Turkish Restaurant Bosphorus Hasan — Restaurant in Tokyo

The food is not bad at all. And the place itself is rather good actually, the decoration and all is OK. But going with your family (wife and kid), I got very bad service. First, the clerk/chef won't acknowledge my kid's existence. I tell him we're three people, he sees the kid, and says "no, you're two". I know how many people we are. In Japan when you ask "how many people are you?" It's correct to answer the number of living human beings, not the number of seats/dishes you'll be needing. Or is it you don't acknowledge little kids as human beings? And, just in general, anywhere as a service, it's kind of rude to contradict the client. Later, my kid started to cry, the clerk came, and I was thinking he'd do something funny to try to calm her down or something, he told her to shush, putting his finger in front of his lips... I had enough by then. We ate fast so we could leave as soon as possible, so not to waste the food at least (which was OK, I have nothing against the food itself). The clerk didn't make eye contact, sounded/looked half asleep, moved things in/put things in the table without excusing himself, and his checkout service was equally bad, it didn't seem he liked us, or maybe he was too tired, idk nor care. I did notice he treated young girls better... and I'm being nice and ignoring the staff's level of Japanese (kind of necessary when you're running a place in JAPAN). In conclusion, maybe good if you're just looking for the food, go only with a friend you don't like so much (not gf/family), and don't care about the service. Or if you're a rather cute girl I guess. Don't even think of going in if you go with your family with a kid that won't be even counted as a person, date, or if you care about service in general.

• (reply to comment) * Thanks for the reply. (1) However, I don't get which part are you talking about, about telling my kid to shut up, or contradicting me about the number of people we are, not counting my kid? Neither of them are things that generally can be considered funny I think... idk, maybe I just have a bad sense of humor, or yours is too good. (2) You said you talked with the chef, but at the same time you ask me if this really happened in this restaurant or in your other one... so, I can only imagine this happens on both restaurants and you talked to both chefs, and they both gave you the same answer?... hmmm. Anyway, yes, it was this restaurant, not the one in shinjuku sanchoume, but...

Went here for lunch. Food was great, Turkish environment, place was cozy, a little bit small. Turkish tea was great too. Anything was fine except the portion of the food(price). Maybe because the restaurant location is near to Shinjuku restaurant and just a stone's throw away from Shinjuku Gyoen. I have been to other Turkish restaurant around Tokyo and what I can conclude is most of them are more pricey than Indian Restaurant. But sometimes is nice to have some Turkish cuisine other than Nan and curry Indian restaurant.

One more critic is the waiter is not fluent in Japanese nor in English. I asked him about the bread and how they got it because it was so delicious, do they make it or imported from Japan but he didnt understand English at all, and when I asked the same question in Japanese, again he was blurred. He took orders in Japanese and great at it but when it comes to other stuff he didnt understand really well but it was okay maybe he is new to Japan. Will come again, inshaAllah.

Good for foreign residents Not recommended...

The worst place for halal in terms of price, quality and quantity. I visited with my family and wasn’t sufficient at all even though it is extremely higher in prices than Tokyo price. Additionally, the food has limited quantity of meat. The waiter is extremely aggressive and impolite. I asked for one bread and he brings two tiny breads so I expected it is a set because of its size but later at the cashier he asked to pay for two, I complained that I requested only one so he changed it into one easily as to be a trial to cheat leads to failure. “”””””””” Update: The response style emphasizes my comment of impoliteness. The place around the shop has at least 3 Turkish restaurants and I think they know that very well. Their prices are lower this one. We expected to have a service and quality fit with the prices which we choose. But again the waiter knows we are muslims and offered me to drink red wine !!!!. When I refused he offered water and offered the red wine to Japanese customer. What a muslim...