Turkuaz Mediterranean Gourmet

493 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead
(516) 280-2973

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Chicken Adana with Brown Rice
Lahmacun and Chicken Kebab
Chicken Gyro on Tuesday
Grilled Mixed Platter
Stuffed Grape Leaves
Mixed Grill Platter
Lamb Adana Sandwich
Appetizer Platter
Eggplant Salad
Mixed Salads

Menu

Featured items
Chicken Kebab
Chunks of chicken and seasoned chicken breast on skewers and grilled. Served with rice and salad.
Lentil Soup
A blend of red lentil beans, Turkish seasonings, and fresh herbs.
Chicken Adana
Ground chicken seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.
Adana Kebab
Ground lamb seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.
Sucuklu Pie
Dough topped with Turkish sausage and kashar cheese.
Kunefe
Two layers of crunchy golden kadayif, filled with cheese and baked until golden and crispy and steeped in syrup.
Hummus
Mashed chickpeas mixed with lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, and garlic.
Falafel
Five piece. Chickpeas, parsley, onions, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with hummus.
Rice Pudding
Mediterranean Salad
Fresh lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and cucumber topped with feta cheese and dressing.

Cold Appetizers
Hummus
Mashed chickpeas mixed with lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, and garlic.
Stuffed Grape Leaves
The grape leaves stuffed with rice, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, and raisin.
Eggplant Salad
Char grilled eggplant mashed and tossed with tomatoes, peppers, and olive oil.
Mixed Appetizer
Babaganush
Puree of eggplant, flavored with tahini, olive oil, and garlic.
Eggplant with Sauce
Small pieces of eggplant in a moderately spicy sauce of fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and garlic.
Labneh
Thick yogurt with walnuts garlic and dill.
Cacik
Cold yogurt, chopped cucumbers, garlic, herbs, and spices.

Hot Appetizers
Falafel
Five piece. Chickpeas, parsley, onions, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with hummus.
Sigara Boregi (Cheese Roll)
A light pastry dough stuffed with a blend of feta cheese and fresh herbs.

Soups
Lentil Soup
A blend of red lentil beans, Turkish seasonings, and fresh herbs.
Chicken Vegetable Soup

Entrees
Chicken Kebab
Chunks of chicken and seasoned chicken breast on skewers and grilled. Served with rice and salad.
Adana Kebab
Ground lamb seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.
Chicken Adana
Ground chicken seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.
Falafel Dinner
Eight pieces. Chickpeas, parsley, onion, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with rice and salad.
Mixed Grill
Chicken shish, Adana, lamb chop, and doner. Served with rice and salad.
Lamb Chops
Baby lamb chops grilled. Served with rice and salad.
Iskender
Gyro served with yogurt and tomato sauce over Turkish bread.
Chicken Chops
Marinated chicken thighs grilled. Served with rice and salad.
Chicken Gyro
Thinly sliced marinated chicken served with rice and salad
Kofte
Ground lamb seasoned with black pepper, parsley, and salt. Grilled. Served with rice and salad.

Brick Turkish Oven
Sucuklu Pie
Dough topped with Turkish sausage and kashar cheese.
Cheese Pie
Dough filled with Turkish kashar cheese.
Lahmacun
Two pieces of Turkish meat pie with ground lamb topped with parsley, fresh tomatoes, red peppers, and onion thin dough.
Kusbasili Pie
Dough crust stuffed with chopped lamb meat and vegetable.
Mix Pie
Dough filled with sausage, Turkish pastrami, and kashar cheese.
Pastrami Pie
Dough crust stuffed with pastrami and kashar cheese.
Spinach Pie
Dough filled with spinach and kashar cheese.
Kiymali Pie
Dough stuffed with ground lamb.

Sandwiches
Chicken Gyro Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Chicken Adana Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Chicken Kebab Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Lamb Shish Kebab Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Falafel Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Kofte Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Lamb Adana Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.

Side Orders
French Fries
Rice
Bulgur
Yogurt
Extra White Sauce

Beverages
Canned Soda
Ayran
Juice
Snapple
Water

Desserts
Kunefe
Two layers of crunchy golden kadayif, filled with cheese and baked until golden and crispy and steeped in syrup.
Rice Pudding
Kazandibi
Turkish custard. Pudding with caramelized base.
Baklava
Sweet pastry made of extremely thin sheets of phyllo dough layered with chopped nuts and honey syrup, baked with butter and cut into diamonds.

Salad
Mediterranean Salad
Fresh lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and cucumber topped with feta cheese and dressing.
Coban Salatasi (Shepherd's Salad)
Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, onions, parsley with vinegar and extra virgin olive oil.

Featured items
Chicken Kebab
Chunks of chicken and seasoned chicken breast on skewers and grilled. Served with rice and salad.
Lentil Soup
A blend of red lentil beans, Turkish seasonings, and fresh herbs.
Chicken Adana
Ground chicken seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.
Adana Kebab
Ground lamb seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.
Doner Gyro
Ground lamb wrapped around a large vertical spit and grilled in front of an ingenious tier of charcoal fires. Served with rice and salad.
Sucuklu Pie
Dough topped with Turkish sausage and kashar cheese.
Kunefe
Two layers of crunchy golden kadayif, filled with cheese and baked until golden and crispy and steeped in syrup.
Hummus
Mashed chickpeas mixed with lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, and garlic.
Falafel
Five piece. Chickpeas, parsley, onions, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with hummus.
Rice Pudding

Cold Appetizers
Hummus
Mashed chickpeas mixed with lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, and garlic.
Stuffed Grape Leaves
The grape leaves stuffed with rice, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, and raisin.
Eggplant Salad
Char grilled eggplant mashed and tossed with tomatoes, peppers, and olive oil.
Mixed Appetizer
Babaganush
Puree of eggplant, flavored with tahini, olive oil, and garlic.
Eggplant with Sauce
Small pieces of eggplant in a moderately spicy sauce of fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and garlic.
Labneh
Thick yogurt with walnuts garlic and dill.
Cacik
Cold yogurt, chopped cucumbers, garlic, herbs, and spices.

Hot Appetizers
Falafel
Five piece. Chickpeas, parsley, onions, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with hummus.
Sigara Boregi (Cheese Roll)
A light pastry dough stuffed with a blend of feta cheese and fresh herbs.

Soups
Lentil Soup
A blend of red lentil beans, Turkish seasonings, and fresh herbs.
Chicken Vegetable Soup

Entrees
Doner Gyro
Ground lamb wrapped around a large vertical spit and grilled in front of an ingenious tier of charcoal fires. Served with rice and salad.
Chicken Kebab
Chunks of chicken and seasoned chicken breast on skewers and grilled. Served with rice and salad.
Chicken Adana
Ground chicken seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.
Adana Kebab
Ground lamb seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.
Falafel Dinner
Eight pieces. Chickpeas, parsley, onion, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with rice and salad.
Mixed Grill
Chicken shish, Adana, lamb chop, and doner. Served with rice and salad.
Chicken Chops
Marinated chicken thighs grilled. Served with rice and salad.
Lamb Chops
Baby lamb chops grilled. Served with rice and salad.
Iskender
Gyro served with yogurt and tomato sauce over Turkish bread.
Kofte
Ground lamb seasoned with black pepper, parsley, and salt. Grilled. Served with rice and salad.

Brick Turkish Oven
Sucuklu Pie
Dough topped with Turkish sausage and kashar cheese.
Cheese Pie
Dough filled with Turkish kashar cheese.
Lahmacun
Two pieces of Turkish meat pie with ground lamb topped with parsley, fresh tomatoes, red peppers, and onion thin dough.
Kusbasili Pie
Dough crust stuffed with chopped lamb meat and vegetable.
Mix Pie
Dough filled with sausage, Turkish pastrami, and kashar cheese.
Pastrami Pie
Dough crust stuffed with pastrami and kashar cheese.
Spinach Pie
Dough filled with spinach and kashar cheese.
Kiymali Pie
Dough stuffed with ground lamb.

Sandwiches
Lamb Gyro Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Chicken Adana Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Chicken Kebab Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Lamb Adana Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Falafel Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Lamb Shish Kebab Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
Kofte Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.

Side Orders
French Fries
Rice
Bulgur
Yogurt
Extra White Sauce

Beverages
Canned Soda
Ayran
Juice
Snapple
Water

Desserts
Kunefe
Two layers of crunchy golden kadayif, filled with cheese and baked until golden and crispy and steeped in syrup.
Rice Pudding
Kazandibi
Turkish custard. Pudding with caramelized base.
Baklava
Sweet pastry made of extremely thin sheets of phyllo dough layered with chopped nuts and honey syrup, baked with butter and cut into diamonds.

Salad
Mediterranean Salad
Fresh lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and cucumber topped with feta cheese and dressing.
Coban Salatasi (Shepherd's Salad)
Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, onions, parsley with vinegar and extra virgin olive oil.

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Recent Reviews

It is a cute Store / Restaurant!! The food is fresh and the service was great. The cute little Turkish tea was delicious and the kebab.
I definitely will return and I took home a knafah yummy :)
December 2025
After having bad food at the place next door, we came into this store. At first, we thought it was just a regular shop, but once inside we saw they make fresh kabobs. We tried their rice pudding and chicken kabob with white sauce — both were amazing! I also bought some turkey groceries. The owner and the lady at the register were very friendly and had great customer service. They gave us their menu, and we will definitely be coming back.
November 2025
Came here for İskender but everything on the menu was great. Will come here again from Astoria because they are making the most delicious Turkish food in NY. Also love the people here they are very sweet.
November 2025

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Turkuaz Mediterranean Gourmet

493 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY 11552
(516) 280-2973