Very traditional Turkish food done extremely well. Babaganoush, zucchini fritters and slow cooked eggplant were outstanding. Will be back to try the Adana kebab.
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We had the banquet at Taksim last night as a group of 16 in a full restaurant and the service was pretty seamless (other than a few water requests). There’s a great ambiance in here and it’s definitely established a firm following since the time I walked past an empty restaurant in its opening week to a year or so on where it was still pretty pumping at 11pm!
There are several banquet options to chose from, ours started with several mezze items including bread and assorted dips, saganaki (okay that ones Greek), calamari which was quite yummy, the mucver which is a zucchini fritter and really well done, and also the cheese borek which had a beautiful crisp pastry.
We then had huge garlic prawns and blue eye fillets which was followed by the meat platters which appeared impressive and tasted great too. My favourite on here was the lamb cutlet which is something I don’t usually go for but it had a lovely flavour. By this stage everyone was ridiculously full.
The standard banquets do also include dessert but I have a feeling we customised ours to swap out the calamari instead as this is a calamari OR saganaki selection in the standard. Definitely great value either way and a great option for dinner in a group big or small
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A few weekends ago my friend and I visited Taksim Square on a busy Saturday night (November 2nd)! We are Turkish, so we love visiting new Turkish restaurants all over Melbourne! I’m so happy to say that our 50 minute drive was incredibly worth it. We ordered the Taksim Square banquet, as on Saturdays it’s a set menu only and they really didn’t let us down. Not all the food we got is pictured, but every dish we had was so delicious! Tender meat and good portion sizes, leaving us so full at the end of it all! Our gorgeous waitress with the blonde hair (we missed out on getting her name) was so helpful and kind to us! Her service and friendliness made us feel right at home and made our night. What an amazing asset she is to your restaurant! It was great to see live entertainment, which is what we expect for Saturday nights and they were great too. Despite how busy they were, we were never left waiting long before our next dish came. A nice touch was that the kitchen was open, so you could see them cooking your meal right in front of you. A great atmosphere with authentic Turkish food and music.... you can’t keep me away much longer!! The only downfall was the price being slightly expensive, however for the quality of the food it is worth it. Can’t wait to be back.
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