Served Cold
Humus chickpeas in garlic tahini sauce (Vg, GF), served with naan*, carrots & celery $12
Ezme mashed, lightly spicy tomato dip with fresh & roasted veggies, walnuts, naan* (Vg, GF, N) $12
Mercimekli köfte lentil & bulgur balls with spring onion, garlic, red pepper paste, herbs (Vg) $12
Mantar salata marinated mushroom & bell pepper, naan* (Vg, GF) $10
Cacik, à la Serife broccoli stalk and herbs in house-made garlic yoghurt, naan* (V, GF) $10
Say Cheese! 4 different cheeses from different regions in Turkey, Trabzon roasted hazelnuts, Turkish dried fruit (mulberries, apricots, figs etc), roasted red pepper dip, marmelade, marinated olives from Turkey, with fresh fruit, sourdough & naan $28
Meze Platter pick five mezes, except cheese platters or icli kofte $32
Meze/Appetizers
Served Warm
Sigara Börek cheese and herb stuffed unleavened dough (fried), with roasted pepper dip (V) $15
Dolma rice, pine nuts and herbs wrapped in grape leaves (Vg, N, GF), served with garlic yoghurt, served slightly warm during winter $13
Antep Cheese Platter fried cheese from Gaziantep, topped with tomato, herbs & olives, drizzled with pomegranate molasses (V, GF) $15
Mücver zucchini patties with veggies, cheese and herbs (V, GF), served with cacik $15
Saksuka fried veggies in garlicky tomato sauce, served with cacik (Vg, GF, *DF) $15
Içli Köfte stuffed bulgur balls with ground beef, onion, walnuts & spices, fried, served with lemon slice & Antep pistachios (N) $14
Most mezes come with naan which has gluten and dairy.We have sourdough available for vegans and GF sourdough for celiacs. Mercimekli köfte, dolma, icli kofte, sigara börek, mücver and Antep cheese platter do not come with naan.
Çorba/Soup
Mercimek lemony red lentil soup, with naan* (Vg, GF), bowl $7, cup $5
Karalahana collard greens, beans, corn, with sourdough* (Vg, GF), bowl $8, cup $5
Beyran lamb & rice in bone marrow stock, red pepper flakes, with naan* (GF, DF) $12
Salata/Salad
Piyaz white bean salad in tahini sauce, served with hard-boiled *eggs (*Vg, GF) $13
Mevsim salata marinated beets, greens, fruit in pomegranate molasses vinaigrette, with Izmir tulum cheese* (Vg, GF) $15
Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food borne illness.
Main
All plates (except manti, iskender, incik, hünkar, falafel, türlü, döner fries) are served with few pieces of naan (which has dairy and gluten), grilled jalapeño, cacik, rice (V, GF) and house salad. Manti, Türlü and Hünkar come with sourdough instead of naan. If you are gluten free, please ask to substitute with our gluten free sourdough (or tell your server to hold the bread). GF indication refers to the main protein on the plate.
* indicates that components on the plate can be taken off or substituted to make the plate GF etc. Our rice is made with butter (hence not vegan) and vegetable stock. Our house salad is made with Turkish spices, lemon juice and olive oil vinaigrette.
Döner beef & lamb rotisserie on vertical spit (GF) $23 – sandwich option with fries $18
Döner fries loaded fries, basil yoghurt, house sauce, pickles (GF) $17 - for dine in only
Iskender döner meat on a bed of sautéed pita with tomato sauce and yoghurt $24
Köfte grilled meatballs, with *ezme (N), piyaz (GF, DF, N) $22 —> köfte/meatballs themselves do not have any dairy or gluten in them but the plate has naan which has gluten & dairy, and cacik and rice have dairy (yoghurt and butter respectively). If you want the plate to be GF, ask for gf sourdough or hold the naan, and decline cacik and rice for DF option. You can ask for a larger serving of salad in that case or ask for a side of fries instead of rice. Since ezme has walnuts, if you are Nut free, please ask to hold ezme.
Adana spiced ground beef & lamb skewer, with *ezme (N) (GF, DF, N) $23 (ask for our house hot sauce and/or Turkish red pepper flakes if you want spicy Adana)
Hünkar Begendi Sultan’s Delight- slow cooked beef in tomatoe sauce, over grilled eggplants and cheese, rice, sourdough*, onion & sumac salad (GF) $23
Kuzu Incik oven roasted lamb shank, mashed potatoes, carrots, *sourdough- with cup of lentil or house salad (GF) $49
Vegetarian Hünkar Begendi, grilled eggplant in bechamel sauce, topped with sautéed mushrooms, rice, onion sumac salad, *sourdough (V) $21
Manti ground beef dumplings with garlic yoghurt and buttery Turkish red pepper paste sauce, with a side of sourdough $22 (ask for our vegetarian/potato manti special) - Tues-Thursday, for dine in only
Pirzola grilled lamb chops (halal meat) with oregano, fries and house sauce, sautéed mushroom, grilled jalapeño, with cup of lentil soup or house salad (GF, DF) $43
Tavuk Sis grilled chicken thigh (halal meat) on skewer (GF) $21
Tavuk Adana spiced ground chicken (halal meat) on skewer, ezme (N) (*GF, *DF, *N) $22
Mixed Grill (tavuk sis, Adana, döner, köfte) with *ezme (N) (*GF, *DF, *N) $49
Karides sautéed shrimp in butter and olive oil, with lemon and herbs, marinated broccoli (*GF, *DF) $20
Falafel chickpea & veggie patties with salad, humus, tahini sauce, roasted pepper dip (Vg/DF, GF) $19– sandwich option with fries (V) $17
Türlü roasted veggie stew, with rice*, cacik*, sourdough* (Vg, GF)
Add extra protein to your order Adana, Tavuk Adana or Tavuk Sis $13, / Döner, 3 Köfte, 6 Karides or 4 falafel patties $10 (does not apply to pirzola)
A note about allergies and cross contamination: We have a very small kitchen and flour is in close proximity to GF flour. We do our best not to work with them at the same time but we are not an allergen free facility. We have no soy, mustard or peanuts in our facility. We have other nuts such as pistachios, walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts. We have one fryer and sigara boregi (which has cheese) and falafel are both fried there. If you are vegan, please note that we do not have dedicated fryers to keep those separate. Similarly, although our fries are GF, they get fried in the same fryer as sigara boregi which has gluten. All breads are toasted on the same grill, etc. Same thing applies to manti: we only have one burner with manti water. We use a separate colander for potato manti but both meat and vegetarian manti are cooked in the same water. For serious allergies, please beware of the small kitchen issues that make it impossible to completely separate these items into different sections.
Naan bread we purchase is NOT vegan as it includes dairy. If you are gluten free, please note that anything we can make GF without sacrificing texture or flavor, we do. We use GF flour, gf orzo, gf bread crumbs in dishes such as rice, falafel, mücver, sultan’s delight (hünkar begendi) etc.
For those who are avoiding garlic, we are sorry to say you are trying the wrong cuisine :( We do have onions, peppers, garlic in most dishes. Here is a selection that does not have garlic on our menu: Köfte (meatballs), döner, iskender, adana, tavuk adana, pirzola (lamb chops), patlican salata (eggplant salad), mücver. If you are keto and avoiding starches and flours/carbs, our mücver, falafel, hunkar begendi (roasted eggplant base for sultan’s delight), köfte include gf flour, or gf breadcrumbs or corn starch for textural reasons. Our caramelized rice pudding and burned milk pudding are thickened with corn starch. Maras ice cream is only thickened with salep .
A note about our ingredients: Our spices, pomegranate molasses, lokum (Turkish Delight), coffee, special cheeses, yufka (sigara borek dough), pistachios, hazelnuts, dried fruit, salep, olives, red pepper paste, tahini come directly from regional producers in Turkey. They make a world of difference in our opinion.
A note about halal: We are not a halal facility as we sell alcohol as well as meat that is not designated as halal (beef). We do not have any pork products in our facility. We are able to source two kinds of halal meat in Alaska: certified halal lamb chops and certified halal chicken thighs and we offer those as options for our diners who have such dietary preferences.
Beverages
Cay Turkish black tea, Pomegranate, Apple, Apricot or Black Mulberry tea (GF, DF) $4 (1 refill)
Kahve Turkish coffee (GF, DF) $4 (served with a piece of Turkish delight- N —> ask for rose lokum if you are nut free)
Menengic/wild pistachio coffee (decaf, GF- includes carob & milk powder) $4 (served with a piece of Turkish delight- N)
Soft Drinks canned Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite $3
House-made Lemonade with mint $4
Ayran Salted yoghurt drink with house made yoghurt $4
Sparkling Water S Pellegrino $4
Please see beer & wine menu for a list of our offerings
Sides
Sourdough (Vg), or GF sourdough (Vg) $2.5
Naan bread $2
Rice (V) $4
Fries in Turkish spices (Vg, GF) $6
House salad (Vg, GF) $5
Dessert
Baklava phyllo dough with walnuts in simple syrup, with Antep pistachios (N) $6 (2 pieces)
Firin Sütlac caramelized rice pudding, hazelnuts* (GF, N) $6
Mozaik pasta petite beurre cookies in chocolate & orange sauce, served on mixed berry and cherry coulis, with cream cheese whipped cream (N) $9
Kabak Tatlisi butternut squash, with twice roasted tahini & walnuts* (Vg, N) $8
Maras Dondurma ice cream with salep (wild orchid root which includes glucomannan) and mastic (tree sap from the island of Kios), Antep pistachios* (no egg yolks) (GF, N) $5
Lokum 5 pieces of Turkish Delight (GF, DF, N - ask for rose lokum if nut free) $4 / box of mixed lokum $20
Served warm
Künefe fresh cheese and kadayif (shredded phyllo) in simple syrup, Antep pistachios* (N) $10
Kadayif shredded phyllo and Antep pistachios in simple syrup (N) $13
Irmik Tatlisi semolina helva with fresh cheese, over ice cream (N) $11
V: Vegetarian. DF: Dairy Free. GF: Gluten Free. N: Includes nuts. Vg: Vegan
* indicates that the dish can be made GF, DF, Vg etc. by eliminating or substituting components