Istanbul Cafe and Restaurant - Turkish restaurant in Clifton - 1378 Main Ave, USA

This restaurant is amazing!! Decided to come here with family for breakfast, The person taking everyone's order was extremely nice, and helped us with our selections from menu. must try their authentic platters and tea . their eggs and bread is fantastic - will go back again to try more options - maybe lunch very nice dinning area

We went there my three friends, I got the mixed grill plate and lamb doner was the best doner I ever had in US. Adana kebab and lamb skewers was average. Only thing I didn’t like was mandatory tipping (%18). I suggest you guys give it a shot!

The food is okay. Service is good , but this place is really overpriced for the quality.. Moreover, they charge you mandatory tip of %18, which amounted to almost $30 for a group of 4. Though, this mandatory tip is not mentioned anywhere in the menu. I bought white leaving some Turkish dessert (baclava). One of the pieces priced at almost $2.5 was cut very small, almost half piece when the guy was carving it out. Still, he charged same price for it as a whole piece and didn’t even offer to replace it with a whole intact piece. See the picture! Really not good experience

We really enjoyed here. Coffee, çay , food, and desserts, everything was delicious. Service was really good. Our waitress , Aysu was so nice and very helpful. We will be back again. Thanks!

My friend brought our family to this restaurant. It was the first time to enjoy authentic Turkish dishes in a place. The restaurant was clean, and the staff was amiable. We ordered a lot of food, and everything, including a cheeseburger, was lovely. The combination of warm slices of bread and sac kavurma was a pleasant start. My friend strongly recommended lamb shank, and he was right. It was a lovely dish. Pide, which could be close to the origin of dumplings and pizza, was also good. The mixed grill had a mountain of meats. It is a pricy restaurant but a nice place to enjoy nomadic dishes.

Very delicious food, I liked Pomegranate salad, Iskender kebab so yum, the meat is fresh, not to hard, they serve the food hot and nice. We are really enjoyed and had a fun with my girls. Also we ordered a strawberry cake deserts, and they brought extra 2 deserts as a compliment to us. We were so happy! It's very nice of them! Deserts are taste very good with light sugar, we loved it. Definitely, we will come back next time. Thank you for great service 👍

As a Turk I really dislike the taste of their food. I visited 3 times hoping to get a good turkish food but each time was a big disappointment. The oil they use is definitely not healthy. The service is extremely slow and the prices were unfairly expensive as well. The only good thing was the vibe but they just can’t find a simple “curtain” or “second door” solution for their outside door which was letting the cold wind in every time they open their door to let new customers get in. Won’t go back again.

Worst kebabs ever in tristate area! I just wasted $65 including gratuity fees 18.00% . Not taste ! I we cannot even eat only we drink soda from there. I never had this kind of Turkish kebab! Highly not recommend! Sorry