Ottoman kitchen Woburn sands — Restaurant in Milton Keynes

Tuesday evening place was empty. Staff very polite and attentive.

My guest and i shared the platter. i was disappointed with the size of the starters, especially the main (my friend and i both looked at each other thinking there was more to come - but there wasn't) and even the pudding..

But TO BE FAIR the meat was very high quality and food delicious. It really is very high quality.

However, as per some other comments do not go here expecting what you might usually expect from a 'regular' type Kebab house 'OCAKBASI' where there is a huge grill and you eat (and sit) in front of it, and where the portions are huge.

This is not that. While not a rip off i was certainly disappointed that i wasn't completely stuffed. Indeed, every other mixed platter (for 2) i've ever had (Durum in W Finchley as a prime example) that costs £50 quid is usually HUGE and you cannot finish it and have to take a doggy bag..

And no freebies like you'd usually get at an ocakbasi.. Free turkish tea, maybe a free baclava, at the end of the meal.

The kahve (small coffee) was authentic but at £3 each (we had 2 each) should be free in my opinion and adds a nasty surprise to the bill (£12 in our case - it was good but not that good). Also charged for extra bread which was a first time ever happening and i've eaten Turkish all over the world.

Was a birthday meal so all around a bit disappointing to spend £80 quid (tip included as service was definitely worth it) between us and still be hungry at the end of the evening.

i'd like to give 3.5 stars as it was a solid 7/10 but you cannot give half a star and, for me at any rate, i cannot give...

A bad taste in my mouth, and not from the food.

We decided to eat here for my birthday at the weekend, rather than visit the bigger Turkish restaurants we've often visited previously.

Nice greeting, and the staff were all friendly.

The food was ok - but nothing spectacular. My son and I ordered whitebait to start, which came with a 'salad' covered in a really sour dressing. My wife had the houmous kavurma, which came highly recommended by the guy serving us, and was a hit.

I'd had a hankering for seafood, so ordered the seafood casserole for my main, which according to the menu contains king prawns, fresh calamari and mussels - yet halfway through I discovered mine only contained some white fish and prawns. I mentioned it to the guy serving us and he fished through my dish (using my knife) and then went off to the kitchen. Came back and apologised on behalf of the chef who'd made a mistake, and offered to replace my meal (which I was halfway through).

We finished up and paid (with tip as the food was good, and service very attentive), but there was no further mention of it, and no offer to recompense us any other way - the guy serving us wouldn't even meet our eye as we left.

Sadly even though the food was tasty, and service was good, there was a lack of atmosphere and due to the way the comment was handled we won't be back - not when there are so many other options nearby with more atmosphere, better food and at similar prices.

Sorry, but just a small gesture would have made the experience...

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