my friend received her drink; finally asked a different waiter and still took him five minutes. Still a great restaurant for food and atmosphere.

Tas is such a find.
We have visited a few branches in London and each meal has been delicious and each welcome has been warm.
This time round we headed to tas pide by the Globe theatre after enjoying a Prosecco or two (or three…) and consequently I was rather overwhelmed by my delicious cheese and leek pide… my own fault!
Our waitress was so upset that I hadnt finished my meal that she brought us a dessert to share plus two mint liqueurs!
Warm service, lovely house wine and bargain prices. What’s not to like?

Tasty Turkish food served in a homely atmosphere, situated near The Globe Theatre on The Southbank.
Try the Calamari, spicy sausage (sucuk) and hummus with lamb (Humus Kuvurma). The Lamb shank was to «die for»
About £25 pp with the House white wine.

Anatolia’s Authentic Eating Experience
Gleich um die Ecke des faszinierenden River Thames Paths findet man in einer kleinen Seitengasse eine Filiale der türkischen Kette TAS. In entsprechender Einrichtung auf Terrakotta-​Fliesen sitzt man gemütlich bei Live-​Musik und kann den Pide-​Bäckern zu sehen, wie sie die leckere türkische Pizza in den Holzkohleofen schieben. Dabei mutet die Atmosphäre im TAS Pide gar nicht wie in einem typischen Restaurant einer Kette an, nur preislich kommt man daher besser weg. Für 8 GBP bekommt man schon eine Vorspeise und eine türkische Pizza nach Wahl. Vorne weg gibt es gratis Oliven, Brot und manchmal auch Suppe.
Vorzüglich als Hauptspeise z.B. alles mit Lamm, bei den Nachspeise unbedingt Kunefe essen, ein Gedicht. Eine Filiale gibt es auch in London Southwark, aber der Blick auf St. Pauls Cathedral und das Themseufer um die Ecke macht den Abend eben doch ganz perfekt…