One of my favorite Turkish restaurants, a North York Turkish staple, it's always busy. I've had just about everything on the menu and I've never had a bad meal. Quality homemade food at fair prices. Would recommend to anyone who's in the area. read more

If you know what real doner is and you've had proper Turkish food this is not the place for you. First of all if you are going to use Istanbul in your name learn how to make doner. Make it the way it should be and jack the price if you need to, quality makes a difference. The shawarma is dry and salty. It is really gross actually. The meat has no flavour and not tender. I've had both chicken and beef. Both are not good. The toppings are fresh but without good meat what's the point. It's just clumps of meat like cheap street food. The pide is oily and not good at all. Although the dough is decent. But the meat on top is average at best. But the oil dripping. Ugh. It's really too bad. They can do so much better. But it's almost as if they don't taste their own food. I tried their Adana Kebab well, let's just say that is not Adana Kebab. LOL It's just some meat on a stick. I won't bother trying their other items. Service is good. Friendly people, but the food I've had was not good at all. I hope they change I really do. I want a good Turkish restaurant in my neighbourhood. read more

My second tim here and a great experience like the other time! Loved the food and was so happy with the service! I do absolutely recommend it! And for sure, I come back myself! read more

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Food is good but a little bland (had Betty kabob. Stuffed grape leaves) but certainly plentiful. But no wi-fi, no Amex, no beer, forgot my drink order. Atmosphere clean but a bit sterile. They try. I would go back, but try others first read more

The food taste really good Drive from core downtown to the restaurant to try it and was good food Give it a try read more

First of all, it's a bit pricy for the service and regular Turkish food. In general, food was OK. We ordered Shish Kebob and Kofte which was so close to authentic Turkish one and tastes good. Lentil soup, on the other hand, wasn't bad, but it wasn't even close to the Turkish Mercemik Çorba. Also, the Kunofe was a little burnt. Service was bad though, our server seemed to do so many tasks, so his timing was awful. The place looks tidy and clean. After all, 3 Stars sums it up. read more

We truly enjoyed the shawarma, salads and breads. So much flavour, everything was fresh and delish! Will be back! read more

The food is amazing but it's a little non sanitary because they use the same utensils and cups

Excellent turkish food. The Adana kabob is so delicious and sizzling hot! The skewers keep the meat hot while you eat. The Pidas are amazingly delicious, quite a variety to choose from too. Iskandar was not as saucy as I thought it would be. Specifically I felt the tomato taste was lacking but this could be also because they serve it without a bed of rice. The accompanying yogurt was very nice. Chicken Shawarma sandwich is a great value considering it's a massive portion. Service was quick, we didn't have to wait long when we requested items. Food does take time due to being made fresh. The entire atmosphere is similar to cafes back in Turkey actually. The green chillies are fairly potent, beware of their bite but they make excellent side items for many of the dishes. Will definitely be back! read more

The service was not that good. Food was good but tooooo much yogurt inside the food(I know Turkish food has yogurt inside but that was wayyyy to much) without the yogurt the food was tasty they don't come and ask you if we need anything the place was packed full . I don't think it's a place where I will go again one time experience was enough read more

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I've been going there for years as the food and value are amazing. Dropped by today to see that it's been completely renovated. Looks amazing and the food remains great! Highly recommend this restaurant!! read more

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Rude staff including the ones at the cash as well as the one making the Shawarma. Really bad customer service, though the food is average. read more

Oh wow! How could the staff at a restaurant be so rude. The food was less than satisfactory, the place was dirty. The staff seemed very ignorant and racist. They greeted other Turks with a big smile and spoke their language to other customers while taking my order. The prices are high for the crappy quality food they serve. And most of their stuff is frozen and reheated. Go to McDonalds you'll probably get better quality food, believe it or not. read more

I asked for water at least five times but the waiter purposely ignored us! Thinking about what I had done to offend him, I noticed the only other non-Turkish group in the restaurant were also being ignored. Non-Turks avoid this place! As for the waiter: buddy, racism is not a good job strategy when you're working on tips. read more

Wonderful Turkish food with options for the unsure. The moussaka can be made vegetarian. Huge portions, warm pita, and I saw huge wraps, 3! the size from Subway and just $11. Fast service, helpful staff, and I would return. I saw a lot of Middle Eastern folks eating there. read more

OH MY GOODNESS. Alright, I was a little hesitant because I have never tried Turkish food. I went with my mom and my girlfriend (who IS TURKISH) so I had to put on my big boy pants on and try some Middle Easter/Mediterranean cuisine. I ordered the Iskender Doner, a traditional Turkish dish, which is meat smothered in red tomato-like sauce with bread pieces already in the dish. The meat was delicious! Incredibly mouth-watering, not dry at all, and very good! The bread-sauce combination made this dish due to it being AMAZING. We had some pita and kefte on the side which is essentially almost sour cream with some cucumber pieces in the bowl. The restaurant was family-owned, but I wish the decor reminded me more of the Mediterranean (a little ordinary, not amazing, but the food REALLY made up for it.) Overall this was the first time, but WILL NOT be the last time I visit this place. I really want to try every dish on the menu because I was already wowed the first time :) read more

I've tried a few Turkish restaurants and this was definitely one of the better ones. We ordered the salad combo which comes with 5 different dips and the fried eggplant and hummus were the only good ones of the 5. Tried the lahmajun which was a tad undercooked but if it was cooked a bit longer it would have really been delicious. The Adana kabab is the best I've tried so far. Unfortunately they were out of tea and dessert so we couldn't try it. I'll definitely be trying this again. read more

Worst resturant with the worst customer service. Went there to celebrate women's day with family and the waiter ruined it for us. He got my order wrong and when I repeated told him, I didn't order it and I don't want to eat falafel. He kept insisting that he can never get an order wrong and that he has been working there for 6 years. Well dude, u just made a mistake and got my order wrong, what do you want me to do? He had no respect for ladies and was about to yell at me. After taking back the wrong order, he didn't even bother to ask if I want to order something else. Would never recommend this resturant for anyone. read more

Sorry but all of these positive reviews are nowhere near justified. Must be written by friends and family... My fiancé was happy with his chicken shwarma sandwich (aka pita wrap) for $8ish. I had a chicken shwarma dinner for $14 something. For that price it was pretty much the same dish in a different form, where instead of his pita I had rice but paid $6 more. It definitely lacked sauce and was nothing to write home about. Food was overall 6.5/10. Not bad, but I could get better value in this ghetto neighbourhood I call my home. Less impressive was the service!!! Insert angry face. To preface this story there was only 1 other table of 4 ladies finishing their meal at the time of our visit, and we are a table of 2. First time, I asked for garlic sauce and it took about 5 minutes. Doesn't seem like a long time but our server was literally standing next to our table doing absolutely nothing the entire time. I wasn't eating, waiting for that sauce to go with my lack luster meal, so the wait was annoying as hell. Literally... She stood next to us hovering, and was NOT busy! Just didn't have the time of day to bother getting me my sauce. I thought maybe she forgot. But at her leisure many minutes later she managed to non chalantly fetch my sauce. Midway into digging in, I decided said lack luster meal would benefit from a side of coleslaw, even with its $5 price tag. I asked another server (because ours was gone for some time, maybe on break) and he himself had been standing around doing nothing... He said just a minute... And came back a 2nd time telling me to hold on. I figured maybe he had to wait for my sever to get back from break and that he had no authority to put the order in himself? I waited patiently... 10min later she comes back. Minutes after her return, I could tell she had no clue of my request. The guy never bothered to tell her even though he hadn't done anything in the last 15 min - I knew that guy couldn't be trusted!!! So I ordered the coleslaw again from her, to which she seemed baffled like she never heard the word (though it is a dish on the menu) and then finally understood and put the order through. I mean... maybe 15 minutes for a side of coleslaw doesn't seem sooo bad. But when it's $5 for a tiny plate, which I needed because of my already disappointing meal... and on top of that the servers seem lazy like they don't have a care in the world? Eughhhhh! I won't be back. Service is a 2/10 (maybe 1.5). Not just for slowness which I'd understand if they were busy, but for not giving two fu*ks to move their as* to give even half decent service! This review should overall be a 1 or a 2 but I'm trying not to be bitter. P. S. If your business model is to have sh*t service, just have patrons order from the cashier and sit down until their food is ready for pick up! Good Lord! read more

Let me begin this review with a DAYAAM BRUH! Let the record state that this was my first visit to Sofra and it definitely will not be my last. I shall begin with the interior of the Restaurant. Clean. Simple set up with plenty of tables to choose from. Parking is free of charge and there is plenty of spots available. Table service for dine in and counter for take out. Service was friendly and super fast. We ordered two chicken shawarma's. Now this isn't your regular chicken shawarma people. They use a soft white wrap which is filled with the freshest of ingredients. Amazing on the meat count. This bad boy of a shawarma has both length and girth so be prepared to eat. It was good till the last bite. You get the options of fully loaded and regular or spicy. I would recommend spicy. Next time I go, it will be extra extra spicy. I do plan on trying everything on the menu. Lol. Before I forget, I remember it being a wee bit warm inside of the eating area. They have a large oven for bread and Pide making. So go topless. Enjoy it my fellow Yelpers! read more

Possibly... very possibly the BEST shawarma sandwich I ever had. As simple as that. Cannot wait to be back for their Turkish pizza!!

So was craving down Mediterranean food and found this place recommended by fellow Yelpers. Definitely a delightful and aunthenric Turkish food experience. It's a simple takeout/ dine in place and was pretty busy when we got there. Service was quick and decent. Portion sizes are massive though. We tried two appetizers- the surma and the Turkish cigarette rolls. They were good, the rolls were a little greasier than expected. Surma was delicious and tzatiki on point! For our mains, we had the chicken shawarma and cheese kofta, both of which were great. The highlight for me was the salad and the dressing. This dressing was something so delicious and amazing. They don't disclose the recipe as it's homemade and freshly made everyday. Ended up getting a large container of this sauce for $8, totally worth it. They also serve a fresh pita bread for every table and this is also extremely tasty. We also got a falafel dinner to go and that was also very good. Ordered the Kunefe for dessert and thoroughly enjoyed. Will definitely come back here when I need my Turkish food fix. read more

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The cafeteria-like interior doesn't reflect the delicious pide. I can't rate on anything else except the pide, because I've gone back and always order that. I will note, have gone back with different people, and everyone (5/5) people have been blown away by the various pide (pizza-ish) dishes. Not sure why people note the food is overpriced, it isn't. A pide is about $12, and it is bigger than a small pizza, plus you get a delicious salad. Favorite place in this neck of the woods. read more

Wonderful customer service. Food is consistently tasty. Definitely one of my favourite spots!

its a really good place to get some food! but barely any room to walk around to get the food in. I was sold this place by a colleague of mine, when they told me "hey you like shawarma, they have lamb shawarma" I was SOLD! upon arriving into this restaurant, I couldn't help but notice, every seat had a person in it, and they had a line-up for people waiting to sit down. slowly but surely, I understood why, delicious plates of heaven was coming our of the kitchen by the minute! the chef doing the shawarma seemed to be going at a heightened pace, but didn't look to be breaking a sweat at all. once I got top the cashier I asked for "two lamb please" the response back was "we didn't make any today, beef or chicken" so I settled for chicken. to see the chef work on other peoples food, was very hypnotic and symphonic, the right portions and balance with the wraps. when my turn was up, it was front and centre watching my wraps being made, as I watched him make my wraps I told the chef not to be shy with the hot sauce, as it looked really really good. the flavors of the wrap were amazing, and the hot sauce left my mouth deliciously numb. I would definitely go back, and I'd love to see what else they have to offer, this restaurant is in a plaza with some other eateries, but I do believe they could have the whole plaza and be packed as I witnessed at lunch. the parking lot has a lot of spaces, but usually all full. the restaurant has some charm to it, might need an update in a couple of years. but absolutely awesome flavors and smells coming from this place. I look forward to the next visit. read more

Have had better Mediterranean food and customer service elsewhere! Its right they do well but over years their quality of food and service has reduced significantly. They over charge you wherever they can - $5 for a piece of baklava or extra $16 bucks platter (excluding any garlic or hummus, you pay extra for that). The waitress is rude and she does not care about the customers, she knows the place can do without one or two. I have received the same thing from few other friends who have tried it over last few years. For the quality of food, customer service or ambiance, coupled with the price tag you pay, the place is not worth it. read more

I love their food - very fresh and affordable st $22 per person nice hearty meal of any type your order and the servers are very pleasant

Amazing place with fantastic menu. Lots to choose from. The servings are very large. Their shawarma plate has lots of shawarma meat unlike other places who put small amount and hide between the salad and huge rice portions (Sofra gives you a normal rice portion). read more

If you are looking for fresh kebabs and good quality meat you should definitely check this place. They do offer wide variety of kebabs, shawarma and Turkish food, however be prepared for a long waiting times and possible order mess, i did experience waiters forgetting about me or messing up my order. read more

I work walking distance to this restaurant and have been quite a few times. It's always busy during the lunch hour so I usually go after 2 pm as I like to have a table. I usually order their sandwiches, open faced, and because of that they remember me. I've tried a couple of their mains which were really good too. I live downtown, so for me the prices are comparable. The overall service is ok and relatively quick. There are a lot of people who work in the area who come here for take away as well which keeps the place very busy. My dish of choice is the lamb sandwich, open faced, with all the dressings read more

Great place for lunch or a quick dinner. Great menu selections, what makes this place a little more unique they do catering and a larger selection of different fish dishes. The service was good we even got Turkish tea after our meal ! The only down side is it has simple decor so if your looking to have a fancy meal its not the place to go. read more

Sofra Istanbul - Great oven ! Make sure try the break they bring you for appetizer, its made in that oven ! Nothing freshly baked bread ! - Mediterranean Near Me - Vaughan, Ontario

Shawarma chicken, and beef were very tasty...portion was good. My wife and I tried the traditional Turkish Iskender Kabob which was very tasty and delicious. Service was good and fast. read more

Wonderful food. Great service. Loved the open faced shawarma! Vegs were very fresh and crisp. I loved the food here

Best shawarma in the GTA. Prove me wrong! I like the chicken shawarma wrap and my lady friend likes the falafel - loves it! I drive from Markham on the 407 to get here faster and it's well worth the extra money!! Go here and you will not be disappointed! read more

This place is amazing. We found it half by accident while at a wedding in the area, and were blown away by the quality of the food. Everything I've had (and we've been back many times now; it's well worth the drive) has been superb. It's all made on site with fresh ingredients, and the baked goods are great! read more

Sofra Istanbul - Beyti (bottom), Pida - Mediterranean Near Me - Vaughan, Ontario

I make it a rule to go there when I'm in that part of town. The lental soup and the baba ganoush is out of this world. I would make the claim, best in the city.. read more

Used to be my favourite shawarma place but I thing they change the management and isn't like before.The last time I went there I saw different staff and I got Bad food . read more

The food is delicious, Its my third time here. You may think the the price is bit high for a restaurant in this location but the portion is very generous. I was with my friends and all liked the food. The staff was patient enough to answer our questions and recommend the food to us. We tried falafel (perfectly fried), Babaganoush (just amazing), kebabs. I did not like their tabbouleh salad, but their Shawarma wraps are very tasty, one of the best I have tried. read more

I love Sofra. I've eaten here several times and I always order the Cokertme Kebab - it is THAT good that I always want it. I have tasted their chicken as well and it had a unique basil-flavour to it. It is a shame that the location and casual look of the restaurant shy it away from being a place where you can enjoy a nice dining experience, because the quality of their food would suit that kind of atmosphere. They are very clean, and service is always great. This is a restaurant I would love to see expand and grow, perhaps open other locations across the GTA. read more

Sofra Istanbul - Cokertme Kebab - UNREAL flavour and never seen a dish like this anywhere else. - Mediterranean Near Me - Vaughan, Ontario

I was very disappointed that I didn't even get to finish my meal and also put it in a "to-go" box (don't want to waste food). I followed the comments on Yelp and decided to try here because I'm a Shwarma fanatic! Despite the expensive prices.. I decided to get a chicken shwarma plate.. It came with a nice size of garden salad (much bigger than most other restaurants). Then came the main dish: JUST some chicken pieces and bland-looking rice. This was already $15. I wanted all the other stuff that goes well with it: salads, pickled radishes, onions, etc (not much selections) and that was an added $2.75. Even with the extras.. It was not even great.. For that price, I could have gotten about 2 mouth-watering plates elsewhere. The falafels were good though! read more