Zeytin Meze Grill in Forest Heath

I booked a table on Wednesday for the Friday night, when we arrived i told the waitress that I had a table booked, she was not interested and didn’t ask my name. When we sat I noticed that the name on the menus was not ZEYTIN but was CAPPADOCIA I told my son that this is not what I booked two days ago. I am not very adventurous but I did like the menu online. Unfortunately the menu was quite different and I was not happy, most of the meals were a lot more expensive than what was on the ZEYTIN menu. For instance the ‘shush’ ’ was £16.50 but in the ‘different’ restaurant they were £19…….and so I struggled to be able to pay for the meal. I asked if there was now two Turkish restaurants but was told no…..this is the only one, but no apology or explanation for it being a totally different place. £113 later I couldn’t wait to get out of there and certainly will not be going back.

Excellent: food,and service was very good, all dishes excellent. Ambience improved and much better,. Only complaint was temperature of room. It was COLD. If warmer we would have stayed longer, eaten more and drank more. Such a shame and false economy, but we will return…in the summer!

Great meal as last minute decision to go out. Perfect service and food. Great portions. Recommend the boregi to share as a starter We will be back

Food was delicious as always, so tasty and presentation second to none. We’ve never had a bad meal here. Staff were also so lovely and professional, nothing is to much trouble, we are so lucky to have this lovely restaurant so local. Looking forward to our return.

Horrible food, service and prices. Do yourself and your family a favor and stay home. It was a colossal waste of money and time.

Been waiting to share the restaurant with my son and his fiancée.....and they were not disappointed! The zeytin special defeated my son who is a meat adorer and can normally polish off a mountain! He said it was the nicest meal he has had out in a very very long time. Which is high praise indeed! The staff are all friendly and made the night enjoyable. We will be back.....great food, great beer, lovely staff, and very reasonable. You almost feel like you’re on holiday when you come here. Highly recommended

Had a lovely meal, lamb chops were so tasty along with everything else we had. Staff were lovely and very Covid safe. Would def recommend this place. So lucky to have this place locally.

We found this place online when looking for an early evening meal on the Bank Holiday weekend - what a gem of a find! Spacious, covid-friendly, safe and most of al welcoming. Oh and incredile food - we loved our chicken beyti, and our daughter though the bolognese pasta was perfect. Huge portions too so we got to take some of that away for her for the following night. Good value, lovely food, highly recommended.

Great food and good service. We had the Turkish mixed grill and the meat was juicy and well cooked. This place is just what Mildenhall needs. Thank You Zeytin!

What a place, food outstanding and the service was top drawer.Front of house Gavros was outstanding and really made the night. Gavros looked after us from start to finish and his attention to detail was second to none.An added bonus was how pleasing he was on the eye for my gay friends.Cant wait to go back for more.Well done Zeytin and Gavros.

Definitely going back for another visit. Great food, clean environment and lovely staff! Thank you 😊

Saturday night dinner with my friend. We shared the mezze for two and it was delicious. Probably could've just had that and dessert because it was very filling. I had imam bayildi and it was lovely. Couldn't finish it because I really wanted baklava, so I took the rest of my main home and had it for lunch the next day. The baklava and Turkish coffee are spot on! Thought I was back in Turkey for a bit.... And the staff were very nice. They checked on us frequently and nothing was any trouble for them. I'll definitely be back when I need another Turkish food fi

wonderful food, lovely restaurant, great staff. If you are looking for a nice restaurant in Mildenhall then this is the place.

Food lovely, great flavours, good service friendly staff. Very busy must book. Quite noisy but we sat at the back nice and cosy. Big room at front of restaurant. Would definitely go again.

If you love Turkish food, Zeytin is the place to go. Service is friendly and efficient and advice given on what to order if you’re not sure. We’ve been several times now and never had a bad meal yet. Recommended!

Arrived late to hotel and the restaurant was busy with Xmas bookings so decided to walk the short distance into town. Found this place and what a good find. Staff were friendly and extremely helpful with great service. The food and drink menus are extensive with a wide variety of choices. My meal was cooked to order by the chefs which you can see preparing the food in the open style and well equipped kitchen. The food was excellent, piping hot and served very efficiently (it was late at night and I was the only customer at that point). Very reasonably priced and would most definitely recommend.

This was our first time at Zeytin and we had a great time. Food, service, atmosphere, all perfect. many thanks for looking after us so well, we will be back :-)

Very disappointed, waited an hour and half for main course. It was dry and overcooked, kids meals came with a massive amount of ketchup on the plate 2 of the kids didn’t like ketchup but had to eat it as they were tired and hungry When this was raised with the manager she had the cheek to tell me that it’s not her normal chef and he doesn’t know what he is doing ? No apology at all And then when I explained that we had waited 90 mins so couldn’t wait any longer to return the meals she had the liberty to tell me that you have at McDonald’s? Not sure what the similarity is ? Avoid this place Poor food and even poorer service

Absolutely everything about this lovely place is GREAT !!’nn From the staff , surroundings , atmosphere, FOOD !!!!!! All 100% amazing Thank you Zeytin

As recommended recently by a local friend.I visited & enjoyed a great meal yesterday evening alone at the Zeytin Turkish restaurant .Seated immediately & as quite early, being half an hour or so after opening time (advertised at 16.30) - lots of availability tho' hadn't booked. Started to fill promptly with diners half an hour or so later,I understood they were fully booked for rest of evening, so lucky to get in with timing.Will book ahead next time especially with company, but no problem.Greedily partook of a full hot mixed starter for two, as I was dining alone.This was well presented, tasty & probably overdid being excellent quality,variety, quantity & standard. Seem to have an excellent variety of drinking wines & beverages etc.I followed witha a main dish I had'nt tried before being a chicken Guvec.Attractive, hot, tasty & very filling (with rice) - my fault due to having such alarge starter. Certainly a substantial, colourful & well presented unusual dish.Look forward to visiting again soon, as wish to try the restaurants othergreat sounding dishes, including the more traditional moussaka, shoulder of lamb & many others.Sweets sounded & looked inviting also, but I was too replete on this occasion - 'less is more' but cracking meal.Service friendly, polite, attentive & prompt.I hear of & saw a great variety of grills & salads which looked most appetizing, the aroma & sight of which encourages me to try soon also.Good quality & enjoyable meal, both substantial & another date to look forward to soon, especially with companions.Web site blogs very good & clear & TripAdvisor rating fair, I feel should be higher.Well done & rightly popular.

I was pleasantly surprised at the menu The food took ages to come, but when it finally arrived was worth the wait. Staff very pleasant and helpful

Tasteless guvec, lacking anything authentic about it. Chewy minced lamb kebab, seemed like the meat was fatty and cheap. Slow and forgetful waiters. Bought in desserts. Won't go back.

First visit to this local restaurant. We were fairly early 7.30 not too busy but soon became nearly full. Looks good when we arrived quickly seated and drinks order taken. Went to order but the stone bake ovens no longer available. We understand the menu is being revised to include more British items this may not please some who come for the Turkish items if removed. Back to the food we had the white bait and Hummus for starters these were plentiful and very tasty. Mains of Chicken Shish and Lamb Guvec both very very good especially the lamb cannot wait to taste some of the other authentic dishes. Desserts great home made cheese cakes creamy and yummy (see pics). Service OK very friendly, but they came with mains before removing starters and then left some of the starters on the table.

We’ve been here on a few occasions and for some reason never reviewed not sure why as it really is a little gem, staff always friendly, food is very tasty and the dips are lovely! If you haven’t been here you really must try it. Looking forward to our return. So nice to have some a great place on our doorstep.

Good friendly service excellent food reasonably priced would highly recommend ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ all the way👍🏻.

Amazing food, reasonable prices and always friendly staff!! Look forward to visiting again soon!!!!!!

Staff were attentive and courteous. Food was absolutely delicious and the portion sizes are very generous. Lovely, friendly ambience. Perfect for couples family, friends or large groups. We shall definitely be returning soon.

Went last night and so pleased we did. The food is amazing, staff very friendly and could not do enough for you. On arrival served a platter of warm home made bread with olives. Will be going back to try more Turkish meals. You will not be disappointed!

The décor was nicely done service good food excellent ,we live quite close and have noticed how busy it has been last night was our first visit and it wont be our last , nice to see in M ildenhall

We went there, it a last minute decision, we didn’t have to wait long before we got a table, and the food was fantastic, I even had a Turkish coffee and never had one before, and that was brilliant.

Went for mums birthday (8 of us) on a Tuesday evening and the food was excellent and plenty of it just one blip ;our second drinks were forgotten:nevertheless still giving 5 stars

Our first visit but what a fantastic meal, really lovely and will definitely be going again ... although we ate entirely too much as just so good!!! Thanks for the attentive and polite service and even better food. Every bit a positive review as well deserved!

Went as a group of 8 friends last night. Everyone enjoyed it. Great selection of meats, chicken, fish all well presented with tasty salads and breads. Beautifully grilled skewered meat of good quality and tender and juicy. Good value meals and the house wine is a perfect accompaniment. Staff are all friendly and attentive. You need to try this place.

Visited last night and the food was very good. staff was very nice will definitely be a regular and will be recommending to friends.

We had a meal here as a family of 4 with a baby. We had the Meat Meze and thought it was fantastic value and the starters were brilliant. The second course of different meats with salad and rice was also delicious. The service was also very good obviously some new young lads are being trained but they could not have been more helpful or courteous. We will be back and have already started to recommend to friends.

Had high hopes for this recently opened restaurant however left disappointed. Service was good but the food is very average. Starters (mixed platter) were ok but the mains were awful. The chips were probably oven chips and were very dry and not crispy. The T-bone steak was over cooked and dried out as was the fish dish. The mixed kebab dish was mediocre and all were served with a rather boring salad. The table next to ours sent their meals back complaining the lamb was way too dry. To finish off we had the baclava which tasted vaguely of off cheese?!?. Not impressed.

We had a wonderful meal with friends at this excellent Turkish restaurant which is a fairly recent addition to Mildenhall. The food was great and good value too. I had a mixed grill and the meat was tasty and tender.

I had never tried Turkish food before and loved it! Staff was friendly and service was great. Will be going back soon

Finally made it here to try for ourselves! Was a busy Friday night, place was pretty packed.

Came in its first week of opening. A few minor teething issues, like taking a while to bring out extra bread but otherwise great. We had a mezze- delicious & lovely bread. Nice atmosphere. A little pricey for Mildenhall perhaps but good value for what you get. All nice & fresh & tasty. Complimentary olives & bread on arrival. Menu with lots of options - look forward to returning to try them.

I wanted to try a bit of everything so I went for mixed meze as a starter followed by a mixed grill as a main. It was all delicious, but I particularly enjoyed the lamb chop. Next time I go I will order the platter where you get four lamb chops.

We were visiting Mildenhall on a Sunday and although we weren’t very hungry, fancied a tasty snack. We pooped into Zeytin and were not disappointed. We were served delicious food and friendly, efficient service. Thank you.

We love Turkish and Greek style food and this new place didn't disappoint. A good selection across the starters and mains.We had two of the hot mezes to share for the 4 of us. Portions were large and we could have easily had one between 4. Then the main course meat dishes were had were all hot, tender and juicy served with good salads and rice and breads. Comfortable armchair style seating as well! I wish them well in the venture so go and support.

Very nice restaurant, great atmosphere and friendly staff, food was lovely and reasonably priced will definitely return.

Really impressed with this place. The restaurant is very nicely decorated with a lovely atmosphere and attentive and friendly staff. The food was excellent. We had the cold mezze platter to start which was incredible, and the mains were very tasty too - particular highlight was the lamp chop. Lovely barbecue flavour to the meat. Baklava and Turkish tea was the perfect end to a lovely meal. I would encourage everyone to pay a visit and give it a go!

We have just visited zeytin's on a busy Saturday evening and had a wonderful time! The food was delicious and service was excellent. They have managed to make the space feel warm and welcoming. It is so great to have a nice restaurant in mildenhall that we can bring friends and family to. Will definitely be coming back!

Honestly, couldn't really fault it! Young waiter... Little bit of banter... Very good/nice . All the food presented was excellent.

Fantastic meal extensive menu good size portions great value and service with a smile. Food is amazing would highly recommend this restaurant.

Great Turkish Grill! Would recommend to book a table as the restaurant gets very busy, especially over weekends.

First visit to this newly opened restaurant and it was excellent. The astmosphere was warm and relaxed, the staff were charming and helpful. Loved the complimentary olives and I'm a bit of an expert! Four of us all ordered different main course and food came out in no time considering its freshly cooked. The dishes were perfectly cooked and delicious, we didn't have room for a dessert but on the advise of the waitress ordered one dessert and four spoons! Great idea!! Can't wait to go back

Would highly recommend, really good flavours with decent size portions; set menu is great to go for if you never tried that cuisine before or if you fancy little feast; for the more advance i would recommend lahmacun; them flavours brought a lot of memories from all the visits to turkey.

Where do I start , came here last week ,first impressions we’re really good , got greeted then they took us over to our table , and was given the menu and drinks list promptly , it was going really well until it took roughly 10-15 minuets to even order our drinks and we had to get attention from the staff for this to happen , our drinks came out after ten