A Turkish restaurant in Wimbledon says it has had a spike in business after winning a national takeaway award last year.

Ambience, in Leopold Road, was ranked by Hungryhouse.co.uk as the most loved UK takeaway in 2016.

After receiving the accolade, the business was featured in a national TV campaign.

Owner Tanser Ozdemir said: "After being named the UK’s number one takeaway in the hungryhouse top takeaway awards in 2016, myself and the team at Ambience were blown away by the level of exposure that the restaurant received.

“Over the past 12 months, we’ve seen an increase of 50 per cent in restaurant bookings and online orders. What’s more, we’ve been able to build up our team, growing from eight staff to 14 (75 per cent); we are also currently expanding our space to create a brand new takeaway section next door, that will continue to run in tandem with the restaurant.

“Winning last year’s award has totally changed the business and there continues to be an overwhelming surge of interest and publicity a year on.”

To pick a winner, Hungry House analysed data from 11,000 restaurants and millions of customer reviews, and ranked takeaways based on popularity, star ratings, return rates and hygiene standards.

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