Aksaray

The food is always fresh. I usually dine in. They have great table service and a friendly staff. You can make your own combination of meats on a plate from off the menu. The downside is that they forget to bring the whole order at once. They usually forget to give you the sauces. Sometimes they forget to warm up the bread. The bread is good when warmed up and eaten with the hummus.

Be careful, if one of the dirty-looking male waiter there doesn't like the tip you give, he might provoke you by waiting for you outside later, asking "Why did you give me the tip like that?" Fortunately, I was able to control myself and leave calmly without hitting him. My hands were shaking with anger. I won't go there again. It's strange, but they still harbor weird people who think they are living in Turkey. If there's an issue, he should go and talk to the his owner. Or if he have a problem with the tip or the job, don't work as a waiter.He can work in the kitchen as a dishwasher. Actually, the real issue is the owner's inability to manage the business.

They’re sneaky in this place. They already include an 18% gratuity tip, yet they try to hide it very well and give you 3 options to add on even more tip. Food is decent, nothing special. It’s the best place you’ll find to eat during sleeping hours, so can’t really complain.

This was the first time we tried this small local Turkish restaurant and we were definitely looking forward to it. I order the large lamb chops ($27) and my wife ordered the mixed platter ($30). The menu seems to be fairly priced when compared to how much most diners and small restaurants charge these days. The place seemed clean and had a nice family atmosphere. It's a pretty small/intimate place. The bread they bring as an appetizer was delicious, we both ate a lot of it as we were starving when we arrived for a very late lunch. The server seemed new and accidentally brought two orders of soup to our table, saw our puzzled faces and confirmed that it belonged at another table and brought it to them instead. The entrees were excellent, the lamb chops were juicy and tender. The mixed platter is an excellent choice to sample a smaller portion of a few of the different individual entrees available. I found the price/value for the food we received to be very good. The dessert was one tres leches cake and one rice pudding. They were both absolutely excellent. The rice pudding is a fairly large serving and the tres leches is a reasonable size, taller than it is wide. Both were not overly sweet, they were just right. The problems began when the cheque was brought to the table. They came with a device to charge my card which is convenient. However, the screen showed a total that was more than we anticipated and it offered three main option "15% tip, 20%tip and 25%tip" below it in small letters was the "no tip" option. Doing the math in my head the total didn't add up so I asked if the tip was already included, the waitress said "no". So I asked for an itemized receipt. Our meals plus tax added up exactly to the dollar amount I expected but then it said "15% gratuity". The gratuity was already factored into the bill but the device only showed the total including that 15% gratuity and offered me the opportunity to add an ADDITIONAL 15-25% tip without acknowledging that the total already had gratuity factored in. When I charged my card and selected "no tip" (because I had already paid 15%) the waitress had an attitude and forcefully dropped the device onto another table as she walked away and presumably went to go get the printed charge receipt that I had selected on screen (as opposed to email receipt, no receipt, etc.). She never came back to the table, we got our jackets and went to the counter to ask for it and found it laying on the front counter. I felt like they tried to scam me and every other customer into paying gratuity twice. Initially by lying through omission (not showing the initial gratuity on the total while asking for a tip) and then directly after I verbally asked if the total already included a tip, to which she said "no". Overall the place was good, the dessert was excellent but the service was poor and the payment processing was deceptive. It seems like they count on customers just paying via charge card without doing the math, just assuming that it all adds up and adding a further 15%+ tip.

Update review: food was delicious the first time so I get them another shot. Everything is upright this time in beautiful bags. Wish some of the orders were fuller. But still good and very presentable this time. 👍 All the food was shoved into a bag vertical and my food came mushed together; not appealing to eat for a $20 appetizer; all my other meals/desserts came vertical, my rice pudding liquid leaked everywhere due to vertically placed and dropped on the floor without ringing my bell at all..so long for a $127 worth of food.

Excellent Turkish cuisine!!! Came here for my sisters birthday and the food and service was amazing!!! The lamb and chicken were very tender, accompanied with delicious side salads, and the tres leches cake and baklava was DELISH!! 5 stars all round 👍🏽🌟

This is my first expreience @ Aksaray and i am quiet happy with it. Food server was an amazing person with a smile, on the top of it food was delicious. We order Aksaray special, Mix Grill and Lamb soup. I will try again in future.

A no-frills Turkish restaurant that opens till late, offering the most scrumptious kebabs, salads, and soups this part of Brooklyn. They serve a generous serving of homemade bread (probably the best we've ever tried again and again anywhere in the borough), warm and tempting, together with our meal, as well as offers half orders of most items on their menu. We keep coming back to this place, and we know exactly why.

The food was amazing and fresh!! The service was very nice as well. The staff members were accommodating. The restaurant was clean. It definitely felt like a mom and pop type of ambiance. I will definitely come again!!

Food is good. But customer service is terrible especially the lady at the counter. I have been to this place many times and have never had a problem with the servers. She has terrible manners, even after being tipped for the meal i ordered she came up to me and said i cannot not eat the meal at the table because it was take out. I offered to pay the difference as i was not aware of this policy. she has an attitude problem and is very unprofessional.

I'm incredibly disappointed with todays order. They have a modification section that lets you select things to remove off of the sandwich and a notes section as well. I made sure to click their modification to remove tomatoes as well as the extra step of putting it in the note because I have a tomato allergy and they still put it in. Thankfully I saw it before biting it which would have been very dangerous.

Good red lentil soup. Shawarma salt.( Need more white sauce ) Clean please. Good Turkish tea

Disgusting. Came recently for takeout since I don't eat in restaurants anymore. Noticed the cooks don't wear gloves or mask. They cook and pick up the phone and then resume cooking without washing their hands when they fill in for the cashier who is bringing food to the tables. They also touch the inside of the plates they are about to fill for dine in orders. It makes me question the rest of their level of clean here. They took forever cooking my single platter order because they didn't start on it until they started orders from the dining room placed after mine. They have signs right before the dining area regarding wearing masks and checking vaccines but they don't enforce any of it. Went home and microwaved the entire order before attempting to eat any of it, just to be extra careful after seeing them touch everything. The bread was definitely more doughy than I remember. The shish kebab was mediocre and had a lot of charred bits like they didn't clean the grill. Definitely a last for me.

Just received my order. Big disappointment. They didn't put salad (tomatoes onions parsley cabbage, lemon) which goes to lahmacun and when I called they refused to bring it and offered free salad next time :) Thank you but no. Also ketchup packs were dirty with ketchup and sugar from baklava. I tried to eat lahmacun without salad and it was not eatable at all. Pitas for babaganush and haydari were not fresh. Chicken sandwich also had weird taste. This order will definitely turn me off Turkish food for a while:/ Update. Just tried baklava. I hope at least this would be good! But no! It tastes like it boiled and row instead of backed and crispy!! Wow! Just wow! All order. Literally all order went to the garbage

Like I said before I would never come back here again one time they overcharged me and thought I didn't realize it and then the last time i was there the waitress was very rude and disrespectful as if she didn't know what i was talking about after the incidents i definitely wouldn't recommend this place to anyone sorry but not sorry they lost a loyal customer for good

Very unassuming looking, hole in a wall café that surprises with great flavors. The prices are very reasonable and portions filling, so you will leave full and not broke. Always a lot of people eating in/getting take out, so you know the food is fresh. Service is respectful. You won't be rushed to finish your meal, even when you're taking a long time to talk with your friends over one bowl of lentil soup. The, Lentil soup $5, by the way, is hearty and a great choice for colder months. Shephard's pie [$5, $7 medium, $10 large] is simple, just tomatoes, cucumbers, and feta, so I'd skip because I can make better myself, but if you're craving a simple salad, this could work. The turkish bread become stale quickly, so I prefer their pitas [complementary for meat dishes]. Calves Liver $10 portion is not big, more to tease your appetite. Pretty well done if you enjoy liver. Babaghanous $5 is delicious--one of the best in all Brooklyn, definitely get it. Mixed grill karisik $24, the most expensive item on the menu, is good to share for two, if you're also getting appetizers in addition. The portion includes rice, cabbage salad, a haljapeno, gyro, adana kebab, and shish kebab. The meats are well prepared, so any meat lover will be happy with this choice.

I am a regular here at Aksaray. I always order food to go and sit down here to eat, so I'm very familiar with how their operations work. A few years ago, I considered this to be a place where you get the best value of food without breaking the bank. But now, they raised their price to about $16 a plate, which to me, is extremely pricey. I always get the lamb and chicken gyro which is served with rice, and a side of Israeli salad which is diced cucumber, tomatoes, cilantro, and their vinigrette, which are always a safe good option. All orders come with loaves of bread, sometimes comes with 2 if you order 2 items. Servers are always attentive. And the food is always great. Chicken soup is also a regular thing I always get, which is delicious every time. Their lentil is also very delicious. Aksaray is open 24/7 which is very convenient. I do recommend their food and business, however, I wished they lowered their prices to what they used to be.

Used to be one of my favorite places to go as they're open 24/7. However, in recent months the overall quality of their food (at least at night time, say from 10PM) dropped significantly. I received stale, lukewarm/cold food. The waitress had an attitude our entire time there. We were billed two tip amounts, the first being hidden when the waitress came over without a receipt and just the total sum on the screen, and the second when the option to tip again after we paid came up on the screen. We were told the first tip is for the restaurant and the second for the staff, but there's no way to verify that. Especially with how sneaky the waitress was being about it. The coffee she made two of my friends who were with me was filled with ground coffee grind at the bottom. The espresso was THICK and very lacking. Ultimately, after buying a $13 gyro plate, a diet coke, and splitting a $7 or $8 appetizer, our individual bills, after tipping a second time (which I agree, we could have refused, but the situation was tense and awkward enough not to), came out to $28. So in effect, we spent $28 for what should have been no more than $20 with tax and tip. That's an 1 appetizer each we could have had for that extra money, and the food wasn't even good...at all, excepting the bread which admittedly was. I'm giving this place two stars, an extra star more than I would if I was rating just off my experience alone, because 1. I did enjoy the bread, and 2. the restaurant is a nostalgic place for me with good memories that sadly took a very wrong turn somewhere and at sometime. If management is reading this, please regulate your employees at night time so the service is more friendly, the food isn't dry and cold, and so they're at least up front about the double tipping instead of trying to sneak around it. I wish you could bring your standard/quality back up to what it was roughly 2 years ago. I almost never see the owner at the restaurant anymore...maybe that's why its quality has shifted so much.

We haven't been in here in a while but it was a pleasant surprise. The establishment had made updates and changes and its sitting area increased 2X. The establishment was clean, the staff was extremely polite and friendly. The food as always was fresh and tasty; and right portion. The prices are very reasonable.

The place was unorganized and wasn't managed to handle orders. I was not able to get their attention to order and waited a while then had the staff question which food order I was waiting for. I ordered dinner to go, the lentil soup and mix gyro platter. Delicate slices of chicken and lamb in the mix gyro was tender, moist and flavorful. Lamb better than chicken if I had to choose.The platter came with a thin delicate white sauce and hot sauce, will probably need extra in each order. The lentil soup was on the grainy side but tasty with a fresh squeeze of lemon. Their to go packaging could really use some improvement. My bread, napkins and utensils were all in one bag. It was not that convenient to eat neatly and right away. It'd be nice if their packaging was easier to heat up in the microwave. Can only resort to oven with their aluminum containers. The rice and meat would've definitely tasted better hot and the salad would've tasted better cold. I hope I'll be able to enjoy this within minutes next time.

You should always check the bread if you planning to pick up food from this place. Lately it has been burned as you see on the picture.

34 hours fresh and delicious. Authentic and polite. I live the lentil soup, grape leave and chicken and lamb combo with rice and salad.

Did a take out for 2 chicken gyro plates* barely any chicken literally barely* I was so upset* why so stingy and cheap, Otherwise memos and ankara around the corner* way better

Chicken Soup: B+ Slightly tangy, almost like Avgolemono. Very slightly spicy. Made from chicken breast and rice. It's almost a creamy soup. Reminds me of Avgolemono without lemon.

Disrespectful staff. Very dismissive and rushed. Gave me attitude because they didn't have what I wanted in the first place and I took some time to decide what I wanted to get instead. Then when I came back to pick up my order asked me what I ordered and as I was saying it - turned to another person to ask them what they got. Finished their order first and then came back to asking me what I got again.

Came to Aksaray with a friend who recommended it for dinner. It was an interesting layout where you can order take out once you walk in, and the dine-in portion is on the right side. It looks fairly clean and we were to sit down to any open table. They don't have a cup of water, so don't be surprised when they give you a bottle of water and charge you for it. We ordered hummus and Turkish eggplant for our appetizer and a order of chicken kabab and a order of lamb kabab. The hummus and eggplants were good as we dipped our bread in the spread (which they provide after you order). Once our entrees came out, the chicken was flavorful and juicy. Having rice and the onions was a good touch to have with the chicken and their lamd kabab was really good too. The lamb wasn't gamey and was not dry. Been to a handful a places where you can smell the gameyness and served the lamb dry, but Aksaray did a good was the opposite. Overall, the food was great! Think it's a nice find since it kind of hidden away from the main street. Their service was alright, but the worst but not the best either. Would come back again to Aksaray and try other dishes on their menu.

This spot stays open 24/7!!!! They also have a lunch special during the day! Their bread is amazing! I love their lentil soup!!! I've tried other dishes but my go to is their lentil soup! The staff are always pleasant!

A to Z this place is disappointment. Such a unprofessional staff. If you wanna talk about the food it is a big waste.

The mixed grill is spectacular. Also the stuffed grape leaves, the Hadarik, and the eggplant with red sauce. Their specials are always great too. I lived nearby for four years and this was my second dining room, effectively. The people there are uniformly nice and hard working.

Amazing service amazing food it's so good I always get takeout and the lentil soup is so good I would any thing for it and there gyro the meat is so tender juicy and to die for there white sauce is the best thing in the world highly recommended bring your family here

This is one of my go-to Turkish places in Brooklyn (the other being Taci's Beyti) because of its easy accessibility and delicious homemade pide. Aksaray is conveniently located by the Kings Highway (B/Q) station, open 24/7, and has free delivery with a $20 minimum. I usually swing by for takeout but have come for sit-down service as well. The servers are friendly and can communicate essentials despite a language barrier. If you're looking for a sandwich, get it with their fresh Turkish bread. It's my favorite thing from their restaurant, especially warm and fluffy from the oven (which it almost always is). Their bread is also served with other entrées too. I love the lamb adana kebab (ground lamb on skewers) and the Iskender kebab (lamb gyro with a spicy tomato and butter sauce).

Horrendously rude girl at the counter. Perhaps she hates her life and is taking it out on the world. She threw a receipt onto the counter and said "SIGN" and walked away. No pen. I ordered a large appetizer plate, a hummus, two lunches, and 3 gyro sandwiches for $68. I received 3 breads when it's supposed to be 5. I also only received 4 yogurts and 4 red sauces. When I asked nicely for a few more sauces, she REFUSED as she said she'd given me more than enough. The food is nowhere near as good as Taci's Beyti or several other Turkish joints in the area. The red sauce is literally watered down. If you let it settle for a minute, you'll see some red at the bottom and a layer of water on top. The food is thin on meat and heavy on rice and the meat itself tasted stale even though I got it at 2PM (yesterday's leavings likely). Next.

This is one of our favorite Turkish restaurants in all of New York. Aksaray is a gem - no frills, fast and friendly service, great prices, and just authentic and delicious Turkish cuisine. I love getting their soups - the tripe soup is as legit as it gets. Portions are huge - the Iskender kebab is enough for two people, and the Adana kebab was so rich and juicy. Also, we love the fresh bread that they serve on the side. Credit card accepted. Highly recommend if you're seeking authentic Turkish food!

Been here twice and the food was amazing both times! This time, we got the mixed lamb and chicken adana platter and the mixed chicken shish kebab and chicken adana platter. The chicken shish kebab was our favorite. Incredibly juicy and flavorful! The rest of the items we ordered were also great. Would've given this place five stars but we found out that the 15% gratuity that is automatically charged to our bill wasn't a tip for the server. We had to tip the server separately. Please be aware of this and tip!

For me, I dont find turkish gyro anything special. Chicken tastes like chicken and rice tastes like rice. But I anticipated some special sauces and flavors. Through, I would say this place a little better than those from sheepsheadbay (anatolian gyro). Price is at the similar range as competitors. I would chose this turkish restaurants over other turkish restaurants, but it isn't my favorite type of food.

This place was so dirty. I couldn't understand that how health department let them serve any food here. I think stay away!!

One of the worst Turkish food I have ever tried. They even don't know how to make salad. I Don't recommend this place at all.

Convenient middle eastern restaurant. I was surprised to find this as one of the only places serving middle eastern food late at night. Apparently the locals know this well because the restaurant was packed after midnight. We kept it simple and ordered hummus, Sheppard salad, and a chicken shawarma platter. Every was good and flavorful. Hummus was tahini heavy and on the less viscose side. Sheppard salad was tasty too. The chicken shawarma was delicious and crispy.

The food here is very good. I love their Islander and baked pudding. Also I ordered the mixed app, everything was fresh and tasty.

Solid neighborhood Turkish restaurant that grew in size after renovations this year to provide ample seating for customers wishing to dine in. Even though the nearby competing restaurant Memo Shish Kebab gets more customers, I prefer the taste of Aksaray's food much more and would recommend it. Their sandwiches are delicious. Try to get your sandwich in Turkish bread and not pita bread. My favorite is the köfte (meatball) sandwich. Despite looking small, that sandwich packs a punch; it is very filling. Their lentil soup is delicious and comes with Turkish bread. Their grape leaves are okay; they're not that long and thinly wrapped, so I don't usually go for this dish. One thing that's interesting and sets Aksaray apart is their hot home-cooked meal corner. Most Turkish spots in NY just serve kebabs and mezes and call it a day, but Aksaray has a few hot meals to select from for the day if you feel like eating a more traditional Turkish dish.

One of my favorite turkish restaurants Its 24hrs and amazing Food is super fresh Family run Place is really clean Prices are great portions are great Real turkish food Portions are awesome Its a trek for me but worth it

This restaurant has the tastiest Turkish food in New York City. I've been to numerous spots in the city and Brooklyn and this definitely tops it all. Not only are the generous with the proportions but the meat and rice are so flavorful. The bread and sauce that they serve prior to the entree are fresh and delicious. I've come here numerous times with my wife and every single time we've absolutely loved it!

Best Turkish food in NYC. Very authentic. Bread is chewy and crusty and I always ask for extra. Well-priced and super authentic. This is the epitome of Turkish Brooklyn food, beats Memo. They have a great iskembe (Turkish tripe soup), always my favorite and super delicious, flavorful and authentic. A rare find for sure. Rice pudding is phenomenal.

This is our second time eating here. The first time the food was delicious. Second time around was not so good. First course, chicken soup was delicious. But when the main course came out with a shepherd salad the vegetables were completely rotten. Then being served baklava that was also spoiled. You know it's bad when the Filo dough is starting to gel. Never again. There was no apology at all. Terrible customer service.

I don't believe all those ratings in the restaurant windows rating I think most of them are fake. This restaurant is totally disgusting outside and inside yet has a letter grade A in the window. Yeah right. Greeting- yes Vibe- another filthy Brooklyn shawarma hole in the wall Price- $6 pita shawarma BR- didn't want to look Parking- challenging street meters Service- friendly Food Chicken pita good size but tastes like it came from a street cart. This place is so disgusting i don't know how it is in business. Owners have no self respect WIGB? No

Best Turkish food in Brooklyn. Bursting flavors in every bite and their chicken gyro is just fabulous. Beats Memo's anyday.

I dont even know where to start this place is really good! First of all this is 24/7 and food is deliciouuus!!! So i been here like a lot lately i'll just gonna write the review about my last visit! We were out partyin hard with my friends, of course when party ends at 4 in the mornin you usually kinda hungry but instead of goin to some kinda diners i suggested Aksaray! So let me tell you about this great authentic turkish place! Tiny space, right next to the entrance they have marinated meat already on skewers you just need to choose what u want so the chef will put it on grill right away! The have just 4 tables (so tops all together they could serve like 12 people, and may i have your attention pls just 1 table was available so we were not the only crazy ones who decided to have some turkish food at 4 am! We got in so i ordered some haydari and babaganoush (u can see the pic of it bellow) for the appetizers and asked to server bring us a lots of bread lol for entrees we got: Adana kebab - 1 Chicken shish kebab - 1 Lamb shish kebab - 1 Everything to share of course and every kebab was served with rice (turkish style with orzu) and house salad! I'm so sorry i didnt took a picture for you cause as soon we got i even forgot about everything around lol They dont serve alcohol and this is not BYOB place but its not a big deal! My friends got Ayran in bottle i got Tamek's (brand) Sour Cherry juice in can! Everything was delicious, stuff super friendly, doesnt matter what we asked them we got it literally in the next second! I just wanna say this place is not for dates and not super fancy this is just really good spot to get some kebab in the middle of the night! So when we asked the check everything in total was $40!!! So u can see prices are also really good!! They also deliver at the daytime!!!

Came in for dinner on a Friday night, walked past the kitchen area where all sorts of kebabs are on display, into the small but clean dining room. Ordered the small appetizer sampler which had 4 types of eggplant, delicious creamy hummus, white beans salad and a some type of yogurt dip all served with some excellent warm bread. When we ran out of bread they gave us more without asking. Next came the mixed grill plater with lamb chop, chicken and lamb kebabs and gyro meat served on a bed of soft rice pilaf with a salad. Also tried the tea and it was delicious with some baklava. This is a great place and a little under the radar as of right now.

Open so late 5am? The chicken gyro and chicken kabab are my favorites here. Meatballs and the lentil soup are also good. Fresh bread is great and to die for. It's a small place and I usually get my order to go. For $8.00 you can't go wrong. The dinner dish comes with Shepard salad and rice. Always pleased. I'm thinking about going here now.

Currently known as Aksaray (can't remember former name) underwent a complete change by extending their mini cafe into a sit down restaurant with more tables, which is beautiful now. The waitresses are nice when needed and food is delicious as always.

I just wanna say that I used to go here all the time. Their food was/is great, but the service and business mentality is definitely off. Whenever I physically go to the store and order lamb gyro plate, I ask for extra sauce. Let's face it, there's never enough in that tiny cup. The point is that they never have a problem with giving me an extra one or 2 cups. And now all of a sudden when I order delivery, they want an extra 50 cents for each cup. Are you kidding me?! And to make things worse, the cups ended up being barely filled. Definitely not a great way to cut corners.

First time i tried this place today. Because the place normally i go to which was closed today. I gave this place 3 star because the food. He gave me old bread and chicken was not fresh cooked. It was laying side of grill. Taste would be good if believe if was fresh. Plus the guy made it warm my bread on grill too. I will not go again.

Came here the other day and thoroughly enjoyed my meal. Lunch special is affordable, filling, and delicious. Chicken is flavorful and moist and I could tell the bread was homemade. Salad and rice were delicious also! Staff was friendly. Will come back again.

Everyt time, they give different portion. Come on guys, make your portion stable. Also, you have no idea about tresleches dessert.

Got a small mixed gyro platter and it was definitely a lot less food than the other Turkish joint down the block. The rice was cold, meat was only slightly warm and the bread was stale. Compared to what I could get for the same price at another place, this simply paled in comparison. I was also disappointed that the meat lacked flavor and was somewhat on the dry side.

Been here many times before renovations. Used to be the best place to get food at night. After renovations place looks nice. Quality of food went down significantly. Had lentil soup that was very watery; bread was ok, cold and if they bake it just a little more - would be good. Main course - lamb gyro. Gyro comes with Rice that is too oily/fatty and a spoon of salad. Lamb was ok and nothing spectacular. Here is the catch: I was about to pay at the cashier when I ordered but they like "oh, just pay at the end". They include a service charge of 10% in every check!! Question: why? For what?? Another local place that tries to rip you off.

Considering what you get, it's worth the price but I'd prefer to go elsewhere. The chicken gyro plate with salad and beans was just $9.00, which is cheap but it didn't really fill me up. The food is tasteful but the portion size is small. The interior is nice and the staff are friendly. I'd prefer to pay more and not feel hungry.

Great food & the service is amazing. I popped in for an impromptu lunch there after a busy day of shopping. I had the eggplant salad (delish) & falafel lunch. The falafel was so crunchy on the outside & perfect texture on the outside. I'm not the most experienced in Turkish food, but I really enjoyed it. The pickled cabbage (I believe it's called, it's purple) was my favorite. I'm vegetarian & this place was very vegetarian friendly.