El Turco Grill — Restaurant in Hackensack

The place looks nice and has quite a nice environment, but nothing is Turkish about it.

Appetisers- we ordered an appetisers mix that included Hummus, Turkish salad, eggplant in tomato and baba ganush. If those salads are made fresh in the restaurant - you can cut my arm. They are stored in a box in the fridge for a few days at least and you can find them in every supermarket.

The grill. the meats: skewers of kebab, beef fillet, chicken and… gyro. The processed kind. Come on guys! You are a (not cheap!) Turkish restaurant, not a halal cart in midtown NY. Where is your Shawarma? Oh, its there, on the screen. However, the meats came juicy and well cooked, but they lacked any flavour. There are better kebabs in food tracks that cost 40% of this one.

And let’s talk about the service. In one word: Terrible. Our waiters gave us attitude from the second we wanted to order. Didn’t come to check on once and left the check on our table when we were not even close to finish, not even asking if we want anything, like desert, which we wanted.

I would normally not leave a comment but this place having a 4.9 rate is an absurd. Really disappointing and not...

My first and only encounter with El Turco was a delivery meal and we had few complaints. Everything was well-packaged and tasted restaurant-fresh.

The baba ghanoush is everything I love in a good eggplant dip and a definite win in our book - seasoned, textured, and slightly smokey. We intuited this would be delicious when ordering by getting two containers of it, and this turned out to be a great life choice.

Chicken adana is a fan favorite in our house, and it's done pretty well here. They're like elongated loaves of marinated and spiced ground chicken, and delicious with rice and a dollop of yogurt sauce. We preferred these over the chicken kebab, which were flavorful but quite a bit drier.

Both entrees were served with a grilled tomato and pepper, which were still warm and slightly charred from the grill. They also came with small side salads, with lightly dressed and slightly wilted greens. My husband appreciated the extra veggies with our meal, but I far preferred the warm and soft...

Just found this restaurant which opened three weeks ago close to the Hackensack Library on Main Street. I love it and will return! From the moment I entered , the hospitality ,service and cleanliness was so welcoming. The food is so tasty and freshly cooked. I tried the lunch special lamb kebab , with the rice, salad , lentil soup,and homemade pita bread. I did not leave a crumb on my plate! As a matter of fact it was so good , I ordered the chicken kebab meal to take home. The lamb was so so tender, it melted in my mouth. The rice was perfectly cooked with such a wonderful flavor to it. The salad was so light, fresh and perfectly seasoned . The lentil soup was outstanding, creamy and made to perfection. The homemade pita bread was served at the perfect temperature which was so soft and airy. I was even surprised by the freshness of the water, which they filter. So overall I gave them 5 stars , which is well deserved. This will definitely be my go to place and I...