Maedah Grill

Great Turkish Restaurant right by East Aldgate. Menu is varied and has lots of choice. Very good starters and reasonably priced and the mains are also very good. A wide variety of items all very good. Service good and unhurried. Fun for a group too.

Liked the service and the free Turkish tea and delight, the food was good but we have asked for chips instead of rice and the amount of chips was really small, beside the lighting is really dark. Over all we liked it.

This Turkish restaurant is great, the portions are always huge and very reasonably priced the only thing is they don’t serve any alcohol or allow BYO I think.
If you are near Brick Lane and want something different and not harassed by men then I’d recommend this place as its about a 5 minute walk around the corner.
Always try the hummus.

After a failed attempt to get into the extremely busy and poorly managed Tayyab’s, we decided to try out Maedah Grill. In comparison to the indefinite wait time at Tayyab’s, we were seated instantly at Maedah.
The hosts are quite attentive and knew when we were ready to order. We got the Hummus (which comes with bread) for starters. It was really nice and flavorful. The bread was fresh too! For our main course, we ordered the Chicken Sheekh Kebab with rice and their newly added fish entrée — Grilled Fished with Salad. The chicken kebab was good and cooked well. The fish was cooked well too, but lacked salt. The fish had a nice grilled/​roasted taste to it, so quite disappointing to learn that salt was missing. That would have been a 5 star for this place!
The servers/​waiters were extremely friendly. Our server was from Uzbekistan and was very happy to learn that we had come all the way from NY to taste their food ;-). He gave us a complimentary Turkish Tea and dessert. again, both delicious! We appreciated that little kids kind gesture!
For beverage, I tried the Ayran — Yogurt Juice. again, lacked a bit of salt, but very refreshing!
Overall, a very good experience! Highly recommended!

very busy, takes a while to get on a regular basis. good veggie options. well priced.

I’ve been here a few times with friends and although the menu is quite varied theres not a lot more than you’d expect from your average Turkish restaurant. The grills are really nice and portions are slightly on the large size so I always end up sharing a main with a friend. For starters I’d recommend the hot meze and they also have a lovely selection of shakes for dessert, you can’t go wrong with the ferrero rocher! Price wise also very reasonable

Had dinner here early this week. Tried the Chicken Shish Kebab (Tavuc Sis) which was a generous portion but a little on the bland side. Also tried the BabaGanus which went very well with their fresh bread. Everything seemed overly spiced with chili which drowned out any flavours the meat might have had.
Their Lamb Pide (Turkish Oven Baked Pizza) was topped with minced lamb, onions, green peppers and cheese. I fell in love with Pide in Ankara, however at Maedah the Pide was good, but not great.
Finished off the meal with some hot Sutlac (Turkish rice pudding) which while tasty was too large a portion for me to finish. Overall two of us ate the above with drinks for less than £15 each, so in terms of value for money, Maedah delivers. That being said there are better Turkish restaurants in London, and I dont think I will be crossing town again to come here any time soon.

I have little middle eastern food knowledge. On the recommendation of an acquaintance we tried on Friday evening. Nothing to fear; easy but extensive menu, good food, pleasant staff, good smells, nice atmosphere. Had a variety starter we shared. .. Excellent Had a lamb curry and my wife had chicken kabob; both servings quite large. Good, house-​made desert. I am no expert here as I said, but left full and satisfied.

Hidden on a scruffy little road behind busy Whitechapel high street and only a few blocks from the bustling Bricklane lies Maedah Grill. On entry to this large roomy Turkish restaurant you are instantly surrounded by mouth watering smells from the open grill and freshly baked turkish bread. The Meze starters of Sigar Boregi (deep friend pastry filled with feta cheese), Ispanakili Yogurt (Spinach an Yogurt dip) and babaganus are of the best I have ever tasted, fresh and wonderfully tasty, served with warm Turkish bread and pickles. For the mains I had the Cop sis a lamb Kebab served with rice and salad. The lamb was beautifully grilled and is heavenly dipped in the spinach and yogurt dip.
The restaurant is very family friendly and doesn’t serve any alcohol but does make a mean milkshake. The menu does have a few vegetarian options but revolves mostly around a carnivorous Turkish theme. The staff are friendly and unobtrusive. The prices are average but the portions are fair and ingredients fresh. Quite simply if you are looking for delicious and authentic Turkish food without any frills Maedah Grill is the place to go. What they lack in atmosphere they make up for in abundance in their Delicious and authentic cooking.

One of the waiters fancies my friend. Soooo he gives us lots of free little snacks and stuff.
Otherwise, yea… about on par with what everyone else has said. Quite tasty, nothing too memorable. If you are in the area and feel like kebab, but an actual sit down restaurant, for sure stop in here.
I could basically just come and eat bread and dip here. Its kind of like when I go to a Mexican place with good tortilla chips and salsa. I fill up soooo much before hand that when my entrée comes, I don’t really want it, but I eat it anyway because I already ordered it, but then its not quite as satisfying because I wasn’t all that hungry by time it came. Yea, same thing, except Turkish.

Dinner on 3.8.10.
Food = good, great selection of grilled meats, saucy prawn dish. Nice appetizers too, the flaky rolls, the salty grilled cheese… Unfortunately, I was not a fan of their hummus… it just had an odd off-​putting flavor to it. On the plus side, their rice was delicious…
Service = Friendly enough and efficient too
Turkish tea = super strong and delicious. Yep, you better pop in those two cubes of sugar! Turkish delight was quite good but probably not good for my cavity-​ridden teeth!
Décor = simple, classy, and very big place. Tons of families dined in, and we were a huge party of three families, totally around 14 people!
Prices = reasonable for such great hearty portions and delicious flavors.

New Tayyabs and Maedah Grill are like two friends at a party. Everyone is queued up to dance with the hot girl, they’ve heard she’s totally worth the wait and comes through every time. In the corner, her homely looking friend gets all the cast offs, the disappointed, would-​be lovers that didn’t make the grade. Last night I was one of those coulda-​beens.
I showed up late at Tayyabs, table full of friends chowing enthusiasitcally and a line of eagle eyed patrons awaiting seats. Not wanting to cause a riot, we left and decided to go to Maedah Grill down the street. Wow, was that place empty. It’s huge and modern, with comfy leather seats and big tables. Perfect for a hungry crowd of friends! But they are all down the street eating lamb chops. Sad face.
And for good reason. The food here is alright. It’s Turkish, which I prefer to curry. We ordered borek, hummus, bread and main courses. The bread was warm and amazing, but quickly eaten by the time I got my hummus. Then I had to eat it with a fork because they never brought more when we asked. The rice is amazing, moist and fluffy. But my mushroom curry let me down, extremely oily and oddly Italian flavoured with very little mushrooms.
Also they have no booze, but amazing looking milkshakes and smoothies… but no booze!
Poor Maedah Grill, these guys are very sweet and the kebabs looked really good on the grill. But it will eternally be the sloppy seconds on this street.

This Turkish restaurant is tucked in behind the East London Mosque and does a brisk trade. Bread fresh off the stone and a good clean setup. Tasty grub and friendly staff, and the Turk eating with us verified the authenticity, win-​win!

A friend of mine took me here and I’m glad he did, this is a little gem to know about, food was great, reasonably priced and the atmosphere was good too. I can imagine that this place can get busy but if it does it’s worth the wait.

Good Turkish food. Not too pricy. Good value for money. Good service. Love the cheese cake.

Wow !!! I am suprised that so many had such average experience out here. I was out here during Ramadan time. Food was fresh and delicious. The bread was warm and fantastic.
Their staff though was friendly but were a bit too swamped as lot of people there were breaking their fast. So the service was quite average. On the other hand this is londonso concept of good customer service is mute.
In short I would surely go back and try out some more.

Was in the neighborhood because I tried to go to Tayyeb’s and the line was way too long (maybe 40 people deep) even on a Monday! So we popped into Maedah.
First mistake, popping into a place that doesn’t serve alcohol. So no beer or wine to take my Monday work edge off.
The food was mediocre… the bread was boring (and I was hoping for some warm delicious bring me 3 baskets bread). The meats were dry, which was super-​disappointing.
Lots of families eating too – so we had the unfortunate luck of screaming kids as ambient noise.
Would have rather waited the hour to get into Tayyebs.

The food was mediocre to average, but the portion sizes of the average dishes made up for the mediocre ones. The food exhibited good flavours, albeit not particularly impressive ones. Vegetarian fare was greasy yet enjoyable. The meat dish had a hearty helping of lamb. The tomato garnishes on all plates looked anaemic, which made me question the quality of all food served. Despite this the taste was par and I couldn’t argue with the price.
The service wasn’t inattentive, but it was far from prompt. This said, the servers were always around to be summoned when necessary.
Overall, it was a satisfying meal, although I wouldn’t go out of my way for a second visit.

The Maedah Grill is huge — considering it is behind Whitechapel High Street with not alot of passing trade –it can also be very busy.
Turkish cuisine with its main feature of grilled meats and oven baked dishes. What is lacking in décor is more than made up in generous portions. Service is friendly and the prices are very reasonable as well.
«Tavuc sis «at £7.50 for meat eaters is grilled marinated chicken with a big plate of rice and salad and the meat is good!
For vegetarians I would recommend the falafel which is gorgeous and the Turkish pizzas. Oven baked Turkish bread is a must for everyone.
Referring back to décor though, there are small sectioned off rooms also available for «vip private» meals which need to be reserved in advance.

One of my favourite restaurants in London. The meat dishes are amazing and huge. Kitchen is open till late. I always go for mix kebab and cacik for starter. I can also recommend goats cheese and shawarma. The waiters are always friendly. They don’t have an alcohol licence and don’t want any alcohol in the restaurant. But the next pub is just around the corner.
The restaurant is wheelchair accessible with disabled facilities.