"Istanbul" Turkish Restaurant — Restaurant in Tashkent

The experience was awful from start to finish. One we sat down, we ordered table water with a jug and they gave us bottled water and we asked again once we finish water for a jug of water but they again gave us bottled water. The food did not taste good at all because the meat and kebabs were blunt and tasteless with no spices or sauces. Once it came to the bill they argued with us and as well as other customers over service charge. They said minimum service charge is 5% and maximum is 20%, bearing in mind we ordered over half million worth of food for two people, but they were fixed on charging us as well as other 4 customers the maximum service charge. We and other customers still didn’t want to pay that much and at the end of all of it they blackmailed us that if we don’t pay the service charge, the waiters...

The worst place ever! My family and I had a dinner there, at the end ordered dessert, baklava. While eating it, I noticed something hard, spat it out, it was either white and black stone or a rotten human tooth! Called the waiter, he took it away, came back, said it was a tooth and perhaps it is my own tooth !!!!! Unbelievable! I had to show my teeth, that I have all healthy teeth, jeez!!!! Then he said, shall I replace baklava with another one???? Seriously? The manager came, said it is Uzbek chef fault. So? They took away the cost of baklava, but left their 20percent charge, I refused to pay service charge, as I was vomiting at this time. They ran after me and demanded me to pay it, of course I didn't....

We visited the restaurant during the Ramadan period. They want to charge for Ramadan fasting fruits whereas others give you (at least some dates) as service.

We ordered Iskander and it was not delicious enough. Not even close to the original.

Staff were just OK. Cuz it was so crowded they hardly paid attention to the service quality.

After tea Noone came and ask if we needed anything else more.

Yes, we had a nice dinner, talking only cuz of friendship, the place hasn't added...