Istanbul Restaurant in Manchester

I mean we went there late, and I paid and didn't get any change. The food was nice...for what I had the rest was wolfed down by someone else whom I guess was more hungry than us and even though we all paid equal share, he took the most of it. But yeah, I didn't get any change. I guess it's their tip...not dissing the place. But it would be nice to get change and then offer the tip...nice food if you have exact change. lol We spent approx £20 each between 5 people and there was still enough to go around...if greedy guts hadn't taken it all. As it was a takeaway I can't really judge the service but 1 star taken away for not giving change.

The food was delicious and the portions are very generous. The employees were helpful and attentive. We were served by Sarah and she was super helpful. A nice restaurant to try for sure.

This was a lovely dining. The staff were friendly and helpful. Food was very delicious.

Amazing food and service, Sarah was very helpful and sweet.

Sarah, gave us a good service , she was nice, polite and patient with us, she gave us everything we asked for and the food was perfect

Loved the food. Loved the service. Will 100% be back! Sara our waitress was amazing, thanks

Nice open atmosphere. The staff need to work on their welcoming and friendliness, a few of them seem very miserable and/or cold and so that is quite off putting and would be the main reason why I would look at visiting competitors and alternatives. As for the food, very good authentic Turkish food. Hats off to the chef.

Very great and welcoming service from Sarah. The food was soo nice and will recommend. again thanks to Sarah we had a great experience

I came from Italy so it was fantastic food and more than that service was excellent and that worker Marwa who is very generous and kind while serving and spoke different languages with us. It was amazing 😍

Sarah The food was very good and services 👌

Thank you so much for everything and Waitress *Ms. Sarah * is very good person and very kindly , They guided us very well in choosing food and service.

Called at 23::50 to try to order the guy over the phone told me we are closed and hung off the phone while I was telling him on Google shows it’s still open closes at 12:00am. Absolutely rude behaviour.

Great food and even better service from Sarah!

It was a great experience thanks to the hostess; Sarah who helped me and my friends to have a great evening with her professional attitude and friendly support, Food was very good and surved fresh, hospitality drink (tea) was really an excellent jester that I loved. Thanks Sarah and Istanbul restaurant, was my first time with you ,but definitely would not be my last.

It was a nice place defined recommended and Sarah was the best at serving us

Amazing staff and food is incredibly nice . I ordered lamb chops and it was nailed just perfect!!!

Don’t like leaving bad reviews on peoples businesses but unfortunately I have to the food was rubbish. My lamb chops was so chewy you couldn’t even cut the meat. It was impossible. The bread was cold. You got people smoking on top of you. It’s really expensive. We paid our bill at the end and was followed out by the manager to ask if we have paid and of course we have He’s excuse to that Was he thought we got the wrong Bill All these good reviews must be fake. This place is a dump it’s overrated and the food is absolutely poor. Please go elsewhere thank you.

This place is great, I came here for my son's birthday and we were served plenty of quality food at a quick rate. The ambience of the restaurant is great and relaxing. We were served by Sarah, she is very quick and she makes sure it is every customer's experience is great. I would highly recommend to my friends and I see myself visiting again.

The best turkish food in Manchester is unbeatable. Food is fresh, with real taste and a big portion. I recommended it to anyone wanting to try turkish food.

We have been a few times, the food is always great and the staff are wonderful especially Sarah. Sarah was so nice and friendly ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sarah provided us with great hospitality and the food didn’t disappoint as always

The food was nice, and the staff were really kind and helpful. Sara served us and I thank her respectful behavior a lot. Thank you very much

Beautiful food and excellent service from Sarah the waitress

Excellent food, friendly and pleasant staff would highly recommend

Excellent service and food. Staff appear to be polite, happy and approachable. Recently, the restaurant has had an internal decor makeover and it looks very nice .

Tasty food, good efficant staff even though busy restaurant, which only shows how good it is, first time we've been.

Have been ordering from this restaurant for a couple of years. Food is good, but the recent increase of prices is unacceptable. In understand a little increase on price (like it has happened in the past) but more than 25% price increase on the mix grill for one is just too much. Disappointed. Won’t be recommending this place anymore.

It has delicious food but maybe a little expensive but it deserves it if you like Turkish food.

I ordered a lamb chop with rice, but in my opinion it was not lamb it was sheep’s meat because it was a bit chewy- hard and the rice was cold, I let the waiter know then he brought me a new warm rice with apology. all the waitor and waitresses been very professional and the girl I asked her name SARA she was very friendly with great customer service. However, I recomend to try this restaurant’s food. it was very clean and the service was great.

Came in for a very late dinner, and had the best food orders chicken and lamb diner, also chicken and diner seesh, really nice and unique combination of food. Customer service from Sarah was 1000/10, she recommended the perfect meals for us, and was very patient with us as we took our time, but always smiling and good customer service from Sarah. Honestly would recommend coming here with family as it’s a very warm and friendly place. :)

Highly recommended. Sara ensured that we were looked after. Best customer service.

Sarah was an absolute sweetheart. Loved being here.

Kebabs, lahmacun, pita especially pita 🫠 were delicious! The flavors rival the good kebab restaurants in Turkey. Although it is difficult to get the same taste abroad, Istanbul Restaurant has achieved this, congratulations.

Bad treatment, bad service, very clear racism. I do not recommend visiting him at all, especially to our Gulf brothers. He makes you feel that it is at his expense, and you are kind to him by coming. They don't deserve even a quarter of a star

Cleaning? Luxury! Environment? Luxury! Presentation? Flawless! Personally? Impeccable! Prepared? MMMM! Dreamy! I can't help but notice the respect and hospitality of the staff towards the guests! I guarantee you, a special experience!🌹🌹🌹

Very large portion and excellent taste!

Great place to dine, tasty food and massive portions

Hemos estado un par de veces, la comida siempre es genial y el personal es maravilloso y muy tentativo, además el restaurante tiene un gran ambiente. Esta noche tuvimos una emergencia médica con un amigo y Faz fue de gran ayuda con mi unidad de amigos una ambulancia llegó. . no podemos agradecerle lo suficiente, sin duda volveremos x

Best Turkish Restaurant in Manchester

Best Turkish restaurant in Manchester.

Wow, this is a great place for food. Excellent customer service and very helpful and polite plus tentative to food needs. Will definitely call back again.

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Had a lovely meal today with my family, waiters were so attentive , Turkish tea was spot on.

Really good food and are waitress Sarah was fantastic

Sarah was just amazing to us and very friendly

Food was fantastic and our servers (Sarah in particular) were lovely!

Very delicious food. 'Negar' was very friendly and looked after us well.....thank you.

I was many times from Leeds to Manchester lovely food staff clean restaurant and quality food, sweet Turkish is my best i recomand for all people to try this restaurant

Istanbul Restaurant serves excellent food and the service is also excellent!

I highly recommend it , From the moment you walk in, the staff treat you with incredible hospitality, making every dining experience enjoyable. The food is delicious with superb quality and generous portions, and the atmosphere is amazing. It's a great for family, Special mention to Sarah, one of the waitresses, who was exceptionally sweet and attentive to our table. Thank you for always making us feel so welcome!

I went here last month for a work meeting with a potential employer, and it was a disappointing experience. The food was undercooked, and the wait staff was unreliable, causing significant delays. The bartender, Heyder, seemed more focused on chatting with someone than doing his job and was quite disrespectful. I wouldn’t visit this place again.

Amazing food and really good service by Sarah ! Very friendly and helpful Would definitely will be coming here again

Como siempre la comida, el ambiente y el servicio era excelente. Nuestra camarera era Sarah, que era muy atento y alegre.

Wonderful food and lovely service by Sarah.. all staff lovely and great service all around

They have had a refurb and it looks great. Food was good as usual. Sara who served us was fantastic.

Excellent service . We were served by Sara very lovely waitress, she looked after us through out our meal and made it a pleasant experience

Great food and great services. We have been here a few times with work and always enjoyed the food as it is delicious. Would recommend and we will be returning. Shout out to Sarah for taking the photo (and including a selfie photo bomb 😅)

Been here for an evening meal, as it was our first time we didn’t know what to order, got help from the lovely staff Sarah, she was very polite and very helpfully, 10/10 for service, food and atmosphere.

Love this place !! Food is amazing: fresh and delicious, staff is always very friendly and welcoming and great atmosphere. Highly recommended 👌

The restaurant is one of the best Turkish one in Manchester. Their menu is very rich. I’m happy to see vegetarian main dishes and it’s very rare in Turkish restaurants. I like they have many vegetarian options. The service was amazing today but when I was there before like few days ago, the service wasn’t good. So it might depend on something I think. The atmosphere is good as well. It’s nice to hear Turkish songs while eating delicious Turkish food in Manchester. To sum up, I highly recommend it, especially for vegetarians. Edit: Very delicious food 🤤

Worst “turkish” food ever. I don’t even think it is genuine turkish food. Don’t go here, don’t be fooled by the reviews. Everything was tasteless. You can’t taste the meat in lahmacun, there is only a taste of tomato paste and spices. Lamb shawarma was old and crusty, it was not fresh probably 2 days old. Kebabs were mediocre at best. Everything is bland. There is no taste to anything. This was a waste of money. I am pretty sure they don’t know how to make turkish food.

Great tasting food all fresh, portion sizes are very generous. Reasonable prices and worm atmosphere. First visit will be visiting again

highly recommend served by negar amazing service

Came for my daughters birthday 🎂 They made it special for us Food was amazing as always Sara was amazing throughout, looking after us and very pleasant

Best restaurant lovely food especially the kunafa and a nice waiter Sarah

It was 5 start from me for last 3 years but of today date 29.10.2024, Never go there after 09 pm, they will serve you cold food, by putting it in the oven not the fresh one from grill, many things from salad and meeze were missing upon asking they replied they changed the menu now they serve only this 😂😂,

The food is really good and tasty. We had one of the big platters for 4 people and it hit the spot. The meat was cooked perfectly and not dry. The restaurant is very clean, big with 2 floors and modernly decorated. Staff are wonderful, polite and very attentive. Free tap water, no service charge added, you can order on the app at your table and the prices are very reasonable. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and will come again. FYI, the entrance is step free so suitable for disabled. Please note they don't serve alcohol here for obvious reasons.

Great food and service from Sarah. Recommend the wraps, and chicken and lamb kebab

We had lamb iskander, chicken shawarma, lentil soup and mixed grill. Everything was delicious

Great service.. the food is great! Awesome experience

I highly recommend Istanbul restaurant! The food is always delicious with superb quality and generous portions, and the atmosphere is fantastic. It's a great family-friendly spot with plenty of space and a wide variety of options to choose from. Special mention to Sarah, one of the waitresses, who was exceptionally sweet and attentive to our table. Thank you.

Salam x just been there to celebrate a birthday meal as this is our favourite restaurant 🥰 we were served by Sarah who was very helpful and fantastic host! Food in highest quality and cooked in perfection! Thank you and will be back soon إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ!

Everything was amazing, we had chicken and lamb shish perfectly cooked, with bulgur. The waitress are very friendly and professional in the same time. The food came pretty fast and we really enjoyed the whole experience. We'll be back! 👌❤️

Very delicious, great quality of food

Wanted a jumbo platter £85.95 But I wanted to exchange the rice for chips But the manager wasn’t happy about this he wanted me to pay up extra. I’m not a big fan of wasting food.Me and my family are not big fan of rice. It was a disappointed If you don’t like rice, please don’t go to this place 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

I visited Istanbul Restaurant today with two of my friends that came from America, to serve us was Marwa a very friendly girl and smily always there and ready to help, food was great and the service provided was amazing . Will do visit again

A very beautiful experience. Wonderful service, very good food. We've been served by Marwa, a lovely positive and cheerful waitress that made everything perfect. It's definitely a place to come back.

Sarah was brilliant with service, and highly professional

Fantastic food and atmosphere and great service from Sarah. The menu has a huge variety of dishes which fulfils everyone’s tastes. Everything is fresh and delicious. Sarah was very helpful and professional and made us feel welcome. We will definitely recommend this gem of a restaurant to everyone!

Every thing was amazing and the food was delicious and the staff were amazing specially SARA she had a wonderful personality and she had a very nice attitude she was smiling at all times I’ll always come back and I recommend to everyone thank you Istanbul restaurant and thank you very much from the bottom of my heart for SARA ❤️❤️❤️

Huge floor with lots of seating available. Food was very good especially recommend the baklava and ice cream.

Perfect service from sarah beautiful food and lovely restaraunt

Negar is amazing, always very attentive and excellent service, lovely lady who goes above and beyond for customers, thank you Negar x

We went for my bday yesterday. I have been to Turkey 5 times & eaten at many Turkish restaurants in the UK ( Turkish food is v tasty ) but this place has the worst food ever. I hate to write this as the staff were lovely & speedy too. We tried grilled Sea Bass with rice ( tasted like gasoline was on the metal skewers used to grill it & rice tastes like microwave rice ). Chicken Shish zero flavour, vegetable pide ( zero flavour & no seasoning at all ), Cous cous ( zero flavour ), Falafel tasted nothing falafel & had a very poor gram flour taste. Lamb kofta zero flavour & meat chewy. Chips were so bad too, how could they get that wrong ?? The only meal that was eaten was the Meat Pide the rest of the food was left by all of us. It was £33 per head too !! Such bad value for money !!

Nagar was amazing at service!! :D The place looked wonderful!!

Excellent choice clean and friendly staff very pleasant and helpful highly recommend food was fantastic

One of the staff , I think the manager was very rude , he did not respect our privacy

Nice place to visit with a group of friends and family. Prices are fair for the type of restaurant this is. The food was presented nicely and cooked well. You call a waiter and someone will attend even if they are busy. I can say this confidently due to visiting here a few times and if I am close by with a few people then this will be on the list for one of the places to go to.

Chairman meat dry chips burn this turkey restaurant change pay 43 £ too mush for this food

Superb Service. Fantastic Food. Excellent Experience. Highly recommend

We had a great first-time experience at Istanbul Restaurant. The food was delicious, and the atmosphere was beautiful. The service by the waiters Bismillah and Bahadir was excellent; both were very kind, friendly, and attentive to us. Thank you for your warm hospitality. We will definitely be coming back😍

Food was great and Negar was excellent, very polite and courteous while serving us.

As returning customers we always have a great experience at Istanbul. The food and the service is really good. Our favorite server Negar always makes sure that we are welcomed and she takes care of our table every time. Very friendly lady. Overall one of our favorite places for Turkish dinning experience.

Excellent service and great food

It's a yummy food and outstanding service, amazing atmosphere.one of the weatre sayera's service is great. Thanks

The food was nice but it was too pricey.

Vibes and food are nice. The waitresses and waiters are also great, very attentive and hospitable. The manager/owner however is a bit of a tool in my opinion. Wanted to squeeze a family of 11 people onto 2 small tables, we had a pram too. Got moody when we asked for another table to be attached. Place wasnt even busy. Lucky for him the food was amazing and his staff made up for his attitude.

We tried the lamb kebab , chicken shish kebab platter with rice , and the chefs special dish served with rice. Its amazing and tasty. 9/10 They give you complementary bread with mezze of chilli, garlic yogurt dip , olives and salads. Also tried their knafeh, which is a bit too sweet but really good, easily shareable among 3 people . And chocolate fudge cake is also good . Food is top notch , definitely recommend. Ambience is great.

This was a lovely dining in experience. Food was top notch. Service from the staff was prompt and friendly. Worthwhile overall.

Good food- order a platter which was enough for 5 people