Sofra Restaurant / Mainz — Restaurant in Mainz

Halal restaurant! Had lunch at outdoors patio- great ambiance, beautiful settings and seating, shaded. We had the mixed grill which was generous in portion of mixed grilled meats and rice, could be shared with two people if an appetizer was ordered as well. Also ordered the Iskander donner- both beautifully presented and tasted great. I have not had food like Iskander donner- pulled chicken? Tomato based sauce and croutons and cheese mixed with fraish creme. Both delicious when warm. A second of flat leavened bread topped with some spices and olive oil. Food was spiced well. Dessert was ketmeg and black tea. Ketmeg is layered pastry filled with a cream/pistachio mix served with ice cream of sort. No additional sugar needed Host was from Antwerp and noted this was traditional food from that area. Overall, worth the price and experience of the outdoors patio- some foot and road traffic but not over whelming, easy to carry a conversation- €48 for a good meal for two adults with some leftover....

Bunch of little Turkish gangsters run this place. Avoid at any cost. Highly not recommended. The food is horrible. The service is even worse. They are scary illegals mostly from Turkey and Afghanistan. They had added 7 euros for tap kitchen water telling us that it came bottle. An absolute lie. Then they took our cell phone unless we pay cash. They claimed they don’t take cards given this is a large restaurant. About 7 Turkish guys surrounded us given we were with two small kids. We didn’t have euros. They threatened and assaulted us. Then they said they would call the police. We said go ahead and call the police. We said go ahead because we knew that we were not doing anything wrong. That’s when they caved in and took U.S. Dollars and let us go. This is not a legitimate business run by bunch of animals. Very dangerous place. AVOID at any cost. There are plenty nice...

Clearly the worst Pide I ever ate. Other people at my table were more satisfied by what they got so must be my bad luck. The dough itself was tasteless, not puffed at all, lacking salt also probably. The content included peppers which was not detailed on the menu, I ate it anyway despite my intolerance but ingredients and allergens should be detailed in the menu to avoid those kind of situations... The lamb meat of the pide did not taste good. Despite my love for lamb meat. The tea was offered nice, but so bitter that i did not drink it. Smokers made the experience on the terrasse very displeasful.

All in all, disappointed. I will not come back despite the affordable prices. Even street kebabs...