Turkiye Efes Restaurant in Glasgow City

Good food, good place and staff were generally polite and respectful, a bit overpriced but what threw me off from the place was the typical turkish attitude in the hospitality sector which is effectively similar to that in turkiye. I go and order one of the most expensive plates on the menu yet the staff is very pressuring in forcing me to order drinks ( asked 5 or 6 times) and in a few occasions in my opinion disrespectful remarks were made about ordering no drinks which I had to respond to but it threw me off from the place.

The Charcoal Lamb of various types Oh it doesn’t really matter!

Food and service was good. I prefer the Uddingston branch though

Great place! Lovely people and the chicken shish was gorgeous. One of the few places that sell ezme, it's one of my favs.

Visited efes for a eid dinner nice location I think it was a old pub before transformed into a restaurant has old wooden decor and flowers dripping from the ceiling not very interesting like being in a old ship however as we have learned decor isn’t everything the food is most important the menu is based on Turkish foods with a good verity to choose from prices are a bit high however this is expected in the city centre and Turkish cuisine. Kids menu is simple could do with some more choices (chicken nuggets really, not the only place that does this) We didn’t have the best of experiences we ordered a mixed grill the rice bed spoon had a hair wrapped in it looked like it was from the waitress, they where kind enough to exchange it the second replacement the rice was clumped together in bits meat was delicious well cooked with good flavour not sure how to take the experience the hair could happen to any restaurant simple procedures can prevent this from happening a food quality check before departure to a table and hair nets one the hair I can forgive the rice I dont think I should as it did happen it would be a injustice if not mentioned staff where polite a bit rushed around even though it wasn’t that busy (slow down take the extra time) For a starter we got the mixed hummus etc was nice enough some sauces where a bit bland could be smoked more where possible. The pide breads where nice simple had a good taste definitely recommend we kept the drinks simple soft drinks not sure if they even had mock tails also never had desserts felt rushed so we didn’t bother. On reflection apart from the meat and pide didn’t come out of there thinking wow that was amazing just dropped a £100 and moved on Overall on reflection experience was not the best meat was good and other dishes a bit overpriced and could have better quality food coming out of the kitchen. (Mixed grill and rice after replacing where very nice if you ignore the faults decent place)

On Google closing time was 12am, we arrived there after 10 miles driving, around 11pm, asked for takeaway waiters said sorry we are closed.

Really great place to eat with your family and friends but the atmosphere is kinda unpleasant as it doesn't feel much like restaurant plus the toliet is like a maze down and strange for it's narrow area (but the toilets are very clean and nice smells of aroma)

This place is popular for a reason. It’s a really good experience, not staff and food are excellent.

Great food. Lovely atmosphere. Server was a bit cold and couldn't wait to turn our table over and move us on though

It's definitely a friendly place to visit and a perfect place to fill your stomach.

Food was lovely, starters came out very quickly and the mains followed soon after, everyone was happy with their meal and we left feeling totally stuffed. It is bit pricey but for the quality of meat and portion sizes it ended up being worth it. The only gripe is the stairs down towards to the toilets could have used a good clean, but toilets themselves were clean as was the rest of the restaurant.

Great food, relaxing atmosphere, and really friendly staff, would highly recommend 👌

Had a lovely mothers day lunch with my son here today. Special three course menu with complimentary balloon bread ,and a cocktail for the mums. The food was excellent and the service was friendly and efficient. We had a lovely time here.

Review: We had an incredible dining experience at this Turkish restaurant! The food was absolutely amazing, with the grilled platter being out of this world—perfectly cooked and bursting with flavor. Despite our large group of 20 family members, the staff handled everything with professionalism and warmth and went above and beyond to ensure we had a fantastic time. Highly recommend for authentic Turkish cuisine and outstanding hospitality!

Food was great. Id go back. Amazing air deaf

Food is absolutely delicious, atmosphere relaxed and didn’t feel rushed despite being very busy. Staff are always very friendly (especially Victoria) and accommodating. Would highly recommend!

Meat platter for two. The food is always good. Service lovely. We have been back many times. Victoria served us tonight. She is always lovely and we had a great chat about Turkey.

I had a catch up with a friend over a weekend in March - we sat outside over and the atmosphere was nice. The food was tasty and the staff was extremely helpful (we were served by Victoria, who was very attentive and timely).

Victoria was great, I’d definitely come back. Food was really nice and the service was perfect. First time having Turkish food and it was lovely

Food absolutely outstanding defo recommend the lamb chops , service was excellent from ahmet and muhammad. Keep up the good work 👏

First time in this restaurant. A very big variety of dishes, attentive friendly staff, busy location and good dinner vibes . I recommend the platter to share and the Chicken sish . I really recommend a very good dinner. I'll be back .

Stumbled upon this restraunt before a busy comedy at Blackfriars. It was pleasantly quieter than the surrounding venues but still with plenty of guests. Service was excellent,very attentive. Salad was fantastic with chicken skewer. Fresh complimentary warm bread was a nice addition also.

A lively, trendy spot offering a vibrant, social dining experience

Always excellent service and food is second to none.

The taste was good as compared with other typical Turkish places in Glasgow. However, rice can be improved. Parking is available for £7.5 in NCP nearby or park on the road for free after 6PM. The restaurant staff was very good and keep checking on you. The restaurant was too much noisy, tables are very close to each other in order to get more people in the place which makes it very uncomfortable to sit and eat. They should definitely think about it.

Crap restaurant they couldn't even give me directions from Saltmarket so I had to cancel my reservation

Food is overpriced and overrated. Service was excellent. Atmosphere was great and the dancing and music was amazing.

Food was amazing with solid portions, bread and butter was incredible. Authentic Turkish food at its finest in the Heart of Glasgow

Met up with friends for lunch today. Beautiful food. Service was excellent. Lovely friendly staff. Victoria thank you for looking after us. Would definitely recommend and we will be back.

Excellent food, good quick service.

Really enjoyed coming here and having turkish food. There were a range of food to choose from on their menu. The meat was very tender and delicious. Would come again :)

Good food. Best shish lamb that have had in a long time. Friendly staff.

Great restaurant fabulous food best cocktails. Was a super fun night

Really nice food and very friendly staff.

Great wee place, lovely authentic Turkish food. Pose was my favourite!

Very delicious, filling portions

Lovely place to visit and amazing food.

Excellent. Great value for money. Could taste the coals. Cant find the option to post pictures.

2nd time been there and wasn't disappointed. The staff are friendly and welcoming and the food was delicious and well presented. We didn't have a booking and we had a baby with us even though it was busy they still accommodated us. I will definitely be back.

Amazing food ..flavour...taste. it's like being in Turkey for real. Plenty to choose from food cooked to perfection. The staff are very friendly and they check on everything to your satisfaction. Well worth a visit .. if looking for great food and ambience go there

Very good, tasty food, but very expensive.

Excellent place for Turkish food. The lamb shish is brilliant, and the halloumi so tasty! We also enjoyed the seafood casserole, baba Ghanoush and traditional Turkish desserts. Extensive menu, delicious dishes, generous portions and great presentation. The restaurant is lovely and spacious, and the staff are nice and attentive. We've been here twice and both times had a wonderful experience.

Food is nice but abit pricey for the quantities.

went here for my 30th , loved it Everything 👍🏻

Food was amazing the staff were so nice and thoroughly enjoy our visit

Star lost as they tried to seat us in the empty area upstairs. If I wanted to to have dinner alone with my husband I would have stayed at home. Food was lovely big portions too much for us. Great atmosphere downstairs service was good. Toilets tidy and clean. Booking recommended as very busy and a queue was forming when we left.

Lovely restaurant, food was great.

Amazing food. Great atmosphere. Lena and Ahmet were great. Delicious and good at catering for gluten allergy. Really good.

Wonderful meal and looked after by some fabulous staff. Thank you Victoria. One of our favourite restaurants in the merchant city area of Glasgow. We highly recommend

Delicious food and service. Would highly recommend Excellent service Ahmet and Lena were so welcoming and attentative

Great service from Ahmet and Lena. Food was delicious and we all had a lovely day out . Would recommend for Turkish food in Glasgow.

Outstanding food, meats cooked to perfection, tasty and juicy. Service was top class. Can’t fault it.

We enjoyed a truly lovely dinner for my birthday. The food was delicious, the staff were warm and hospitable. Dalma served us and was really attentive. Kamikaze was lovely too, bringing us some Turkish tea and chatting to us about Turkey…an excellent ambassador. Thank you, we’ll be back

Live Belly dancers on a saturday night were amazing!

Visited with my daughter for the first time. I ordered Garlic mushrooms as a starter and chargrilled chicken skewers and side salad for main. The chicken was really good, cooked to perfection, but unfortunately the garlic mushrooms although tasted good were a bit cold inside. I didn't bother complaining as it was just the starter, but other than that we enjoyed the rest of our lunch and drinks.

Nice and friendly people, good food

Great food, friendly staff and wonderful atmosphere. Thank you for everything especially the cheesecake with the candle for my husbands birthday!

Great lunch menu, balloon bread was excellent. Definitely be back

Always top quality and great value for money. If you enjoy charcoaled meat then this place will be nirvana for you.

Delicious Turkish restaurant 👍🏻 I recommend visiting it Baklava is not delicious to be honest

Booked the place for my graduation meal. The food was delicious and staff were lovely. Definitely will go back and if you visit try the Ayran for sure you will love it.

Fresh food and the best grill in the city nice and friendly staff! Thanks Kamil and his colleagues!

The food was delicious, the tables were very close together, the price was a bit high (90 pounds for 3 people), and the service was excellent.

Food was absolutely delicious. We have the Turkey 2 for 4 and it was such good value for what we got. Claudia was so lovely with great service. Will definitely be back.

Absolutely loved it. Get the mix grill, you won't be disappointed. Outstanding.

Dropped in randomly looking for some dinner and it was pretty good! Great portions for the money and pretty fast service.

Service good, food bad. It was quite expensive as we paid £25 for 1 portion of lamp kebab, and with a drink up to £30. We also got chicken kebab, which wasn't so bad, but the lamp was tasteless. Also, we got a few mezes, including humus, which was horrible.

Great Turkish restaurant! Recommended! Simply great! More than enough to eat and a treat! Immediately again next time!

We unexpectedly went to this place for breakfast and were pleasantly surprised by the portion size. The food was fresh and delicious.

Brilliant food and amazing service !

Just a bit disappointed as i was expecting the food to be a bit better perhaps it is because they only gave us the festive menu even though i asked for a la carte they said no. The festive menu has a very small choice so i do not recommend going whilst they give the festive menu. The lamb shank was soft, tender and nice but it was served cold especially inside the shank, it was not cooked in the sauce, of course it is cooked in advance and heated up but make sure you reheat meat fully. The small dish it comes in makes it difficult to eat with the rice seperate it should be served in one plate like they serve kebabs it would be much easier to eat. The starter was half yes only half an avocado with prawns obviously the prawns were frozen and defrosted which is fine however it was evident they had been defrosted in warm or hot water which "overcooked" them a bit, tell the kitchen to defrost prawns in cold water only. Whilst the baklava was nice enough im not sure how fresh it was as it had a slight after taste though the chopped nuts on top helped. Overall an okay meal however from looking at other reviews i was expecting the food to be really good or even something special which it just was not, so will not be hurrying back,

We ordered lentil soup, which arrived cold. We returned it and they heated it for us. We ordered delicious adana kebab, and a sweet eggplant moussaka. They gave us a salad for free because they were late with food. I recommend eating there. I asked for onions, but what they brought was not what was required.

Family run restaurant, wood panelled interior, busy. We sat outside with the dog, they brought water for him. The lamb arrived with rice and salad, succulent and perfectly flavoured. You'll pay more than you might elsewhere and you'll be happy.

Delicious food, service is excellent, have been here 4 times now and will definitely come back, highly recommend.

Just walked in for a drink but ended up eating the lamb shish. Ordered an Espresso Martini from an Indian bartender, it was amazing. Would definitely come back!

Great service and amazing food. I had the check platter and it was great. The salad was seasoned impeccably. Quite good service. Not much wait time and was constantly looked after. Thanks for a great meal!

Authentic Turkish food in the Heart of Glasgow . The place was buzzing with atmosphere and staff were friendly and attentive. We tried a mix kebab and a chicken skewer type kebab and they were both amazing and fresh. But what makes this place amazing is the accompanying sides that come with Turkish food , like the delicious Turkish salad / cabbage and the balloon bread with garlic butter was so fresh and amazing. Also kids friendly ( chicken nuggets & chips etc ) which was extremely important to us as a lot of authentic places usually do not accommodate. Really impressed with this place and we will definitely be back .

Great classic Turkish food. Wonderful service and a really good atmosphere. No wonder this place is busy. Thanks Efes.

Friendly, prompt service, delicious food and great atmosphere. Also, a complimentary Happy Birthday cake and singalong for my nephew! Recommended.

Very good meal. Would recommend the platter. The wrong order came out and they replaced it so quickly and were so nice about it. It felt homely and I had a great time.

The food, service and overall experience are absolutely excellent. The lamb dishes are out of this world. Ahmet was really attentive, efficient and gave us a great night.

Great service , good food and cozy and warm atmosphere . Waitress was kind enough to recommend a few dishes which were all well flavoured and delicious . Highly recommend Hunkar Begendi.

Great meal with lovely meats bread is amazing

Great atmosphere and food was perfect. Will definitely be back!!

Unbelivable food served by incredibly friendly welcoming staff. I cannot reccommend this place again, we were in literal tears over how delicious the kebabs we had were, don't let the prices scare you off- the quality genuinely justifies it, the iskender kebab, the yoghurt, everything was just beyond belief tasty, we will be back as often as we can.

Great atmosphere, excellent servise, superb food ! We really enjoyed our visit there, everyone was so friendly and professional. Highly recommended everyone to try

If you’re in Glasgow, definitely would recommend this place for Turkish food and cocktail drink as will. Mix grilled definitely recommend Went to this Turkish restaurant when I was in Glasgow for a bit of holiday food tasted really good service was great but it could be better for you to get the fully five star.i’ve had better Turkish food Would I recommend ? Yes definitely

Amazing authentic food and felt like we were back in Turkey! Highly recommend a visit and will definitely be back.

Fantastic food. A really busy place . It's as close to being in turkey without being in Turkey. We will be back.

Great atmosphere, delicious food and staff are very friendly. 🌟🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Brilliant authentic food and a great atmosphere!

I recently dined at Efes and it was an exceptional experience from start to finish. The staff were incredibly friendly and inviting, guiding us through the menu and offering great recommendations. Nothing was too much trouble. It is a lovely venue and the food was UNBELIEVABLE! If you are looking for some delicious Turkish food I would highly recommend dining at Efes.

We all had an amazing evening. Service was amazing and food exceptional!! Highly recommended.

Outstanding venue for atmosphere and great food.. staff cannot do enough for you.. a real gem of a place

By far the loudest rowdiest restaurant I’ve ever been to! The tables are super small and all tucked up together so it’s really hard to even hear or speak to the person next to you :( The starters were REALLY good (hummus and baba ganoush needed a pinch of salt and some lemon), pink lady was our favorite Main dishes were a disappointment, we had the vegetarian mousakka and the grilled salmon and they were tasteless :( Adana kebab was average. The staff were super sweet and accommodating especially our server Victoria!! They made the experience worthwhile. I would probably come back just for the mezze and maybe for lunch because the volume at dinner was unbearable.

We came for a staff night out. Amazing food and top service! Thank you to all the team, we had an amazing eve!

The restaurant is made up of two floors. Unfortunately, it was crowded and noisy. The food was good but not excellent. The service was excellent, especially the employee, Victoria.

went here for our anniversary but wish we hadn't! The food was NOT great! I've been to way better places than this!! We ordered a mixed grill along with a couple of sides and it all tasted very bland. The sauces given with it were awful! The portions were also very small! Service was also poor. Kitchen was closed after we placed our order and we were unable to order more food although other people sitting beside us were yet still able to order desserts? Special treatment for others eh? This was our first and last visit!

Great food ,service . It was my first time at Efes but will be back

Something very different in centre of Glasgow. Food amazing . Service and atmosphere excellent. Belly dancer adds to that . Would definitately recommend.