Istanbul Grill

Visiting Orlando with friends and found this grill featuring Turkish/Mediterranean food. Tucked in a strip mall, this moderately priced restaurant features and authentic halal menu! Our server, Salim, helped us navigate the menu. He was wonderful. Attentive but never intrusive. All staff couldn't have been more friendly. The traditional bread is excellent as well as the hummus and baba ganoush appetizer. There were five in our party, each ordering different offerings from the dinner menu and all were very pleased. The shish options were seasoned perfectly....lamb, beef and chicken options are available as solo plates or combination options. The beef was tender and not fatty at all. Basmati rice cooked to perfection. Top it off with baklava and you are set! The after dinner tea was offered to us by Selim as is the Turkish tradition to aid in digestion. Perfect ending to a great meal. Portions are generous and some of us needed a take out box. FYI: Celiac sufferers.....take note. Most of these foods are naturally gluten free! A menu showing options was provided to a GF member of our party and Selim was able to answer any questions she had. Highly recommend if your palate desires this type of food.

Food quality & price is great. Multiple gluten-free options were presented and eaten. Unfortunately later in the evening we had to find out the hard way that not everything was indeed gluten-free. Also would be good to have gluten-free pita bread to go with the hummus etc. Besides the gluten-free challenges and the slow start with service at the beginning we had a joyful night. 4 stars just because of the gluten issues. For everyone else it was delicious! Teşekkür ederim!