Address: N Parade, Whitley Bay, NE26 1NX, United Kingdom
Phone: +441912530466
Rating: 4.5
based on 189 reviews.
Quality of Food
Pros:
"Fantastic food and great service."
"All dishes absolutely delicious and such high quality - tasty and the lamb especially melt-in-the-mouth."
"The food was all beautifully presented and very tasty."
"The food here was absolutely gorgeous, and I've never had Turkish food in my life."
"The food was excellent, great choice for vegetarians."
"The food was delicious, however yesterday I called they said they had a birthday cake so when we went there member staff mentioned that they don't have birthday cake."
"The food was 10/10 we had the hot meze for starters and I had the barbecue mixed grill, all the meat was seasoned and cooked to perfection."
Cons:
"When you pay decent money to eat out you expect better quality than that of a pub meal."
"Food quite nice but really overpriced."
"The mixed grill was incredibly overpriced."
"The sea bass 😱 oh lord. I've had better fillets from the frozen section of Aldi."
"£24 for a mixed grilled that was dry and very small."
"I don’t expect to be charged £2 for Garlic sauce when spending £24 on a kebab."
"All the meat served was over cooked and dry."
Service
Pros:
"We were mainly looked after by a young man called Ewan who was good fun and helpful."
"Great service, very delicious 😋 food, reasonable price."
"The staff were friendly and brilliant and the food was to die for."
"The staff were all very friendly and attentive and the food was outstanding."
"Food is always spot on and service is amazing."
"Staff were all very attentive and polite."
"Staff were excellent friendly and very professional."
Cons:
"The worst restaurant experience I ever had."
"the way the owner speaks to his staff... his behaviour was abhorrent."
"Our time here was ruined by a waiter who acted very inappropriately by touching and shaking my 4-year-old daughter's hair beads on a number of occasions (without asking!)."
"There was a lot of staff standing around but not very aware when your table needed clearing."
"We were greeted with a mixture of confusion and indifference."
"The waiters did not care worse service ever."
"The food took almost 2 hours to come!"
Atmosphere and Location
Pros:
"This was a magic find beautiful views."
"What a surprising find this restaurant was. If you get seated upstairs on the balcony it almost feels like you are abroad."
"Nice location great views out to the sea, staff very friendly."
"Situated directly in front of a beautiful panorama of the bay, this restaurant has a wonderful atmosphere and friendly staff."
"Because this restaurant is on the sea front you can enjoy your meal whilst looking out at the beautiful north east coastline."
"Turkanaz is a cosy and interesting little restaurant on the sea front in My favourite town of Whitley Bay."
"The restaurant is located at the sea front with a great view to the sea."
Cons:
"Tables really close together as well which makes it feel cramped."
"The restaurant was cold tightly packed and very loud with a live musician and definitely no heating."
"Sitting arrangements upstairs is pretty bad. Dirty dishes were kept on another table in front of us which put us off."
"Felt like everyone could hear my conversation, as it's a quiet restaurant and tables were close together and very open. No privacy at all."
"My only negative was being seated at table closest to the toilet, totally spoilt the experience for me, no atmosphere and had to direct everyone to the toilets!"
"The seating is very open and not very private."
"Service very poor, humus served with a bread roll. How authentic is that not!!!!! Prices increased, portions decreased."