Julie F.
Yelp
The food here is very good. And we enjoyed what we had.
The name of the place is a bit deceptive as there is a rooster in the logo on the side of the building. I'm sure many people driving by think this is another chicken place. Although they do have chicken kabobs, it's really a Turkish restaurant. However, when my husband greeted the gal behind the register with a hello in Turkish, her reaction was huh?! Turns out she is Russian. And the gal working the grill/cooking the food in the back didn't appear to be Turkish either.
We had been to this building before when it was another restaurant. We were familiar with the fact that there is very limited parking nearby. Behind the restaurant is one handicapped spot and three other spaces. They are also doing construction on the streets in the area so that makes it a bit harder. We can understand now why they are doing a big pickup and delivery business rather than dine in.
We were the only dine in people when we arrived. A couple more guys came afterwards. We saw a few door dash type folks doing pickups, however.
You order at the counter and pay there, and they bring your food to you.
We chose their cold mixed appetizer plate. It came with hummus, baba ghanoush, lebni, and rice-stuffed grape leaves. I let my husband enjoy all the lebni which was like a thick yogurt with nuts in it. The chickpea hummus was creamy but not pureed; the eggplant baba had a nice texture as well. The grape leaves were standard but disappeared first. We were happy they had sumac on the table in a dispenser to season everything. They also brought an oval of hot fresh baked pita to share to go with the appetizers.
After than we shared a lahmajun. They brought a plate first with different "garden" veggies on it -- lettuce, red onions, pickled shredded beets, tomato slices, lemon wedges, and a half pickle. The lahmajun is served hot. It's a very thin baked dough -- much thinner than a pizza or a flatbread. It was topped with finely minced/ground lamb. You tear off a piece and wrap it around the veggies of your choice.
We also got a free piece of baklava with our Yelp check in. It was very good. Moist and sweet --but not overly sweet. The flaky filo and chopped walmuts made it one of the better versions I have tried.
Although the building and the experience is a bit strange, we would return to try more of their menu as we like this type of cuisine. Just bring an open attitude and appetite to match.