Lezzet Restaurant — Restaurant in Paterson

Do you know what Lezzet means? In Turkish it means experiencing the utmost pleasure, in life and particularly in taste and food ... and I can assure you the food is delightfully out of this world, AND ... more so is the owner lady who takes care of you like family ... an experience I have missed for ages ... there are daily dishes, homemade and for the family, and then kebabs ... I love daily dishes that are family homemade ... we had a vegetarian friend with us and she always has a vegetarian dish in addition to traditional Turkish meat dishes. I recommend ordering a daily dish, if she has the fish, it's out of this world, and a Kebab, Adana, my preference ... but I go there for nothing else but the Turkish coffee and the Turkish homemade desserts , especially if you are ever so lucky, and she has baked Shekar Pareh, her grand daughter's favorite, consider yourself luckiest grandchild ever ... have it with Turkish coffee and you can imagine being in Turkey, guest of a kind, caring, and talented Turkish grandma cook ... every time I miss my granma, Lezzet, 925 MAin St Paterson, is my place to feel at my granma's home ... enjoy the best. ( It's a small place with a few tables of not more than four, I'm sure she will accommodate you if you have more and...

This family-owned and truly home cooked food has a reputation that precedes it. The lovely lady who owns and operates this small and inconspicuous looking restaurant took over the cooking duties from her late chef husband.

They have intentionally kept the scale as is so as to focus on homemade Turkish dishes to appease to its loyal customers who swear by the traditional focus on Turkish comfort foods made at home.

Everything is made to order (with the exception of the desserts) and freshly made daily. There is no menu as the dishes vary daily and so the dishes are displayed on the TV monitor.

I enjoyed the dishes that were served to me on this particular day.

The grilled meats were succulent and moist and grilled to perfection. The beef and potato stew was fork-tender and seasoned well.

Chicken and noodle soup was hearty and called for on the snow day I was there.

Baklava with pistachios and ice cream was delicate, flaky and was drenched in...

The food here is made with care by a lovely proprietor from Ankara. The restaurant is fairly small but the food speaks for itself. We tried the ground beef over eggplant and the beef liver with potatoes. Both dishes were excellent and came with bread, salad and rice. The prices may be a little bit higher than I expected but they were certainly within reason for home cooking. Taking into account the astronomical increases in pricing at most restaurants, this place is a good option for...