Turkish Kitchen Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Both cooked perfectly with incredible flavour."
• "The food is amazing, the beer a pleasure and the staff lovely, caring and very polite."
• "The mixed grill is delicious and the lamb is the most tender you'll ever try."
• "The food was delicious, well cooked, well seasoned and above all filling."
• "The lamb is the tastiest, most tender lamb I've ever eaten, it literally melted in my mouth."
• "The food was fabulous. Fresh, a decent portion size, well presented and absolutely delicious."
• "The chicken and lamb was very tender and everything was full of flavour."

Cons:

• "The food was pre-made and possibly frozen then fridged for the next day."
• "Most items on the menu are not cooked in the kitchen but they are from cans!!!!"
• "the quality got a lot worse"
• "The food was bland and cold, so I felt it was awful value for money."
• "Wine had turned brown it has been open that long, was really excited to have the lamb casserole which when it arrived was chewy grey and not slow cooked."
• "The food has gone downhill, maybe a new chef in the business? The chicken wings looked like they were steamed rather than BBQ’d, the food overall lacked the usual flavour were usto at Turkish kitchen."
• "Poor standard of food. Not authebtic Turkish cuisine."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was good, food was great."
• "The staff was very friendly and helpful."
• "The food and service were fantastic the staff were very welcoming and took great care with customer service."
• "Staff are cheerful and attentive."
• "Staff is so friendly that we left that place by saying 'see you tomorrow'"
• "The service is great, we asked to be moved to a different table and our request was accommodated swiftly"
• "The staff were very welcoming, set up table and had us seated in no time"

Cons:

• "Every single one of them has an attitude I would never come back here just because of that."
• "The chef start to hate me and to give me ugly msgs by the service guys, so I stop to go there."
• "Visited again and met with more horrible service and rude manager 'Hayat'."
• "Aside from that the service was very slow."
• "Definitely the service is on quantity not quality at the moment. Sad!"
• "Service was poor I’d hate to think what it’s like when it’s busy."
• "The waiters were too keen to get our table cleared out and made faces as if they were disgusted with us"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "It's a lovely vibrant dining atmosphere."
• "The decor is clean and well maintained, and has a pleasant atmosphere with the tables well spaced to give a hint of intimacy"
• "Fabulous, friendly staff, smiling all the time, food brilliant, atmosphere superb."
• "From the vibrant atmosphere, the really friendly waiting on staff, to the food which is to die for."
• "If you are looking somewhere fun with a great atmosphere this is the place for you."
• "Great Mediterranean freshly cooked delicious food. Hot and cold meze and grilled meat and fish. Excellent service too."
• "The restaurant itself seems to be recently decorated and looks very sleek"

Cons:

• "Music too loud. The table was long and thin and I felt excluded from conversation."
• "Unfortunately I was not happy about the ambience, restaurant looks lovely but the laud music completely ruined the atmosphere."
• "Extremely loud and you couldn't hear the people across the table without shouting"
• "4 stars because, unfortunately, it was really quiet and there was little atmosphere."
• "I considered the venue to be noisy but then I appreciate not everyone likes calm when they eat."
• "One and only criticism (without sounding a bore) the music is slightly on the loud side, which can be frustrating when you're trying to talk with friends and family around the table and we only had a table of four."
• "We probably won't eat here again in a hurry, unless we run out of options for other Turkish places."

Value

Pros:

• "The price is a bit more than restaurants in this area but it’s not a lot."
• "For the amount of food we had it was such a bargain price too."
• "Everything on the lunch menu is £6.95 for everything on it, and it comes with rice or chips and a drink! Amazing value."
• "Good value for money. We paid less than £20 each for mains and desserts"
• "Prices low, quality high :)"
• "The prices are reasonable and the portions are huge :)"
• "Delicious food, reasonable prices."

Cons:

• "They did not apologize and still charged us for it!!"
• "The cocktails were awful"
• "Never in my 25 years of living have I ever experienced such waste of money for food that could kill you!"
• "The owner is cutting corners to an unacceptable degree; smaller portions."
• "The cocktails are a bit expensive but they were really good and were definitely worth it."
• "They have even started charging for sauce now. It wouldn't be as bad if they gave a decent amount in the pots to begin with, rather than 3 teaspoons per pot."
• "Visited on 9/04, the food is consistently good however since my last visit a couple months ago the prices have gone up meanwhile the portions have got smaller."