Turkuaz Mediterranean Gourmet Menu – West Hempstead, NY

Type : Mediterranean restaurant

Location : West Hempstead, NY

Based on 352 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery

Turkuaz Mediterranean Gourmet 11552

Address:
493 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY 11552

Phone: (516) 280-2973

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Hours

Tuesday 10 AM–10 PM
Wednesday 10 AM–10 PM
Thursday 10 AM–10 PM
Friday 10 AM–10 PM
Saturday 10 AM–10 PM
Sunday 10 AM–10 PM
Monday 10 AM–10 PM

Menu

Tuesday Menu – Cold Appetizers
Eggplant Salad
Char grilled eggplant mashed and tossed with tomatoes, peppers, and olive oil.		 $8.00
Eggplant With Sauce
Small pieces of eggplant in a moderately spicy sauce of fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and garlic.		 $8.00
Stuffed Grape Leaves
The grape leaves stuffed with rice, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, and raisin.		 $9.00
Cacik
Cold yogurt, chopped cucumbers, garlic, herbs, and spices.		 $8.00
Hummus
Mashed chickpeas mixed with lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, and garlic.		 $8.00
Babaganush
Puree of eggplant, flavored with tahini, olive oil, and garlic.		 $8.00
Labneh
Thick yogurt with walnuts garlic and dill.		 $8.00
Mixed Appetizer $16.00
Tuesday Menu – Hot Appetizers
Sigara Boregi (Cheese Roll)
A light pastry dough stuffed with a blend of feta cheese and fresh herbs.		 $8.00
Falafel
Five piece. Chickpeas, parsley, onions, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with hummus.		 $8.00
Tuesday Menu – Soups
Lentil Soup
A blend of red lentil beans, Turkish seasonings, and fresh herbs.		 $7.00
Chicken Vegetable Soup $7.00
Tuesday Menu – Entrees
Iskender
Gyro served with yogurt and tomato sauce over Turkish bread.		 $18.00
Chicken Kebab
Chunks of chicken and seasoned chicken breast on skewers and grilled. Served with rice and salad.		 $18.00
Chicken Chops
Marinated chicken thighs grilled. Served with rice and salad.		 $19.00
Mixed Grill
Chicken shish, Adana, lamb chop, and doner. Served with rice and salad.		 $26.00
Adana Kebab
Ground lamb seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.		 $18.00
Lamb Chops
Baby lamb chops grilled. Served with rice and salad.		 $25.00
Kofte
Ground lamb seasoned with black pepper, parsley, and salt. Grilled. Served with rice and salad.		 $18.00
Chicken Adana
Ground chicken seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.		 $18.00
Falafel Dinner
Eight pieces. Chickpeas, parsley, onion, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with rice and salad.		 $17.00
Chicken Gyro
Thinly sliced marinated chicken served with rice and salad		 $16.00
Tuesday Menu – Brick Turkish Oven
Lahmacun
Two pieces of Turkish meat pie with ground lamb topped with parsley, fresh tomatoes, red peppers, and onion thin dough.		 $12.00
Kiymali Pie
Dough stuffed with ground lamb.		 $18.00
Mix Pie
Dough filled with sausage, Turkish pastrami, and kashar cheese.		 $19.00
Cheese Pie
Dough filled with Turkish kashar cheese.		 $17.00
Sucuklu Pie
Dough topped with Turkish sausage and kashar cheese.		 $18.00
Kusbasili Pie
Dough crust stuffed with chopped lamb meat and vegetable.		 $19.00
Spinach Pie
Dough filled with spinach and kashar cheese.		 $18.00
Pastrami Pie
Dough crust stuffed with pastrami and kashar cheese.		 $19.00
Tuesday Menu – Sandwiches
Falafel Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $10.00
Chicken Adana Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $11.00
Chicken Kebab Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $11.00
Kofte Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $11.00
Lamb Adana Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $11.00
Lamb Shish Kebab Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $12.00
Chicken Gyro Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $9.00
Tuesday Menu – Side Orders
Rice $6.00
French Fries $5.00
Bulgur $5.00
Yogurt $5.00
Tuesday Menu – Beverages
Canned Soda $2.50
Water $2.00
Juice $2.50
Ayran $3.00
Snapple $3.00
Tuesday Menu – Desserts
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.		 $7.50
Kunefe
Two layers of crunchy golden kadayif, filled with cheese and baked until golden and crispy and steeped in syrup.		 $10.00
Kazandibi
Turkish custard. Pudding with caramelized base.		 $7.50
Rice Pudding $7.50
Tuesday Menu – Salad
Coban Salatasi (Shepherd’s Salad)
Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, onions, parsley with vinegar and extra virgin olive oil.		 $12.00
Mediterranean Salad
Fresh lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and cucumber topped with feta cheese and dressing.		 $12.00
Menu – Cold Appetizers
Eggplant Salad
Char grilled eggplant mashed and tossed with tomatoes, peppers, and olive oil.		 $8.00
Eggplant With Sauce
Small pieces of eggplant in a moderately spicy sauce of fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and garlic.		 $8.00
Stuffed Grape Leaves
The grape leaves stuffed with rice, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, and raisin.		 $9.00
Cacik
Cold yogurt, chopped cucumbers, garlic, herbs, and spices.		 $8.00
Hummus
Mashed chickpeas mixed with lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, and garlic.		 $8.00
Babaganush
Puree of eggplant, flavored with tahini, olive oil, and garlic.		 $8.00
Labneh
Thick yogurt with walnuts garlic and dill.		 $8.00
Mixed Appetizer $16.00
Menu – Hot Appetizers
Sigara Boregi (Cheese Roll)
A light pastry dough stuffed with a blend of feta cheese and fresh herbs.		 $8.00
Falafel
Five piece. Chickpeas, parsley, onions, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with hummus.		 $8.00
Menu – Soups
Lentil Soup
A blend of red lentil beans, Turkish seasonings, and fresh herbs.		 $7.00
Chicken Vegetable Soup $7.00
Menu – Entrees
Iskender
Gyro served with yogurt and tomato sauce over Turkish bread.		 $18.00
Chicken Kebab
Chunks of chicken and seasoned chicken breast on skewers and grilled. Served with rice and salad.		 $18.00
Chicken Chops
Marinated chicken thighs grilled. Served with rice and salad.		 $19.00
Mixed Grill
Chicken shish, Adana, lamb chop, and doner. Served with rice and salad.		 $26.00
Adana Kebab
Ground lamb seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.		 $18.00
Lamb Chops
Baby lamb chops grilled. Served with rice and salad.		 $25.00
Kofte
Ground lamb seasoned with black pepper, parsley, and salt. Grilled. Served with rice and salad.		 $18.00
Chicken Adana
Ground chicken seasoned with spice and red peppers, gently spiced with paprika and grilled on skewers. Served with rice and salad.		 $18.00
Falafel Dinner
Eight pieces. Chickpeas, parsley, onion, and garlic mashed and lightly fried. Served with rice and salad.		 $17.00
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.		 $18.00
Menu – Brick Turkish Oven
Lahmacun
Two pieces of Turkish meat pie with ground lamb topped with parsley, fresh tomatoes, red peppers, and onion thin dough.		 $12.00
Kiymali Pie
Dough stuffed with ground lamb.		 $18.00
Mix Pie
Dough filled with sausage, Turkish pastrami, and kashar cheese.		 $19.00
Cheese Pie
Dough filled with Turkish kashar cheese.		 $17.00
Sucuklu Pie
Dough topped with Turkish sausage and kashar cheese.		 $18.00
Kusbasili Pie
Dough crust stuffed with chopped lamb meat and vegetable.		 $19.00
Spinach Pie
Dough filled with spinach and kashar cheese.		 $18.00
Pastrami Pie
Dough crust stuffed with pastrami and kashar cheese.		 $19.00
Menu – Sandwiches
Falafel Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $10.00
Chicken Adana Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $11.00
Chicken Kebab Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $11.00
Kofte Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $11.00
Lamb Adana Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $11.00
Lamb Shish Kebab Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $12.00
Lamb Gyro Sandwich
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.		 $11.00
Menu – Side Orders
Rice $6.00
French Fries $5.00
Bulgur $5.00
Yogurt $5.00
Menu – Beverages
Canned Soda $2.50
Water $2.00
Juice $2.50
Ayran $3.00
Snapple $3.00
Menu – Desserts
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.		 $7.50
Kunefe
Two layers of crunchy golden kadayif, filled with cheese and baked until golden and crispy and steeped in syrup.		 $10.00
Kazandibi
Turkish custard. Pudding with caramelized base.		 $7.50
Rice Pudding $7.50
Menu – Salad
Coban Salatasi (Shepherd’s Salad)
Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, onions, parsley with vinegar and extra virgin olive oil.		 $12.00
Mediterranean Salad
Fresh lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and cucumber topped with feta cheese and dressing.		 $12.00

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Reviews

Michael Garcia
When I took my new Turkish bride away from Queens, I asked my friend Esra for suggestions of the best Turkish restaurants around that would make my wife less home sick. Esra suggested Turkuaz. Ever since my wife and I have been regulars. The owner and chef is an awfully nice gentleman who prepares food thay my wife says reminds her of home. There are just 4 or 5 tables because the establishment also serves as a mini Turkish market. This is where my wife finds her native beverages, candy, olives, etc. English is spoken and the lovely young lady behind the counter is always very helpful if you have questions. Portions are generous and the prices are very reasonable.

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Shyraaz Safi
Looking for some local Turkish food and this place came up recommended. Went here for dinner small cozy place. Tried their lentil soup ,lahmacun and chicken kebab. Food is delicious fresh love the lahmacun. They have lots of groceries items and drinks for sale. Would definitely give them a try.

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kash J
Authentic Turkish Cuisine!

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Sean Canavan
I often have passed by this restaurant wanting to eat here but never having the time to. I finally made time to eat here and it was well worth it. I had the lamb Asana with rice and salad. it was delicious & very filling. The host was very gracious and kind she gave me a complimentary Turkish Tea to try. I asked & they also make Turkish coffee here so I will have to come back for that reason alone. You can sometimes hear Turkish language speaking customers here and though I can’t understand it. It provided for a more authentic cultural experience that is uniquely Turkish. When sitting facing the window you can see passersby on Hempstead Turnpike on the sidewalk if you like people watching. Thanks for lunch it was great!

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Maria Ottomanelli Realtor
We’ve been ordering from Turkuaz for years!

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Josepha Berwick
I wanted good Turkish food and found this place on Google. I purchased food for 10 people. Everyone was very happy with their meals. The bread is fantastic!

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Hiyam H
Delicious Turkish food. The best spinach and cheese pies. Reasonable price, no problem with parking. Friendly and welcoming staff.

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Tanvi ANM
❌ stop stop stop

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Melanie Rosen
I’ve been dying to try this place. It was so good. I ordered the Chicken Kebab which came with chunks of chicken and seasoned chicken breast on skewers and grilled. It was served with rice and salad. The dressing for the salad was great. The service was great. I would definitely recommend this place.

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Heather Manfredi-Lipton, DVM
Such a wonderful find! Clean, friendly and delicious! Eat in, take out and Mediterranean Items for purchase!

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