Anatolia Restaurant SG — Restaurant in Singapore

2nd visit!! Our culinary journey started with a Cold Appetizer, the Mezza Platter, which offered a delightful assortment of Mediterranean delights, served with hot Turkish Lavash Bread for a complete dining experience. This platter featured Hummus, a creamy blend of chickpeas, tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil; Moutabbal, a smoky dip of roasted eggplants, tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil; Wara'a Enab, grape leaves stuffed with rice, ground meat, herbs, and spices; Ezme, a spicy Turkish salad of tomatoes, red pepper paste, pomegranate molasses, chili peppers, and spices; Cacik, a traditional Turkish yogurt condiment with cucumbers, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, and dill; and Muhammara, a smoky blend of char-roasted red bell peppers, walnuts, and exotic spices. The accompanying Lavash Bread was soft and thin, perfect for pairing with the mezza platter.

This was followed by the Hot Appetizer, Börek, featuring flaky layers of dough enveloping a rich spinach filling, baked to crispy perfection and accompanied by a side of yogurt dip.

We culminate our extravagant dinner with the Anatolia Special Grill, a sumptuous assortment of premium kebabs and grills, masterfully blending the rich flavors of Shish Chicken, Adana Lamb, Adana Chicken Kebab, Lamb Chop, Beef Shish, and Chicken Wing, creating a harmonious balance. Served with butter rice and a fresh vegetable salad, this dish showcases an orchestra of savory delights. Each component boasts its unique flavors and textures: Shish Chicken offers tender and charred marinated chicken, Adana Lamb presents juicy and aromatic minced lamb, Adana Chicken Kebab delivers a flavorful symphony, Lamb Chop provides a tender and flavorful journey, Chicken Wing tantalizes, and Lamb Shish features succulent lamb chunks, all complemented by fluffy butter rice and crisp vegetable salad.

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We had, 🔥Mezze Platter A beautiful starter platter as a tastebud open. Comprising Hummus, Tzatziki (rich creamy yogurt), Wara'a Enab (grape leaves stuffed with a rich blend of rice, ground meat, fresh herbs & aromatic spices), Babaganoush.

🔥Lavash Bread Popularly known as balloon bread. The balloon bread was soft & fluffy!

🔥Anatolia Chef Plate. This humongous feast is a special combo of Turkish Butter rice, Mandi rice with Mixed grills, Lamb Shank & Chicken Mandi. Each of the meat was tender, juicy & flavourful, & the butter rice was so fragrant that you can simple eat it without anything else.

🔥Pottery Kebab The highlight of the night had to be this, which came with a fire show! This was an Anatolian speciality. Savour the rich & aromatic flavours of marinated meat, fresh vegetables, & exotic spices, all slow-cooked to perfection inside a traditional clay pot & cracked open at your table. It definitely tasted as good as it looked.

🔥Pide Pepperoni a traditional Turkish boat-shaped flatbread generously topped with flavorful slices of pepperoni, complemented by a harmonious blend of spices & ingredients. Baked to golden perfection, this dish promises a delectably crispy crust paired with the zesty & savory goodness of pepperoni.

🔥Turkish Kunefe Deliciously crafted from delicate strands of shredded phyllo dough. Baked until it reaches golden perfection. Irresistible contrast between a crunchy exterior & soft cheesy interior. As a cheese lover, I instantly fell in love with how cheesy this was. Something very unique & blended perfectly well together.

🔥Turkish Baklava Pastry is delicate, flaky & filled with a rich blend of finely chopped nuts, each bite is a perfect symphony of textures and flavor.

🔥Turkish Sultac Rice Pudding Rich, creamy rice simmered to perfection. Each spoonful is sweetened with just the right amount of sugar & infused with delicate hints of vanilla & exotic aromatic spices taste.

Big shout-out to the staffs for the incredible...

Anatolia – Turkish-Lebanese? A Missed Opportunity on Arab Street

Arab Street has no shortage of Middle Eastern eateries, so when a friend suggested Anatolia — a Turkish-Lebanese concept at 58 Arab Street — curiosity got the better of me. Having fond memories of Türkiye’s spectacular culinary heritage, I was eager for a return to those vibrant flavors. Unfortunately, what followed was an exercise in expectation management.

We arrived just after noon, one of the first tables to be seated, and watched the space slowly fill. The interior works hard — perhaps too hard — to convince you that you have stepped into a corner of Istanbul. Blue-and-white tiles, wallpaper murals, and simple table settings create an atmosphere that is charming but tourist-oriented.

The saving grace of Anatolia? Service. Our server, Maria — a hospitality graduate from the Philippines — was a gem. Proactive, gracious, and genuinely warm, she set the gold standard for what hospitality should feel like. If we ever returned, it would be to see Maria again, not to eat the food.

The menu is extensive, picture-heavy, and clearly designed for the uninitiated. Being a halal establishment, no alcohol is served — understandable — though the laminated menus were tired, and the photographs had seen better days.

The Food Here, the cracks began to show.

A complimentary serving of Börek (Turkish spring rolls with feta and spinach) opened the meal. They were acceptable, though the accompanying yogurt dip was far too overpowering, drowning out the delicate cheese filling. Score: 5/10

We then shared the Mezze Platter — an exercise in mediocrity. The hummus was too dense, the babaganoush the only element that truly delivered, and the lavosh slightly undercooked. Score: 6/10

My dining companion ordered the Anatolia Salad, touted as a specialty. It was far too sweet, and while he seemed to enjoy it, I found the overcooked chicken pieces unforgivable — dry to the point of resembling compressed sawdust. Score: 2/10

The Mixed Grill for Two was generously portioned and offered a mixed bag of results: •   Lamb chops: The star of the meal — tender, flavorful, cooked just right. •   Lamb shish: Rough, lacking refinement. •   Chicken shish: Acceptable, better than the Adana chicken, though still dry. •   Adana lamb kebab: A disaster — so tough it defied chewing. •   Rice: Well-cooked and fragrant. •   Turkish salad: Forgettable.

Averaging across the board, 5/10 would be generous.

Dessert offered no redemption. The house-made Baklava arrived dry at the center and rock-hard at the base — a far cry from the flaky, syrup-kissed perfection one expects. My companion’s fresh apple juice was refreshing, but my iced lemon tea was essentially sugar water with a token nod to tea.

The Verdict Anatolia is an exercise in missed potential. While service was impeccable thanks to Maria, the kitchen fell woefully short of delivering the vibrant, balanced flavors that make Turkish and Lebanese cuisine sing. In a city with several excellent Turkish options, this one does not justify a return visit — unless, of course, you come just to be welcomed by Maria’s smile!

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My partner and I made a reservation for two at 8pm. The staff were welcoming and friendly, allowing us to choose between indoor and outdoor seating.

We decided to order a meat platter with rice for two pax about $70+. The meat was decent with strong gamey taste from the lamb, which is normal I guess since it’s lamb. The chicken was good in the platter.

Everything was going okay until towards the end of our dinner. The restaurant has a promotion/policy whereby you spent $60nett, you are entitled to a free kunafe. The table beside ours had three patrons that were done eating and so the waitress served them their kunafe. However, they did not consume the kunafe but they were talking over the kunafe for a good 10-15 minutes. As they left the restaurant, I had a gut feeling that the server might re-serve the kunafe to our table. To my utter dismay, the server took the kunafe went in the kitchen and came out within a split second with the SAME kunafe to serve us. They did not even bother to remove one fork since the previous table that was served had three pax, the least they could’ve done was to remove one fork to make it less obvious.

When they brought the kunafe from the previous table to us, my partner questioned the waiter on whether this was the kunafe that was served to the previous customer. He replied “yes, but they don’t eat and you wanted your kunafe now?” I strongly appreciate his honesty. Then we told the waiter we did not want this kunafe and requested for a fresh one.

The waiter then took the kunafe from our table and proceeded to pass it on to the next table on my right which had a family of three people. I felt bad because they did not know about this nor did I voice out my concerns to them.

10 minutes later, they brought us a rice pudding which left us clueless as we wanted our kunafe. So we told the waitress that we requested for kunafe and not the rice pudding. She left the pudding on our table and told us to wait. Soon after they served us the kunafe and Turkish tea worth $20. Basically, they gave us the rice pudding, kunafe and the turkish tea for free(on the house) only after we called out the restaurant for serving us food that was already served to another table.

To me, it not a really a big deal but with the recent outbreak of illnesses, I strongly believe the restaurant could have done better in upholding the hygiene standards and improving the...