Ephesus in Northumberland

Very nice, first time we’ve tried Ephesus, driven past many times & having never been into a Turkish restaurant before I kept wondering what it was like, with good recommendations from different friends saying they had been & it was really good my wife & I decided to pass on the Italian’s & give it a go, just for a change. The warm friendly welcome was amazing (I think it was the owner) a really nice pleasant chap, ordered drinks & I tried the Turkish beer for the first time & it was lovely (compared to the usual beer in the UK) my wife’s says her white wine was gorgeous, ordered our food with a little bit of assistance from the nice chap (as the choices all sounded fabulous) & while we waited complementary garlic bread & dips arrived (nice touch we thought) the food was truly tasty & enjoyable & a nice change from the normal Italian or Indian. Will we go back ? YES, definitely, nice atmosphere, clean, warm, good menu with excellent service 👌

Delicious three course lunch , excellent in every way- such tasty food, friendly service , all staff were lovely and great value for money. Really good atmosphere and spotless. Will be returning!

From the minute we booked till the minute we left we thoroughly enjoyed it. Welcome, service, food, decor, level of backgound music all excellent.Staff took time to chat despite it being a Friday night. It was recommended by a man we met on the beach in Newbiggin on sea. He plays the Tuba and has a Golden Retriever with a rainbow tail! Thank you for the recommendationif you see this. Emma & Raymond Traynor.

Romantic dinner for two. Absolutely delicious, the best in town. VIP 5* service from the lovely team at Ephesus, would highly recommend to anyone in search of authentic Turkish cuisine. Thank you so much for a lovely evening, we'll be back.

Amazing food, really kind people, great atmosphere. 10/10 recommend this restaurant! Will happily be back here frequently

Delicious and fresh food, friendly staff. I would highly recommend.

Excellent service and food. Staff extremely welcoming and the food was delicious. Would highly recommend and will definitely be returning.

Lovely restaurant, we found it by chance whilst shopping in Morpeth. We saw that they had a lunchtime deal so decided to give it a try. Very glad we did, the food was full of flavour and great value for money, we had hummus and caching to start served with delicious warm Turkish bread, we had 2 grilled lamb dishes for mains which came with rice, salad and super thin bread, dessert was baklava which was outstanding. We'll be back.

The best restaurant in the region. Highly recommended

Lovely food & good value for money. I definitely recommend a visit

Visited for the first time on a Saturday evening, was quite surprised by how small the downstairs restaurant is. However, the atmosphere and decor were still lovely. Starters came quickly really tasty Börek (feta wrapped in fino pastry). There was a wait for our main and we got 3 or four apologies from different members of staff and a free beer! I have waited longer for food in other places and never even got one apology so me and my partner were so grateful. It really wasn’t that long at all. When it came the main course was beautiful. Would definitely recommend and will return. 😊

Great food! Wonderful friendly service. We will be back!!

Amazing restaurant with an amazing staff and food .

Very good dinner and nice dessert baklava is very tasty I'm very enjoying with food and peoples they're treating very well customers I like it and every one enjoying in that restaurant like home felling

We love eating here on the rare occasion we are in town. The owners are so warm and welcoming, the restaurant is beautifully clean and looks fabulous, and the food is absolutely perfect. Our most recent visit was yesterday, for lunch. We decided to have the lunchtime special which is 3 courses for £14.50. Our starters were baba ganoush and hummus with delicious, still-warm, grilled Turkish flat bread. Our main courses were the Ephesus koftes and the chicken shish, both arrived with amazing buttery rice, salad, and two sauces (yoghurt/mint and chill, which was amazing). Dessert was unbelievably yummy pistachio baclava. A lovely filling lunch for a great price. With drinks the bill for two was less than £40. We will definitely continue to visit when we are in Morpeth and I’m already looking forward to it! (Worth mentioning is that the restaurant is opposite a car park with free disc parking and several disabled spaces. So very easy to get to within less than a couple of minutes.)

Had a lovely late lunch today in this quaint little Turkish restaurant. Food was amazing. Staff very attentive and personable. Made to feel very welcome as first time visitors. Would thoroughly recommend… it was a lovely experience. Thank you ❤️ Louise and Andy

Very salty garlic mushrooms. Rice looked like it had tinned vegetables mixed in. Disappointed unfortunately. Wouldn't return.

Once again, a restaurant in Morpeth providing excellent food. The service was great and the food was top notch. Will definitely be returning.

A really lovely little restaurant, the food is absolutely delicious and filled with flavour. I had the Iskender chicken which was so tender. The sides were also yummy, and the waiting staff were attentive and polite. We will definitely be back soon 🤗

Fantastic meal here while visiting Morpeth. 5* service. The guys were friendly, professional and quick with service. Food was absolutely delicious. Couldn’t fault a thing! Would 100% return if ever back visiting Morpeth.

Had lunch featuring an excellent Adana and Moussaka, super friendly service. Top notch Turkish food.

Fantastic food, Fantastic staff, very friendly

First visit to this little place in Morpeth. Quite quaint inside but spotlessly clean, the place was busy with a nice friendly atmosphere. Food: to be honest everything we had was top class, freshly prepared and absolutely full of flavour, a real delight. The service was excellent: helpful but not overbearing, friendly and the staff seemed genuinely pleased to see their guests. I would recommend a visit, we can’t wait to go back.

Gorgeous food. Very friendly staff. A little gem in Morpeth! Highly recommend!

Ordered a starter and a mixed grill. Food was very tasty no doubt about that but the portion size was small compared to previous mixed grills I've had. Also didn't come served with pita bread. I think a bit more meat and pita bread on the plate would not of left me hungry after finishing, especially for the price.

First time my wife and I had been to this restaurant and we were not disappointed. Apparently the new owners only took over 6 months ago. All the staff were really friendly and attentive. The food was great, not too big in portion size but good quality. Place was buzzing when we went, which was encouraging for 8pm on a Wednesday. Very authentic Turkish experience even down to the owner's passion for supporting Galatasary! Will definitely go back and would recommend if you're a fan of Turkey and Turkish food.

Decent enough Turkish restaurant. Lunch special portions a little on the small side, but decent enough quality.

It must have been taken over as this was so poor and we used to come here often. The starter was okay but meatballs burnt and not worth the expensive price but the mains were terrible. Special wrap that was frozen chicken, frozen peppers, frozen mushrooms with a watery sauce. Not very nice at all. Salad wasn’t anything Turkish about it. Salad leaves from a salad bag with some red cabbage from a jar on top Used to love it here so such a shame.

My partner and I have been here before, just after the restaurant changed owners, and we were very impressed, so we decided to visit again as my partner had a day off. We were very warmly greeted by the owner, and as before, the service was friendly and efficient. The food, as expected, was absolutely delicious, we both had the Adana kebab and opted for hummus and baba ganoush starter. Dessert was an absolutely delicious baklava. We don’t often visit Morpeth but this trip was made specially to go for lunch at Ephesus. We have recommended to several friends, some of whom have now visited. The restaurant is very nicely decorated and spotlessly clean, which is worth mentioning. Looking forward to coming again very soon. Lezzetli yemekler için çok teşekkür ederim ve karşılama misafirperverliği 😊🇹🇷

Heartily recommended, friendly staff and family run, food is glorious and delicious, beautiful decor throughout and clean and tidy. We booked for 1900 and the place was ready for us, cosy seating in a side book authentic Turkish decor, cant speak highly enough, thanks for a great meal and drinks !!

Went for the 2 course lunch menu. The food was very tasty but the portions were measured to say the least. Then we made the mistake of opting to finish with Turkish coffee without checking the menu for its price. At £9.20 for two thimble-fulls it was a sobering experience.

I have visited here a few times since it's been taken over (i wouldnt of visited again under old management). I can honestly say I have never had a bad experience. The staff are friendly and they go out of their way for you. Every time I go in they ask after my family and they remember their names. The food is outstanding and so is their customer service. I would highly recommend visiting here. 11/10. Well done team Ephesis. It's 100% a must visit

Just been for lunch today and food absolutely lovely. Will be back soon

The service was good and the staff friendly. Starters were great, but sadly the main courses by both my wife and I, lacked in taste. Such a shame...

We had a lovely meal highly recommended to everyone we will be back definitely.

Lovely gem of a place. Food was delicious with gorgeous authentic food, we had the lunch special at great value. The service was great, very friendly. Highly recommend giving this place a try.

We visited as a family of four whilst on holiday in the area. We all love Turkish food, so always try to find a Turkish restaurant to visit and we weren't disappointed. The food was delicious. We had the hot meze platter to start which was enough for the four of us, my son loved the cacık. My daughter particularly loved the rice that came with her chicken shish. I would add photos, but it was all gone before I had the chance to take any! Clean plates all round. The atmosphere was lovely and relaxed, and the staff very attentive. I feel the prices were very reasonable for the quality of the food. We would definitely revisit and have already recommended it to friends visiting the area.

Absolutely immense kebab, got the Adana kebab and I was genuinely upset when I finished it cos it was that nice and I wanted more. Service was also top notch and was very friendly. Said I’d leave a tip then realised I didn’t have a lot of change so it wasn’t as big a tip as I’d have liked to give so I apologise for that 😅 will definitely be leaving a bigger tip when I come back!

We come here to try it but was ok at best 4 tiny prawns supposed to be off shell king prawn the mixed grill was a rip off 1 lamb chop tiny chicken wing 5 peice of chicken like rubber definitely won't be back service was fantastic but food not up to it

Extremely disappointed with our visit. £9 for 4 small meatballs. £9 for 4 small prawns, you have to be kidding. And they were lukewarm. Both our mains had meat that was overcooked. Would normally have complained however we had a birthday voucher to use. Probably won’t return

Very unusual experience. Food was good but nothing outstanding, and quite small portion sizes. However, service etiquette was awful. We weren’t finished our mains but the waiter took these away whilst we refused we weren’t finished. Mains followed just seconds behind our start being taken away. It was like we were being rushed to finish to get another customer in. The £24 bottle of red was the cheapest Merlot known to man. Worth £5 at a push. I wouldn’t recommend sadly. Major overhaul needed with the venues interior, staff and management If they hope to succeed and progress.

Been here for food today, perfect service, really enjoyed, good value for money 😊

Wow! Amazing service and food. We booked as a group and the service was amazing. Food was outstanding and everyone can’t wait to come back again. Would highly recommend.

Food was excellent and also the service, only issue was the lunch time special priced at around £17.. I had a dip to start, no bread so we had to pay for that, my main was chicken shish, which was 3 pieces with rice, and our third course was a small piece of Turkish cake, which you would expect to receive as a taster... So with 2 beers it came to £48...

Music too loud. Meat wasn't fresh, more like out a packet . Expensive for what it is!

Pricey for what you get. Small portions, £26 for I heart sav blanc which is a fiver at supermarket. Lovely staff and restaurant experience was good, just small main course for £20. Expected more.

Visited Ephesus last night for tea with a friend, the food and service were outstanding. Staff were genuine and lovely, which made it a great atmosphere. One of my favourite restaurants in Morpeth!

Delicious meal tonight. Great staff and service. Highly recommend. Mixed grill very good. Well worth a visit! We are locals.

What a wonderful restaurant. Serkan, the owner and his staff could not have been more hospitable and welcoming. The food was delicious and the service was excellent. A fantastic menu with plenty of choice. Turkish cuisine at its finest. The interior is relaxing with a great ambience. I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough and am already looking forward to a return visit.

Lovely authentic food, great friendly service, highly recommended.

The new menu isn't as extensive as the previous owner's, and the prices have gone up

Made very welcome and friendly. Authentic and cosy atmosphere and food is very tasty and fresh, will come again.

My wife and I went here three weeks ago. I've been meaning to leave a review, but time has been against me. We arrived early on a Saturday evening, soon after opening so before the big Saturday night rush. I can highly recommend this restaurant. The staff were friendly, joyful, entertaining, and helpful. The food was delicious and served quickly. It makes a refreshing change to eat somewhere the staff are genuinely interested in serving and not just working robotically to a script. 10 stars from me. Fabulous.

Absolutely bloomin love this food. Well done turkey for this brilliant food and kudos to the bloomin staff for making this video possible. Teshe Ker Turkey 🦃

The food as Ephesus is so good! Portions are generous too. We had a lovely time over there for dinner, friendly staff great for a chat at the end. We’ll be coming back for sure!

5/5 food. 5/5 atmosphere 6/5 service. The bar are great to talk to and give plenty of informstion on the food and it origin. Our waiter was amazing and we had a great talk. It was our second visit to this place.

Wonderful food, amazing atmosphere... Delicious food prepared with delicate finishing. I'm so glad to travel all the way... Highly recommended...

Had a the lunchtime special , lamb shanks , absolutely gorgeous, Fantastic service and lovely friendly staff

Eight of us went mid-week for a family birthday meal. The staff were very welcoming, the food was excellent. They even brought a birthday cake out at the end, which was a really nice touch. We'll definitely be going back in the near future.

Prices have been put up significantly, sheer greed. The downstairs restaurant was virtually empty but we were told upstairs was full, it wasn't, all just a ploy to get us in and pay the high prices....didn't fall for it and walked out. Used to be a gr8 place this but no more..

Came for a family meal on a Friday night and everything was perfect. The food was amazing and the staff were so friendly and welcoming. Would 100% recommend!!!

Such lovely, lovely food, and super friendly service - also beautifully decorated inside. Highly recommend for lunch or dinner. The baklava especially was dreamy!

Our 1er visit, but definitely never our last. Very good food. Personal service. A clean, sharp decor.

A proper authentic Turkish restaurant. We had a delicious lunch here today, the food was fresh and really tasty. We had the mix grill and the king prawn garlic cheese starter all 10/10. The bread was so good we had to ask for more. The staff are super friendly and the atmosphere felt like we were in a restaurant in turkey. We most definitely will be visiting here again !

Great food and service! We stayed and spoke to the owners for a while after we were finished with lunch. Then had the Baklava…AMAZING ALL AROUND!

Not as nice as Pinar in Newcastle, where you get more for your money....

Very enjoyable meal and pleasant surroundings. The service was excellent and attentive.

Delicious foods Friendly service Great atmosphere 👌 👏 👍 🙌 Definitely will be back

Food absolutely spot on and the best service, would go again.

Lovely food with exceptional service

Came here this evening with my husband. Friendly service - family run establishment that make you feel very welcome. Food was absolutely superb! I had the Kofte and my husband had the mixed grill. Will 100% be coming back!

Lovely authentic surroundings with fantastic service and food. All the staff are very friendly and accommodating, a very relaxed atmosphere. I drove from teeside and it was well worth the visit, we look forward to visiting again very soon.

Very good and generous service 💯

Went here for my birthday meal. Lovely attentive staff, great food and nice environment. All the party enjoyed their meal and we’ll definitely be returning.

Delicious dishes, a fabulous meal out from start to finish. Perfect place for dinner if you are staying at the Auction House next door too.

Loved the lunchtime special, lovely service and atmosphere. We’ll definitely be back!

What a little gem this place is, right next to the bridge with a little river running by. Cozy little restaurant serving Turkish cuisine. I had the mixed grille and my wife had Adana kebap. Clean tasty food cooked to a very high standard. It's run by 2 brothers Serkan and Erkan. Definitely pop in if we are up near Morpeth.👍

under new management as from this week , the food was excellent freshly cooked and of good quality , attentive service , def worth a visit

Just had the pleasure of eating at Ephesus and had one of the best meals ever. The starters were tasty and hit the spot before our huge mains. The mixed grill has juicy flavoursome meats, the prawn guvec had 8 huge prawns in the most tasty rich sauce. We only wish we were staying up here longer but may try to sneak another trip there before we go home.

Food and atmosphere were great.

10/10 Me and my partner visited for a meal tonight and it did not disappoint. Food was amazing, staff were lovely and atmosphere was great. The new owners Serkan and his brothers are fantastic and couldn't have been any more welcoming and friendly. Had time to introduce themselves and chat to us. Looking forward to our next visit ! Thank you 😊

Friendly staff, attentive not intrusive. Nice atmosphere and great food. Lovely, highly recommended

Great food! We were working late one night over the road and called in for a take away for the way home. The food was plentiful and flavourful. The staff were very friendly and couldn’t be more helpful.

My friend went in and asked for a lemon for a girl guiding challenge, and the staff were very friendly and supportive. Not to mention the lemon slices were delicious. Apologies if any of this was an inconvenience. But thank you to those involved you really helped. Brilliant customer service and friendly atmosphere.

Great dining experience. Food was lovely with wait staff on hand whenever I needed them. Didn't wait long at all for our starters. Amazing hot mezze sharing platter to start and the Lamb shank was fantastic literally falling off the bone. Would happily consider going again if I was in morpeth

Such a very nice restaurant - cute and relaxed, yet charmingly sophisticated in its authenticity - so easy to quickly feel encompassed into a really pleasurable serenity. Small, friendly and just wonderful. The staff are lovely and genuine… nothing being too much trouble or any bother - really attentive in a really admirable calm way. What a joy to dine here. Best restaurant we’ve eaten in for some good while. Beautiful and scrumptious food. Quality and fresh tasty authentic Turkish / Greek food. Fantastic menu and choices. Really good portions and served with so much style and panache - made the evening go with a real sense of occasion. Great bar! We felt very valued and regarded the staff back with equal feelings. It’s been such a long time since dining in someones restaurant and genuinely feeling like a welcome guest. Will dine here again.

Lovely meal and excellent service 😋

Really nice little place in morpeth. The food was fantastic and the service was good too. The prices are reasonable, 3 courses and a bottle of wine was just shy of £100

Perfect food as always, our favourite restaurant ever and it never disappoints! Absolutely incredible and can’t wait to order again or to come in for a lovely meal out! ☺️

We booked 2 weeks beforehand for a family of 7 & were shown upstairs where there were no other diners, The waiter made a point to tell us there was a busy kitchen that night so we must hurry to order! The meal was lovely, however a hoovering waiter cleared before everyone had finished, including clearing drinks glasses that weren't finished either. We arrived at 6.15pm & were rushed out by 7.15pm. We decided to make alternative arrangements for pudding. It was uncomfortable & on leaving never even had a thank you or goodbye. I was embarrassed to be honest as some of our family had travelled up from Lincoln to stay for the weekend. Ephesus won't be one of our choices on the next visit unfortunately 😕

Delightful meal attentive staff l will return

We were a booked table of 6 for 6.15pm on a Saturday evening. Our ordering was rushed with the waiter stating that the kitchen was very busy tonight. We were the only table upstairs. Our plates were cleared before we had all finished eating. Our glasses were cleared before they were empty. We asked about dessert but decided against it as they seemed to want us out quick as could be. The food was nice but we were out for a family meal with relatives who we don't often get to see & we were in & out in under an hour. I don't think we'll be back.

Warm welcome. Friendly and attentive staff. Food was amazing x lovely atmosphere x

The food was bland and lacked seasoning

Unreal flavours ! We booked last minute and arrived to be shown to our seat upstairs. Brilliant dining experience, food was some of the tastiest dishes we've ever tasted. Will definitely be returning soon.

Outstanding food. Great service. A meat lovers delight!

Best restaurant around! Lovely tasty food every time

The restaurant was busy but had a tab8le for 3. We called 20 mins before but they could accommodate us. Bread and dip was provided whilst we looked at the menu. The choices were made. Food was delivered quickly, and the staff were attentive. The food was good, well presented.

This is a terrific place. Food outstanding. Atmosphere perfect. Small and intimate. Service truly a high point. Bravo! First rate dining experience.

Very bland food for a lot of money !!! Wont ever bother again !!!