Efes Restaurant cambridge — Restaurant in Cambridge

If you read my reviews. I am very honest. And give credit where its due.. I dont like to shame anyone. Good honest reviews help everyone when wanting a nice meal. Day out or spending money wisely

If you honestly think this restaurants food is nice and authentic and tasty. Where in the hell have you all been eating. Its not even average. Its so bland and tasteless. Honestly hand on heart its crazy the reviews im reading. Do you have no taste buds. Or never been to a real authentic Turkish restaurant!!!

Where to start! Ok... I looked at the reviews. They said good things. I didnt bother reading the menu as it was apparently authentic Turkish food... We got to the restaurant.. It looked closed. We Walked in. Straight away its look is very outdated. Chairs and tables frail... So we thought ok. Maybe the food is spectacular... Worth a try

Well oh my gawd. The efes chicken kebab which was supposedly marinated in yoghurt Was dry and not one bit of seasoning at all. The chicken kebab my girlfriend had was also flavourless!! And dry. So it was disappointing.. The basmati rice was just plain as anything. I sware it was boiled rice... The salad was bland. No twist to it at all.. Overall was very poor. No dressing or seasoning

The falafel was deep fried hard pellets of i dont know what. And expensive! Tasted like nothing ive ever eaten. Also Poor quality.

The Humous was ok but was shop brought with a drizzle of oil ontop.. They dont have turkish bread???? So given pitta bread to dip... They also dont do chicken beyti??? So authentic turkish restaurant. With no beyti. No turkish bread. No seasonings or marinate or dressing.. . ?? No kids menu. No chips. Sfc nothing.. Honestly we eat at turkish restaurants alot. You can go through my reviews. I could literally do alot better at home. £48 for 2 kebabs and humous and falafel and 2x 330ml beers is heart breaking at that quality and standard. The brothers who run it are very nice Excellent customer service and are polite. Such a shame how...

Went for dinner here with my daughter. No reservation which was risky on a Friday night but they were able to fit us in after a short wait (we just went to the pub up the street for a drink in the Champion of the Thames - also worth a visit!).

Efes seems the kind of independent restaurant that does the important things well: clean and friendly, with a vibrant atmosphere and good food. Tables are close together but in a packed & lively restaurant our conversation still felt private. I felt confident the food would be good for two reasons: the menu was varied without overextending the kitchen with too many options, and the sight of a chef sitting at an open grill. I wasn’t disappointed.

I had a liver starter which was both simple and delicious. My daughter very much enjoyed the cheese borek - she was tempted to get it as a main as well!

At Turkish restaurants I usually look out for whatever mixed kebab is served with sauce on pieces of pitta. Here it was the yogurtlu (iirc) and it was excellent. Meat was tender, with a dark, tangy sauce, and simple sides of rice and salad. We shared a bottle of Turkish white wine, dry with some stone-fruit flavour, that was a very enjoyable accompaniment to the food.

With two courses each and a bottle of wine, our meal came in at about £76 without service which I felt was very good value, and merited a healthy tip. Definitely somewhere I will return to when I’m next...

After many months of eating chicken nuggets, sausages and fish fingers on repeat, it was so nice to go somewhere with an awesome selection of meaaaaat! There are veggie options here having said that, but being a Turkish restaurant its probably about 60% meat.

We went here for a stag dinner and was the first time I've been, though others in our group had been before. The restaurant is small but cozy with good seating and an open grill where everything is cooked. Its always nice to see how your food being cooked rather than in an invisible kitchen, and smells great.

For a starter we all shared a meze platter, which was a whole load of turkish nibbles, all really tasty. I opted for the mixed kebab on others recommendation. Platter of different meats, rice, side of raw shredded veggies, and some sauces. Took me a while to finish, very good portions but not gigantic. By the time we were done with that I was too full for desert, which is rare for me. Went with normal coffee after but Turkish is in offer as well.

Price wise its very reasonable for centre of Cambridge. They also do some very good value set menus for £22ish, so for around £20-25 per head in central Cambridge...that's rare now days, even rare for food that's...