Kofte Piyaz

I don’t recommend this place. It is very complicated to order, you call them and they don’t listen to your order because they seem too busy. More important, the food is not tasty at all, it was too salty and the chicken was bad cooked. It is very expensive for what you eat. Don’t be mistaken by the good reviews, this restaurant is really over rated!

Is it odd to say «I like their homemade lemonade» at a Turkish eatery?
I also had chicken gyro served w/​rice and salad (i substituted it to Turkish salad and only cost $ 1 more). The portion was big, it can be 2 meals for me. Everything on my plate tasted pretty good, but the rice was a bit greasy.
They also have two bottles of sauce on the table (one is the hot sauce, another is some kind of yogurt sauce? I’m not sure, but it’s good).
I will go back and explore more on the menu!

Made a mistake.

I absolutely love this place. My boyfriend and I have been coming here for the last 3 years and over that time I’ve seen their business steadily grow as more and more people catch on to how great it is.
The business owner works tirelessly making you amazing food. I can never remember his name, but we always call him Meatball Man, because that’s our favorite dish.
The other thing we can’t go without is the lentil soup, it’s so delicious with the mint garnish and fresh lemon juice squeezed over. If you like beans, the white bean salad is really good too.
We come here for almost every celebratory life event (birthdays, anniversaries, etc) because the owner is so sweet, always recognizes us, and the food is amazing. While it sometimes takes time, the quality of the food definitely requires it — — after all, it’s made with love!

Despite my bad experience with bean salad and grape leaves, I give this place four stars cuz the kofte sandwich was delicious. Bulgur pilaf was simply amazing, goes well with cacik (warning, contains lots of garlic). Spanakopita was also pretty good. Skip the grape leaves, there is only a few of them in a portion and they are unusually narrow, nothing special. Bean salad is marked as piyaz on the menu and it wasn’t what I expected at all, but it tasted okay. Ayran was delicious.

This restaurant is one of the most over rated places.
To call portion sizes small is practically insulting the word small.
I ate a meatball sandwich which is roughly around 9 bucks, it was worth the price had the bread been baked freshly and if the sandwich had anything in it. Instead it was full of lettuce with 2 tomato slices and may be 4 small slices of meat. I was saving the meat pieces for half my sandwich, the rest of the half was eaten with lettuce. Basically I paid around 9 bucks for a bread. It is not just a disappointment but a huge rip off, nothing inside not even a condiment (a freggin ketchup at least that everyone usually have on the table).
My advise to the owner of this restaurant will be to reconsider portion sizes and if not then at least reduce the price, it is ridiculous to charge 9 bucks for what was presented.

I ordered chicken and I must say quality of chicken was bad and their plate was chicken and lettuce only for $ 9.50 which would have been ok if the quality was good
Cancel this one from my list

The grilled chicken shish kebab is my favourite — something about those grilled tomatoes :) I always order the rice, soup, and the chicken platter. The owner is awesome and I’m always happy to see this place full of people. Oh! And the lemonade is delicious!

This place is amazing. The food is incredible quality. We got the lamb platter and mixed platter. I highly recommend the wheat pilaf. It’s small and often ran by the owner who is sooo nice. He’s quiet at first but once you engage him he’s so smiley and friendly.

Open sign on door around 4:30 on a Saturday but they were closing up.
Change your hours!

Really really like this tiny hole in the wall! Ever since visiting Istanbul, we’ve been sort of on a kick to check out good Turkish restaurant across the city. Read great reviews about this place so when the opportunity arose to visit during off-​peak time (we didn’t want to wait for a table since it’s a small place), we went.
The menu is somewhat limited, but we were fine with what’s on it. Ordered the chicken kabab platter and the beef meatball platter. Sooo yummy. Chicken was tender, juicy, and just right. Beef meatballs were also right on point. I often find Middle Eastern beef a little too gamey, but this dish did not taste that way. The warm potato salad is also recommended.
I wish they offered Turkish breakfast! The hunt for NYC Turkish breakfast continues.

Bruh. Kofte Piyaz is the best. The tasty sausages. The freshly baked bread. The sumptuous almond pudding.
And to top it all off, the coolest old guy ever in charge

Absolutely lovely café! :
Staff: There was one man working when I went; he was very kind and interesting to talk to. He also was attentive, but not overbearing; quick to serve, but let me sit there and enjoy my tea and book.
Atmosphere: it is a small space, 4 tables with 4 chairs at each. Everything was very clean. There were small pictures on the walls.
Food: Unfortunately I did not try much [yet!]. I had their turkish apple tea, which was delicious, of course, and their cacik. Cacik is a yogurt-​type dish that has cucumbers, garlic, and mint in it. I never had it before, but man is it delicious! So fresh and refreshing! The menu items were fairly priced. Heads up — they have a credit card minimum of $ 10.
Overall, ¹⁰⁄₁₀. Great café for an intimate get together, or alone time.

Don’t be discouraged if you walk in here on a weekday and it’s utterly empty. It’s a blessing in disguise because you’ll have the best service ever. I had the grilled meatball sandwich and boy was it delicious. Basically it’s meat, a piece of romaine lettuce, some tomatoes, all sandwiched between soft warm toasted bread. Simple yet amazing with every bite. Of course I finished it off with their lentil soup. Whether or not you’re a fan of lentil, you should try this. End your night with their homemade almond pudding. Do believe the hype, it is good.
I can’t wait to come back to try the rest.

Really small, quaint place. The staff is very sweet and attentive. Food was great, especially the meat platter and the Borek. Reminds me of Istanbul and Bosnia :) Will definitely come back.

We got the mixed grill, lentil soup, white bean salad, and a tomato coban salad. The meat was very fresh but the portion was very small. The salads that we ordered were amazing and refreshing. The salad that came with the mixed grill was too salty. The lentil soup was nothing special and too watery in my opinion. The aryan yogurt drink was the same, seemed kinda watered down. Overall a wonderful experience and would gladly come back again.

When I first received my dish, I was annoyed. I was annoyed because I was expecting something hearty. I ended up realizing what I received was delicious and light. I got the grilled beef meatball main course which came with a juicy grilled tomato, romaine lettuce which was drizzled with oil and salt, and the most amazing (and small) pieces of meatball. I imagine the rest of the menu being just as good, if not better, which is why I couldn’t give this place 5 stars. Can’t wait to try the rest.

Small, unassiming gem of a place with a peach of an owner who obviously takes pride in his cooking and rightfully so. I had its namesake meatball with cheese. Nothing like American meatballs – smaller, lighter, grilled, and perfect for hot summer days. Also had the Turkish coban salad, which was ok. Next time, I will try the white beans salad instead.
The owner gave each of us a free piece of chicken shish kebab, «to get a taste.» I now know what I’ll definitely be getting the next time, as well as its famous lentil soup.
And if you do not get the almond pudding for dessert, well, no one can help you. Even my bf, who’s allergic to dairy AND nuts, couldn’t resist and scarfed it down. To paraphrase Woody Allen, the stomach wants what the stomach wants.

If this were «Kofte Pizazz» then it would have a real flair and uniqueness about it. Whereas if it were «Kofte Piyano» then it would be a badly spelled music store that also did kebabs. And if it were «Kofte P*nis» then it would be your p*nis looking like a Kofte Kebab, which would be… weird. And would probably mean you should see a doctor as soon as possible.
What to get: Kofte Kebab
What else: Starlight is sitting on my lap, waiting to see the vet
Just a short and sweet appraisal of one of my favourite kebabs in NYC. The reason I like it so much is that Steve Gutterberg told me I had to like it. And by Guttenberg I mean Unilocal.I was looking for delicious kebabs and Unilocal told me to come in and try this Kofte. So I did.
The wait time wasn’t too long (under 10 mins) and the kebab was juicy as hell and tender as a dream, tasty and spiced and delicious. A real concoction of kebab heaven. It’s definitely one of the better Koftes in the region. I haven’t always been thrilled by North American kebabs, and compared to the vast majority, this is pure heaven. Compared to what you get over in Europe, it may not be stratospheric but it certainly hits the spot and if you’re a fan of kebabs, you should not miss out on giving it a try. They’re very friendly people, too.
And if it were Kofte Pilau, it’d mainly just sell rice dishes. In fact it’s not, and it doesn’t, and Starlight’s hair is getting all over my keyboard because she’s nervous. And that’s about all I have to report today.

You know that feeling that you thought something was going to turn out good /​yummy but turns out to be a huge disappointment… Yeah…
I really wanted to like this place just because the owner/​chef/​waiter was so nice! Yes! ONE person in charge of everything… This place was sooo small too… I felt like the area was extremely cramped… for table seatings… only three… if I knew this place was going to be this cramped I would of never came… I can’t belive this is an actually restaurant…
I ordered the oblong meatball… that also has a variety of specific spices and herbs used in their meatballs… It is traditionally served with a salad… my salad was drowned in salt and oil… I didn’t touch any of my salad! It Was kinda gross…