Antalya Restaurant

Excellent food, price, service, location. Made me feel like they were glad I was there. Great value, artful décor.

Delicious. Best food since I went to Kuwait. Fresh, large servings at a great price. Amazing coffee and desserts. Great service!

I am here in the restaurant and I have been waiting for about an hour for my lamb. Feel bad

This restaurant has amazing, authentic Turkish food along with attentive service. The prices are lower than most in the area, the food is fresh, and the portions are plenty. Highly recommended.

I know what good Turkish food tastes like and this unfortunately ain’t it. Uninspired bland Cuisine is the order of the day here. It seems that because the location is a prime spot for tourist going in and out, the owners of this joint can get away with mediocrity, and they sure excel at it! The homos with meat was bland, the liver appetizer was overcooked and the Dolma was both bland and overcooked. The service also leaves a lot to be desired. The waiters simply are not interested. They are not interested in you, they are are not interested in the food, and they would generally rather be somewhere else! The one redeeming dish they had was the rice pudding. That was not bad at all. That earned them an extra star. But save yourself the money and go elsewhere.

A really hearty meal for two at a good price. The best part was the food was genuine and delicious. 4 starters, 2 mains with drinks and a bottle wine just over the fifty mark. Staff try a little too hard to be friendly this may backfire with some but we had a pleasant evening.

Stay very far away from this place. My wife and I visited this restaurant on the first day of our honeymoon, as it was recommended to us by the concierge of the Hotel Russell. We were hesitant to go in, as there was only 4 people in the restaurant when we got there. We went ahead and proceeded in, and boy was that a mistake. The whole experience was really awkward. I felt as if I was eating in a private club owned and operated by three older men. I am assuming they are from Turkey as this is a Turkish restaurant, and maybe this type of service is common in Turkey.
So let’s begin the meal. When asked what we would like to drink my wi asked for a cosmopolitan, in which our waiter (who barely spoke English) only stated «no» when we asked what he only continued to state «no, no, no» so we got water, and moved on. We got chicken to eat, which was extremely dry and badly seasoned.
After finishing our meal, and continuing to sit at our table for an additional 45 minutes without ever seeing our waiter, I went to the bar and asked for my bill. I was told to sit back down and it would be brought to me. At this point all I wanted to do was pay and leave, but before I received my bill I was brought «complementary dessert» two slices of watermelon. This was the best part of the meal. I was finally brought my bill and paid and left. Nearly 3 ½ hours after this horrible dining experience started.
But on the way out, I’m assuming it was the owner would stop each person and shake their hand. Not saying it wasn’t a good gesture, just weird. Not my kind of place. The food is not worth the money and the service is horrible, but the décor is pretty epic.

We visited here after a day out in London when we fancied something different to our usual Indian/​Chinese/​Thai meals. The place was deserted at 7pm and we were slightly wary as we couldn’t find any reviews online but thought we’d give it a try anyway and had a fabulous meal.
The décor at Antalya is lovely, murals and brightly painted ceilings, and the staff welcomed us as old friends rather than first time visitors. The atmosphere was good too traditional music played quietly in the background and by the time we left the place was buzzing.
The menu is extensive and there are plenty of meat, fish and vegetable choices. We chose hot mezze platter for two, followed by a chicken dish Tavuk Topkapi for me and Lamb Iskender for my partner, along with two Turkish beers.
We were chuffed to be given a freebie starter olive tapenade and a minty, garlicky sauce, along with some of the best bread I’ve ever tasted (and more bread with the main course!)
The mezzes were great, five or six things including a beautifully seasoned meat patty, a couple of beautiful filo parcels and calamari. There was also some halloumi cheese, which was slightly underdone as I prefer it a little softer and less rubbery.
Main courses were fantastic huge portions too. My chicken dish involved half a small chicken stuffed with rice flavoured with cinnamon, pine nuts and other spices, on a creamy sauce with spinach. It wasn’t spicy hot, but was warm and delicately flavoured. It came with a portion of bulgar wheat which was also beautifully flavoured. Steve’s lamb dish was even more delicious!
We didn’t order pudding but were presented with some fresh fruit and Turkish Delight which was very welcome.
The meal, including a couple of beers, was £50 which seemed very reasonable, especially for somewhere in central London. We’ll definitely go back again!