Istanbul Kebab House

Reviews

• Lauren C.

  star star star star star_border 21 May 2026

  Came here quickly for a bite to eat. I was in the mood for a gyro and was on a quick break from bartending down the block. I found this place organically, I was pressed for time so I didn't have a chance to read reviews but it worked out. It was a small place but luckily there was a table available for me to sit and eat. I ordered a lamb gyro which came out pretty fast. I was really pleased with the amount of white sauce I was given. It was a lot since I sat to eat and I used it all up! I was excited to see the check in offer of a free dessert! I always check in on yelp! The gyro was about $10 with tax which is average especially for the area it's in. I ate the baklava this morning, sooo good!!
  
  Once I returned to bartend, 3 guys at the bar ordered gyros also and inhaled them!! (The bar I worked at doesn't serve food yet but allows customers to order food in.) I'd recommend this place to order out of. It's kind of small to sit and eat especially with all the foot traffic from people ordering takeout and deliveries going out.

• Claudia H.

  star star star star star 18 May 2026

  Such a fantastic restaurant! I am well familiar with Turkish food from Europe and it's absolutely authentic here!!
  
  It definitely deserves five out of five stars!

• Misty D.

  star star star star_border star_border 16 May 2026

  Another meh experience this past week with a not so great restaurant (should we call it that?). I've been to my fair share of Turkish restaurants and I wasn't so impressed with this place. I didn't realize that this was better for a takeout and get out experience than a sit in experience. Maybe the pictures I saw on Yelp beforehand were a bit misleading. I also didn't realize how cramped it was in the back and the limited seating available. In fact, they didn't even have a legit dining in menu (like a booklet or laminated paper), I was given their 3-folded takeout menu. Let's start with pros:
  * Aesthetically pleasing setting: while the place is cramped, I liked the surrounding design and the traditional serving ware used (makes instaworthy photos)
  * Turkish tea and sigara borek (Philo rolls) were good. But hey, you can't really go wrong with these items at a Turkish restaurant, imo
  *  Convenient location- 5 minutes from the subway
  Cons-
  * Not good for sitting in and dining. You're not going to get that dining in experience here. Waiters are super busy handling the grub hub orders coming in (oh yeah, you'll hear the grub hub announcement going off every now and then too). It was hard to get their attention.
  * Their menu wasn't the most clear. Even though it says all the dishes under the Meat section are served with rice, salad, and bread, it's only in fact the first 3 or 4 dishes on the menu. There was no perforated line or anything separating the last couple of dishes on that section to indicate those were treated differently! I ordered lamb iskender and it was a lot of meat with soaked in bread. Ugh. It's a gravy filled dish, so some rice would have been nice.
  * Ok, so I'm not really one who comments on restaurant bathrooms but this one really got to me. It was basically a closet in my opinion. It was hard to get in since there is soo little space between the toilet and the door. Horrible. The bathroom mirror was put waaaay above the bathroom sink, making it futile. Either the contractor who made this bathroom was not the brightest or this bathroom was not built for the vertically challenged or anyone beyond a size 2, which is sad since the waiters were not that much taller than me (just saying...)
  Overall, for the price I paid, it really didn't live up to my expectations and I prefer many of the other Turkish places I frequented. Probably good for grub hub orders though

• Abid K.

  star star star star_border star_border 13 May 2026

  Moved in the area thought I would try them out. Food was okay I guess. The chicken I had, some pieces were tender and some were hard. I think it's because of the heat from rotisserie grill made some prt of the chicken hard (whatever that is they need to figure it out). Free dessert with check in and you must write the review on the spot to get the free dessert. Now do I care for a free dessert, not really and I bet most people don't, but don't force people to write review to get free dessert. Like it's just a dessert. The counter has a nice pic of Ayat Al Qursi and overall has a good atmosphere to dine in. It was just an ok experience for me. Not good not bad

• Mariam K.

  star star star star star_border 5 May 2026

  The food was good, the meat was tender but the service was the best part of the experience here! The staff was super friendly, and my friends really enjoyed their dishes  as well.