Istanbul Restaurant & Patisserie

Excellent service! I had a small birthday party with 25 guests. Mr. Ozyildiz, the owner, was very responsive to emails and phone calls. He offered me a very reasonably priced package with Adana (lamb and chicken) kebab. He added baklava and few other items to the list. The food was cooked just in time on the day of the party and personally delivered by the owner to my house, 30 miles away. Everything came in individual containers and very warm/fresh. What was even nicer is that I feel like I paid for 25 people and got food for 40. All of my guests complimented the taste of the food and we’re still eating the leftovers (frozen & microwaved). Highly recommend it!
5 7 years ago (21-05-2018)

We have had several catering orders from this restaurant in our community in PA. We love the food! It always comes properly secured (and on time!), freshly made, and deliciously served! The owner and staff are very helpful, cheerful and always looking to make sure you have a great experience. The lamb is absolutely a must for your order, always tender, and seasoned to perfection, keeps you wanting to come back for more! I'd definitely recommend catering for your party from here!
5 7 years ago (13-04-2018)

Beware, poor food safety habits: I got carry-out, and noticed at home that the ordered spiced Ezme was fizzy from carbon dioxide forming due to spoilage. I tossed it the next morning. By then, the closed container was bulging badly from more gases developing, meaning that this food was badly contaminated, and probably in their fridge for a very long time. Obviously, the kitchen staff does not know or is too lazy to follow basic food safety procedures. Any properly trained kitchen staff would at least do a basic smell and taste test on anything leaving their kitchen. Also, there should be a proper labeling and storage policy implemented if the kitchen was run professionally. This could have been a serious case of food poisoning. Plus, I just tossed $6.50 in the bin. I hope the owner takes note.
1 7 years ago (17-04-2018)

Istanbul catered my party. The delivery was punctual, the food was hot and delicious, and they sent extra from their side. Overall service was really good. To all ladies gathering
5 7 years ago (29-04-2018)

Tl:dr; Was super excited to try this place out, and I was left incredibly disappointed. Like the above statement says, I was really excited to try this place out, especially after hearing so much about Turkish food. From Google Maps reviews, to the restaurant's website, I was pretty stoked. The first sign that things weren't as they seemed was the "Order Online" feature on their website. I wanted to order takeout for both me and my father, and decided that ordering online would make the process a lot easier. I tried about four or five times - I can't remember. Pick what I wanted, select "Takeout" in order options, enter my personal information - repeat what I thought was essentially ad infinitum, because they simply would not accept the order. On the website, when you order online, there's a little tool that says the restaurant needs to accept the order so that it can give the customer the "most precise delivery/take-out time," or something or other. I don't care enough to remember exactly what it said. So, because they never actually accepted the order, I just called instead. About thirty or so minutes later, I arrived at the restaurant. Everything seemed alright - was not too busy, but the place itself looked great. Cool-looking decorations on the wall, good seating options - it didn't look too bad. I paid for my food, and stood back to wait for it all to come out of the kitchen. And that's when I looked left towards the waiting area, and noticed something absolutely disgusting. In the waiting area was a sole raised cushion, presumably for people to sit on as they were waiting to be seated or whatever, and upon it were about... four or five flies, really big, just... lounging. On the seat. Disgusting. And then, I noticed there were about three or four other flies flying around. Getting closer to me. Near the little bakery showcase they had under the counter. At that point, those few observations had really colored my opinion of this place. To the point that I am now wasting about five to ten minutes of my time to write up this absolutely glowing review. But, "what about the food?" you may ask. "Everyone said the food was alright, and that's the most important part!" Well, the food wasn't horrible. But it wasn't good either. Far from it. I ordered an Adana Kebab sandwich for myself, and a Doner (Gyro) sandwich for my father, as well as a side order of fries. And, Jesus Christ alive, those two sandwiches were some of the most bland things we had ever tried out. The meat had no taste, the vegetables piqued my brain into thinking about about Taco Bell rather than Turkey (wrong T, guys), and I found myself putting a few fries between the folds of the wrap to give it a little more taste - to no avail. The fries were essentially cardboard, so now I've got an aluminum container full of cardboard. I never thought I'd say those words. I might feed them to the birds outside, but they may not even accept the peace-offering. So yeah, I'm very disappointed. I don't think I'll ever return. No thanks. Sorry.
1 7 years ago (31-05-2018)