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

Literally a hidden gem! Hands-down, the best Turkish food I’ve ever had. The food is super fresh The bread is homemade so it’s soft and fluffy The staff is absolutely amazing. Make you feel right at home.
October 2025
It's a grocery store with a restaurant but the food is excellent and the staff are friendly. You'll find some unique Turkish items in the store and they have a small seating area.
August 2025
I was just there this saturday 05/24/25 with my girls and let me tell you i have been to
Istanbul twice and so far this is the best turkish food i have try here in the states and plus they also sell Turkish products really recommended
May 2025

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Turkuaz Mediterranean Gourmet

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