Eyva Turkish Grill and Meze Bar A Goodmayes restaurant owner has lost his licence after his restaurant was used as a “lookout to evade police. Police claim the owner of Eyva Turkish Grill and Meze Bar on Goodmayes Road “knowingly aided and abetted” a shisha bar’s attempt to stay open past curfew on October 31 last year.
On January 12, Redbridge Council’s licensing committee heard reports the owner of the bar below Eyva was watching for police from inside the restaurant when they arrived at 10.30pm. PC Matt Brown said he followed what he believed to be the bar owner’s route through the restaurant and down into After Hours Shisha and found 12 customers still inside.