Opened on Golborne Road in 2022 as Kemal’s first ever restaurant outside Turkey, The Counter is a 45-cover restaurant and bar showcasing traditional south eastern Anatolian cooking styles mixed with Kemal’s groundbreaking take on his native cuisine. Using the open kitchen’s charcoal-fired mangal oven and the finest Turkish ingredients, Kemal creates innovative twists on classic dishes, with an aim to instill a new, elevated understanding of the traditional ocakbasi dining in the UK.