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Turkish & Eastern Mediterranean — NYC

Turkuaz

Twenty years of Turkish & Eastern Mediterranean cooking in New York City. Halal kitchen, charcoal grill, and a wine list to match.

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Dishes the chef won't take off the menu

  • Hummus

    $14

    Chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, garlic, lemon.

  • Stuffed Grape Leaves

    $16

    Onions, dill, mint, rice, pine nuts, currants, spices.

  • Lahmajoun

    $15

    Crispy thin Turkish flatbread topped with ground lamb, vegetables, herbs.

  • Lamb Adana

    $36.50

    Finely hand-chopped lamb, red peppers, onions, herbs.

  • Lamb Chops

    $46

    Grass-fed baby lamb chops.

  • Turkuaz Grill

    $53

    Mixed grill of chicken shish, lamb shish, chicken adana, barbecued meatballs.

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Our story

Named after the turquoise sea

Turkuaz takes its name from the turquoise waters of the Turkish coast and the Mediterranean. We opened on the Upper West Side in 2005, moved to Midtown West in 2019, and just expanded to the Upper East Side. Two decades in, we still cook the way we always have: vegetables coaxed into something extraordinary, lamb on the charcoal grill, and a kitchen that does the work so dinner feels effortless.

"The lion is most handsome when looking for food." — Rumi

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A note on cuisine

Turkish cuisine sits at the crossroads of East and West — a centuries-long conversation between Anatolian shepherds, Ottoman court kitchens, and Mediterranean coastlines. The result is food that's at once humble and refined. We follow that lead.

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