Efes Restaurant in Dartford

My family and I really liked this restaurant a lot. The food is super good and fresh; the portions are generous. Their lamb and chicken are really excellent! The staff is super nice and very attentive. Their bread is extra good. Also, we ordered the dessert (can't remember the name of it) and it was to kill for;) if you are nearby - visit the place- you will not be disappointed!

I ordered gyro doner ,beef was horrible.My husband and my son ordered chicken kebab they were okey,Efes’s appetizers are delicious.Only good score for appetizers.

Had gluten free chicken entree. Grilled chicken was very tasty with the salad. Did not want rice.

Fantastic. 5 stars for service, freshness, decor, music, everything was ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

From the staff to the quality n taste of the food its great .

I was hungry and midway while I was eating my mixed grill I started to feel like the food had a smell so I decided to stop but unfortunately it was too late because a few hours later I started to have pain in my stomach and for 2 days now I’ve been suffering, NO MORE EFES. Please people be careful!!!

Great place, happen to go to lunch and dinner there a decent amount with friends.

Wow. Trying new food here.. is awesome

Food is always on point. My Husband Family and myself try to go at least once a mouth often twice. With take away in between. Only constructed Advice, is staff can be a bit hovering.

First time being upstairs~ it’s so gorgeous. Waitstaff is super supportive and attentive, yummy chai latte too!

I was shocked by the portions and the price compared to other Turkish restaurants. I have been to several places. The size was too small. The small shepherds salad was smaller than my cell phone and was $14.50 without taxes. I ordered fried liver and you can hardly find any, was only few pieces.

I dined in couple of times. The food is great. I also took sandwiches out for lunch and they were good as well.

I recently visited Efes Restaurant in New Brunswick, where I ordered a mixed wrap. Due to a severe onion allergy, I was very clear with the staff that onions should not be included in my order. Unfortunately, when I received my wrap, I found it filled with onions, which led to an allergic reaction. When I called the restaurant to address the issue, I was disappointed with the response. Rather than offering a sincere apology or attempting to rectify the situation, the staff simply asked, "What do you want us to do?" When I requested the name of the manager, I was told it was "Billy," a name that seemed improvised on the spot. In addition to this issue, I've noticed a decline in the overall quality of the food at Efes. The ingredients, which used to be fresh and flavorful, now seem to lack the same quality. Furthermore, even a simple request for extra sauce was met with reluctance, making the experience less enjoyable. While Efes has been a go-to spot for Mediterranean cuisine in the past, this recent experience has left me concerned about their attention to detail and customer service. I hope the management takes steps to address these issues, as the potential for a great dining experience is still there. However, I would urge anyone with food allergies to exercise caution when ordering.

Over the years it has gotten really expensive.

O out of 10 no stars. Food was picked out of the trash can and delivered to me. 🤬🤢 Rice was hard and cold, salad was from 2 days again and chicken tasted old.

Went for dinner with a friend. Ambience and entertainment vibes were very good. Was running late for our reservation slot but they told us come nonetheless. Got there and was seated within 5 minutes. Food served promptly and tasted fab👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽. Lovely cocktails too. Belly dancer entertainment an added bonus to a nice evening. Reasonably priced too and was given a complimentary simple but nice platter of fruit after our meal. All staff that served us very good. Definitely recommend.

I've never had such good lentil soup even in New York. Great

This place is one of my favorite restaurant 😻

Excellent food Excellent service extremely friendly staff the price with food and drink was around £30 per person....

Nice Turkish spot in New Brunswick NJ. The food was pretty good and hit the spot. The inside upstairs was pretty nice too I love all the lamps and lights going up the stairs. The only thing that was kinda disappointing was the waitress wasn’t really good. She had a little attitude and didn’t seem like she wanted to be there working. I still left a $20 tip which I’m sure in these places are nothing special. Parking next to the restaurant isn’t that bad but the streets over here are very small. Kind of like a smaller version of parking in Brooklyn. Whenever I’m in New Jersey I’ll check this place out again. Hopefully they have better waitresses working.

Bad food quality, service and table it's very bad .

Must have changed ownership. Ordered 2 orders of hummus and got 2 pita breads. The old owners would give you a few pitas and oil. Don’t think I will be back. I hope Princeton is still original owners!

Ordered takeout, 5 min walk. Soggy French fries, 1 of 2 lamb kebab meat was overdone, white sauce was watered down, prices high for meal type/size. My local cheap shawarma joint has better food for cheaper.

Great place to have a nice quiet

It's a very cool place to eat with a great view and eclectic decorations. The restaurant special garlic chicken had some fat on it. It wasn't busy but took a few minutes to get drinks, take our order and get our meals. The fresh bread was DELICIOUSNESS, warm, crispy, lightly burnt ends. Yummy. The baklava could have used a huge drizzle of honey because it was a bit dry. Ali was very friendly and went above and beyond to make us feel welcome.

The food was sooo tasty, fast, and hot. I was looking forward to leaving 5 stars, but towards the end of the plate I found a small hair. That let’s me know that the preparation are not covering there hairs. Disappointed and a little nauseous

I had a fantastic dining experience at Efes last night. The service was impeccable, and the food was absolutely delicious. Three of our party shared a platter for six, and every dish was superbly prepared and flavourful. I opted for the haloumi and falafel wrap with chips, and it was a delightful choice. The quality of the food was outstanding, and the restaurant's ambiance added to the overall enjoyment. Efes truly stands out in the area as a destination for a memorable meal, and we will definitely be returning.

This is my go to spot when I like to eat lamb. Fresh and delicious. Their bread is so refreshing. I have been going to this place for the past two years. It was good each time. Don't miss their Turkish fruit juices. This place is authentic and genuine.

It's the only restaurant in the US I'd miss if I'm outside of the US. Food tastes great and authentic (certified by Turkish friend from Turkey), and deserts are the best (best and authentic baklava around). Service is good, good decorations and atmosphere. It is easily the best middleeastern food in the central jersey. It's amazing that it keeps its quality and even improves it all these years. It's my favorite, and I almost don't want to recommend it so I can keep it to myself.

I love there bakery shop more than the food. The pistachio cakes was so good, I should of bought a whole cake. The food was good also, they have seating upstairs. It was seven of us and the bill was over $500.

Excellent Turkish food, it's our go to catering restaurant.

Dined in with friends of mine. The food was fantastic! For me, I ordered the octopus salad. It was phenomenal. I love octopus and was extremely happy with the dish. I did not try what my friends ordered, they were equally as happy with their dishes as well. The one dish had so much food, that my friend ended up taking half of it home.

Last few times I been there waitress suck only came to my table 2times . She should have been fired for discrimination but the owne or manager came and did her job over all everything else was great. I have not been back in a while because my present should be good as my money

Amazing place! We loved the food, service was quick, and the place was packed! It was our second time here and I we were so eager to eat our food we forgot to take any pictures. But we almost took pictures of our neighbor’s food, it was so good looking!

Excellent food, great family restaurant. Must visit!!

awesome i loved the vibes and layout but chicken was a bit dry 😞

Fantastic restaurant. I usually visit once every few weeks as well as takeaways in between. The owner Jemal is fantastic and always friendly. His staff are very attentive and the food is always cooked to perfection.

This place has a great atmosphere and the food was amazing. I personally had the Lamb Adana Kebab and it was great, this restaurant has great food and nice service.

As MiddleEasterner, I definitely suggest this high quality Turkish restaurant for Kebab lovers. The food was so delicious as you feel you are in Istanbul and the hospitality proves it. Don’t forget to order Ayran (yougurt drink) as drink and Keshkul as dessert. I will come back again !

Great taste, Specially Baklawa is really outstanding. Highly recommended.

This place has the best authentic food. My BFF brought me here years ago and still top of the line service and food :)

High quality and friendly staff

The staff is attentive and friendly, the food and portions are small, the food is at an acceptable level, the ambience is nice and spacious, the prices are normal.

Overall experience was positive, would definitely try again. We did have minimal interaction with server as our salads did not come with dressing and were waiting for her to come back, when she did and we informed her our salads that were now half eaten did not have dressing, she came back and dropped off oil and vinegar....everyone in our party finished their meals, stay tuned for my follow up one day!

The forget my sauce My whole order not at all any sauces Even I request in my order extra hot sauce, please Than …. I pay delivery charges plus tip

Food - Amazing & delicious . I’m a huge fan of falafels and they made them just right. Recommended us good drinks as well. Atmosphere- beautifully designed & very intimate for a lunch date with your bestie , first date or night out with your family .

Delicious food and guest service.

Good vegetarian food with separate in menu. Kids liked it. Limited menu though. Desserts are good too.

Food was good. Enjoyed the entree the most(chicken kehab)

Very good food and thw staff are very friendlt

Got the chicken garlic and octopus salad without tomatoes also tried the grape leaves. Overall 10/10 I’ve been here 3 before because my sister went to Rutgers

Absolutely delicious food. Lovely wait staff. Greet prices.

AMAZING! I got tiramisu and I was expecting the regular mascarpone cream and was I surprised. It reminds me of a cheesecake but not that dense, the cocoa is strong but not overpowering, you get the coffee which isn’t bitter. I will definitely be back to try more.

Very pleasant, pretty, comfortable place with excellent, tasty food and good, unobtrusive service from a nice staff. I met a friend for lunch there that I hadn't seen in a long time and they let us stay there and talk for a good while. Sweet.

Check and double check what you ordered and what you got served.

Very friendly staff Great food 😋

Such a cozy place with great Apps and meats. Love coming here with my fam and it’s a great dinner spot for a group of friends! Tried the Sea bass for the first time and was nothing special, wouldn’t get it again for the price.

I absolutely love this. The food is good, well seasoned. Service is amassing as well

The coffee was great and the Simit is a must try!! Highly recommended!!

We have only visited the New Brunswick location. Love the atmosphere and all of the wait staff. Our go to is the octopus salad, the liver and some Turkish coffee to top it all off, and they have a wonderful selection of desserts. Too bad I don’t have any food pics.

I recommend this place, the food it's fantastic & service 5stars !

Authentic Mediterranean food in the heart of the college town of Rutgers and New Brunswick. You will not go wrong with any of the appetizers or main course.

Akın abime selamlar 😅 Akdeniz mutfağını lezzetli bir şekilde hizmetinize sunuyor.

Efes serves Mediterranean cuisine with a lovely ambiance. Our favorite dishes are the Iskender Kabob, the gyro dinner, lamb shish, lamb adana kebab, and the Chicken Adana. For appetizers, we usually get the Eggplant Salad, Shepherd Salad or the Sigara Boregi. For dessert, the baklava is quite good, as is the pistachio cheesecake. The tea and espresso are a good choice. Parking is challenging with meter parking on the street, but there are some reasonable lots nearby.

Out favorite middle eastern restaurant in New Brunswick

Very tasty food, but I’m disappointed with the price and portion sizes. I ordered a lamb kebab and I paid $15 for 4 pieces of meat. It’s good food but it’s pricey and not enough. Update: Efes’ replies to negative reviews seem to be AI generated. If this is true, it just goes to show how much they care about their customers.

Very authentic Turkish food with quick and courteous service.

Unbelievable. Asked for a combination kebab. Got told no. Waiter asked another member of staff. Who did not understand why manger said no. When them was talking I went to chef who know my order without talking. Because I order for take away once a week. Never will I return because we found a fabulous Turkish around corner. Fabulous (sedir restaurant) just a moment away sedir restaurant was happy to take my £95. Photo below is the meal I could not have in take way form

Great food clean and great people

Great mixed platter for sharing.

Great experience for food and ambiance. Location family friendly , social hangouts and place to bring dates. Favorite food I enjoyed 1. Gyro doner 2. Chicken Adana 3. Lamb skin cuts

I took my wife here. She enjoyed her food. The chicken was flavorful and juicy. My dish was delicious. The staff was very nice, very nice ambience. On street parking, I found a spot in a minute. We plan to come here more often. Delicious...

Good kabobs! They are very stingy when it comes to takeout sauce. Not sure why!!

Great atmosphere, okay food. I read another review that said the sauces looked watered down, it does seem like it. I still would try it again, though.

Have had musakaa and baba ghanoush and they were both really good—exactly what I had in mind. The servings seemed generous. The staff is attentive and professional, even chasing me down to give me a forgotten credit card. I’ll go back for sure

Way to pricy for such small portions

A little bit pricey but the quality of food is good and I love the Turkish atmosphere too. Staff very kind and helpful

Worse Dona ever!!! Just had a meal here . Quickly realise after the meal was served it was Not Good we were given a full refund on my dish which . Was not what we wanted it was just a good meal sadly it did not happen .

September 2023 5* Visited the place to eat Mediterranean food in New Brunswick. This place is good. I tried Lentils Soup and Veg platter hummus. The food is amazing. The ambiance is nice and well decorated. For a group, you will need order 3 dishes.

Very nice place to eat food is fresh .. tasty 😋

Amazing , I really liked this place .Simply delicious.

I was really looking forward to trying this place since it’s close to me and has good reviews. I was so disappointed after ordering the “gyro doner”. I ordered a large without rice and fries and just got it with salad. It came with a 2 pita breads and some red sauce and tzatziki/white sauce. When I got home and opened the bag I was immediately disappointed at the size but still hoped for a win in flavor. Well the disappointment did not end. The meat was very bland and the sauces couldn’t add flavor because they also had no flavor. Both sauces were watered down versions of what they should have been. The tzatziki which should have been the consistency of yogurt was instead the consistency of milk. The salad was very basic. If they added some feta, it could have added some flavor. I spent $20 and still had to take the meat out, add it to a pan, and season it for it to be palatable. This also allowed for some pieces to get a little crispy which made it better. The pita bread was also very dry and needed a decent tzatziki to eat it with. Sadly, this place is a no for me.

Another brilliant Evening hosted by the boys at Efes. Can't fault anything really. They have a few new items on the menu also which I tried. All were fresh and extremely tasty

Good Mediterranian food from soups to coffee and desert is a good choice

Booked Efes restaurant via email for 10 people back in March for last weekend. On the day of the booking, i called the restaurant to confirm, couldnt really hear him, but he said yes, booking was fine. 1 hour later, the restaurant phoned to tell me that the restaurant was closed and they were only doing takeaways and our booking was cancelled. Very disappointed, apparently all the management had been sacked, not sure how true that is. Anyway, managed to book another Turkish restaurant in Dartford at such short notice and had a fantastic night. Bit annoying that no one could be bothered to contact me to let me know.

Love it here. It never fails to impress. The decor is amazing. The staff are friendly. It's spacious to accommodate large groups. I love that you get given complimentary bread and dips for the table. The kebabs are to die for. Can't wait to go back.

Disappointed, Basic food, school dinners look better presented, half the menu missing. Disappointing cocktails just a big glass of ice, nothing special, what a let down and not worth the money

Absolutely disgusting Food disgusting and the staff rude and cold. Mixed grill dry and supermarket oven chips. Disgusting

Myself and partner visited the restaurant on Friday 10th 2023 the food we had was lovely but that's as far it goes the restaurant was cold and uncomfortable the waiters would hover around you whilst you were eating constantly clearing away empty plates leaning across at your table which was totally out of order and in the process of still eating your stater your main course would arrive we both felt rushed I definitely would not recommend this restaurant too anyone will not be visiting again.

During March it is expected to be cold out but you’d think it might at least be warm in a restaurant! All night we were sitting in a wind tunnel, ridiculously cold with a very cursory, “The heating’s on but… “ from the waiter. TBF, the cold room matched the somewhat cool reception - on arrival we were greeted rather casually and with scant regard for our booking but then it was far from full so a randomly offered table made no odds… until we found we were in the direct path of the freezing blast through the front door! That said, the food was really tasty and adequate but maybe the bread did much of the ‘filling’, rather than the main course. My mixed shish was quite minimal with a few cubes of beef, chicken and lamb and a medium portion of rice - the meat was fine but the rice was curiously salty. I wasn’t hungry when I left although a more hearty eater would likely be as it was hardly a full plate. The service wasn’t very professional - leaning in front to serve on every occasion, placing plates wherever there was space without much consideration for where, delivering items and making a rapid exit wasn’t very customer friendly; certainly not delivering a second drink was poor, despite being offered and charged for one (I did get a second drink after I chased it up and they did remove the over-charge but had we not checked it would have added a fiver). Very nice food that left me comfortably replete and not an unreasonable charge but the cold experience and general lack of polish or attentiveness will not encourage me to return. Not my choice of venue following my last visit, about 2018, where I struggled with awful acoustics from hard surface tables and flooring, the absence of curtains, carpet or soft furnishings to absorb noise or reflected sound, so despite only 1/4 full was dreadful. Tonight was no better, albeit for quite different reasons but I’ll not be rushing back… at least not until the summer. Possibly 2028?

Went for a meal before a show and loved it. The staff were so speedy, food was amazing and generally just a lovely experience

Efes Dartford, New Year’s Eve..... Great food, Brilliant atmosphere with a wonderful belly dancer to entertain diners. A really happy vibe and of course wonderful staff ..... rushed off their feet but still managing to be friendly and efficient. They do you proud Kazim!!!

My husband and I came for a quick meal before going to the theatre… We didn’t know what to expect as we haven’t eaten here before.. Wow, just wow… how lovely to be treated so respectfully. The staff are ‘old school’… meaning that they know how to treat guests. They are so attentive, nothing, and I mean nothing was too much for them. It was a delightful experience.. The food is honestly wonderful too. We left the restaurant with very full stomachs.. We would like to particularly recommend one of the waitresses.. I believe her name is ‘Sonata’… I’m so sorry if I’ve spelt it wrong ( she is from Lithuania and is working part-time).. she is simply superb!!! Efes is very lucky to have her.

The atmosphere in the restaurant was marvellous, brought on by the fantastic flavours of the food, and to the attentiveness of the staff.

Second time we have been here. No complaints. Food is excellent and lots of it!! Service is good. Very attentive but not overbearing. 10/10. Would recommend

We visited and first sat at the bar where we enjoyed mojitos and my friend had an Efes beer, the mojitos were lovely. We was then given some bread and humus to emit whilst we waited for a table and enjoyed the belly dancer! The food was lovely, the best chicken shish I’ve ever had, my friend was equally as pleased with the lamb donor. The atmosphere was great, friendly and some families enjoying their evening in there too. We found the waiters friendly and helpful as well as the owner Jem who is lovely! Ignore the negative reviews, we thoroughly enjoyed our evening at Efes and will be back again as well as already recommending it to friends and family. Thank you! P.S didn’t take any photos as was enjoying our evening too much!

We did an impromptu visit to this Turkish restaurant and were really impressed by the great atmosphere and good service received. Little touches like fresh bread and salad to start, followed by one of the best meals we've had in this type of restaurant. All...

If I could rate this place 0 I would Came here tonight as I’ve always enjoyed Efes in Leicester. A disappointment is an understatement. We rang up to book a table but was told to turn up as they wasn’t busy. When we turned up...

Really enjoyed our first visit to Efes after moving to Dartford in November. The service was good, no fuss and largely left alone. The service is also very quick, we were out for a no fuss dinner and were in and out within 45 minutes,...

Food quality is excellent...for take out call ahead. **that was 2 years ago!!** This lil smidgen of BS was $11! I've had comparable Hummus from a can and the falafel was salty and over done. (I was trying to be loyal...shoulda tried the new spots up the block) 3-8-22: One friend said his friends enjoyed the place, another friend said their quality has declined over the decade. I was there when the joint opened, so I'll give them a second chance. (Love for the original owners!)