Wanted: Turkish restaurant recommendations in Boston.

April 3, 2009 2:10 PM

I'm looking for a good Turkish restaurant in the Boston area. Any recommendations? Teşekkürler in advance.
posted by batou_ to Food & Drink (7 answers total)

Best answer: The best Turkish food in Boston, in my opinion, is at the Brookline Family Restaurant. Here's the thing, though: it's not a very elegant room (it was formerly a diner, and looks it).

The nicest Turkish dining experience in Boston is at the Istanbul Cafe.

If you want fancy food with some Turkish influence, try Oleana in Cambridge.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:27 PM on April 3, 2009

Seconding the Brookline Family Restaurant. A Turkish classmate took me there a few years ago and we had a great meal.
posted by lunasol at 2:36 PM on April 3, 2009

Sultan's Kitchen at 116 State Street.

The chef put out a great cookbook & the prices are about average for a nice lunch/dinner. The menu is online at the site above.
posted by tozturk at 2:37 PM on April 3, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks for the info. I don't care about the dining experience, I want me some delicious sigara borek, muchver, iskender kabab ... I will definitely try Brookline Family Restaurant.
posted by batou_ at 2:37 PM on April 3, 2009

Oleana is my favorite restaurant ever. Once you're done in Brookline, go to Oleana. You won't regret it.
posted by The Michael The at 3:19 PM on April 3, 2009

2nd the Sultan's Kitchen, but the place is more of a lunch counter with a few seats than a restaurant.
posted by Gungho at 5:44 AM on April 4, 2009

Sultan's Kitchen has extremely good food, but doesn't serve dinner on Saturday and is closed on Sunday.

I don't even know if it serves dinner on weeknights anymore--for a long time it didn't, then it did, and I don't know what the situation is now.

It's a great place to go for lunch though.
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:54 AM on April 4, 2009