Opera Cafe & Lounge NYC

Great food and atmosphere. We ordered bunch of appetizers: Cigar rolls, liver cubes, Sheppard salad. By the the time we were done, we had no space for main dishes. Amazing choice of desserts. Really enjoyed dining here.

Hands Down for the best Turkish Restaurant in NYC. First of all, its so huge and beautiful. They have those authentic colorful lights imported from Turkey. Opera is good for breakfast, lunch, dinner, with kids, date, family. Anyway, i never been disappointed with Opera. Great Service. Managers very attentive, they always make sure we leave happy this place… Food is delicious. You gotta try small mix meze, kumpir, lamb shank, for dessert KUNEFE. I can keep writing about them… Great Job Opera. I will be looking to come back

Great family restaurant to go with kids. Good food, good service. Décor is really nice and spacious. Very accommodating staff. Eggs Benedict is delicious. Salads are great. Highly recommend this place!

Great service-​loved our waitress.
I would recommend this restaurant the food is delicious.
the service was very good. Waitress Lolita an adorable very personable and very efficient.

After work we went to there with friends. We ordered some drinks and appetizers. Small mix meze, fried calamari, liver cubes. Everything was so tasty and fresh. Our server was so professional and attentive. The ambiance is Mediterranean vibe very relaxing. Manager compliment us with Turkish Dessert called
was very nice of them. I suggest all my friends. TRY OPERA… Definitely I will go again…

I was so set to like this place after reading all the reviews and couldn’t wait to eat there.
We showed up and it was half full yet we were put in a corner by the door where it was freezing and the sun was beaming in my eyes.
Next we asked for a specific drink which they didn’t have. Ok no problem. The problem was the snarky comment the waiter made AFTER telling us they didn’t carry the drink. «We only serve, you know, REAL drinks.» I was immediately ready to walk out but I was starving and couldn’t wait for my eggs Florentine.
Yeah about that…
Anytime I have ever had eggs florentine it had hollandaise sauce on it. This came with some weird foam on top, to which there was no mention of this on the menu. So when I received it I was extremely confused. The waiter said this is how it comes. Umm ok, putting that on the menu would help. But I tasted it anyway. So gross. The only thing I ate was the salad that comes on the side with the pseudo eggs florentine.
The only reason I gave this place a star is because I have to. I will definitely be taking my business to Dessert Palace for brunch. This is DEFINITELY be a place I wont be returning to.

Everything is horrible do not go there pls service is sucks and foodie Mediocre disgusting I wish it can give zero star

Great location, very large and open restaurant. Great for brunch, lunch, and dinner. The food is good but not great. I often get the opera special wrap with french fries and have found the quality in food to be inconsistent. The food used to taste great but recently the food has been dry and over cooked. However, with that being said i would still recommend this place.

Some of the dishes are excellent, like the shrimp casserole, the stuffed baked potato, and the chicken gyro wrap… be careful with chicken fingers when ordering them for the kiddies I received mine raw, thank goodness I cut them and didn’t let my son just bite into it.
I did call the manager over to show him, he was very apologetic and took the plate back to the kitchen… he returned back with two orders for the kids and waited for me to check that they were okay, he did take it off the bill and gave me one dessert for free.

We started off as goof balls pretending to take puffs out of Cigar Rolls. Not real ones, they’re just tasty cigar shaped deep fried cheese sticks, mmm. We also shared and got a little taste of 6 different sides on the small Mixed Meze Plate (consists of sweet and savory sides served with warm bread) before a massive Lamb Shank took over the table. I thought the shank was a big serving compared to any normal lunch portion, thought wrong! I managed to finish! Fork tender, fall of the bone. The sauce was the perfect touch. Nat. had the Salmon Scaloppini, she almost cleared her plate as well. We were so full, we did not have room for dessert. I mean, who doesn’t save room for dessert? Everything was amazing.
Nat. and I did a lunch play date with our little girls here today. I don’t really come to this quiet part of Brooklyn, but since she’s raving about this place, I decided to venture out and see for myself.
The atmosphere was just marvelous. Impressive racks of wine lined up against the walls, the ceilings were lit with beautiful bulbs of colorful lights. Not only is the interior big enough for large crowds, they also have outdoor seating during the warmer seasons. This place is perfect for any occasion. I truly had a great time having our much needed chit chat time. We definitely took the advantage of walking off the meal, along the pier right outside, while enjoying our little princesses feeding the ducks in the water.

Went for my birthday and I ordered chicken chops with a side of French fries. My dad ordered a cheese omelette. The chicken was moist and flavorful. My food came with rice and salad which was well needed to balance the dish.
We ended the meal with a delicious waffle with strawberries, bananas, whipped cream and ice cream.

The décor is beautiful. The location is by the water. You will definitely feel the opulence of the place but it still has a coziness that is sweet.
The food is delicious. I went for a brunch and we ordered the pancakes (the ice cream scoop was divine), eggs Benedict, and sunny side up eggs with potatoes (including coffee, freshly squeezed orange juice and tea) all for under $ 40. To me that was a good price.
If I had one note of Criticism, it’s the waiters are literally waiting for you to finish a plate and they interrupt you more than once to pick up the empty plates. I couldn’t help but feel like they were trying to get us to finish as soon as possible so we can leave. Perhaps they think they’re doing the customer a service by constantly picking up any empty plate? But the four Interruptions were awkward and I was getting a bit annoyed. That is he only reason I took down a star.
I’m definitely going to return for a lunch/​dinner next time. In terms of crowds, it was a busy place on a rainy Thursday morning.
Hope this helps anyone’s interest!

I came here to celebrate my mom birthday. This place is huge and the settings are spacious. You don’t feel cramp up at the table. The décor is nice. It made you felt comfortable. I got the mixed grill. It was delicious. It is definitely one way to try different meat since i was having difficulty deciding. The meat was very well seasoned and moist. I also got the Malibu baybreeze which is on the sweet side since it is a fruity cocktail. Overall, it was a nice experience but the waiters seemed a little confused when it comes to serving the dishes.

I seem to be doing really well this month, knocking off my fourth bookmark in two weeks. This may seem incomparable to some people, but to a person who rarely eats out and has a part-​time job with a low salary, this is an accomplishment.
The atmosphere is amazing. Everything from the Christmas decorations to the wood textures to the light fixtures are on par. The whole block seems to be competing over aesthetics, but I do not know if they can outcompete this restaurant with their food.
We started off with the cold platter that came with many dippings for the crunchy, toasty bread. Loved every one of them, especially the spinach dip. But I have to warn you that you might be full from this appetizer. Our waiter had to give us three baskets of bread because we wanted to make sure none of the dips would go to waste.
Then we had the fried calamari, which was great, but the sauce was all right.
My whole family each ordered our own entrée but we shared with each other. I recommend the salmon scopolini, beef kebabs, mixed beef, roasted beef, and lamb chop. The entrees are huge too, with salad, rice, and/​or mashed potatoes.
Still unsure what umami is, but this may be the place that sparked my fifth sense.
Afterwards, the waiter took our empty plates away, wiped the table, and brought out the birthday cake. She played the birthday song for the fourth time since we were here. Those other three familirs also chose a great place for a birthday celebration.
The waitress cut the cake. It had chocolate plates on top, but she threw away those pieces. That was odd… did she think those were not edible? She basically threw away some of our money! $ 40 quality tiramisu cake right there.
Regardless, I was very satisfied with my dining expetience here.

This is a pretty spacious restaurant. I love the décor too, especially the seats. We had the small mixed meze plate ($ 16) for appetizer. It comes with six different spreads like hummus and spinach yogurt dip. Each spread has its own unique taste and they were all good, although my favorite is the spinach yogurt dip. They give you bread for the spreads and the bread is really good and comes to your table warm. I got pretty full trying to finish the meze plate. The small size meze plate is enough for four people to share, but we were only a party of two.
I had the beef shish as an entrée ($ 19.75), which is grilled marinated beef served with rice and house salad. There were three skewers of beef shish. It wasn’t heavily marinated, just slightly. Not the best beef shish I had, but still good. Portions were generous. I was stuff at the end of the meal. The rice was good with some seasoning and the salad was a basic salad. It came with some pita bread and grilled tomato and pepper. They have an array of desserts, which I didn’t get to try because I was so full. It was definitely worth the drive to this restaurant to try some Turkish food.

I’ve been to this restaurant twice now, and I’ve absolutely loved it both times. As a newbie to Sheepshead Bay and Eastern European cuisine in general, the restaurant was at first off-​putting when I thought about coming. I’ve found that Opera Café offers a unique menu that isn’t too exotic, and the service is always professional and helpful. There is a very large outdoor dining area which is nice in the summer and the space inside is also HUGE and absolutely beautiful, feels very fancy. My go to has been the Mediterranean salad with grilled chicken. I’m normally not a grilled chicken fan because of how dry and bland it can be, but Opera’s is incredibly flavorful and the salad is HUGE. Opera puts a lot into it, lettuce, tomatoes, corn, olives, cucumbers, etc. The hummus here is definitely authentic and probably among the best I’ve had. The mussels were OK, tiny and not too flavorful, but I don’t think that’s a specialty of Opera’s Cappuccinos are strong and flavorful, I love the sugar cubes on the table, very cute. Nice place to visit with friends, family, or a date. Fresh food, great wine, no complaints!

This place is great for brunch and for dinner. They have a great menu selection. The eggs benedict is a great option for brunch and is served till 5pm. The chicken caesar salad is definitely a favorite of mine. Also, the salmon scaloppini is a must try; its served with mashed potatoes and a side salad. For dessert, you can never go wrong with their kunefe and tea. I also ordered take out from here several times, and delivery is usually very quick, around 25 – 30 minutes.

Foods great. My favorite thing here is the goat cheese salad. Also the kunefe is a must! There’s never a wait. Service is ok. I wouldn’t order from here though because they will mess it up ⁸⁄₁₀ times.

Definitely not an authentic turkish place. Food is just average, not amazing. Being in the Brighton beach area, I would look for more authentic places. We were a large group, so came here for lunch and though the service sucked, they served our food fast. Weekend brunch is good here. I’d give 3.5 stars if I could.

Opera café is becoming a neighborhood gem that just simply does not do it for me. The key to my Unilocaling is to give my view and the view of the public as best as possible for you to be able to process the information properly.
Many people I am friends with and hear of seem to love this place. Me not soooooo much. The place has been packed and consistently expanding since they opened especially with a great opportunity when storm Sandy hit and the businesses around them were not able to sustain the out of pocket renovations necessary.
Their food is good but nothing special to go along with all the hype. Their waiters are not as friendly as they should be for such a booming business. Ive tried a few things here but do not remember them to the exact name on the menu.
I will be back here numerous times throughout the year (s) and I will update some more details and hopefully help all my followers and friends!
Have a good one all.