Sefa

Mais qu’est-il arrivé à cet endroit? La qualité du service et de la nourriture laisse à désirer. Avec ma gang on a été moyennement convaincu. Serveuse inexpérimenté qui n’a pas su nous expliquer les plats. Agneau sec et tiède, mon «mutancana» était fade, soupe très salé, le vin moyen, on est pas resté pour le café et le dessert et ça nous a coûté cher (43 $ par tête). Dommage…

«A flavor trip to Ottoman Cuisine.»
Definitely will be one of my favorite spot in Montréal area. Lovely & authentic atmosphere, elegant, classy, chic with wonderful service, a delicious menu specially Hunkar begendi (Sultan’s delight), yogurt soap, lamb tandoori and cold & flavorful appetizers. Rice pudding is just as great as I have been tried in Istanbul before like a home made taste. Tired of fast foods and unlimited numbers of French & North American restaurants, or just want to do sth else really «different and fantastic», head right here to his cute and orientalist restaurant. Definitely worth to eat in here. Everything was phenomenal !!!

We stumbled upon this restaurant by accident on a snowy, cold evening — at least by Utah standards. This restaurant is a hidden jewel. You can tell that great care is taken in preparing the food. The server (owner?) there was very kind, and you could tell she was excited to explain the menu and the dishes, and very pleasant overall. I had the lamb shoulder and it was delicious. The meat was soft and tender. I also had some kind of rose water flowery drink. That was delicious as well. I thought that the portions might be small upon receiving the dish, but it turned out to be plenty.
The ambiance was nice as well. Although I was just having a business dinner, this would be nice for a romantic date. Clean and well decorated. The service is a step up from most fancy places, in my opinion. I would recommend this place.

Textures et nouvelles saveurs pour moi! Tout était réussi, des mezze au plat principal jusqu’au délicieux dessert. Bön service et beau décor, bien que la lumière devrait être légèrement tamisée.

Finally a spot with good Turkish food with meat. I had a chance to try the lamb dish. It’s same as the authentic one. My friends got kebabs, which were also good. I give 5 stars to the main dishes.
Mezzes can be up to the expectations of most people but they were still lacking some authentic taste. Thus I give them 3 stars for that.
Desserts: Their baklavas are quite good, Sutlac (baked rice&milk) is very good, however Asure has nothing to do with the original one. I was very disappointed that they didn’t even use pomegranate in that. Don’t get that one, you can easily satisfy your sweet tooth with the other two.
Good and chill atmosphere. I’d recommend it for the main courses. It they boost their mezzes I think it may be an indispensable spot in Montréal’s food scene.

Not about the food:
The interior of this place is nice, light & clean with a small television playing a black and white movie, and some great Turkish music playing in the background.
The service was lovely, very attentive and friendly, we even learned how to pronounce the ğ.
Prices are very reasonable.
The area it’s in offers enough parking and after 9 it becomes free (yay).
About the food:
We started sharing the cold mezze taster platter, tasty stuff, all veg so not heavy and very flavourful.
On to the mains.
Since we ordered a coarser Turkish wine our lovely waitress suggested we’d try the lamb dishes, so we did, we each tried one (and shared some with each other too of course), very tender lamb and enjoyable traditional side dishes, a good choice for sure, and don’t forget to order some yoghurt with your meal, yoghurt ALL the things!
We were stuffed, though our waitress said she has had some complaints about the portion sizes being too small, they’re not, we ate our fill and then some plus it’s Turkish food not an all you can eat Hungry Man dinner buffet (some people, jeez…).
We also got to try a little dessert called aşure, a little fruity/​grain mix of pudding and compote topped with almonds, I loved it a lot because I’m one of those people that prefers fruity desserts.
Oh and the yoghurt dip you get with your basket of bread is also amazing, so yes it goes without saying we will be back.
I’m happy to have found this place.

Fabulous turkish food in a high quality décor.
A great discovery, will go back!
Facing Renaud-​Bray on Du Parc, north of Laurier.
Excellent value, must-​try!