ABA Turkish Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Turkish restaurant New York

Address: 325 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, USA

Phone: +12129691782

Rating: 4.3
based on 204 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The grilled fish (which was delicious!) and I had the chargrilled chicken kebab - which was also very tasty."
  • "Everything we tried was delicious."
  • "The food delicious and prices were very fair."
  • "The food was simply awesome."
  • "The food was fresh and tasty."
  • "Everything was absolutely delicious. Every plate a perfect medley of flavors."
  • "The food it’s just delicious."

Cons:

  • "The stuffed cabbage leaves were old and tasted spiced to cover their age, the doner was straight out of the microwave."
  • "The Doner Kebab 'Turkish Gyro' was a little bit dry."
  • "The falafel was ok. Very crunchy, bordering on the dryer side."
  • "Adana was pretty much burned with charcoal on ends and around them."
  • "Gyro went back and came hot but tasteless, liver cubes / arnavut cigeri cold plus tasteless, Aba Combo burnt but cold and no taste."
  • "The meat was very dry and so was the fish."
  • "Unfortunately, döner is not Turkish döner, kebap is not Turkish kebap."

Service

Pros:

  • "They allow you to bring your own wine or champagne and you don’t need to pay anything for that."
  • "The tea is perfect and the service was over the top."
  • "The service was very good."
  • "Our waitress was very attentive and made sure we had everything we needed."
  • "The guys are super friendly and efficient."
  • "The staff has always been friendly."
  • "Especially the waiter who have served to our table was very polite and kind with smiley face."

Cons:

  • "Service is not great."
  • "food is okay but the service is quite slow and I wouldn't say the friendliest although not rude."
  • "The atmosphere is quite depressing."
  • "The staff was really rude and mean to the customers."
  • "Service wasn’t rude, but not friendly or attentive."
  • "Rotten food with even worse service."
  • "HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE !!!"

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "Authentic Turkish restaurant perfectly located."
  • "The Mediterranean ambiance of the restaurant was lovely."
  • "They have indoor and outdoor seating."
  • "ABA totally delivers a five star experience with our post-COVID dinner. Nice atmosphere, quiet background music, great service, excellent food choices, and very large portions."
  • "Great ambiance! The staff was very cheerful and nice and the food was delicious."
  • "The place had a nice ambiance."
  • "The mood was fantastic."

Cons:

  • "The atmosphere is quite depressing."
  • "Inside hasn’t been renovated and the furniture looks old."
  • "The layout is a little tight if the restaurant is busy."
  • "Unfortunately restaurant don't have a bar."
  • "The main 2 problems for me that we were forced to set outside while the restaurant was a little busy inside."
  • "The atmosphere is ok."
  • "Just went again yesterday at night with a group of 9 people and the light was so soft that was very hard to see the menu."

Value

Pros:

  • "ABA Turkish Restaurant is great. Excellent food, knowledgeable servers who offer great suggestions, very large portions, very reasonable prices, great value."
  • "Amazing food! Our 6 and 4yr old absolutely love the Shish Kebab, lamb chop and Chicken chop."
  • "Food is decent and reasonable."
  • "We come for the lunch special and find it very reasonable for the servings given especially considering a takeaway salad in the area can cost almost the same price."
  • "The $19.95 lunch special is a great deal."
  • "Good quantity and fair priced."
  • "Get there before 3 pm, they have great deals $28 on lunch, 3 courses."

Cons:

  • "As many people told already before, we had to pay 10$ of mandatory tips for 2 kebab plates worth 25$ each."
  • "Watch out for hidden fees (tip automatically included that they don’t tell you beforehand."
  • "While the food is good, the prices don’t justify the quantity."
  • "They added mandatory tips to our bill, I asked the waiter why, and they said it’s mandatory in New York."
  • "I didn't like that the bill automatically included 18% gratuity for a group of 2!"
  • "The waiter started to push for a 30 $ tip as minimum for a check amounted to 180 $."
  • "Only thing I didn’t like is they added 18% gratuity for our table of 2 adults and 2 kids."

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