Zeytin Turkish Restaurant

7437 River St SE, Ada
(616) 682-2222

Recent Reviews

Robert Edwards

One of our very favorite restaurants in the area, fantastic food, love the lentil soup, and their tomato/spinach soup is just marvelous. Plenty of savory meat dishes and also great vegetarian and vegan options. Friendly staff, nice location, and super-cool to have the great country of Turkey represented here in West Michigan!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Appetizer Sampler for Two, Eggplant Salsa, Spinach Pie, Zeytin Special Turkish Delight Appetizer Platter, Sampler Appetizer Platter

Mike Zenk

A cute location in Ada. Parking can be difficult to find, depending on the time of day. The restaurant itself is cute. The staff seemed friendly enough and were mostly accommodating. The food is generic and the same as you can get at any fast food gyros shop. It was not bad, but nothing special at the same time. Typical generic restaurant supply store provided. If you're in Ada and hungry for gyros, stop in, but I would not go out of my way to go there.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Iskender

Joel Vredenburg

Nice little place. Good food, but seemed a bit understaffed.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Robert Etheridge

Used to eat here very frequently. Our impression from our last visit—-dirty! Dust and cobwebs hanging from fixtures and televisions. Bathrooms not cleaned. Pita bread recycled from table to table. If the evident things are that dirty, what is the kitchen like? Kebabs are tasty but not worth it when the atmosphere is so unpleasant. Lots of dining options in Ada, no need to go back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 5

Denise Case

Excellent food and Turkish Coffee. Great service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Flambe Cheese Saganaki, Appetizer Sampler for Two, Chicken Shish Kebab

Jill Seif

Definitely the spot to eat!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Robyn Behm

Not greeted upon entering. Place had 6 tables and 4 people at the bar, should’ve been our first clue on a Saturday evening at 630pm. Bread came cold in a knotted plastic bag with butter(?). Young man who poured our waters didn’t even say hello. Food was one star at best. Grape leaves definitely not fresh from today, very soggy. I think we had four different waiters help us. It was the strangest experience. Lots of 80’s music (which I love), and sports artwork - just completely wrong vibe for restaurant.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Vicky Monge-Franco

Excellent!! ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

John Geha

First time, not the best, but I will return and give them a second chance.Started with the hummus, dry and way to much garlic, not enough tahini and lemon. Tabulie, no flavor and needed a lot more lemon, shish kabobs were very good, cooked exactly as I asked (med rare)Very friendly and excellent service, decent atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Tammy Jupic

Have tried this restaurant multiple times—the food is good but the service could be desired. The restaurant was hollow and uninviting.One time I ordered takeout and asked for ketchup: this one waitress rudely said, “There is a LOT of ketchup in there” and stayed the hand of the server who was going to provide me the ketchup packets. When I returned home, there was not a single ketchup packet in the takeout.Another time, I brought my family and was mortified when my father-in-law emerged from the men’s room gagging from the bathroom odor. The waitress just vapidly stared at my father-in-law as he nearly vomited. We requested they service the bathroom and she said, “I’ll tell the owner.” We sat by the bathrooms that visit and saw not a single employee service the bathroom.During that visit, we had asked for sugar on the side of our coffees—nothing. Furthermore, all five of our $6 coffees were all lukewarm and weak.The server appeared to not heed us at all. The food was delicious but needless to say, I left the restaurant embarrassed I brought my family from out of town. The ambiance was cold and empty. Would definitely think twice about visiting this restaurant again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 1

K Sti

Food is good. Humus seems to be a different recipe everytime we go, some good some pretty bad. Flat bread they have desperately needs an upgrade. Kabobs and apps are all really good, lentil soup is good too.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Fatma Barnett

This place is amazing. People are so friendly.Foods are so amazing that you should try one of each!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

fatmagül Dikmen

They are the best restaurants around here. And the food is the Real Turkish food. Everything is so tasty. The people who work there are so friendly and genuine.I highly recommend this place to everyone

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lynne Worst

Great experience thanks to HK who made sure our group of 6 had a wonderful time celebrating a retirement! We were able to easily reserve a table and every thing was outstanding. Our party had spinach chicken, beef and chicken kebobs, lamb chops, and more. We all enjoyed our meals and the experience and will definitely return for more of the same. HK anticipated our needs and had a fun, friendly demeanor.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Gyro, Chicken and Spinach, Spinach Chicken, Lamb Chops

Jeff Smeenge

Great food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Eggplant Salsa

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