Bistro Turkuaz

1114 34th Ave, Seattle
(206) 324-3039

Recent Reviews

TGIF

A quaint place with decent food of homemade quality but not worth such a long wait (over an hour wait for one kebab?!?!) for such small portions for such a price. Severely, severely understaffed although they are friendly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Nena Peltin

DeAnne is one of the best chefs around, having an instinctual knowledge of what spices go together and in what amounts. She also knows Turkish food recipes like the back of her hand! To say that I enjoy what she has made for me over the years, both savory and sweet, would be an understatement, and she is a lovely, generous, wonderful person on top of her cooking abilities!Try anything with lamb and the baklava, and you will leave very happy -- and full!Kudos to you, DeAnne, and the wonderful restaurant you run! Your food is absolutely DELICIOUS!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nathalie Bright

Best baklava ever!! Food, service and ambiance is perfect. Must visit!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mediterranean Platter, Baklava, Hummus, Tabouli

Peter Cai

I would advise you not to dine at this restaurant in the near term. They appear to be severely understaffed. We waited for a very long time for our food. Unfortunately when it arrived we learned the portion sizes were also too small, despite ordering a full entree and appetizers. It was a disappointing experience.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

adreal manansala

Bistro Turkuaz was a great experience! The staff was friendly and the food is really good! I recommend the Turkuaz Special it really filled me up!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Turkuaz Special

Margaret Chen

The Turkuaz special is ridiculously small portion!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve waited for 30min and the dish only had 4 small pieces of meat and plenty of bread, cost 30 bucks?!!!!!! I’m so hungry after the meal and had to go to another place to eat a full meal again???!!!!!!!!!! DONT

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Carlo Lesaca

The food was so delicious! Although they were understaffed, the young man was working hard to make sure we had a great experience!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ngn I

It was our first time here! The food was delicious! We ordered three different courses, all of which tasted like homemade food. The staff were extremely nice, and they were kind enough to bring us free baklava, which tasted amazing! We will definitely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Baklava, Hummus, Turkuaz Special

Clare Megathlin

Food was delicious and even though they were understaffed we were well cared for and didn't ever feel forgotten

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hummus

Brandon Roberts

Great food, great environment. The staff are very welcoming.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chris Osterhout

You'll feel right at home in this little bistro. Deanna and her family will take great care of you and feed you well. The dolma are the best I've had and the kebab are so tender! Lots of vegetarian options as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Baklava

zendl manahan

Delicious food and great service. It's definitely a warm environment. It's a great spot for a date night.

SeattleDan R

Great food. Family owned and run. Reasonable prices. If you aren't familiar with Turkish food, this is a great introduction. Excellent lamb kabobs, delicious vegetarian options. Check out out! My wife and I need to go here more often.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alicia C.

We sat in a very cold place (almost every customer kept their coats on, including us) for 60 minutes waiting for our food to arrive. Two of the dishes were cold platters which would take about 10 min total to assemble (dolmas, tabbouleh, hummus, apple slices, etc) if I'm being generous. One of the platters was missing a key ingredient - hummus, but the other platter had it. I didn't even bother to ask for it because I knew it would take forever. The other dish was a lamb kabob that was extremely overcooked and lacking flavor. Why does that take an hour? The food overall was not good, lacked flavor, and there was a hair on the "clean" plates they brought us and 2 hairs in my kids food. It would be one thing if the food was great but it's just bad. The place is a nice idea and the owner seems very sweet but I just can't ever see going back.

Kimberly Pham

Didn't have a chance to dine in. Only picked up Baklava and take it to our friend's house for dinner.Bistro Turkuaz is a small, cozy, cute little restaurant located in a quiet neighborhood and surrounded by many other local businesses. The restaurant is managed and run by family members. They are sweet and very nice. Prices seem to be reasonable. I have to find an evening to have dinner here that way I can update my food review.The baklava was tasty but very soggy. I usually make my baklava so my best guess is they did not clarify the butter. The key to making the baklava crispy and crunchy is all about the butter process and how is being applied. Besides that, it has a good flavor.Check them out if you are in the area! Just note their hours are limited due to not enough staff.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

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