Ada Restaurant in Edinburgh, City of

Everything was literally perfect

Turkish restaurant. The food is delicious (meat shawarma, chicken kofta, and lentil soup). The service is excellent. The atmosphere is beautiful and comfortable.

Seated quickly and the staff were very attentive and friendly. They are passionate about the food here. Had the large mixed grill plate for two, and the meat was perfectly seasoned and delicious. The sauces were great. The food here is phenomenal. Go here!

Nice place to try Turkish food, we ordered ribs and iskandar kabab

We came from Texas USA. As I call my self a food guru, I highly recommend to stop by this place. The adana and İskender dishes were very delicious. Professional team. Thank you. Note : TURKISH TEA IS COMPLIMENTARY 🇹🇷🇬🇪❤️🇺🇸

Really great food, good price, and friendly staff. Keep on visiting it and will continue for as long as possible.

Lovely food, with lovely staff. Always a good experience when eating here

Okay, but I wouldn't go back. Some corners cut with ingredient quality and staff preferred to hang around our office sight of tables even when not busy

This restaurant is one of my favourite of all time! The food looks amazing and tastes amazing, too. The service was fantastic, and the atmosphere was one of a kind!

Frankly speaking, it is a beautiful and quiet Turkish restaurant, and their food tasted great. Our order was a very nice lentil soup, chicken shish tawook, and chicken kibbeh that came with rice, bulgur, and salad. The bill was nice with the prices.

İt's an absolute scam and steal money. We ordered large mixed grill for two people and it was big portion of rice and few meat !! They should of call it rice dish rather than mixed grill. İmagine you spend £45 for dish full.of rice and few meat !! İt will be definitely the last time I go there

Amazing food and staff couldn't have been more friendly and helpful. Great portions and very good prices. Would absolutely recommend and will be back! Wheelchair accessible also with a wheelchair accessible toilet

Great turkish restaurant I like the mixed grills, they are really good and tasty especially the ribs, I recommend I didn’t like the appitizers I tried

Wee skin man very rude he shouldn't be there we go there every week now we no go back agine they lies about food he coll drink suop what daftty

Delicious Turkish food. Very good service. Free sandwiches with humus, cacik and grilled onion in advance. And a tea on the house afterwards. Top. Highly recommended. We will definitely come here again.

The food here is excellent, soooo tasty, fresh and well presented, they also included some complimentary side dishes and Turkish tea after the meal. The service was first class too. Highly recommend!

Great Turkish restaurant Lovely food. Decent price

Absolutely fantastic. Famous Turkish hospitality. Spotless clean restaurant. Staff were amazing and attentive. Food paradise in Edinburgh. Paradise for your stomach. Great variety of food for any taste. Lots of vegetarian options as well as grilled meat. Lamb shish and Doner were both fresh and amazing quality. Very impressed with Mocktails and home made Ayran. Definitely will come back. Highly recommended. Thank you.

The food was nice and tasty , big portion very attentive staff , lovely waitress. Food made on order nice and fresh , lots of vegetarian options on the menu. Delicious tea. I will be back definitely thank you so much for looking after us so well.

Great customer service. Amazing Turkish food!! All the dishes were exceeding our expectations. Definitely recommend the lamb ribs! The portions are very generous. They also offer free Turkish bread with dipping sauce. Staff are extremely friendly and welcoming.

We walked in this restaurant around 10:00 pm and were immediately seated. Menu selection was good and so was the service. Food arrived promptly and was delicious. We ordered lamb Musaka, apple tea, pomegranate tea, yoghurt drink and baklava. Even though hot sauce and yogurt condiments had excellent flavors.

When looking from the street, this place is easy to miss. Don't. It was really busy when we got here but the service was excellent and the food was really good. I thought the chicken was amazing but then I tasted the lamb and it was even better.

The best Hala food in the town I ordered a large mixed grill Every piece was a masterpiece 😅 Quite expensive, but it deserves it absolutely I love the waitress, they were very polite and helpful So, whenever you are craving some Arabic and halal food, choose it without a second choice Finally they serve a free turkey tea 🫖

The whole experience of eating at Ada, Turkish restaurant. The experience starts at the entrance where the super friendly, smiling faces of the chefs working in the open kitchen, which emanates wonderful aroma of mouthwatering food, greet you warmly. A big surprise compared to most other restaurants in the friendly greetings from all the other waitresses, who say hello to you with a friendly smile! The waitress who showed us to the table was friendly and attentive throughout the dinner. Starters - we opted for Humas Mezes starter, which came with a selection of dips and delicious warm Turkish flat bread, which was topped up throughout the meal, at no extra cost! Still water was also served at no cost! Mains - we ordered the shared mixed grill platter of flavoursome, tender lamb and chicken. It came with 2 different types of deliciously fragrant Pilav rice and Mediterranean salad. The portions are generous and you’re positively encouraged to take away whatever you’re unable to eat! We were too full to order a sweet. On the way out we admired the sweets and enquired about Turkish rice pudding, which we had previous eaten in London. Again, we were surprised when the friendly chef offer us a rice pudding to try! Ada should be voted the most friendliest restaurant in UK! The food was delicious and the experience was wonderful due to the friendly, efficient service from the waitresses. Sadly we were unable to add a tip, which was deserved, to the credit card! We will return to Ada very soon to try other wonderful dishes in their menu!

Best of the best in Edinburgh Turkish and Mediterranean food suitable for Arabs, Halal Muslims, people with celiac disease or on gluten diet The chef offered multiple gluten free options They gave us complementary Chai and Humus Thanks to the great Michele and Chef Hassan One of the best halal restaurants in Edinburgh. The food is delicious, the quantity is very good, and the taste is perfect We had shish tawook, meat tikka, kebab, and appetizers, and everything was excellent I highly recommend it Chef Hassan and Miss Michelle from the restaurant staff helped us excellently

We had the best lamb chops ever,the reason we coming back over and over now🙏🏼♥️lovely staff,the tall blond guy very welcoming!

Visited ADA in Antigua St have some food before a proper festival night out and was served by Kiril from. Hope I spelt the name correctly. What a place, the food was amazing, so tasty, perfectly cooked, full of subtle flavours and my son, my friend and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The staff were totally top notch and the service was on point, none more so than from Kiril. My only point of comment is that I was unable to leave a tip because when I went to pay tips were not permitted when paying by card which is a real shame as few people carry cash these days and I did not have any with me. This made me feel bad as I could not reward the wonderful service we received from Kiril and his colleagues. I’ll be back and will try to make sure I have cash next time but I’d like to ask the owners to change this policy and help reward their amazing staff for the great work they do as it’s hard to make living in the hospitality trade and these guys deserve the opportunity to be reward by those they look after.

Adana kebab is very bad, dry and has a lot of garlic in it, it is not real Adana kebab at all. Doner is not bad but the price is high but the portion is very small. They want to feed people with rice. The air conditioning does not work inside, it is so hot that we had difficulty eating.

Excellent customer service, atmosphere and amazing food!

Everything is special, excellent and fast service, excellent quality of food and excellent quantity per plate for 6 people, 5 main dishes, but only 123 pounds.

Very excellent and I recommend it

Very delicious and jaw-dropping authentic Turkish grill. Highly recommend 👌 👍 👏 🙌

One of the beat Turkish restaurants in the area, we had medium mix grilled dish and shish chicken, it was served with salad and fries or rice, and we also had Hommos which was good, they also had spicy red sauce which I like, the dish size was more than enough for 2 persons, we didn't have space to try the sweets, at the end we had nice chatting with Mr.Kiril, he gave us 2 glass of tea which was the best tea we had in Scotland. Thank you Kiril and we will come again One of the best Turkish restaurants in the area. We had a medium-sized mixed grill, a shish tawook and hummus plate. The food in general was delicious, the kebab was a little heavy meat, and since the amount of food was more than enough, we were not able to try their dessert, Umm Ali and Kunafa. The employee, Kirl, was very polite and treated our guest to the tea

Excellent Turkish restaurant, excellent service and respectful staff The food is excellent

A delicious restaurant with the highest morals and behavior. The staff are pleasant and the food is delicious

The food is delicious and the people are helpful. The place is comfortable. The prices come with a large meat shawarma with potatoes for 15 pounds.

The restaurant is excellent in terms of the delicious food and the welcoming staff. It is one of the restaurants we went to more than once during our stay in Edinburgh. The service is fast and excellent and the prices are good

A Turkish restaurant with very delicious food and their tea is very nice. I recommend it, their treatment is wonderful Thank you to the employee Malak and the Pakistani employee

One of the best restaurants in Edinburgh, which is definitely suitable for Saudis and Gulf Arabs. I ordered delicious fish and meat once.

My third visit to Ada was just as good as the first two. Our party of three ordered the large mixed grill which comes with rice, salad, dips and bread, and we supplemented this with a falafel mezze and a grilled vegetable mezze (can’t quite remember the name of the dish). Everything was cooked and seasoned to perfection and it was the ideal amount of food. We finished with a kunefe dessert to split and the bill was a reasonable £24 each. The only thing better than the food was the service. Several members of staff checked in on us, asked if we needed anything and brought us extra plates/spoons/water with a smile. Everyone was so genuinely kind and warm, and we were bid farewell by half the team including the kitchen. We’ll be back!

The restaurant is clean, the people are delicious, their service is nice, and the prices are good, not moderately expensive

The restaurant is very delicious and serves the most delicious Turkish dishes Thank you to the employee, Rubika, for her kindness, beautiful smile, and cheerful reception

We chose this on our Edinburgh trip, but when we told them we waited for our order for 1 hour, they objected to us. Our check-in and check-out times were recorded both on our phone and on the parking ticket of the car we parked right next to the restaurant. The food is average compared to Turkish restaurants on the British island.

A very delicious Turkish restaurant

Great Turkish restaurant. Chicken guvech delicious, lamb shank tender, bread was supremely good. Everything fabulous. Many Turkish diners. Really good experience. Waiting staff very friendly.

First of all, the food was not delicious compared to kebabs in Turkey. In terms of cleanliness, the tables and glasses were clean, but the toilets were dirty. The environment was very noisy and the tables were so close to each other that it was difficult to get in and out.

Great food, all classics present, friendly staff, really enjoyed ourselves.

I visited it today. I can say that this is one of the most delicious restaurants in Edinburgh. The food is delicious, very tasty and clean, and the prices are comparable to the quantity. Thank you for the wonderful service and the cheerful staff. I advise anyone visiting Edinburgh to stop by👍🏻

I tried mixed grill and it tasted very good.. The restaurant is worth a try and their prices are good compared to other restaurants.. Their service is excellent

Incredible friendly staff and great food.

A beautiful and distinctive restaurant, especially the young man I mentioned in the picture. When you visit this city, you must enjoy eating there. They serve special Turkish tea.

Very good service from the staff

The grilled lamb chops are very good and highly recommended. Good service too.

Friendly staff, good food. We were tired after a long day of travel and this was a great option for us. The menu was slightly misleading. I ordered a salad but there was no lettuce.

Delicious food with reasonable prices

Super delicious Turkish food. Flavourful with very satisfying quantity.

The best food in Edinburgh . We stayed for 5 days and our last day we ran into Ada and Oh my GOD it is Wow the food the atmosphere the kunafa the portions and the refillable tea with mint . Highly recommend

Delicious food and very friendly

The food is very delicious. Thank you to all the chefs out there. The service is very excellent, especially the Ukrainian young man. Excellent and fast handling. Also, excellent dealings with Arabs.

Very impressed! Phenomenal selection and execptional service. I recommend going with a larger group and trying out various things. Will come back again!! We came as a large group booking (>20) and they accomodated us well. The place is quite large but can feel a little clamped. You pass by some grills and salad bars on the way with a variety of food items on display and a few friendly chefs at work. They have an interesting and wide selection of foods, all of generous portions (especially the mains!). We had falafel starters which were great but just a little dry. They also gave free bread with onions and 2 dipping sauces, lovely. Their grill section isnt necessarily just baked goods, as my friend got the Chicken Iskandar which was a creamy stew with an incredibly smokey flavor. The bread is hidden under the chicken and soaked with the sauce, some may think its soggy however. I highly recommend! I got the Tavuk Guvec which (on recommendation from the waiter) was a large portion. Great for those who like peppers and tomato stews. So stuffed by the end! Other friends got similar items (lamb and chicken) and were pleased. We did not try the seafood here and hot mezes, but I will come back for this. Each dish comes with a well seasoned rice and some salad, which is OK. They also have a decent vegetarian selection. Staff were attentive and often asking if we needed anything without being intrusive. Only 2 friends got the dessert (Baklava) which were alright, and the Turkish Coffee which they enjoyed. Only complaint is that the place is ever so slightly drab. I dont really mind.

Food was delicious!! All the meats were cooked wonderfully and were super flavorful. Went as a party of 6 and ordered the sampler plates—I highly recommend them if you are feeling overwhelmed by the many options they have. The portions are VERY generous so keep that in mind when ordering, I recommend ordering 60% of what you think you would eat. I recommend reserving ahead too, there was a ~30 minute wait for our group at 8:30pm.

The food at this restuarant was first class, as was the service. The waitress, Mishel, was highly professional and knowledgeable, and helped me choose the right dishes for my taste. My Wife and I highly recommend!!!

The food and service was excellent

Ada is a Turkish restaurant, very high quality food, we ordered lamb ribs and lamb kebab, the taste was wonderful and served with rice and koskos. We payed 40£ for 2 persons wich was enough for lunch They kindley served tea as compliment after lunch.

My friend and I stumbled across this restaurant on a trip to Edinburgh. What a little gem! Food was absolutely gorgeous and we will definitely be back!!

Super delicious, high quality food. Glad I did picked it as a dinner destination when I’m in the city

The price of a meat roll for shawarma is 12 pounds, and it is not good and contains grease and gelatin It is impossible to return to him if it is for free

Such an unexpected treat! We had just returned from a tour to the highlands and were looking for a place to eat. The food was delicious, service was great, and nice variety from the many pubs and other meals we’ve been having on our trip. Highly recommend!

Leaving my older first wife at home with the poor dog allows me to explore more widely as her food choices are limited by her age and teeth. Don’t be fooled into ordering too much here though unless hammering the gym as portions are huge ! Hummus lovely with lots of little accompaniments and the the grilled chicken cooked to perfection. Lovely young staff and great service ,barely remembered to ring the old gal as I was having such a good time. Thankyou Edinburgh

Lovely, friendly team. Food was amazing, fresh and good portion size. Will definitely be back. Highly recommended

Excellent service.... nothing left!!!! Michele was an excellent and attentive waitress and was spot on with the service.

Very tasty halal food with good portion size dish friendly service and generosity with complementary side dish and tea

10/10 recommend this place! It’s a bit removed from the hustle and bustle of old/new town but it’s well worth the visit. I had their spinach and cheese pastry and vine leaves for starter, both amazing and flavorful. The spinach and cheese pastry were crispy, flaky and delicious! The vine leaves were fresh and came with a fresh and light yogurt sauce. For main course I had the Adana which is a souther Turkish dish consisting of minced lamb (kabob shape, cooked on a sword thing), along with rice, bulgar and salad. They offer sides of this chili sauce which is to die for. I enjoy spicier food so this option was perfect! The service is great. The entrance fools you as you see them cooking and think it’s a small empty spot until you’re invited to the back and it’s full of patrons. I definitely recommend!

Came to the UK for our 30th wedding anniversary . Found this restaurant looking for something close to our hotel in Edinburgh. Did not expect it to be this good. Ordered the sample platter for two. Lamb ribs, chops chicken shish, chicken wings and another meat (can't remember). One of the best meals we've had anywhere. We came back for a second night! Service was excellent and the staff were wonderful.

I found this place completely by accident, but it was a hit, the food was really delicious, the atmosphere was good and, above all, the service was professional, very nice and, above all, I would like to say hello to the waitress with beautiful eyes 😁

Authentic Turkish food with variety and some flavour. I have tried their restaurant as well as 5 takeaways so my review is regarding their food and restaurant service. Picture is for large mixed grill for 2 people (at more than £32), which is mainly doner mush (misleadingly labelled as shawerma) and a couple of wings, 3 small pieces of chicken/lamb cubes, 2 chops, 2 ribs. With loads of added sickening cheap oil, extremely fatty with the cheapest cuts and lowest amount of actual meat. Edited 2019-2024 Having been to this place on several occasions, I can now confirm the food is occasionally delicious, however, everything can be very inconsistent from the dishes, service, taste, portions etc.. You could easily have different servers/chefs giving you very different portions and condiments. The same applies to their service, quality and attitude. Sometimes Delicious but always disappointing. I am unsure who or why do they dish out the awards or nominations at such overpriced and underwhelming establishments

Was heading to a next door Italian but decided to try here (before theatre, no booking) and SO glad we did. Lovely warm welcome by the chefs at the door. Loved the decor of the restaurant. We ordered the hummus, and the Turkish spicy sausage to start which came with warm bread and a wee dish or chargrilled onions. and was so good. Main course we shared the large mixed grill which comes with a mountain of rice and couscous, and a huge bowl of salad. Our warm bread was replenished too. Absolutely delicious meal, thoroughly enjoyed. Baklava to end the meal was Devine, one portion is 3 pieces. Service was brilliant, we loved the food and it was very reasonably priced. Thank you. We will definitely be back!

Quality all round very relaxed atmosphere polite caring staff.the food was absolutely delicious.when I'm next back in Edinburgh I shall book again .👍🏻 Thank you to all.

Went with a party of over 30 people and the service was so fast and efficient, beyond expectations. All of the staff members were extremely nice and accommodating to our needs. The food was also amazing with great selection of dishes in huge portions. Their flat bread was one of the best ones ever tasted and the selection of cold mezes and the lamb shank were great as well.

Best meal on our holiday....we Will be back. Greatings from Denmark

Love their lamb ribs. Too good. Went with friends and ordered the xl mixed grill platter. Loved the taste. Also ordered some bread and hummus . Good quality hummus. Would recommend this place if you are into turkish food. For dessert ordered kunafa. That was okaish. Had better ones before.

Absolutely delicious, authentic Turkish cooking. The servings are generous and all the staff are friendly and helpful.

Absolutely amazing, been here a few times and it never lets me down. Only issue was my brother wanted a child’s portion so he could have a smaller portion and they wouldn’t allow it. Other than that the service and the food was great.

Amazing Turkish food, decent prices, lively atmosphere, and welcoming staff.

Excellent service and great food. 3 dishes is more than enough for 4 people. Staff were very welcoming and the hummus and bread is great too.

The restaurant is actually pretty good! The atmosphere is really nice, but I have to admit, the prices are a bit on the higher side.

Good nice wee place, friendly and attentive. Loved the adana kebab, and the chicken. Would've been a perfect meal if I just had those but unfortunately I ordered a mix cold meze starter, which I felt was a huge let down, as well as the ayran, that was just wrong. The chicken dish we ordered was a let down too. The mixed grill saved the day I guess, apart from the lamb in it, which was very dry. So I guess if it wasn't for the adana and the chicken codes, this Would've been a very different review as it also seemed a little underwhelming for the price. All in all I'd come back for more adana kebab.

Delicious food 100% recommended, service 5 stars Great food 100% recommended, we went to several restaurants in Edinburgh and this was the best of all

I must express my surprise and disappointment with the service during our most recent visit to the restaurant, a venue where my family, friends, and I have been dedicated customers for over three years. The team, while usually congenial, placed me in a perplexing predicament. When I asked for my remaining food to be packaged for takeaway, I was given an empty cardboard box and expected to box it myself, an undertaking not normally anticipated from a diner. Adding to the frustration, a call to the manager after leaving was met with a challenging demeanor, devoid of the professionalism one would anticipate. It’s deeply regrettable that the handling of this incident has significantly diminished my regard for a restaurant we previously esteemed highly.

Delightful Turkish food and huge portions of it. I had the Izkender Döner and if I would have closed my eyes I would have believed I was in Turkey. Highly recommended.

For £45 a share plate not worth the money for 2 people

Great food, attentive service and a really nice atmosphere to sit in and enjoy your meal. Love it!

I had dinner with friends. The place is nice with a great atmosphere and big portions. We had the big sharing platter for 5 persons and it is great value for money.

If there were 7 stars for service, I would have given them the highest level of kindness, cheerfulness, welcome and assistance, especially the kind and generous Ukrainian young man, Ekryl. We ordered extremely delicious shawarma, amazing lentil soup, delicious and elaborate cucumber yogurt, and kebab with rice that was delicious, but a little if the edges were not burnt. Ayran milk is fabulous..

Always warm, clean and friendly and the food is great too. All those delicious classics. Thanks

Came out for a friends birthday tonight and I have never tried Turkish cuisine before, but it was one of the best meals I’ve ever had! 100% recommend. I had the Chicken Shish Wrap which was delicious. The sides and dips that came with it were exceptional with the lovely warm bread. Staff were so friendly and kind. Nice decor and lots of options so check it out if you can. I will definitely be back 😊

My main meal was very nice, however Kay had the Lamb Mousaka, which was a bit dry .... service was ok, but seemed only one person spoke and understood English ??.... Difficult to rate the atmosphere, as it was very quiet.... We still spent over £100, which was disappointing !!

Taste food and delicious sweet following by Turkish tea. We had a great time.

Love this food Outstanding delicious food Service great 👍

What can I say it was outstanding the food was so delicious and so fresh, I went with my friends and her kids, the customer service was on point and I left woth a smile on my face, thanks a million for looking after us and if you haven't been you are missing out. Alishah, Seher, Benjamin and kids