Overpriced and overrated. First off you'll be paying a mandatory 20% tip, just an fyi. If you like healthier food, are really desperate, in Palmer and can't go to anchorage, try vagabond blues first and if that doesn't have what you want, check your bank account and THEN come to Turkey Red. This place used to be pretty good, about 6 years ago. I've ate here several times through out the years and it's worse and worse every time. For the price you might as well go buy groceries and make it yourself. The salad is soggy and their beef stew tastes like pumpkin pie X10. The burger... forget about it. I have a tip for Turkey Red... less is more. quality not quantity. read more

Great staff and warm atmosphere. Great appetizers, sandwiches, and Greek dishes. read more

Turkey Red - Bakeries Near Me - Palmer, Alaska

I've travelled a bit, and I enjoy eating out. I can honestly say I've never been in any restaurants that are much better. Oh, there are fancier ones, and more inventive ones, sure. But Turkey Red focuses on providing quality food made from high quality ingredients and prepared with care. Some dishes are just good, nothing to blow your mind. Some absolutely will blow your mind. The food isn't expensive, if anything, for the quality of what you are receiving, it's absurdly cheap. If you are looking for steak and burgers, look elsewhere. If you are looking for fancy and posh, look elsewhere. If you are looking for flavorful, straight up good food that tastes delicious and will do a body good, come here. read more

Wonderful food, great service, so why am I only giving two stars? Because the waitress told me AFTER I paid and selected the highest tip, that "auto gratuity" was already included. We were are party of two, why on earth is there an automatic gratuity? I guess that it's not gratuity is it. That makes it just the price. I have no latitude to give my thanks apparently, I owe it to them and they are entitled. "Would you like me to correct it? Are you serious? Good idea or I'm paying 40% damned tip. Isn't "auto gratuity" sort of an oxymoron? Of course they auto'ed it at 20%. Very tacky, and it rubs me way wrong. I'll not be going back. read more

Best and maybe only quiche in Wasilla. Love the cafe mocha with it. Great for take home and warm up later also...great and friendly place.

I can't believe this is the best restaurant in the area - food is mediocre and size is small. What's most shocking is the 20% automatic tip added into the check - never ever heard such thing. I am glad that we just drove by, don't need to come back ever again. read more

Very disappointed in this restaurant, food was ok but portioned small and over priced. Our server was rude and had to ask twice to have our water refilled. And then to include a mandatory 18% tip to your bill is unprofessional in my opinion. A tip is a gratuity paid for good service Not a service fee. Will not be back.... read more

Wow.... Great food and service... We will be back. Great soups and salad. Excellent for good day lunch. Coffee was great too.

Nice quiet atmosphere. Gluten free bakery options. Service was prompt, friendly and attentive. I had the steak salad. Perfect. Prepared just right, wonderful taste & great portion size. Some people have left negative reviews re: the automatic gratuity. My thoughts: I didn't need to do the math for the appropriate tip, I would have left the 20%. If I wanted to lessen the gratuity I could have just requested it and there would have been no issue. People like control and have made an issue where there was no need. read more

I really enjoyed my meal here with my wife and son. I had a steak salad and it was very tasty but adequately filling for the price. This restaurant would get a higher rating but one thing really brings it down for me. They take and automatic 18% for tip. I really hate this with a passion. Servers are certainly deserving of a tip but taking away my option to not tip bad service is absolutely unforgivable. As a consumer we should always have choices. I have been a server and I understand the difficulty that comes with being a server but my point stands. If they get rid of this, I would improve my rating. read more

Mostly leaving this review for the experience my sister in law had. She has a corn allergy, so she's not able to eat anything that has traces of corn in it, or anything that has been processed with corn or corn byproducts in it. Because of this allergy, she's not able to dine out anywhere. They were exceptionally accommodating to her allergy, double checking with the cook to make sure nothing would set off her allergies. Also, they have amazing hummus. read more

The dinner menu never changes, and it's never good. For years it's been the same. I stopped coming here because of this. The lunch menu is pretty good, perhaps they're more of a lunch spot than a dinner spot, Im not sure but either way, skip it for dinner and try it for lunch. Their homemade bread is pretty good, I like that you can buy whole loaves to take home, same with desserts. I would say this place is NOT child friendly. It's not even mother with an infant friendly. Tables are very close together, sometimes it feels like you're eating with people you don't know. read more

Friendly service on a carry-out lunch order from Maralina, makes me not flame them for an automatic 5% gratuity for the aforementioned carry-out lunch order. Why not deduct it from the price and tell me an accurate price when I ask how much my lunch is going to cost? That being said, the (how do you spell) quiche was legit, with local pork sausage and some local greens. And the potato salad, again was legit, probably made with local potatoes (can't imagine otherwise, they looked and tasted like it, and Turkey Red is supposed to be all about the local food). I think they should rethink the added 5% for carryout. With that being said, it must have been some pretty delicious food to get 4 stars, it was. I wonder if they have any discounts that I can use to counter the 5% surcharge to convince me to ever order carryout from there again? read more

Bread very good. Meal average to below average. Quiche bacon cheddar Grade B. BLTChicken Grade C- ....gratuity 20% automatically included in bill... ?? -our server good. Sat night 4:30 PM. Clean and nice interior. Overall Food Grade C- Cookies (Wonder Woman) Grade C-. Service B+ Decor n cleanliness A read more

Why do people go here? It's been years since I've been back and I decided it was worth another try. The food was ok, but god do I feel like I'm a pain when I ask for anything. It's like them getting me another glass of water is a favor. The mandatory 20% tip is a little annoying. The food wasn't bad but definitely nothing to write home about. There are plenty of organic sodas in the world, but here you'll only find sparkling juices. I want soda with my tiny cheese pizza, darn it! And it was teeny. They didn't break the bank on the amount of cheese on it. There may have been more oregano on it than cheese. There was also oregano on the soup, and the other dish we ordered. Chill with the oregano. It went up a star because believe it or not, it was a better experience than I had my first time here. Maybe I come back in 7 more years and try it again. read more

The star is only because u cant post ur review otherwise. the kitchen is disgusting. The rotation of food is not even in the ballpark of standard. thawed chicken is above red meat and seafood. Yes, buys locally on SOME vegetables but all esle from vendors. The turn over rate for employees is extremely high, and the owner is prejudice. All African Americans are unwelcomed. she uses old products. 5.reports of food poisoning, and several complaints with hair and other. debris. in foods. She, Alex , is also,in violation of a contract with her previous manager. Where she refuses to pay last wages, and overtime. No one that has worked for her will return or recommend her to family and or friends. read more

Whoa! This place for lunch is really not me. I took my daughter along with a Groupon and was amazed that we were the youngest people there. Oh wait, a middle aged woman with her two kids (and requisite Land Rover) were also there...Everyone looked mega wealthy - at least for the valley. All, including our waitress had this "air" about themselves. I know that air..."are you cool enough to be here?" We ordered the spanakopita appetizer and salads and soups and sandwiches. We tried to order something to drink -my daughter ordered lemonade and got something pretty dry and sour. I stuck with water. All the salads come pre-dressed and all were some sort of vinaigrette dressing. My daughter asked if she could get ranch dressing instead and the waitress sniffed snobbishly and said, "I think once we made our own...at one time maybe once...but not now..." COME ON!! One of my favorite places to eat is Saks in downtown Anchorage, which this place sort of reminded me due to the creative menu, but even Saks isn't so fucking pretentious as to be a snob about salad dressing!!! She's a KID, she wants RANCH. OHMYGOD!!! How dare she????!!! LOL!!! We were both pretty turned off...watching the old ladies whispering, watching the greenie mom talk to her children like they are adults, ("Brighton, is the pizza as delicious as you expected?" to a 4 year old). Then....the spanakopita came. Surely I thought it would be pre-made...it wasn't. I could tell it had been made just for us. The fillo was really crispy and had just been baked - not a lot of layers but you could tell it was fresh. And the filling wasn't sour - it had enough feta to make it sweet and creamy with just a tiny touch of lemon...Best of all it came with a huge scoop of homemade tzaziki!! My daughter and I pigged out. It was way worth the wait and the snobby air of the place. Hell, I'd even go back for it. As for the rest....my sandwich - turkey and provolone was very good and fresh and my daughter's garlic potato soup was swimming in garlic, but she loved it. My potato salad was nothing but olive oil and herbs and it was really, really bland. Even the waitress said, "hmmm, I need to try it then." Still, everything after the spanakopita was nice. We quit bitching and ordered the chocolate flourless cake and the lemon tarte and shared back and forth for dessert. Yum! It was good. I will have to be in the right mood to go back though. One of those places where you go with a girlfriend...I'd never take my husband to such a "froo-froo" place. read more

I drove from Anchorage 3 times specifically to eat here. I will not return to this restaurant. It took 55 minutes to be seated; we were hardly acknowledged getting blank stares more than anything. We waited 20 minutes before asking for a waitress and were sarcastically asked if we could be patient; I told her we had been there nearly an hour and a half and hadn't even seen a menu. Needless to say, when a manager came over after the meal to be sure we were aware of the 20% additional charge, she was told there would be no tip at all. A tip/gratuity is something the customer decides to leave, or not leave, based upon the treatment and service the customer felt he got. Contrary to what many believe, a tip/gratuity is not mandatory as Alex Papasavas thinks. There are many reasons for leaving a tip but, primarily, they are to help ensure good service... if a tip/gratuity, especially 20%, is automatically added there is no reason to provide decent service. This is proven as happened to me this last time. I did not appreciate (though it was rather creative) Alex blaming an appellate court decision for his deciding to jack up his prices... all it said was management couldn't require servers to share. Maybe he should hire people that are willing to do so; most people have a sense of fairness. The other objection I have is Alex's attempt to excuse, using the court, his responsibility to manage wages/ his business and budget on me using a (cheap) manipulative move of making me responsible for paying his employees "a living wage". ... Gobble, gobble no more. read more

I used to adore this place. That is until my family and I were greeted with a leaflet telling us that WE were going to have to subsidize the paycheck of the waitstaff by being forced to pay a 20% gratuity dine-in, 5% take-out. Are you serious? The owners are doing what they can to get around the recent Supreme Court Ruling that servers don't have to share their tips. For such a "sustainable" type of restaurant you would expect the owners to have the decency to pay their wait staff a decent wage instead of making the customers foot the bill, whether or not the service was decent (it can be incredibly slow at times). *Extremely* disappointed in this change. Your customers and your servers deserve better than that, Turkey Red. read more

My son and I took a day to just chill and have mom/son time. We popped in to have lunch. We were seated quickly. Then waited, waited, waited, finally I got up to ask how we were suppose to order. I know some restaurants have you order at the counter. Well evidently the server was busy and would get to us. So, she finally took our order. The food took a long time. When we received it we were both bummed, neither order was correct. We ended up very unhappy with the service & the food. I won't return. read more

This is ostensibly the best sit-down restaurant in Palmer. Not only that, but it can really compete against any restaurant on a national scale. Largely local ingredients, delicious cooking techniques. The menu has quite a few options, and these options span from unhealthy to quite healthy. Try the Sun Salad. It's delicious. The bread is baked within Alaska's tradition of hearty styles that have something in common with denser, darker, European breads. It's just better than the "average white bread" found in the rest of the United States -- that is, you won't find anything you can squeeze into a white orb. The other day I went in for lunch, and there was an issue with my order. The wait was long but I wasn't in a rush -- and they made it up to me by offering coffee or extra bread on the house. That's classy, and that's the way to do it. read more

Fantastic food, some of the best we had in Alaska!! The quiche was fabulous with perfect crust and he fluffiest we have ever seen. The omelet was wonderful with healthy veggies. It looked and tasted and felt like quality produce! Great option! 5 stars, raving review! read more

This is a gem in a place you might not expect it so definitely go. It was recommended by our B&B hostess and she was right. The beef stew - outstanding (all local vegetables), the seafood, pizza, chicken dishes - in our trip to Alaska we had to go twice. We knew we were going to pay too much wherever we went - it was a relief to know you were going to get the highest quality food. Service - one night outstanding, the next the server was acting like she was doing us a favor. So, should it be 4.5 stars? You decide but definitely give it a try. read more

SWEET MAGILLICUTTY. As i peruse the menu, the very friendly server brings some bread for the table. There were 3 kinds of breads, but I couldn't focus on anything after she said the words "chocolate bread and raspberry jam". I'm sorry. What did you just say? 'Chocolate bread and raspberry jam. It has a sourdough base, so it's not as sweet as you'd imagine." So I order the polenta, mozzarella, marinara sauce and poached eggs dish and begin shoving chocolate bread in my pie hole. The waitress notices I've eaten it all and, with a laugh, brings some more. I eat it all again. She soon brings out my order. This is not polenta. This is polenta on steroids. It was a giant portion of ridiculously delicious polenta, with a perfectly poached egg sitting atop a bunch of other delicious things. I busted that yolk, watched the magic of runny yolk melt into my steroid-laden dish. It was magical and gave me the fuel to hike for hours afterwards. Thanks, Turkey Red. You rock! read more

So disappointed because I was really looking forward to having lunch at Turkey Red. We did come at the height of lunch so it was busy. The service was okay. They were out of the salad I wanted to order. I ended up ordering the vegetable sauté with chicken. The flavor of the dish was terrible, the chicken inedible, and I barely ate any of the vegetables. My friend ordered the appetizer polenta with marina and they brought the full portion size, which she didn't know. They then charged her for the full portion size. The middle of the polenta was undercooked, but she did like the cheese on it. We also got two different cookies, and they were dry and the flavor poor. On the plus side, we asked for bread and it was delicious. I feel like I should give them one more chance to try and experience what people who wrote great reviews did. read more

Delicious soup. We unfortunately didn't make it into town in time for lunch as we wanted to try the sandwiches. We will definitely be coming back. Service was awesome. read more

The BLCT sandwich, the clam chowder, and the lentil burger were all phenomenal. We enjoyed the housemade sodas and their different cookie options. The service was both friendly and prompt. Excellent restaurant, don't miss out. read more

If you are live in Palmer, or visiting Palmer or just driving up north....stop in and eat here. It's overall a top-notch place. Do yourself a favor and try their food. read more

the food tasted like nothing. the hummus with veggies was the most flavorful part of our meal. every dish we ate had good bones, and could have been drastically improved with a little bit of seasoning. absolutely not worth $100. read more

While in Palmer checking on our horses, my husband decided to take me here for the first time. I quite liked it, we had some appetizers, soup and salad with chicken and pasta as our main meals. All were to die for. We had a little left over chicken and pasta so we boxed it up. It didn't last long in the fridge, after our oldest found it and ate it within no time. She absolutely loved it, so much, that she was upset we went without her. So I decided to surprise her on our girls day. A thing we have been doing for years now. Every other week I take Friday off and I pick the girls up from school so we can run errands together, do some shopping and bond and go out to eat. Since I am not their biological mother it was hard for the girls to accept me at first, but our girls days have brought us together so much. I took the girls here after our left overs had been devoured and to say the least, I am so glad I did because our girls day was a success! The girls keep asking to come back! Thank you! read more

Not overly impressed. Service was very average. Food took a while and my sandwich was wrong. They have fresh ingredients and their homemade greats are yummy. read more

I read different reviews about how delicious the food was at Turkey Red. I do believe they use fresh local ingredients which is a plus. My sister and I ordered sandwiches at lunchtime. My side dish was a salad and my sister's side was the broccoli soup. The waitress was kind and helpful. The atmosphere was comfortable. However, we weren't impressed with our sandwiches. I asked for no onion and yet it came with onion anyway and a bunch of veggies on it which took away from the taste of the meat and cheese. The salad also came without veggies which is where veggies belong rather than on my sandwich. I can say the bread was very good and tasted homemade. My sister said her soup tasted like it was run through a blender and didn't like that texture. I'm willing to give it another chance in the future. Maybe the breakfast or dinner items are better. If the food is better next time, I'll be happy to post a positive review. read more

Our waiter was more concerned with speaking that he never paused to listen to the answers to the question that he posed. The sandwich of the day although delicious was in fact the smallest sandwich that I have ever seen. It actually measured 4.25" by 2". Taste 4 starts, service 2 stars and portion size 1 star. read more

Decent food but not special. Slow service. Pretentious atmosphere. Portion size does not equate to pricing in this type of atmosphere. Not a fan. read more

Wait staff is usually very friendly. That's the only thing going for this place. The food is hit and miss (quality). The prices are not just high, they're astronomical. We had a plate of fish and two salads and a bowl of soup -- $73 freakin' dollars! And now they lie to the customer. They've raised their prices by 20%, but instead of changing their menu they just place a piece of paper on the table stating that they are going to apply a 20% "forced gratuity". There's an oxymoron. Never again will we eat at this establishment. read more

Very hit or miss, both on the service and the food. I think for some, it probably is great, for others not so much. I am in the not so much category, but I continue to go once in a while with my wife. Each time we question our choice of going there and opposed to the other guy's review about salty food; this is the running joke at our house. WE DON'T LEAVE THE HOUSE HEADED FOR TURKEY RED WITHOUT THE SALT! So, like I said, will continue to go, hit or miss. One hit: Spanakopita is awesome. read more

I love this place. I've been many times over the years. I have gluten sensitivity (yes, it's a real problem) and the staff here is so helpful in helping me select something safe to eat. I love the staff and the atmosphere. I bring my summer visitors here, meet girlfriends for lunch here, and even coax my husband here (he knows I love it so much.) We've taken another local couple here, too. To die for is the flourless chocolate cake with fresh whipped cream and raspberries. So good, I only let myself eat this once a year (okay, maybe twice!). I go here alone to eat, too, (a special treat when my husband is traveling) and really always enjoy my meal. Turkey Red's...one of the best things about living in the valley. It's my secret happy place! read more

I've only been here a few times, but the food has been great! Once I had a ling cod/coconut/blueberry dish that still makes my mouth water. It wasn't anything shocking or flashy-- just an amazing dish with well-thought-out ingredients. read more

Went to this little place for lunch two days ago. Food was good, staff friendly. Would go there again if I am in the area again.

We went to this place on our way back from the glacier hike at matanuska glaciers. This place is perfect for lunch and or dinner... the food is fresh and there is a lot of variety... I loved the spinach crepe dish with the marinara sauce... yum! They have amazing varieties of teas.... very vegetariance friendly... overall.. if you are in the area and are looking for some contemporary and healthy options.. I would highly recommend this place. read more