Elif Food Centre,

714-720 Green Lane, Dagenham RM8 1YX

"Well-stocked Turkish supermarket, halal butchers and fresh bread sections. The only thing I find a little annoying is the very narrow isles, the place is chock full of food stuff."

"Istanbul food centre was renamed elif food centre recently. They have a wide variety of fruit and veg sitting outside as you can see from the picture. And they are one of the few stores that is open at 5 a.m. so from the time I get home from my night shift I can get some bananas because Tesco isn't open or I'd go there. The service is very friendly and you should check out the frozen kebab which I'm tempted to get now write in this review because I tried the turkey kebab and the lamb doner and they were both excellent. I simply heated them in the oven for about 10 minutes. There really was no difference in taste between the frozen 1 that they stock and the Fresh one you would get cut or sliced off of the skewer in a kebabish."

"Well stocked shop with variety of exotic food and drinks. Very helpful staff. A must visit"

"This shop was very good when it first opened, but now the quality of the fruit & veg is very poor. The oranges are always dry and the bananas go dark after just one day. I’ve given the shop the benefit of doubt a few times but I won’t be going back."

"Excellent variety of products. The fruit and veg quality is second to none, and great prices. Lovely fresh bread inside, and I could easily spend hours studying all the different products!"