Was in town visiting family and this place was recommended by some local friends, so we decided to…read moretry it out.... just something different for a change, especially since we'd never tried authentic Turkish food before.
Upon entering, my first impressions were that that place looked quite nice. A bit dated, but clean, cozy, warm, and casual. We showed up at about 6pm and the place was very quite, but in short time, the place became packed, and fit good reason.... the food was prepared and presented wonderfully, was absolutely delicious, and the service was incredibly friendly, polite, helpful, and attentive... despite it being very busy.
Being rather unfamiliar with Turkish food, we had a very nice and helpful chat with our server who made some great recommendations. We ended up ordering Mixed Grill Family Plate for 2, which came with a good variety of skewered meats like Beef Shish, Chicken Shish, Chicken Adana Kebab, Adana Kebab, Kofte Kebab, Doner, all served with house salad, Bulgur Rice, White Rice, Grilled Pepper and Tomato. In addition, we ordered the Lamb Chops, a Cucumber Salad, the Lahmacun.... best described as a Turkish pizza, Red Lentil Soup, and to top it all off, the Kunefe dessert.
The word WOW! pretty much sums up the quality, flavors, and presentation of the dishes. Nothing was too salty at all... like I've often found with many similar such dishes found elsewhere..... just great flavors all around, witty tender, juicy, and perfectly marinated meats, and served, hot, fresh, and very well presented.
As for that Kunefe dessert... a traditional Turkish dessert made with angel hair pastry, sugar, cheese, and pistachios.... Yummeee! ....now that was something different indeed. I'm not typically a sweet tooth kind of person, but I just wanted to taste just a bit of it. So unique and had very nice textures, unique flavors, and big time sweetness to it...ok, I'll admit it was VERY sweet, and I'll likely not order it again... not because it wasn't good...it was very good! ...just too sweet for me. But if you're into sweet desserts, I'm sure you'll love this dessert.
Now that we have a better idea of what Turkish food tastes like, and my family was thoroughly impressed by the food quality and service, we're definitely coming back here again, for sure.