Midpoint Istanbul Fine Dining

245 Crown St, New Haven
(203) 745-4741

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Midpoint Adana Kebap
Midpoint Grill Mix
Tapas Appetizers
Sauteed Chicken
Red Lentil Soup
Midpoint Salad
Hellim Cheese
Chicken Shish
Rice Pudding
Yogurt Adana

Menu

Entrees
Kofte
Balanced mixture of prime ground beef, finely chopped onions, parsley, bread crumbs, spices prepared to small patties, and chargrilled to perfect moist and aroma. Served with rice pilaf and spiced bulgur pilaf.
Midpoint Adana
Minced and seasoned lean lamb meat mounted on long flat skewers cooked on charcoal fire. Served with rice pilaf and spiced bulgur pilaf.
Chicken Shish
Tender pieces of chicken breast marinated in Mediterranean milk, garlic, and herbs sauce. Served with rice pilaf and spiced bulgur pilaf.
Yogurt Adana
Minced and seasoned lean lamb meat mounted on long flat skewers cooked on charcoal fire then shaved from the skewer and placed on a lightly hot buttered bed of bread cubes that is soaked in cold yogurt and sizzling hot fried tomato sauce.
Midpoint Grill Mix
A luxurious combination of four select individually cooked entrees, lamb chops, kofte lamb shish, chicken shish, and Midpoint Adana. Served together as one generous portion. Served with rice pilaf and spiced bulgur pilaf.
Lamb Shish
Lean cubes of lamb marinated and grilled over charcoal fire. Served with rice pilaf and spiced bulgur pilaf.
Sauteed Chicken
Chicken breast cubes sauteed with green and red peppers, mushroom, tomato, onion, garlic, and spices to juicy perfection.
Lamb Chops
Delicate lamb ribs meat cut perpendicularly to the spine, flattened, and seasoned with traditional Turkish herbs and spices. Gently char-grilled to order. Served with rice pilaf and spiced bulgur pilaf.
Sac Kavurma
Diced lamb chunks stir fried on iron skillet with onion, tomato, mushrooms, green and red peppers, spices, butter, and soy sauce.

Specialty Entrees
Vegetable Musakka
Blend of pan fried eggplant, tomato, and sauteed onions smothered with melted cheese.
Eggplant Musakka
Blend of pan fried eggplant laden with a rich meat sauce, tomato, sauteed onions, and green peppers.
Manti (Turkish Meat Ravioli)
Poached ground beef and dumplings. Served with garlic yogurt sauce.
Hunkar Begendi Veggie
Grilled tomato, green, and red peppers over hunkar begendi.
Hunkar Begendi with Lamb
Hunkar Begendi with Chicken

Side Dish
Midpoint Fries
Yogurt
Bulgur Pilaf
Turkish Rice Pilaf

Soup
Red Lentil Soup
Traditional Turkish red lentil soup prepared with red lentis, tomato paste, pureed potatoes, minced carrots, onion, butter, and spices.

Salads
Midpoint Salad
Fresh mixed greens, roasted red peppers, carrots, tomatoes, corn, and avocado prepared with dressing.
Arugula Salad
Refreshing blend of carrots, onions, goat cheese, sour pomegranate juice dressing, olive oil, walnuts, and mixed fruits.
Shepherd Salad
Combination of diced tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, parsley, olive oil, and lemon juice.
Halloumi Salad
Grilled halloumi cheese chunks mixed with fresh lettuce, arugula, carrots, cherry, tomatoes, walnuts, and mixed fruits.
Piyaz
Traditional Turkish bean salad is prepared with white beans that are pre-soaked in vinegar and mixed with red and green peppers, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and eggs dressed with vinegar, olive oil, and lemon juice.
Season Salad
Mixture of fresh lettuce, carrots, red cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, olive oil, and lemon juice.

Hot Tapas
Midpoint Cheese Rolls Tapas
Cheese, parsley, tomatoes, green peppers rolled in file dough, and pan fried in vegetable oil to golden perfection.
Falafel Tapas
Chickpeas, beans, flour, garlic, carrots, celery, white onion, parsley, and spices.
Mucver Tapas
Turkish fritter similar to a pancake, made from grated zucchini, eggs, onion, cheese, carrots, dill, and spices.
Butter Shrimps with Garlic Tapas

Cold Tapas
Mixed Tapas
Generous mixture of carrot tarator, stuffed grape leaves, spicy pepper tapenade, eggplant salad, sauced eggplant, babaganush, hummus, and haydari.
Hummus Tapas
Pureed chickpeas, tahini (toasted, ground, and hulled sesame seeds). pureed garlic, milk, olive oil, and spices.
Babaganush Tapas
A Levantine cuisine classic lemon juice, cooked until tender and then pureed with tahini, garlic, yogurt, spices, and olive oil. It's a creamy zesty delight.
Stuffed Grape Leaves Tapas
Grape leaves stuffed with rice and boiled.
Sauced Eggplant Tapas
Pan fries eggplant sauteed with green and red peppers, white onion, and garlic.
Haydari Tapas
This Turkish meze classic is a favorite side dish with meat entrees or just by itself. Minced garlic, dry mint, fresh dill, and walnuts blended in thick strained yogurt. Drizzled with olive oil for a unique balanced taste.
Spicy Pepper Tapenade Tapas
Finely chopped green and red peppers, white onion, walnuts, garlic spiced up with hot pepper paste, tomato paste, lemon juice, and spices. Sour pomegranate juice dressing added for extra zing.
Carrot Tarator Tapas
Minced carrots blended with garlic and parsley in plain yogurt. Its a carrot version of the cucumber tarator commonly known as cacik or tzatziki.
Cacik Tapas
Minced cucumbers and garlic blended in plain yogurt with fresh mint, fresh dill, and spices.
Eggplant Salad Tapas
Charcoal fire smoked eggplants blended in finely chopped green and red peppers, tomatoes, garlic, vinegar, olive oil, and lemon juice.

Seafood
Grilled Salmon
Delicious filet of salmon seasoned pan and grilled. Served with greens and grilled asparagus.
Grilled Shrimp
Jumbo shrimps grilled on charcoal fire. Served over tomato, cucumber, onion, and midpoint mild mustard sauce.
Sauteed Salmon
Filet of salmon sauteed with garlic, onion, tomato, green and red peppers, mushroom, soy sauce, and spices.
Trout (Alabalık)
Delicious boneless brook trouf dusted with bread crumbs and pan seared. Served with seasoned green salad.
Sauteed Shrimp
Jumbo shrimps sauteed with garlic onion, tomato, green and red peppers, mushroom, and spices.

Dessert
Baklava
In this classic Turkish dessert, delicate leaves of crisp, golden filo are layered with a tempting mixture or crushed walnuts, pistachio, sugar and clove. Laden with rich, sweet, homemade syrup, our baklava is virtually irresistible.
Künefe
Baked shredded filo dough with cheese filing, sweetened with our chef's special home made syrup and served hot.
Kazandibi
Kazandibi is a type of caramelized milk pudding with a purposely burnt bottom layer that adds a toasted marshmallow, caramel like flavor reminiscent of Crème brûlée. Served with ground pistachio & seasoned fresh fruit.
Rice Pudding
A delectable light pudding of boiled milk, rice, and sugar baked in the oven and then cooked in a clay bowl. ( To go orders come with an aluminum container.)
Tiramisu

Beverages
Ayran
Traditional Turkish drinkable yogurt.
Ginger Ale
Diet Coke
Coke

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Recent Reviews

Good: Service, atmosphere, and location are great and invite you in. Very nice for a cosy conversation.
Food: got the mixed platter, meat was cooked well but no sauce or seasonings in anything including salt so was disappointed for $45 entree. “Mid” at best.
Real Turkish tea not available.
The manti was pretty good. Hummus was fine, decent quality as well.
If you want a good looking place with okay food, it’s “fine”. You’ll come...
November 2025
Great food and very calm chill atmosphere.
We tried the yogurtlu adana and chicken shish. Both were pretty good. Our host was nice and polite. He also warned us about the hot peppers, but I didn’t listen and observed the consequences firsthand :)
October 2025
We are walking by and saw the sandwich board and out front for coffee. We popped in at that's two delicious coffees to go. I didn't have the food but the place in the fantastic. In the staff was super friendly.
September 2025

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Midpoint Istanbul Fine Dining

245 Crown St, New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 745-4741