El Turco Grill Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "El Turco's flavors and tastes are authentic and fresh like those you would get in a high-level restaurant of the beautiful Mediterranean area."
• "The food is so tasty and freshly cooked."
• "The lamb kebabs was tasty and the rice was fluffy and flavorful."
• "The food is AMAZING! Great sized portions, tasty and fresh."
• "Everything we ordered was top quality, absolutely delicious and beautifully presented."
• "The chicken Adana was so flavorful and perfectly seasoned."
• "The food was amazing, we ordered way more then we could eat and thank god we did because dipping into a bit of everything was the best decision!"

Cons:

• "The lamb was very greasy and very thin like paper thin."
• "However, the meats came juicy and well cooked, but they lacked any flavour."
• "The adana kebab though was a bit greasy although it was good as well."
• "Food was mediocre at best."
• "However the fellafal were not that great."
• "Spanikopita soggy, dip (hummus, babbagahnoush etc) average."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff is very attentive and they cater to your liking."
• "Service is top notch, couldn’t ask for anything more!"
• "The service is is very detailed and attentive."
• "The service was great! The desserts are bomb!"
• "The servers are some of the nicest people ever."
• "Service was spectacular, our waitress and server were super friendly."
• "The service was super friendly and hospitable."

Cons:

• "Not sure what changed but it went from amazing to lame/uncultured. The personalities and vibe are off borderline rude."
• "Our waiters gave us attitude from the second we wanted to order."
• "Old El Turco was a pleasant place to dine in with their reception and good food. But new ownership is so aloof to even meet nor smile at customers."
• "Waitress was very rude with no manners nor obviously no proper training but just serve food as she was as well unfriendly the way she served until the end."
• "But new ownership is so aloof to even meet nor smile at customers, all he did was give side unfriendly glances to us."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Atmosphere was welcoming, open and parking was accessible."
• "Beautiful decorated, super clean, and very friendly staff."
• "The ambiance and decor is really peaceful and beautiful."
• "This restaurant is very clean oh and the hanging lights are very pretty don't take them down."
• "The restaurant was extremely clean and well decorated, with artworks adorning the walls."
• "The atmosphere provides Turkish essence that provides the best mood in eating the delicious meals here."
• "The ambiance and the place is generally all enjoyable."

Cons:

• "Dining in space felt like a fast food joint."
• "Street parking is a bit difficult when visiting on weekends or evening hours."

Value

Pros:

• "Best wishes guys! can’t wait to come back. thank you!"
• "If you don’t get full the dessert is a must."
• "The balance of the food was perfect from the seasoning to the amount of attention put into each and every dish."
• "Very reasonably priced!"
• "Considering the high quality, the price is reasonable."
• "They go out of their way to make you happy (like complimentary cups of tea while I waited for my take-out order)."

Cons:

• "That experience will deter me from coming back and will be looking for another place to go!!!!"
• "Food ok, when we came to pay surprise charge on credit card extra 4% if you take credit card in person and not over the phone, 1.2%, did not show on the check when we get it to be paid."
• "They changed my ordered food several times due to the unavailability of the items mentioned in the menu book."