Kofte Piyaz — Restaurant in New York

We had a very pleasant experience at Kofte Piyaz. The restaurant is small, but warm and cozy and through the dim lights, you could see that it was nicely decorated. We were the only couple dining there so we got the owners full attention. We found him delightful, and I think he truly cares about the customers and has a passion for food.

We started the course with lentil soup, and it had an overpowering lemon taste. You eventually get used to it, but I couldn’t savor the the lentils as all I could taste was lemon. The soup came with delicious pita bread and unlike ordinary pita breads, they were insanely good. Fresh, fluffy and baked to perfection. These pita breads were in a completely different league and were the best pita bread I’ve had in nyc.

For the main course I ordered a mixed platter that had rice and a combination of meats; Lamb Sausage, Chicken Kabobs and meatballs. But everything had a very high sodium taste. I think they were aggressively salted or seasoned the same.

The meatballs were soft, finely minced but didn’t have that melt in your mouth flavor that I was looking for. The lamb sausage was juicy but the saltiest. Now I may not have a sophisticated enough palate for Turkish food, but I think Kofte (meatballs) transcend national boundaries and it was just too salty...

Kofte Piyaz is my favorite restaurant in Sunset Park for many reasons. First off is the combination of Borek followed by the Beef meatball w/ cheese sandwich with either a side of French fries or one of the sumptuous salads on offer, with the heavenly baklava finish. I consider myself blessed that I live just around the corner; the meatballs in particular are the best I've had anywhere, as can be said for the lamb sausages when I want to change it up. And then the baklava; just thinking about them little guys is enough to work me into a fervor. But quite possibly the greatest delight of all is the owner, cook, all-around king of the castle, Murat, who seems to know every single person who steps in there. He has the best smile in Brooklyn, and this is coming from a guy who's seen them all.

The food is cheap, the menu has just enough to choose from without overwhelming, and the atmosphere manages to be quaint without trendy; this is a place to champion, as I'm doing here. Most times I have a friend from out of town visiting, I bring them here for dinner, and all are equally enthralled. You can't go wrong with Kofte Piyaz....

Stopped by this restaurant by chance, as my wife and I were looking for a quick bite before going to Costo. Overall the food service and quality was good but overpriced. We went around 3 pm and it was completely empty inside. The owner quickly took our order and made the food within 6-8minutes as we sat inside. We ordered a mixed combo over rice and a kofte over rice. It was chuncks of chicken, minced beef kofte and lamb sausages. Their kitchen is right in front of the restaurant so we got a first hand glance to the food preparation on the grill. The meat was juicy and grilled perfectly, bed of rice that was decent, and came with bread but no sauces. The salad had a special oil-based dressing tossed with onions. Only a lone grilled sliced tomato accompanied the dish, no green pepper. Only cons are that the food portion to the price and price itself definitely could have been better. The depth of the food tray was about...