Fantastic, tasty, and authentic food in generous servings, attentive and super friendly staff, nice atmosphere, and general good vibes. The owner is a true gentleman and great to chat to over a raki or two! Food highlights include the honey haloumi and the lamb backstrap, which are both divine, and be sure to leave room for ice cream at the end of your meal because it is HEAVEN. A great place to spend a fun, social evening with mates. Highly recommended. As a local, this is a wonderful addition to the Crows Nest scene.
Such a great environment with friendly staff. Their food and cocktails are amazing! Definitely give this place a go!
Ate here on Friday night and enjoyed everything we ordered. The dips were excellent and we're served with a very generous amount of bread, something rarely seen these days.
The mezzes were all excellent as was the service, will definitely return,good food service and value
Crows Nest is an incredibly underrated area. Within a hub of beautiful cafes and restaurants lies Turka. This establishment has an enormous space, elegant decor and gorgeous menu items breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The baked eggs with chorizo are my favourite and don’t forget to try a Turkish coffee!
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3.5/5
Came here on a busy Sunday afternoon with 8 people, we got seated outside next to the heater. Even being seated outside, we were not neglected, the waitress came over to check we were alright many times, she was friendly and helpful.
We ordered a trio dip to share, then ordered individual items on the menu for ourselves. Really enjoyed the dips - especially the spinach and feta.
The portions of the lunch rolls (wraps) , served with chips and tomato sauce, were huge. One of our friends ordered calamari and chicken lentil salad, both came with large portion of ice berg lettuce salad. The lentil salad had very little lentil in there (like one spoonful), which we found a bit misleading if it is 'Anatolia Lentil Salad' on the menu.
I got the Izgara Kofte plate, but the chargrilled chicken plate was served instead, they were happy to rectify the order and my food came out shortly after that. The chargrilled Kofte were really really good, smoky with burst of flavours.
Might come for dinner next time we are around the area.
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You can't forget a place like Turka! Serving massive boards of hot and cold meze, I definitely felt like I had been to Turkey with their Journey to Turkey Tasting Menu ($55 per person).
Gorgeous interior, open planning and great music, this café had a really inviting vibe to it. The staff were also super friendly and were kind enough to make a mocktail for me off the cuff!
In terms of food, I feasted on an assortment of colourful dips and cold meze. Great range of choice and enough of a taste to tease the palette while transporting me to Turkey. Also really liked the choice of garlic bread or Turkish bread to have with the dips.
Of the two boards, I enjoyed the hot meze slightly better. Prawns were succulent and sweet, falafels excited me with a vibrant green greeting me when I cut into them, and the lamb was lovely too.
Overall, I had a wonderful time here and was lucky enough to experience some beloved Turkish dishes. Would highly recommend the set menus if you are unfamiliar with Turkish flavours and are looking to try a little of everything.
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My thanks to Turka for the invite!
The food here is outstanding. Stopped by for breakfast & got Kayseri Sucuklu Yumurta (fried eggs with Turkish Chorizo. Don't let the simplicity of the dish fool you, everything on there were great. The eggs were perfectly fried yet yolk remained googy. Chorizo thinly sliced, a sprinkle of paprika gave it a hint of spice. The best thing were the little toasts on the side, milky & buttery bread, toasted just right for crispiness. The Turkish Apple tea was the perfect thing to cleanser after that. Must come back for a dinner.
Small but beautiful outlet with courteous staff and good service (4/5), good menue(4/5), quality food (4/5), desent Value for money (3/5) and descent ambience (3/5).Overall (4/5) Nice place for a quick bite, breakfast or tea/coffee ☺
This is a nice place for weekend breakfast. Food and bread is good. Portion is very big. Our 4 people ordered 2 big breakfasts, and they required 2 more orders as each person has to order 1, so we ordered another 2 toasts...and we could not finish them all. My husband and friends love Turkish coffee too. Might go there again when in big group.
Came here for breakfast and had the big turkish breakfast with additional gozleme. I love these types of breakfasts. There's so much variety. Quality is excellent and portion is generous. The scrambled eggs are really fluffy and the spinach and cheese gozleme is really good. Sit outdoors in the sun. I highly recommend having breakfast here.
Had dinner here on a Sunday night. Quality of food is exactly the same as breakfast. Love the food here. Get the chefs menu. Comes with cold and hot mezze. I'm really picky with my meats. all the meats were tender. Thoroughly enjoyed dinner here.
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Transport yourself to Turkey at this lively restaurant.
Nestled on a popular corner street in the heart of Crows Nest is Turka, serving traditional classic Turkish dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I’ve eaten Turkish food occasionally before (and went to Istanbul a good few years ago) so I was keen to try something a bit different and try the Turkish breakfast menu.
When dining for two, the big Turkish breakfast platter is perfect, and plenty of food to feast your hungry eyes on.
Starting with the platter, there is an array of little trays of fresh and homemade ingredients, I didn’t know where to start! An assortment (4) of traditional Greek cheeses, olives, jam, honey, yoghurt, seasonal fresh fruit, dried figs and apricots, walnuts, tomatoes, cucumbers, tahini & grape molasses and Turkish pistachio halva. My favourites from the platter was:
🧀🍯 homemade cream cheese with honey (the cream ‘log’ in the photo) which was very creamy and I loved the sweetness from the honey;
🍇Sesame tahini pastries & grape molasses - the sweet and savoury combination worked very well, tahini reminds me of peanut butter and therefore mixed with some grape molasses worked extremely well on the taste buds
💚Turkish pistachio halva - this was a dessert and a pleasant surprise! Halva is a middle eastern sweet made with sesame flour and honey.
The big breakfast also comes served with traditional Turkish scrambled eggs (rumelia menemen) with tomatoes, capsicum and parsley and a basket of toasted, buttered bread. The eggs were fluffy and not too creamy.
We also ordered a side of traditional gozleme filled with spinach and ricotta which was one of the best I’ve eaten, the pastry was delicate and flakey and not oily at all.
We additionally tried a simit which is a traditional Turkish bagel with sesame seeds. Turka bake their bagels fresh daily, I loved breaking into the bagel, the bread was so lovely and soft with a slight, crispy outside.
For drinks we ordered a traditional Turkish tea (I loved discovering this tea in Istanbul), turmeric latte and an iced latte (for the caffeine fix, it was perfect). When we first arrived we were offered still or sparkling water, it was a nice pick-me-up to start with some sparkling.
This was a giant breakfast feast (fit for a king and queen!) and we tried our best to eat everything but were defeated. I loved how there was such a selection of fresh ingredients on the platter including fresh fruit. And a big plus that it was an entirely vegetarian breakfast.
We were well attended by the friendly staff, thank you to Veronika and her colleague for looking after us.
I am very keen to come back for the lunch and dinner menu next time.
Note: I dined as a guest of Turka, all views and opinions expressed above are my own.
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| Crows Nest | Turka | Happy Friday! A special post to welcome the weekend! A lovely cafe and restaurant loved and known by locals that specialises in Authentic Turkish food..from the moment you walk in the service were simply impeccable, the lovely head chef Julio and the staff were so accommodating, nice and friendly you’re felt like you’re welcomed in family home.
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🍴Big Turkish Breakfast - The way breakfast should be. Its a massive 1/2 metre. The attention to detail is impeccable, there is a nice balance of colour, sweetness and savoury options. There are lots of dips and jams to nibble on, scrambles eggs, toasted bread, cheeses, nuts, gozleme, olives and seasonal fruits..all inspired by the chefs mothers recipe from Turkey! Truly a cultural adventure for the taste buds!
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🥨Pretzel - This deserves its own review even though its part of the pretzel board! So fluffy, soft, chewy, flaky..all made inhouse and made with love! It is truly what heaven is made of!
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☕️Black Turkish Coffee - Truly rich and grounded with fresh coffee beans, its thick unlike normal black coffee. Cant miss the sweet turkish delight, to balance the bitterness of the coffee.
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. 🍏🍶 Turkish Apple Tea - Subtle, sweet and fragrant! A great finisher to a great Turkish Breakfast!
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What a lovely experience it is! ❤️❤️❤️Thank You Turka!
Great atmosphere and good food.
Most of the dishes are defined for sharing so you might want to hold back on getting that extra bread basket ;)
We had:
- Smoked Red Capsicum: it was a bit bitter for my taste
- Beef Brisket: loved this one. beef was so tender. The rice pilaf was very filling.
- Island Rocket Salad: yum but i kind of more dressing.
Will come again and try their lunch.
Best Turkish cuisine I've had since ottoman cuisine closed in Sydney. The Turkish coffee is fragrant and strong (a good start), the Turkish delight tasted very authentic as well.
The lunch set $29 each, was unbeatable value. The bread basket is huge and the breads are so tasty, I loved the spicy capsicum and the hummus the most, the green olive teppanade has good flavours but very strong in taste. The mains get better, the char grilled chicken is full of flavour and very juicy, the falafel is the best I can remember eating in recent years, it's succulent in the inside and perfectly crispy on the outsid (without tasting oily at all). I loved the "meatballs" (they looked a lot more like rissoles to me) the most, and I generally don't like eating meat of any kind. The meatballs were super moist and had nice crisp texture to it, and it paired perfectly with the rice.
Definately coming back
The food here is just fantastic! Whenever I find myself in Crows Nest, I always make time to visit this place. The dishes are so tasty and the baklava is easily the best in Australia! The atmosphere is also very nice. I highly recommend this Turkish cafe/restaurant if you are looking for great flavours!
One of the best if not the best Turkish restaurant i have been to.
Serving portions are pretty generous, the manager is always very friendly and accommodating and the service is usually pretty quick.
Overall a pretty good dine in restaurant to try out Turkish cuisine.
The best turkish cafe that I have ever been in Sydney with outdoor and indoor seats.
I ordered mini turkish breakfast which took me beck to my trip to Turkey.
My meal was delicious and service was good(abit slow but it was a busy day so all good).
We’ve walked past this place many times and finally stopped to dine there. Food was generously portioned, quick to serve and delicious. Staff is pleasant and attentive.
Great food. The best falafel roll in 40 yrs lol. Last time I had one like that was in Turkey in the late 70s
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