Topkapi Takeaway in Manchester

Amazing Turkish place with delicious food! I lived in Manchester in 2020 during the pandemic and didn't get a chance to try it out. Now, after four years, I finally got the chance, and the wait was worth it! I had the Humus as a starter and the Adana Kebab for the main dish, and both were very delicious. The environment of the place is great, really traditional, and the place was packed with people. Soner (one of the owner's sons) was my waiter, he was very friendly and made great suggestions, the place has been in Manchester for over 50 years, its an awesome family business with a lot of tradition. Even though the place was packed, service was excellent and the food came very quickly. Its a must!

Great restaurant. Really attentive and genuine service. Food was great.

Delicious food and great service

Decent Turkish place. Service was a little slow and confused on what seemed to be a not very busy evening. Food was alright- the chicken sizzler was very tasty and the islander kebab entrees was good, although a bit on the greasy end. Really enjoyed the loaded fries of all things! Decent value for the dinner combo.

High quality Turkish restaurant with low prices, just like home

This has been for years and remains one of my favourite restaurants in Manchester....food and service always excellent!

Really delicious food, excellent service. Loved it.

Went with friends before visiting the theatre. The food was delicious and a great location close to the Palace theatre

Had the early afternoon menu. The food was great and beautifully cooked. Waiters and waitresses were pleasant and attentive as always

Amazing restaurant to have a meal Staff are lovely friendly and helpful Food is delicious overall everything is perfect. I'm looking forward already to my next visit I love it

One of our great Turkish favourites for family lunch together. Great food plus service. We were celebrating an 18th Birthday for a nephew of ours. The food plus the service by Elif was exquisite. It's been our favourite Turkish restaurant for well over 35 years and we have never been let down. The owner Sharif's DNA keeps flowing through and through via his next generation plus staff. Keep it UP.

Went in on the offside chance 'cos we needed to eat in central Manchester. Pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food!

First time at this restaurant today, fabulous food and welcoming staff. The set menu was great will definately be going back. A great find on visiting the city today

Had a lovely meal off the set menu. The staff were great, even apologising for the short wait, which I didn't think was a problem as the restaurant was busy. The food was hot, well presented, and tasty. Would definitely recommend

Top quality Turkish nosh with exceptional service x

I was served by Eddie. Absolute gentleman. Looked after me extremely well. Food was delicious as always. Highly recommend. Thank you Eddie once again for your hospitality.

Went here for my husbands 50th birthday celebrations, just the 2 of us and it was absolutely fantastic. Used to visit all the time when working in Manchester but hadn’t been in a while, yet this is where he wanted to go, and it didn’t disappoint. Food was lovely, fresh and plentiful Staff were so welcoming. Can’t wait to come back, thank you Topkapi!

The food was excellent, well done to the chef, the professional service, a small downside for the slightly sad atmosphere, perhaps coming from the south of France I am used to more atmosphere and light. In any case, well done and thank you.

great service, brilliant for a night out

We visited this restaurant during a family trip to Manchester and unfortunately, we had a disappointing experience. We ordered *çorba*, *sarma*, *Bursa kebab*, and *karnıyarık*. The *sarma* tasted like it came straight from a can, and *karnıyarık* was really bad. Overall, the quality of the food did not meet our expectations.

Dishes doesn't taste authentic. The most trashiest interior decor for the prices they are asking for.

Very accommodating with my 11 year old with half portion off main menu. Was visiting for weekend and glad we found this restaurant as both food and especially the service were excellent.

Friendly and helpful staff nice atmosphere, food tasty but could do with being larger portions

I'm sat in this takeaway right now having ordered shawarma and chips. The meat is in massive chunks and rubbery (like it's been sat there for ages). I wasn't even offered any salad on the side. The guy who took my order was miserable, he really should get another job if he's not happy in his work life. Don't waste your money, I won't be again.

We asked for 8 GBP for a salad, 6.90 GBP for Iskender for lentil soup, and we got chicken and Izmir kofte :) It's a useless place.

This place has been here for years but I feel that it has sat on its previous reputation and as the competition have upped their game, I feel that this place has stagnated and is relying on its past reputation. I visited and had the doner kebab, which found was expensive for what you get and it was just ok. I’ve had much better kebabs from takeaway so I was definitely disappointed in the quality. It’s perfectly serviceable but it’s not hard to find better. Overall, a generous 5 out of 10.

Excellent Turkish food, good service and very reasonable too.

Nice food, mildly spiced, reasonable prices.

I recently visited Manchester and had my first dinner at this remarkable Turkish restaurant. I opted for a generous Turkish mix grill paired with lentil soup. The food was absolutely delicious, and the fresh green salad on the side made it the perfect choice. Throughout my stay, I tried several highly-rated restaurants, but none matched the exceptional experience I had here. The atmosphere is vibrant, with Turkish music enhancing the dining experience. Before leaving Manchester, I made sure to return for another meal. This time, I chose the seabass plate, and my second experience was just as outstanding as the first. This restaurant truly stands out, offering consistently excellent food and a wonderful atmosphere.

The staff was incredibly rude and tried to get rid of us as fast as possible after we'd finished eating (the entire place was empty except for one other table). They came up to us when we had finished our mains and wanted to order another coffee or dessert and said "We'll bring the bill". The entire place also seems to be sickeningly pretentious and offers mediocre (at best) food for horrendous prices. Avoid unless you like to be insulted, they lack basic politeness.

Called in one lunchtime. The food was excellent. Would recommend.

It looks like a Turkish restaurant but it is ordinary. Nothing special.

The waitress were rushing, and seem exhausted, which left uncomfortable vibes in the place. The food is ok.

Very nice food, a good atmosphere, staff were friendly and pleasant, definitely eat here again.

Absolutely amazing staff, amazing food & a lovely atmosphere! Keep up the good work guys, will be back soon! Compliments to the chief!

Excellent value and tasty food at lunchtime. The staff are always really friendly and we are regulars.

Great evening of food. Lots of small dishes to sample the cuisine and all of it was exceptional. Very helpful and friendly staff on hand to help throughout.

The food here is sensational, varied and tasty. The waiting staff are friendly and attentive. Easy 5 stars.

Thank you for serving the Turkish taste, but the salad served in portions looks stale and bad, as if it was prepared a week ago and kept waiting. I ask you to pay a little attention to the presentation so that I can bring my friend with more pride. Thanks.

We had a lovely meal. The service was amazing and the portions were massive. The chilli sauce spiced up our meal and the wine was good value. Thank you 🙏

to believe in the "evil eye amulet" protecting you (from harm, etc) is shirk because you are associating partners with allah. i kindly want to request the owner reconsidering the use of this symbol in the logo and anywhere else (it felt necessary to mention since this is presumably owned by muslims, and shirk is a sin that throws a person out of the pale of islam)

Enjoyed the food and the staff were nice. It was quiet as went in the afternoon. The lunch time deal was very good value.

1st of all the wine was not nice and tasted cheap. Most of the dishes were served with the same kind of undressed salad. Everything was just bland and simple not worth the asking price. Really disappointing. Portions were small as well.

Worst food I have had in this country for years, standard of food was very poor.

I have been coming here for decades and the food, service and atmosphere have always been great. After my last visit the only thing I have to say is that the mixed mezi for two was not upto its usual standards. You usually get at least 3/4 dips vine leaves and meatballs which were all missing this time and with just one dip of hummus didn’t justify the price of £17.95. The mains were spot on as usual.

Great food, ideal location and friendly staff.

Beautiful food and family service. I always come here - love it all! See you soon again :-)

Good ambience and seating area. Decent food, but a bit expensive.

Courteous service. Very tasty delicious food with lots of choices. Great choices of drinks too.

Lunch time offer was value for money with good sized portions

Nothing special TBH, just your typical Turkish food, there are much better places in Manchester for Turkish food. You're paying more for the location. Service was a bit sketchy but it was a busy Saturday night to be fair and the food was served very quickly.

The only good thing here is the location of the restaurant, everything else is very bad, it has nothing to do with Turkish cuisine, do not go there.

The food was nice but the only annoying things Wittrss will keep coming to and ask you to finish food its just like they want you to eat quickly and go that's uncomfortable

We ate here as a family almost 2 years ago, and only now do I feel like I have emotionally recovered and feel able to share it. Where do I start? The below picture, is what I received. Important I add at this point that it’s not what I ordered. I ordered a chicken sizzler, in a Turkish restaurant. Apparently this is a sizzler. I checked with the chicken on the plate and it told me it had already swam 4 lengths on its way out to me. I could have back a dodgy dish, it can happen. I think I naively then expected as a customer to be able to raise this (politely) may I add to the staff, who surely would put things right. I didn’t realise that although this restaurant is called Topkapi, I actually was being served by all the ex Karen’s diner staff. They could not shut me down quick enough. I suppose it gets like that though when someone challenges you on your soup dish, sorry sizzler. A bit of a mad experience. I’m not saying don’t eat here, if you like misleading menus or wanna play dish roulette, I’m backing you give this a 5 stars all the way and tell your tik tok about it.

Busy place with average food. Nothing special. Luck of spice for my taste.

We had prebooked a table for 6 and got a nice booth. The food was great and very reasonably priced. All in all a great experience.

We were a large booking of 15 people but the service was still really quick and good. Food was all brought out together and everyone in the party was saying how good the food was. Will definitely be back. Thanks.

Overpriced. Not actual Turkish food. Unfriendly waiter (black shirt).

Incredible dinner.. food was fantastic... love this place..

Ordered spicy peri peri wings and got crispy wings no peri peri

Superb place Was a regular haunt for me when I lived in Manchester 20 odd years ago...still great to this day

Food was ok but lacking some flavour compared to other Turkish restaurants I have eaten at

I would like to express my deep appreciation for the exceptional hospitality and kindness shown by the staff at Topaki including Elif, Sevilay, Durmuz, and Recep. Their warm welcome and attentive service made our visit truly memorable. Their dedication to ensuring a fantastic experience was evident in every interaction. I highly recommend this restaurant for their outstanding customer service. Thank you to the entire team for making us feel so valued and well taken care of!

Turkish people are well-known with their hospitality attitude but this fact doesn’t apply to employees of this restaurant. At some point I really thought the waitress was going to beat us. Customer service must be done with smiley face and polite manner. Make sure your employees know how to serve. Definitely not going there again and not recommending to anyone. If you want to eat halal food or Turkish food, you can try other restaurants in Manchester.

The food was delicious and full of flavour. Friendly and efficient service. Good value for central Manchester.

Lunch set menu was 3 pounds more expensive than usual as it was December.

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮We ate at this restaurant today and I can say that it was the worst meal I have ever had and it was very expensive🤮🤮🤮🤮

Great service Amazing food Attentive waiters and waitresses Served quick and with quality Kebabs are beautiful Fully recommend

Horrible experience, made a booking and turned up to the place , they said sorry no table for you , it’s not our fault it’s a problem with the system!!!! Who’s fault is it then !

Food experience was great, amazing service

Great tasting food and good portions.

This place been going years and still is one of the best restaurants in town Staff are lovely Food is 👌excellent Never been disappointed once after all the years we have been going

The food was delicious, we ordered the mix grill for two which was enough for three people and we still managed to get the rest of it packed. I would highly recommend this place if you are visiting Manchester and want a nice cuisine to eat at.

We were here on a wet Wednesday night at 6.30pm .just us 3 and another couple , the chef having a snack at the pass , the mini meze, meatballs and borek starters came quickly, tasty and hot!! We followed with sea bass, swordfish and chicken mains. All were really tasty fresh and presented immaculately. Brought back memories of our times in Turkey. The restaurant is immaculate. The waiting staff were really friendly to us and judging by the banter between them , enjoyed working together. No fear of recommending this place

Average Turkish food, decent food quality for quite an extortion of money though! Small portion, poor customer service, loud and crowded restaurant. My friend and I arrived I in early and no one offered even water or the drinks card until 20 minutes where I had to ask! We were celebrating another friend’s birthday, and the service wasn’t ideal. It was all rushed, with fake smiles, no one checked on our table to see how we enjoyed the food. We felt like we were bothering the waiters, not felt welcomed at all. Will definitely not come back and won’t recommend this place either unfortunately.

Service was excellent as was the food and all reasonably priced

Turk mutfağıyla alakası olmayan saçma sapan bir yer ve o kadar kötü yemekleri var ki 4 kişi gittik hepimizin yemeği birbirinden igrenc güzel olan tek şey yoğurttu galiba oda hazır olduğu için.bence Türk yemeklerinin iceriklerini bilin tekrardan menü yapın.musakka yaw Allah aşkına içinde mantar kabak havuç kaşar zeytin ne işi var abi fantazi aramayin yani sosu 2 gün migdemi ağrıttı.gidecek arkadaşlar hayallerinizin suya dusmemesi için bir kez daha düşünün.hepsi hazır ürün.adana iskender anlamayalim diye birde soslu veriyorlar.

Clean elegant nice food good service

such delicious food , hospitality & service

Good service , nice food and fairly priced.

1st visit, great service and lovely food.

Great food with reasonable prices

After a little shopping in Manchester, we decided to have a late lunch on a Friday afternoon. After walking around and looking at different restaurants, we came across the Topkapi Palace. A lunch menu that is served from 11:30 till 4pm consisting of a starter and main course for £13.95 per person seemed a very good choice. On entering the restaurant, there were a few people dining. We were met by a very nice, friendly waitress who gave us the option to sit wherever we wanted to. After we had settled at our table, we were given the drinks and food menus. We ordered a bottle of Cal Y Canto Tempranillo Merlot, Syrah (£19.95) to complement our starters of Cerkez Tavgu and Mitre Kofte. For our mains, we both opted for the Vegeterian Mussaka. All starters are served with Pita Bread. Mitre Kofte was four large, very tasty meetballs in a homemade sauce. The Cerkez Tavugu,which is shredded chicken blended with creamy mayo, was the star of the starters. We both would have this starter again. Our Mussakas came with rice and a side salad and was absolutely delicious. Apart from being delicious food, we both were impressed with the portion sizes, so much so we had no room left for a dessert. When the waitress brought the bill, it was accompanied by two hot towels and two lemon sweets. There are two bathrooms that are located downstairs, so for people with mobility issues, it might be a little awkward. On a positive note, both bathrooms were very clean and tidy. Great service, great food, and in our opinion, it is well worth a visit.

We have 2 Turkish restaurants near me so inevitably I was comparing the food to what I'm accustomed to. Food was average. They have a lunch and dinner menu with some good options.

Brilliant Turkish restaurant. Fantastic food and staff

It was the worst kebab I've ever eaten. My advice is that chefs should go to kebab restaurants in London and learn how to cook meat. Because kebab was not kebab but something else. If you are selling portions for 20-25, you need to do your job well. Lastly, don't be so stingy, you are present it badly Turkish Restorant

Arrived at 22.50 told they were closing, 23.30 on there website, very poor, we will try again.

Good restaurant based on Turkish 🥘 food

Had a great experience yesterday, went for dinner at the place. The food was good and tasty with great presentation. The atmosphere was not very good maybe because of no Air conditioning or fans although the weather was very hot. Overall good experience.

Servis çok güzel yüzlü ve iyiydi ancak bugüne kadar yediğim en kötü Adana Kebabı yedim diyebilirim.

The chicken was very delicious and fresh which i recommend, the staff was very kind and friendly. Kabab i didn’t feel it’s fresh and it can be better. Wish all the best for restaurant .

Very good and friendly service, but the food doesn’t measure up. Turkish food is my favourite and I have eaten at many Turkish restaurants. I would rate this restaurant amongst the worst. We had the mixed kebab for 2. The dinner was over cooked, dry and reheated. The lamb chops were thin and tasteless. The chicken was bland , and the kofte unpleasant at best. Avoid. What a disappointment

The food tastes very bad we couldn’t even eat it. It feels like it was rotten and the meat smells very bad in the doner dish. The service was extremely bad, we weren’t welcomed at first, and after being friendly with them, they gave us a table but the waiters were very impatient and was giving us attitude. We ordered cheese burak and it was very disappointing tbh, it was a “SAMBOSA” not burak and tasted super oily. Very disappointed restaurant tbh, not recommended at alll

I visited this restaurant last week prior to going to the theatre. It is on the main road and is an authentic Turkish restaurant with very helpful and welcoming staff. Food was fantastic, will be visiting again when next in Manchester.

First time visiting here , with a date. Nice and easy to get to located on Deansgate. Staff were friendly and accommodating, service was quick. Food was amazing would definitely come again.

Great Turkish food, and the desserts are excellent as well. Considering the good lunch time deal it's a great option when visiting the Deansgate area.

Great Turkic restaurant. Lady running it fantastic - served us even though she was shattered and desperate to close. Thank you.

Either prices on board are massively out of date or they scam late night dwellers

I had a very bad experience hospitality with waiter “Derya” but the food was nice and delicious

We called in for lunch the food was excellent we had mixed sharing platter to start and a lamb sizzler for mains,it was delicious with baklava to share for sweet service was spot on we'd definitely come again. Cheers Duncan and Helen