Istanbul Restaurant menu

Special Set Meals

Meat Platter
40.00£
Serve 2. Fantastic platter of lamb sis - shish, chicken sis - shish, chicken wings, Adana kebab, chicken beyti kofte and lamb cutlets, served with rice and mixed salad. Includes a starter of mixed meze. Per platter.
Meat Platter 2
60.00£
Serves 3. Fantastic platter of lamb sis - shish, chicken sis - shish, chicken wings, Adana kebab, chicken beyti kofte and lamb cutlets, served with rice and mixed salad. Includes a starter of mixed meze. Per platter.
Meat Platter 3
80.00£
Serves 4. Fantastic platter of lamb sis - shish, chicken sis - shish, chicken wings, Adana kebab, chicken beyti kofte and lamb cutlets, served with rice and mixed salad. Includes a starter of mixed meze. Per platter.
Taste of Turkey
28.50£
Tasting menu to give a broad sample of range of authentic Turkish dishes. Includes starters of hot and cold meze. Mixed grill and dessert. Per person.

Meat Specialities From Our Kitchen

Hunkar Begendi
17.50£
Prime lamb ragout, cubed lamb sauteed with onion, green pepper, tomato and garlic. Served on a bed of pureed smokey BBQ aubergine, sprinkled with chopped fresh parsley.
Kuzu Sote
16.50£
Lamb. Prime lamb, cubed and pan fried with onion, green pepper, tomato and parsley - can be spiced with fresh chillies if you wish, served with plain rice.
Tavuk Sote
14.95£
Chicken. Chicken breast, cubed and pan fried with onion, green pepper, tomato and parsley - can be spiced with fresh chillies if you wish, served with plain rice.
Moussaka
15.50£
Minced lamb sauteed with aubergine, green pepper, onion and tomato. Layered with sliced potato, courgette and carrot. Topped with a creamy bechamel sauce then oven baked. Served with rice.
Kasarli Tavuk
17.50£
Stuffed chicken breast. Succulent chicken breast stuffed with baby spinach and Turkish cheddar cheese cooked in a creamy mushroom sauce. Served with mashed potatoes.

Our Fish and Seafood Specialities

Levrek Tava
18.50£
Sea bass fillets. Two fillets of seabass seasoned and chargrilled on the BBQ.
Cupra
17.50£
Fillets of sea bream. Whole sea bream, chargrilled on the BBQ.
Kilic Sis
18.00£
Swordfish shish. Succulent cubes of marinated swordfish skewered with tomato, green pepper, lemon and bay leaves chargrilled and served with lemon and parsley dressing.
Karides BBQ
18.50£
King prawns kebab. Succulent king prawns skewered and chargrilled, served with olive oil, garlic and parsley dressing.
Karides Guvec
19.00£
Juicy king prawns casseroled in our oven with onion, green pepper, tomato, parsley and a hint of garlic, served with rice only.
Seafood Platter
40.00£
Generous serving of our chef’s choice, for 2 people to share.

Our Vegetarian Specialities

Imam Bayildi
14.50£
Literally - the priest fainted, a dish from the ottoman palace kitchen. A whole aubergine, chargrilled, split and stuffed with tomato, onion, garlic and parsley. Served with homemade tomato sauce. Served with rice. V.
Sebze Guvec
14.50£
Mediterranean mixed vegetables, casseroled in our oven with mixed herbs and a hint of garlic with your choice of spicy or plain tomato sauce. Served with rice. V.
Mantar Sote
14.50£
Thickly sliced mushrooms, sauteed with onions, green peppers, tomato, parsley and a hint of garlic. Served with rice. V.
Falafel
14.50£
Fried blended chickpeas, split broad beans with garlic and fresh coriander, served on a base of hummus. Served with rice. V.

Cold Meze

Hummus
5.50£
Crushed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic. V.
Cacik
5.50£
Creamy yogurt mixed with chopped cucumber, mint, garlic and olive oil. V.
Ispanak Tarator
5.50£
Fresh spinach leaves wilted in olive oil with a hint of garlic blended with creamy yogurt. V.
Saksuka
6.50£
Fried aubergine, courgette and potato, marinated in olive oil, garlic and mixed peppers with tomato sauce. V.
Ezme Salata
6.50£
A tangy combination of finely chopped tomatoes, onions, peppers, chillies and parsley dressed with olive oil and lemon juice. V.
Pilaki
6.00£
Turkish brown beans cooked with carrots, onions, green peppers and tomatoes with a hint of garlic. V.
Lahana Dolma
5.95£
Black sea specialty. Dark green cabbage leaves stuffed with rice mixed with baby currants, Pine kernels, chopped tomato and dill. V.
Kisir
5.50£
Bulgar wheat mixed with finely chopped spring onion, tomato, chillies and parsley dressed with olive oil and lemon juice. V.
Rus Salatasi
6.00£
Russian salad fabulous and flavoursome, with potatoes, carrots, eggs, peas and our own mayonnaise. V.
Mixed Meze Platter
15.50£
Your choice of any 7 from above.

Hot Meze

Cobra
6.50£
Soup of the day served with fresh homemade bread.
Sigara Borek
6.25£
Crispy deep fried filo pastry rolls filled with feta cheese and fresh parsley. V.
Muska Borek
7.50£
Crispy deep fried filo pastry triangles filled with spiced minced lamb, onion, chopped tomato and parsley.
Halloumi
6.50£
Traditional Cypriot cheese pan fried, served with a small mixed salad. V.
Arnavut Cigeri
6.95£
Tender lambs liver cubed and spiced with paprika, cumin and thyme, pan fried and served on a bed of thinly sliced red onion, tossed with chopped parsley and ground sumac.
Naneli Kofte
7.50£
Finely minced lamb meatballs flavoured with mint, and a hint of garlic, cooked in homemade tomato sauce to your choice of spicy or not.
Mantar Sote
6.25£
Sliced mushrooms pan fried red pepper, onion, garlic and parsley. V.
Sucuk Tavada
7.50£
Spicy Turkish sausage sliced and pan fried with red onion, tomato, peppers and parsley.
Kabak Mucveri
6.25£
Courgette fritter, finely grated courgette and carrot, flavoured with dill, deep fried and served with garlic infused creamy yogurt dip. V.
Falafel
6.50£
Fried blended chickpeas, split broad beans with garlic and mixed vegetables, with fresh coriander, served on a base of hummus. V.
Calamari
8.50£
Crispy battered deep fried squid rings served with lemon wedges and homemade tartare sauce.
Karides BBQ
8.50£
Succulent king prawns char grilled and served with garlic dip.
Sarimsakli Karides
8.75£
Succulent king prawns sauteed with finely chopped onion, parsley, garlic and white wine.

Main Courses

Kuzu Sis
18.50£
Lamb shish. Prime cut of lamb marinated, cubed and chargrilled on skewers, served with rice and mixed salad.
Adana Kofte
16.00£
Prime lamb finely minced and mixed with finely chopped green peppers, parsley and chillies. Chargrilled on skewers and served with rice and mixed salad.
Beyti Kofte
17.00£
Sarma beyti - rolled flatbread. Prime lamb finely minced, spiced and mixed with chopped parsley with a hint of garlic. Chargrilled on skewers and served with chargrilled tomato and green pepper, with garlic, yoghurt and homemade tomato sauce served with rice.
Iskender Kebap
17.50£
Your choice of chicken or Adana kofte laid on a bed of freshly baked lavash flatbread served with a special homemade tomato sauce and garlic yogurt. Served with rice.
Pirzola
19.50£
Lamb cutlets x5. Succulent lamb cutlets marinated and chargrilled, cooked medium Unless otherwise requested. Served with rice and mixed salad.
Patlican Kebap
16.50£
Lamb Meatballs. Prime lamb meatballs skewered with thickly sliced aubergine seasoned and chargrilled. Served with rice and mixed salad.
Tavuk Kanat
14.00£
Chicken wings. A generous portion of marinated chicken wings, chargrilled and served with rice and mixed salad.
Tavuk Sis
15.95£
Chicken shish. Tender chicken breast marinated, cubed and skewered, chargrilled And served with rice and mixed salad.
Tavuk Beyti Kofte
14.95£
Finely minced chicken spiced and mixed with fresh parsley and a hint of garlic. Chargrilled on skewers and served with rice and mixed salad.
Istanbul Special Mixed Grill
19.50£
For those who can't make a choice. A generous mixture of lamb sis, chicken sis, chicken wings, Adana kebab and lamb cutlet, served with rice and mixed salad.

Salad and Sides

Coban Salata
6.50£
Traditional Turkish salad of chopped tomato, cucumber, onion and green pepper with parsley, dressed with virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar. V.
Zeytin
4.50£
Olives dressed with lemon juice and herbs. V.
Lavash
3.50£
Our own homemade flatbread. V.
Patates Kizartmasi
3.95£
Potato chips. V.
Homemade Bread
3.00£
V.
Rice
3.50£
V.
Yogurt
4.00£
V.

Desserts

Baklava
6.75£
Baklava is a rich, sweet dessert pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and syrup served with ice cream.
Kadayif
6.25£
A traditional middle eastern dessert made with thin noodle like pastry, soaked in sweet, sugar based syrup and layered with nuts served with vanilla ice cream.
Sutlac
5.95£
This traditional Turkish rice pudding - sutlac is creamy, rich, and melting in your mouth. A perfect dessert for any time of the day.

Hot Drinks

Tea
1.00£
Coffee
2.00£
Nescafe
2.00£

Soft Drinks

Coke
2.00£
Diet Coke
2.00£
Lemonade
2.00£
Tango
2.00£
Juice
2.00£
Ayran
2.00£
Salgam
2.50£
Sour.
Tonic
2.00£
Appletise
2.50£
Still Water
2.25£
Sparkling Water
2.25£