Walking home from the 92nd Street Y, we passed a small new restaurant serving Turkish food. There are not a lot of 'better' Turkish restaurants in NY. In fact, Zagat's only lists 21 Turkish restaurants in all of NYC. Of those, only one is rated as having decent food and decor (at least 20 on a scale of 30). This will definitely be one of the best! It's open less than a month and for the moment it's BYOB and cash only.
We started with a vegetarian plate of Hummus, Lentils, Eggplant, Tomatoes. It was served with homemade warm flat-bread that was worth the visit alone. I then tried the Mixed Grill to get a sampler of their dishes. It included Chicken, Beef, Lamb kabob and a lamb chop. All were perfectly prepared. Chris had the lamb kabob (which is ground meat) over yogurt and a pita. It was very interesting but not exceptional. We didn't like the pita which got soggy under the yogurt.
While we were there, New York Magazine was just finishing a photo-shoot. They're expecting to be reviewed shortly. I assume it will be pretty good, especially as compared to other Turkish restaurants/
1361 Lexington Ave.
212-410-4300
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