Downtown Istanbul

Best Known For

Guvec: traditional Turkish casserole with your choice of chicken, braised lamb, or vegetables, served with rice pilaf.

Discerning foodies head to Downtown Istanbul on Hawthorne Road to tantalise taste buds at Hawthorne's authentic Turkish food bazaar. Located in the precinct opposite Hawthorne Cinema Complex, step inside to find a taste of Turkey with exposed brickwork, shelves adorned with traditional accents and trailing greenery while on balmy Brisbane nights, dine alfresco and soak up all the River City has to offer. Begin your feast with a mixed mezze platter of falafels, mujver, sigara borek and olives, before mains such as burgers, gozleme, salads, pide and char-grilled meat. Perhaps devour char-grilled chicken breast, beetroot, creamy mushroom sauce and rice pilaf, or tender lamb in rich tomato sauce with dill yoghurt, Turkish bread or rice pilaf. Finish sweetly with hazelnut baklava and ice cream.