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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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Two New York homes

Signatures

Dishes the chef won't take off the menu

  • Hummus

    Hummus

    $14

    Chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, garlic, lemon.

  • Stuffed Grape Leaves

    Stuffed Grape Leaves

    $16

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

  • Lamb Adana

    Lamb Adana

    $36.50

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

  • Turkuaz Grill

    Turkuaz Grill

    $53

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

  • Branzino

    Branzino

    $42

    Grilled sea bass, green salad, potato.

  • Baklava

    Baklava

    $10

    Thin dough, walnuts, syrup.

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Turkuaz dining room — brick walls and sputnik chandelier

Our story

Named after the turquoise sea

We opened on the Upper West Side in 2005, moved to Midtown West in 2019, and now we're expanding to Midtown East. 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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Hummus on a hand-painted Turkish ceramic plate

Our cuisine

A crossroads cuisine

Turkish cooking 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.

  • Halal kitchen
  • Charcoal grill
  • Vegetarian · vegan options
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