Taksim Turkish Kitchen and Bar

A seductive taste of the East, Taksim Turkish Kitchen and Bar combines Turkey’s diverse cuisine with New Zealand’s beloved sports bar. This is where you can cheer on your team with a skewer in hand. We must be dreaming…

Authenticity is at the heart of all they do. Even their dining room is adorned with Turkish lamps and oriental ornaments that are matched by Turkey’s hearty dining style. Think chopping boards laden with succulent cuts of meat, endless bowls of tantalising dips and baskets brimming with freshly baked bread. Best of all, you can enjoy this outdoors on their bustling patio!

To begin, take your focaccia and plunge it into a molten pot of creamy camembert or tuck into some sumptuous vine leaves stuffed with rice and pine nuts, ready to be dipped into some zingy tzatziki. From there, you may embark on their wide range of meaty mains. Scotch fillet, lamb and beef skewers sit alongside marinated lamb cutlets and mixed grills on this blinder of a menu.

Pizzas get a look-in too! Utilising their wood-fire oven to full capacity, they’re pumping out the carnivorous Texan, classic margherita and controversial Hawaiian left, right and centre! And just when you thought you couldn’t eat another falafel-sized mouthful, they tempt you with the butteriest, stickiest baklava and, of course, you concede. For who can resist?