Pera Mediterranean Grill

I visited this restaurant at 10:00pm by myself when I was in Dallas for work.
Food:
I tried there Iskender Kebab (it’s made using Doner meat, on top of bread topped with tomato sauce, eaten with yogurt) and had tea. I’ve had the actual stuff in Istanbul before. At this place, the Doner meat was not actual Doner meat. It was gyro meet substituted for Doner meat (there is a difference). I guess they don’t carry actual Doner meat here? Also, the kebabs weren’t served on top of enough pita bread. Also, the pita bread was too soft, not the actual stuff that it’s supposed to be on. The tea, definitely wasn’t Turkish, but to be fair, the manager there did tell me he didn’t have the real stuff. The tea was burned though, so no excuse for it being burned.
Service:
My water cup was never refilled. I had to ask for more water. Also, server paid more attention to tables with more people. He asked everyone what they thought of the food, but never really took the time to ask me that. He did ask me if I needed the dessert menu, but then forgot to bring it. I had to ask him about it, then he remembered and told me about the two desserts they had available orally.
Conclusion:
Overall, ok experience. Not really authentic or anything. There are better places.

Came through the yesterday for dinner with my wife and her friend. The space is tiny and there was only one other table when we showed up.
The waitress was nice and helpful. The food was pretty good but I’m pretty sure I got food poisoning from my lamb shank. It was good when I ate it but the next morning I woke up very ill. That was the only thing that I could think that it could be.
I had stewed lamb shank and it got me to thinking if it was kept at the correct temperature before warming up and plated. It didn’t taste bad as I ate it so I’m not positive it was the shank but like I said, that was the only thing I ate all night that was out of the ordinary.

I didn’t think I liked baklava… until I tried it here — DELICIOUS. It truly melts in your mouth and I was craving it for the next two days. The homemade recipes taste and feel very authentic. The owner who took our order was very kind and shared some background on the ingredients and oils used. I enjoyed the steak kabobs over the chicken, but both were good. The rice was rich in flavor. The pita/​hummus was some of the best I have had. Give this place a shot!

The food is very average here. I suspect the 58 reviews are mostly family members. The Pita bread was cold and stale, the entrée has only 4 small chunks of chicken, and the food in general is subpar. You’ll find much better food at Ziiziki’s or even Luna Grill.

I love Pera’s…the food is very fresh and it’s amazing! I’m a Mediterranean food lover and this place satisfies my needs! I definitely recommend and would come back over and again.
The prices for the quality of food is excellent. Charlie is the waiter and he’s the best!!! Very friendly service. I’ve had the lamb shank (so good), the Acili Ezme is excellent as well! :-)

Appetizers are good but for $ 7 its a bit over priced for the little plate you get in return. Server is great, very nice and polite. I don’t like that when the appetizers were brought out that the bread used for dipping was tortia bread instead of authentic Turkish flat bread. Prices seem to a tad bit high. I ordered the scandar, this entire played a huge roll in my rating as I have had many scandars and for me that dish is a fundamental part of Turkish quizine.
The bathroom could defenitly use a bit more work.
I hate that they used tortilla bread for the scandar.

When I come to Dallas to visit my kids I always like to do a non-​traditional Christmas Eve meal. We just finished shopping at whole foods and found this place.
We ordered Dolma, Hummus, Falafel and Calamari all were delicious.
My youngest and me only eat fish so the Salmon was our choice. It was cooked perfectly and the sauce was excellent!
My oldest ordered the grill shrimp and she was in love with them as well.
Definitely a diamond in the rough, will go back for sure.

Disclaimer: This review is based off delivery/​to-​go order.
Disappointed is an understatement. Our company holiday party this year was BBQ. Well that’s great, but my boss is Kosher and pescatarian, along with 1 other couple. So the night before, I scheduled an order from Door Dash to deliver food to the event.
Order:
4 grilled salmon, requested to sub grilled veggies instead of potatoes. ($ 80)
2 Shepard salads ($ 16)
Total: $ 96 (Not including the tip and delivery fee)
When it arrived, the entire bottom of the paper bag was drenched with juices and oils. I was humiliated to walk into my company party with it. When I pulled out all the containers, the salmon was just thrown into boxes, the oil had spilled all over everything and the salad juices completely drenched the bag of pita bread. The veggies I requested came in 1 single container not enough for 4 plates and wasn’t even chopped up, it was half pieces of tomato, onion and peppers.
When the delivery driver handed it to me he stated that the order was like this when he picked it up. Which indeed makes an error on both their behalfs.
I later received a text from someone at Pera apologizing about the bag being a mess but «The rest of the order should be fine and to call DoorDash to see if they can rectify the situation. Have a nice day!» REALLY? TOO LATE NOW!
I don’t doubt that perhaps they have decent food if you went in to eat, but if you are going to allow the option to deliver or to-​go it needs to be delivered to the location properly.
SUGGESTION: wrap the salmon and salads in foil to prevent from leaking on everything else OR don’t offer delivery or to-​go. «Thanks and have a nice day!»

My friends and I went to lunch and discovered they have a two course lunch special for $ 10.95. There’s good variety to choose from for both appetizers and entrees. We all went with the baba ganoush for our appetizer since we love us some eggplant. We each received our own serving, plus a basket of pita for the table. The pita was hot and tasty and slightly burned. One friend ordered the falafel entrée-​they were a little too charred on the outside and mushy on the inside. When we ate it the texture was off and the char was ashy. I had the lamb kabob, and the meat was cooked well, had good flavor, and was tender. The rice itself was just white rice. Nothing special. Our friend enjoyed his beef kabobs.
Service was attentive and friendly. The server did offer my friend another entrée for the falafel, but she chose not to get anything else.
Overall, it was an okay experience, but nothing to write home about. Parking is horrible, though, so we will likely not be returning for okay food when parking is such a pain.

The food and wait staff were equally amazing. Charlie is a gem and treats guests as if they were in his own home! We throughly enjoyed ourselves and will be back! *side note — I am part Turkish and thought the food was authentic and superb!

I went here for lunch with a coworker. I got the $ 10.95 lunch special with taboulleh and lamb shish. Both were excellent. Waiter was friendly. I love how you can see the chef make everything right at the bar. I also tried my coworker’s babaganoush which was great… you could taste the smokiness of the eggplant. Overall, I’m so happy this place opened near my work. Healthy and delicious food is always hard to find.

Fantastic food!!! Unbelievably tasty and full of flavor. It is more Turkish than Lebanese which was evident in the home cooked style that went brilliantly with the interiors. It had the best falafel that I’ve ever tasted… Very flavourful, soft chickpea texture browned to a perfect crunch. The accompanying hummus was hearty and delicious… Aclili Ezme, a kind of salsa spread was spicy and we just couldn’t stop eating it.
We ordered the Mezze tab where we could choose appetisers. Good ones were the Sigara Boregi… Melt in ur soft softness, sublime feta cheese blended very well with the pastry. Icli Kofte which are fried beef dumplings… The winner was definitely the Out of this World Falafel. Gyro was delicately prepared full of flavor. Served deconstructed on a plate instead of as a wrap… It’s accompaniments were arranged along side. The meal ended with the Baklava. Average compared to the main meal.

Visited pera today for the first time. The manager was very nice and helpful. He let us order from the dinner menu even though it was lunch time. We ordered an appetizer platter and the chicken kabob which was perfect split between 2 people. The appetizer platter we had included babaganush humus ezme (all good) and feta rolls (average). The chicken kabob was very nicely seasoned and marinated and was soft juicy.

What a great restaurant to run into during a weekend trip to Dallas. My traveling companion and I stumbled upon this gem on Labor Day this year and we were blown away. The service was fantastic and the restaurant itself was very clean and well put together.
The food was definitely the highlight though. We were presented with complimentary hummus which was amazing. Not too creamy and not too chunky with a great flavor. We then ordered the Falafel and the Icli Kofte. The Icli Kofte was one of the best Mediterranean dishes I have ever had and the falafel was delicious but very filling. For our entrees, my friend ordered the Adana Kebap and I ordered the Iskender. My meal was fantastic and the small bite of my buddies I had was wonderful as well. I would highly recommend Pera to anyone in the Dallas area.

Tried Pera grill via door dash (since I learned when I called from the site that they don’t actually deliver). Tried 4 standard appetizers & lamb shish kabob.
Hummus: nice smokey flavor: a bit chunkier than some other versions — grade B
Dolmas: standard cold vegetarian version – grade A
Falafel patty: good flavor but not quite as crispy as typically found — grade B
Tabbouleh: strangely dark and just didn’t look «fresh”(perhaps because the wheat/​parsley seemed tired) — grade D
Lamb shish: good flavor; bit chewy — grade B
Pita: average.
Overall: average. It may be better place for late night donner kabobs after late night of drinking on McKinney Ave.

I came here the second time last night and was greeted by my server (don’t know how to spell his name :(who actually remembered me! The friendly and personable service is always top notch! I love how he shared his story and background and the exchanging of conversations between us! You can tell he really has a passion as an ambassador of Pera and Turkish food!
This time I decided to get the Appetizer Sampler which lets me choose from 4 different appetizers. I chose Sigara Boregi, Dolmas, Falafels, and Baba Ghanoush. The sigara boregi was delicious, fried phyllo rolls stuffed with feta cheese; the flavors really worked well with each other! The dolmas, however, were a bit more oily and soggy than I was used to, and I would’ve preferred more of the lemon sauce taste. I cannot comment on the falafels because I do not have much prior experience with them (they were good nonetheless!). The baba ghanoush was delicious in a salty, textured way, but I think I personally preferred the hummus more.
I ordered the baklava last. It was quite tasty! However, I would’ve loved more texture and layers in terms of the nuts and dough. The dough was very fragrant but it seemed bogged-​down and a bit soggy towards the bottom.
Nevertheless, Pera Mediterranean still receives 5 stars from me though because of the excellent service/​talks and the delicious entrees, hummus, and coffee!

I was excited to try out Pera the other night when I met my friend there. We got there around 6pm on a weekday and the restaurant was empty. I was shocked to find out that they didn’t offer some kind of Happy Hour menu. That may be the reason as to why no one ever came in the whole time we were there. Anyway, our waiter was so nice and helpful that it didn’t matter much to us. But, I do suggest they start a by the glass special or something in order to get more HH customers in.
We started our dinner off with Hummus and Pita Bread. The hummus was some of the best I’ve ever had. It had just the right amount of tang that I like. I highly recommend it! While we were waiting for the entrees to come out, the waiter surprised us with some Babaganoush from the chef. I thought that was a really nice gesture and it was great.
Next up, my friend and I both ordered the Salmon with capers, spinach, and roasted potatoes. The plate looked excellent; but unfortunately, my plate came with a hair on it. I would have never kept the meal on any ordinary day, but the staff were so nice that I felt bad to have to send my order back. So, I got a napkin and took the hair off and salvaged what I could on the plate to make it worth it. I was a bit turned off by the hair, but I can say I did try to make the most of it and the salmon was cooked nicely, the sauce was amazing, and the spinach and potatoes made the meal all come together wonderfully.
After our meal was complete, the chef sent over a little dessert for us to share.
The service is superb! Let’s just make sure we get those stubborn hairs off of the plates so diners can have the ultimate experience.
I’m definitely planning to try Pera again one day.

Pera Wine Bistro… where hospitable service matches exceptional food. We found ourselves here after an amazing Spring dance performance at the Dallas Black Dance Theatre. They were open relatively late and served up the best Mediterranean food imaginable. Juicy lamb seasoned with a tangy tomato and pepper sauced served with a side a housemade mashed potatoes… so delicious. The waiter was knowledgeable about the the menu and had a wonderful funny personality. His attitude was a big plus to our experience, taking his time hosting us graciously even when we realized that we only halfway through our meal well after closing time. Stellar service, delicious food, and a complimentary baklava dessert (best I’ve had in Dallas) on the house? Yes, yes and yes. A great ending to a great night. This place is a date night «must».

Tried this place out last Friday evening and it was completely empty when we went around 8pm. The service was pretty good, but it did take a really long time to get our check at the end and we didn’t end up leaving until about 10pm.
A group of 6 of us tried the hummus (decent, but I’ve had better), cous cous (really good) and the platters of chicken, beef and lamb. The platters came with a few other sides (hummus, veggies, etc) but I thought they could have used a bit more meat. They also gave us complimentary stuffed meatballs, which were delicious. Also, had a turkish coffee for dessert which was excellent!
Wine selection was good and ambience was awesome. I highly suggest trying this place out.

Honestly, you would be a fool that I would pity if you did not love this place.
Ozzie is the owner and is so personable and warm. Every time I walk in to eat here, he greets me with a smile, a hug, a kiss, and some yummy food.
Best Mediterranean food in Dallas. So authentic and fresh. Get the hummus, babbaganosh, and the lamb gyro!!! Mmm it’s so good!!!
They are open late so check ‘EM out!!! Can’t say enough great things about his place.