istanbul mediterranean Grill & market

8896 N Florida Ave, Tampa - 33604
174 reviews
Turkish Mediterranean Seafood
(813) 374-6994

Outstanding selection of homemade Turkish food and everything was so delicious. Staff were helpful and friendly. We started off with the Cheese Cigars. Crunchy and cheesey... can't go wrong! For Lunch we shared the Mixed Grill and a Sucuklu Pide. The Mixed Grill is a great option to try a little bit of everything and comes with rice and two sides. Their breads are so good. Both were amazing and so much that we had dinner later. We also got some Pistachio Baklava to enjoy later at home. Food was delicious and plenty and fast. Service was five stars. You won't be disappointed!

really delicious food a unique excellent flavor we were delighted with the taste of the really delicious food everything on point and well cooked the desserts my God the unique flavor, the place excellently clean, the very nice attention and a lot of kindness as it should be treated to the clients we leave that place with a good taste in our mouths,,, with a lot of desire to return thanks for your attention

We visited İstanbul Grill & Market today. We started with Ezogelin soup (çorbası) which was deliciously prepared and served.This restaurant is an authentic Turkish cafe and restaurant with a market. Service was excellent barring none.Our soup was served with a soft crusty bread like a special pita bread (Ramazan ekmek) which I have eaten before in Turkey. We followed with Adana kebab, made from tender lamb and seasoned just right. This was complemented with fresh pickled cabbage, and finely shredded onions and sauces. We ordered Turkish tea (Türk çay) with our meal and imported mineral water (maden suyu). We finished with real Turkish coffee (Türk kahvesi) and freshly baked pistachio baklava (Antep fıstıklı).Firstly, our servers were attentive, and fluent in both Turkish and English. Service was excellent. We noticed that the restaurant, market, and rest room facilities were immaculately cleaned (tertemiz).I have to say that I love Turkish food, and I went to visit my mother. Because she feels she cannot travel to Turkey, I wanted to bring a taste of Turkiye to her. We were not disappointed. We will definitely visit again to discover more flavors that this lovely restaurant has to offer.My only regret is not spending a little time afterwards shopping. I was pleasantly surprised that they also have kokoreç. :-)If I could give them ten stars, I would. To our dear servers and owners, we love you all, and will look forward to seeing you again.Kesinlikle tekrar yine ziyaret edeceğiz. Gelecek ziyarete kadar dört gözle bekliyoruz. Allah sizden razı olsun. Allah size çok zenginlik bereket versin İnşallah. Her şey için çok teşekkür ederiz.

We celebrated my birthday at this best Florida restaurant. We enjoyed as always. The food is fresh and tastiest. I bought Turkish tea glasses Armudi, Cardamon specials and Melissa Lemon qualitative tea at the market. I strongly recommend to visit and enjoy the food

I really enjoyed this place! Felt like I stepped into Istanbul! Service was good, food was great. They have a market for Turkish favorites and nice Turkish lamps. Authentic delicious food!

Just moved to Tampa. This is my new favorite restaurant. We got the Shepards salad with feta cheese, the cold appetizer platter dips (amazing) and falafel. Honestly felt like I was back in Turkey.

We had never been here before and decided to try it out as my husband has been wanting Turkish. We live in Riverview so it was a drive but definitely worth it! The portions are very big and make the prices worth it. We brought home leftovers enough for both of us. The salad and hummus were great and all the meat was flavored and grilled perfectly. Staff was awesome and kind. Really cool little Cafe style/market atmosphere . I'm sure the tea and desserts were amazing as well but we were stuffed. Well definitely be going back. UPDATE: We went back tonight, one month later. Still fabulous food.

I wish I could say it’s 5 stars because food was good but reasons for less: 1) not good seating system holding it empty for over 30 min 2) long waits with no name callout 3) some staff were friendly but clueless, others were not friendly and ignorant1) we got there on Sunday 5:50 pm, last day of Ramadan (as we realized later) and the waitress was not very clear on our options to seat - outside was drizzling, inside she said all was booked… and most tables were actually empty by the time we left 1 hour later, yet they kept them all as reserved…2) we waited for 50 min to get our food to go after 6:40!! All while we we standing right in front of the counter, even bought stuff from the store, talked to some waiters, and at no point in time they called our name, we realized our order has been shelved for some time sitting there…

Absolutely delicious , very friendly staff.

The lahmacun is four large slices of heaven. Crispy crust, deliciously spiced lamb, and fresh toppings of tomato, onion, and cilantro. I do my own trick of ordering the spicy ezme and adding that as another topping as well. It's a symphony of seasonings that will have you addicted. The dining area is a typical size for a small mom 'n pop and the grocery area has interesting Turkish and middle eastern foods to try at home.