Tas Restaurants

What Tas Restaurants does

Tas Restaurant Ltd. is a privately held Turkish restaurant group operating in Central London since 1999, founded by Onder Sahan. The company operates seven distinct restaurant venues: Tas The Cut (the original flagship at 33 The Cut), Tas Borough, Tas Bloomsbury, Tas Pide (an Anatolian specialist adjacent to Shakespeare's Globe featuring a wood-fired clay oven), Hazev (a premium venue in Canary Wharf), Amora Gusto, and Ev Restaurant. Cuisine centers on traditional Anatolian Turkish food including hand-prepared hot and cold meze, classic hummus dip, warm Turkish pide bread baked in wood-fired clay ovens, chargrilled kebabs, and regional specialties. Set menus range from £22.50 to £40.95 per person, with individual pide items priced £16.30–£18.30, and a discretionary 13.5% service charge is applied to bills.

The group generates revenue through three primary streams: dine-in restaurant sales at the seven locations, private event hosting (birthday parties, corporate functions, business meetings), and breakfast service at Tas Pide and Bloomsbury on weekends from 9am to 1pm. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer via physical venues, OpenTable online reservations, takeaway ordering, and gift card sales — no third-party delivery marketplace partnerships are evident. Pricing follows a tiered unit-pricing model with multiple menu structures (Group Set Menu, Ekin Menu, Sahan Menu, Vegan Meze Menu, Globe Menu, and individual à la carte items) designed to serve groups, individual diners, and varying dietary requirements including vegan options.

The customer base is fragmented across leisure diners (tourists visiting London attractions, local residents), corporate groups (particularly at the Canary Wharf venue), theatre patrons (via a 10% discount for ticket holders at multiple venues near Shakespeare's Globe and West End theatres), Turkish cuisine enthusiasts, and private event hosts. Marketing is conducted through organic social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube), email newsletters, theatre partnerships, and Google Maps/local SEO. The company has maintained a charitable partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity since 2016. Tas Restaurant Ltd. is registered as a private limited company in London with no disclosed external institutional investment, private equity, or venture capital backing.

Name

Tas Restaurants

Legal name

Tas Restaurant Ltd.

Website

https://tasrestaurants.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tas Restaurant Ltd. operates seven Turkish and Anatolian cuisine restaurants across Central London since 1999, serving traditional meze, pide, grilled dishes, and private events to tourists, local diners, corporate groups, and theatre patrons through dine-in and takeaway.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Turkish Restaurant Services

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFACAD

Ethnic & Regional Cuisine Restaurants

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Full-Service Restaurants (Casual & Fine Dining)

Keywords

• Turkish restaurant chain
• Anatolian cuisine dining
• Central London restaurants
• Private event catering
• Meze and pide

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Sales: Full-service restaurant revenue from customers dining at 7 Central London venues, including Turkish cuisine, Anatolian specialties, pide (Turkish flatbread), meze sharing plates, grilled meats, and beverages. Price points range from £22-40 per person for set menus.
2. Private Events & Functions: Revenue from hosting private events including birthday parties, business meetings, corporate functions, and special occasions. Venues offer customizable packages and dedicated event spaces.
3. Breakfast Service: Morning dining service at Tas Pide and Bloomsbury locations offering traditional English breakfast, Mediterranean breakfast plates, pancakes, omelettes, and Turkish tea service from 9am-1pm on weekends.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tas Restaurants runs a chain of seven full-service Anatolian Turkish restaurants across Central London offering dine-in service, traditional meze, pide (Turkish flatbread) baked in a wood-fired clay oven, grilled meats, vegetarian/vegan options, set menus, weekend breakfast, takeaway, gift cards, and private event hosting. Offerings target diners seeking authentic Turkish cuisine for casual meals, group dining, celebrations, pre-theatre meals, and corporate functions.

Product overview

Tas Restaurants is a Turkish restaurant chain group founded by Onder Sahan (CEO), with its first restaurant opening at The Cut in 1999. The group operates seven distinct restaurant brands across Central London: Tas The Cut (flagship), Tas Borough, Tas Bloomsbury, Tas Pide (Anatolian cuisine specialist near Shakespeare's Globe), Hazev (Canary Wharf), Amora Gusto, and Ev Restaurant. The restaurants share a unified culinary identity centered on Anatolian Turkish cuisine, offering both dine-in experiences and special event hosting. Each location provides various set menus (Group Set Menu, Ekin Menu, Sahan Menu, Vegan Meze Menu) alongside à la carte options including meze selections, pide (Turkish flatbread), main courses, fish & seafood, vegetarian dishes, burgers, and salads. Tas Pide additionally operates a breakfast service on weekends and features an in-house pastry chef for desserts. The group offers private event hosting for business meetings, birthday parties, and special occasions, with partnerships with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity since 2016.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tas The Cut Flagship Tas restaurant opened in 1999 at 33 The Cut, London SE1 8LF, offering traditional Anatolian Turkish cuisine in a contemporary Turkish style setting near Southbank and Waterloo. Serves dine-in customers with set menus (Group Set Menu £39, Ekin Menu £37.50, Sahan Menu £24.90, Vegan Meze Menu £22.50), à la carte options, and theatre-ticket-holder 10% discount.
• Tas Borough Tas Borough operates at 72 Borough High St, London SE1 1XF, near Borough Market and London Bridge, offering traditional Turkish cuisine including set menus (Group Set Menu £39, Ekin Menu, Vegan Meze Menu £22.50). Part of the Tas restaurant group's Central London portfolio.
• Tas Bloomsbury Tas Bloomsbury operates at 22 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QJ, near the British Museum and Tottenham Court Road, offering traditional Turkish cuisine including vegan options and set menus (Group Set Menu £39, Ekin Menu £37.50, Sahan Menu £24.95, Vegan Meze Menu £22.50) and theatre ticket-holder 10% discount.
• Tas Pide Tas Pide is an Anatolian restaurant at 20-22 New Globe Walk, London SE1 9DR, adjacent to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and Tate Modern, specialising in pide (Turkish flatbread) prepared in a wood-fired clay oven with over twenty topping choices including vegetarian, seafood, and meat options. Also offers a weekend breakfast menu (9am-1pm), Globe Menu (£34.95), and Meze Menu (£22.50). Features a wood-fired clay oven for in-house pide preparation.
• Hazev Hazev is a premium bar and restaurant at Discovery Dock Apartments West, 2 S Quay Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 9RT, featuring bar packages, meze menus, and upscale dining. Offers the Group Set Menu at £40.95 per person and the Ekin Menu at £36.50 per person, targeting corporate clients and diners in the Canary Wharf financial district.
• Amora Gusto Amora Gusto operates at 94-95 Isabella St, London SE1 8DD, near Waterloo station and Southbank, offering tapas-style Mediterranean dining with group set menus (Group Set Menu £39.95 per person).
• Ev Restaurant Ev Restaurant is located at The Arches 97-99 Isabella Street, London SE1 8DD, in the Waterloo area, offering traditional Turkish cuisine including vegan meze options. Group Set Menu at £38.50 per person. Hosted a GOSH Charity Breakfast in November 2016.
• Private Events & Functions Hosting Private event and function hosting service offered across Tas restaurant group venues, accommodating birthday parties, business meetings, corporate functions, hen parties, baby showers, and special occasions. Customisable packages with dedicated event spaces available at venue locations, with pricing aligned to set menu offerings (£38.50-£40.95 per person for Group Set Menus).

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Children's CharitycoreOthers · 1 January 2016Since the beginning of 2016, TAS Restaurant Group has been working in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity to help raise vital funds to support seriously ill children and their families. The group regularly holds charity breakfasts, events and other activities for customers. A fundraising dinner in July 2017 raised £6,600 for the charity. EV restaurant hosted a GOSH Charity Breakfast in November 2016 raising over £500.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wagamama: Large UK casual-dining chain serving Pan-Asian cuisine with multiple Central London locations — comparable casual full-service dining format and London tourist/theatre patronage.
• Côte Brasserie: Established UK-wide casual-dining chain with significant Central London presence — broader menu but competing for the same full-service casual dining occasions, set-menu trade and corporate lunch spend.

Direct peers

• Dishoom: London-based multi-site restaurant group serving Indian-inspired cuisine with comparable dine-in casual/regional positioning and a similar portfolio approach across multiple London neighbourhoods.
• Kervan Kitchen: London Turkish/Middle Eastern casual-dining brand offering kebabs, pides and meze — directly comparable Turkish menu architecture and Central London customer base.
• Yasar Halim: Established Turkish restaurant in London offering traditional Anatolian cuisine with comparable meze and grill menus — competes for the same Turkish-cuisine-seeking diners in the London market.
• Gallipoli Restaurant: London-based Turkish/Mediterranean restaurant with traditional meze and Anatolian dishes — competes head-to-head for Turkish cuisine diners in central London neighbourhoods.
• Comptoir Libanais: UK casual-dining chain serving Lebanese/Middle Eastern cuisine with strong vegetarian and vegan menus — directly comparable to Tas on ethnic regional cuisine, menu architecture (meze) and Central London presence.
• Le Bab: London gourmet kebab and Turkish-inspired casual-dining concept — adjacent Turkish cuisine positioning with a younger, modern brand targeting overlapping casual dining occasions.
• Gökyüzü Restaurant: Long-running London Turkish grill and meze specialist serving Anatolian cuisine — overlapping Turkish casual-dining positioning and similar tourist/local catchment mix.

Emerging players

• Giggling Squid: UK Thai-inspired casual-dining chain expanding in London — comparable ethnic-cuisine casual full-service model with similar set-menu/multi-location growth profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/tasrestaurantuk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tas-restaurant-limited

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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