Have wanted to try Turkish coffee for awhile and we found ourselves walking past this place after…read moreeating dinner and decided it was the perfect time! Oh man was it amazing, got the cardamom coffee to go with a piece of Helva for my little and the Chocolate baklava for me and hubs to split! The server was so nice and made sure to inform me the right way to just sip the coffee as it's not like regular drinking coffee- he asked I preferred sweet coffee and I said yes so he added a little sugar and it was just beautiful! My little demolished the Helva and hubs and I enjoyed our chocolate baklava at the end of a very fun but busy day! The shop it's self is small but beautiful as were the other customers enjoying their coffee made room for my little at the counter to look at all the treats in the case! Can't wait to head back and try some of the other yummy treats they have to offer!

How I heard of this place: On a visit to Bellingham a couple of years ago, my sister and mother…read moretold us about this new Turkish cafe downtown with sweet reminiscences of our visits to Turkey. We simply had to give it a try. And continue coming back. Type of cuisine: Turkish fare - from simit and borek, to cardamom or pistachio infused Turkish coffee, apricot and apple teas, baklava and lokum. We have always loved the foods, mostly imported directly from Turkey. Ambiance: Sweet and cozy, the space is full of beautiful Turkish art/craft - from lighting to seating, from merchandise to the tasty treats served, we love our bay window benches and small, tiled tables that barely hold everything we order. The brother-owners are always wreathed in smiles and humble, grateful service. The music is soft, but always a surprise - sometimes Turkish, sometimes rock, sometimes jazzy, always fun and unobtrusive. We also love the huge barrel "tables" used as outdoor seating under a covered "patio". What I ordered: I was sad to hear that they no longer make/serve their refreshing and lovely apricot tea, so I chose a sweet cardamom coffee. My sister each chose a turkish coffee and pistachio coffee. A hot chocolate for my husband and two apple teas for the children. We ordered one of each selection of baklava available - pistachio, walnut, chocolate pistachio, halva and another walnut treat. Not to mention peach and blackberry lokum. We also ordered a potato & cheese sandwich; they ran out of the bread so substituted potato borek topped with cheese for our savory snack. What I loved: Always the service; quiet, humble, spot on. The coffee is truly magnificent and fully takes you back to Turkey. The baklava is sweet and soaked in honey, just like the cafes in Istanbul, and the beautiful lighting mesmerizes each of us every time. Why I loved it: It's always a little escape entering the doors of Ashuri, and like a mini vacation in a home away from home. Cost: Average

Looks like the previous pho place died and is now a Turkish restaurant…read more Parking is available on Hastings, as well as the side streets. There are 2 entrances to the restaurant. The main entrance has several steps. Much easier to enter from the "side" entrance which doesn't have steps. The inside is nice and large. Great view of the street. About half the seating area is raised by a few steps. Staff are friendly and helpful. No complaints. They have typical dishes such as kebabs and donairs, as well as "traditional" meal section. I tried the roast lamb. It was pretty decent. Some may consider it a bit bland, but I would say it reminds me of home cooking. Served with salad, rice, and pita. My buddy tried the sac tava (meat stir fry) and said it was really delicious. Guess I'll try that next time. Pricing is reasonable, and quality is decent. I'd come back again. Recommended.

It was the first time for us, but not the last. The culinary es authentic and exquisite . The…read moreservice is very professional and courteous offered by KARDELEN. Very cozy well located restaurant with very affordable prices and generous portions. We had a blast of Turkish culinary

I had been to this restaurant a couple of times in the past, many years ago, and we had ordered…read moretakeout food from this place 2-3 times during the pandemic. The food here is soooo good. It's especially good if you have a group of people dining with you. That way you can share different dishes and enjoy lots of different flavors. The Mixed Plate is especially good for that. I have seen from their menu online that they also offer something called Padisha's Table which requires a minimum of 4 adults ordering it, and costs $36 per person. For this visit we had the following: Beyti Sarma Small Mixed Plate Cheese Lovers Pide Lamb Durum Wrap Veggie Guvech Turkish Coffee Turkish Tea The Small Mixed Plate came with a humungous slab of lavash bread! It was crazy how big this piece of bread was. We were a group of 5 people and this Small Mixed Plate by itself could have been our lunch. It was such a huge piece of bread. Sooo good though. They baked it in the oven until it got all nice and puffy, and it came to our table piping hot. I always enjoy this Mixed Plate starter. It comes with such a nice variety of dips. My absolute favorite dip though is the Baba Ghannush. I think next time I eat at this restaurant, I will add on a separate order of the Baba Ghannush so I enjoy more of it than what comes in the Mixed Plate starter! I loved my Veggie Guvech. The veggies were roasted and baked to perfection. I'm someone who likes my food soft, so I was happy to find that the veggies in this dish were nice and soft. The menu description says that this dish comes with Lavash. I didn't see any more Lavash bread come other than the huge slab that came with our Small Mixed Plate. Perhaps they did this on purpose though. The one huge piece of bread is equivalent to several smaller pieces that you might get in other restaurants. I certainly didn't need anything more than the huge piece of bread we'd already been served, so was very glad not to see anything else come with my Veggie Guvech. If you're a cheese love, you can't go wrong with the Cheese Lovers Pide. It's our daughter's "go to" dish when we order from this restaurant. She really loves her cheese! The people who ordered Lamb Durum Wrap said the lamb inside their wraps was very moist and tender. I do recall also hearing good things about lamb dishes from this restaurant in the past, when we ordered takeout from them. The Turkish Coffee and Tea come in some beautifully designed cups. I have travelled to Turkey in the past and enjoyed a hot apple tea in a Turkish Tea cup. The cup that was used here was very much like the cup I drank from in Turkey. I never had coffee when I was in Turkey, but judging from how unique the design of the cup here was, it's probably a very traditional design for a Turkish coffee cup since the Turkish Tea cup was just like the ones I saw in Turkey. Highly recommend this place! There aren't a lot of Turkish restaurants within Metro Vancouver. This place is an absolute gem!

Really tasty food, nice atmosphere and service. The lavash is amazing. I really enjoyed the lentil…read moresoup! I will say, I wouldn't order the shepards guvech again, it was cold and oily. I tried a few bites of my husbands chicken and it was so tender and beautifully spiced!

Love the pastries and basque cheesecake here. Coffee's good too. And staff are really nice. Nice…read moreplace to just chill.

Made it back here. Tried the savory foods this time and skipped the cheesecake. That was a really…read morehard thing to do cuz their cheesecake is sooo good. We had plans to go across the street for gelato afterwards though so...had to control myself and leave room in the tummy for gelato. I ordered the Double Cheese Gozleme which is said to be a "traditional Turkish flatbread, expertly hand-rolled and grilled to a perfect crisp." It came with some slices of cucumbers and grape tomatoes. I very much appreciated the inclusion of cucumber and grape tomatoes. They paired nicely with the flatbread and made it a more balanced meal. I enjoyed the Gozleme; however, I wasn't blown away by it. There was no "cheese pull" and I think part of me was hoping to see some grill marks on the bread since it was supposed to be "grilled to a perfect crisp" but there were no grill marks to be seen on it. Also ordered a Matcha Latte to go with my meal. This was OK. Not something I need to order again. They clearly specialize in food and not drinks. The Matcha Latte wasn't horrible but also, not one of the better Matcha Lattes I've ever had. I think it tasted a bit too milky, and perhaps I might have preferred it slightly sweeter. My daughter ordered a stuffed Bagel with Olives and Mozzarella. This was covered all over with sesame seeds. She didn't care for the sesame seeds and spent a lot of time scraping the sesame seeds off. No fault of the bakery's though. She knew what she was getting into when she ordered it cuz she could see it in the display case. It's not like it was an item she ordered from a menu, and that they failed to write in the description that there were sesame seeds all over it. This was just a matter of personal preference. So if you're into sesame seeds, you might not have any issues with this item. My mom ordered a Spinach and Feta muffin. I tried some of it. Kind of reminded me of a quiche. I've never really tasted a muffin like this before. Muffins are usually on the sweeter side whereas this one was savory. I quite liked it. My auntie ordered a Beef Burek and she very much enjoyed it. I had a feeling she would as Beef Burek is something I used to enjoy back in the days when I was a meat eater. Need to come back and have the cheesecake again whenever next we make it over here!

We went to Saray Turkish Cuisine for Valentine's dinner and overall had a really great experience!…read more Appetizer: Cigar Börek - Crispy phyllo rolls stuffed with cheese and parsley, served with garlic sauce. Absolutely dynamite!!! Crispy, cheesy, and addictive. My dish: Alinazik Kebab - Grilled lamb over sauced grilled eggplant and yogurt, served with salad and bread. The lamb was insanely flavourful and delicious. I wasn't a fan of the mashed eggplant though (which surprised me because I usually love eggplant). It was okay, just not my thing this time. My husband's dish: Ground Beef Pide - Savoury flatbread topped with seasoned ground beef, fresh herbs, and sesame seeds. This was excellent -- super tasty and satisfying. My son's drink: Ayran - A traditional salty yogurt drink with mint. Not a hit with him Too salty and sour for his taste, but we appreciated the experience of trying something new. The servers kindly brought him a Coke instead and didn't charge us, which was really nice. My son's dinner: Adana Kebab (spicy) - Skewered spicy ground beef with rice, bulgur, salad, and bread. Fantastic!!! The beef was fresh and flavourful, and the rice and bulgur were soooo good. Service & atmosphere: It was pretty packed for Valentine's Day, so service was a bit hit and miss and slower than usual -- but totally understandable. The atmosphere made up for it, especially with the live Turkish music. It genuinely felt like being on vacation for the night, and I loved that feeling. Overall: Definitely worth the wait. Great food, great vibes, and a fun dining experience for the whole family.

Ordered the spicy beef Adana ($24)which was really good! Comes with 2 flavourful and juicy kebabs…read morewith a huge portion of rice (I barely ate half). The bread was HARD though. Could barely stab it with a fork. Shared a Kunefe ($16) as well, which was on the small side. Served warm, could've been a bit crispier. Huge restaurant, looks like they host wedding/event from looking at the other reviews. On a Thursday night, only 3 tables were filled, so majority of the restaurant is empty. Service was friendly, tad bit slower and difficult to flag them down because of the large space but we weren't in a rush so that's okay. Free parking in a lot on the side. Quite a few spaces.

Walking along the waterfront after dinner. Didn't have dessert at the restaurant (Cactus Club -…read morewhich was very good), because I thought I was full, then we came across The Golden Horn, and I quickly changed my mind. It's a small shop that specializes in Baklava and other Turkish pastries. (although when we got there, there was only Baklava in the case.). Decided a couple of Baklava pieces, one chocolate and the other hazelnut. I had never tried a chocolate Baklava, so I was very intrigued. The staff person was friendly and helpful. Even offered to give a bag to carry both the baklava and the leftover food from the restaurant. Took them back to our hotel across the street and ate them in the room. I was a little disappointed in the chocolate one. It was good, but a little dry for my tastes. The hazelnut was very good, but the layers came apart when eating it. (not fresh?). A good spot, but not some place that we would return to.

We came here for some light snacks and desserts with coffee and tea…read more It is a tiny place with just 3-4 tables inside and a couple of tables outside. It faces the burrard inlet so you can get a water view if sitting outside. There sell many types of baklava and we tried most of it. My favorite was still the traditional pistachio. The chocolate was quite sweet. I also had a chicken and cheese burek. That was pretty tasty. My friend liked the Turkish tea. Turkish coffee was also on the menu. I had the cappuccino which was really good. Smooth coffee. I just disliked the fact it was served in a paper cup despite us dining in. So we were also charged the cup fee. Again, the fee is not helping to save the environment by reducing waste when shop owners are serving drinks in paper/plastic cups.

The food is the star here. The portions are generous. I got the Kabuli Palau (lamb shank with rice…read morepilaf and sweet carrots and raisins with saffron) this was very tender and fall off the bone. They served a side salad, pita and three dips. Small amounts of creamy hummus, refreshing tzatziki and a honest to God garlicky Toum! I also got a spinach and cheese Pide which was really well done. They don't skimp on the quality of the food. Two men were cooking and serving, both were engaged and seemed to be enjoying making the food. They had smiles on their faces when they saw how much we were enjoying the food. Good Job Guys! This is a small restaurant in a strip mall offering seating for maybe 8-10 people. Does a brisk takeaway business with the donairs.

Foods great here, been coming for sometime. I had both large chicken and beef donair, finally…read moreordered mixed donair- beef & chicken. For 2 person run little restaurant, super friendly, getting the order done on time and tasty. Restaurant interior can't expect much, few tables and kept cleaned

Kind, attentive, and friendly. Good service, the tastes are…read moreto die for. Without a doubt, this business will see me again.

Quaint Turkish coffee shop on Hastings near Boundary…read more Parking is available on Hastings, as well as the side streets. The inside is pretty plain, but there are decorations. Staff are friendly and cheerful. No complaints. I had a Turkish coffee. Served in a tiny cup (much like an espresso). Comes with a cube of Turkish delight (dessert). Special mention for the presentation. See photo. The coffee was solid. Wouldn't mind coming back at some point. Recommended.

I generally love Persian/afghan cuisine so to have this combination in the tricities is just a plus…read morefor the community. The restaurant itself is a small and very cute place. Love the layout and the vibe of it. The service was absolutely wonderful - our server was friendly and was able to help us out quite a bit with the menu. The food was absolutely delicious - we thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it and we can't wait to be back to try it out again!

This cozy spot does what appears to be blend of Afghan, Persian and Turkish dishes, I had been…read moremeaning to try pulao and was excited to see they had it on the menu. I shared the Qabuli Pulao (27.99) and we even had some leftover since it was very rich and hearty! The rice was buttery and despite not being a big raisin fan, the sweetness of the raisins complemented the dish very well. The lamb shank was tender and easily fell off the bone as pictured, and was in some sort of slightly heated tomato sauce. I'd want to try the Uzbeki Pulao next time. As for the pot of Turkish tea (3.99), it came in a nice set with sugar cubes, definitely a bit on the strong bitter side but very pretty and great for sharing. Same with the pistachio halwa (6.99), I found it to be quite bitter and am not sure if that's the norm or not.. didn't love it. But overall, I liked the ambiance and the service was good, the server answered all my questions! Bonus points for the jazz playlist they had playing during my visit.