Mediterranean Restaurant in Marylebone, W1

Marylebone has quietly become one of central London's best places to eat: a cluster of independent bakeries on Marylebone High Street, the Wallace Collection sitting behind Manchester Square, and a small grid of streets — Wigmore, Stratford Place, James Street — that still feel residential rather than touristy. Grand Bazaar has been part of that scene since 2005, on the southern edge of the village where it tips into Oxford Street. We're a Turkish kitchen but our menu sits squarely in the wider Mediterranean tradition: olive oil, charcoal, citrus, herbs, time at the grill.

The Mediterranean side of the menu reads exactly the way you'd hope. Sea bass, sea bream and king prawns come whole or filleted from the chargrill with lemon and olive oil. Our hot mezze includes grilled halloumi, sigara börek, sucuk and falafel; cold mezze covers humus, baba ganoush, haydari, kisir, ezme, dolma and patlican söğürme. Salads lean Aegean — feta, oregano, ripe tomato — and the bread arrives warm from the oven. For something more substantial there is iskender, mixed grill, pide and slow-cooked lamb manti with garlic yogurt.

Most of our Marylebone regulars walk in from somewhere within five minutes: the Wallace Collection is a four-minute stroll up Manchester Square, the BBC offices on Portland Place are a brisk fifteen, and the residential streets behind Wigmore Street put you on James Street in under three. The closest Underground is Bond Street, exit 3 — you come up onto Oxford Street and turn into James Street directly. Marble Arch is a ten-minute walk west.

We have 42 covers inside and 75 outside on the pedestrianised section of St Christopher's Place. In summer the outside tables are the heart of the room; in winter the inside is dim and warm with the kitchen's grill at the centre. The kitchen is open every day, including bank holidays, from midday through to 22:30. The menu is halal on the meat side and family-friendly throughout.

If you're choosing a Mediterranean restaurant in Marylebone for a relaxed lunch, an end-of-day drink before dinner, or a longer Saturday share with friends, we'd suggest reserving online — especially for groups or weekend evenings. You can view our menus in full or jump straight to the reservations page when you're ready.