Order online - Takeout and Delivery

Istanbullu Restaurant237 Holland StreetSomerville, MA 02144us
  • Home
  • Order Here
  • Menu
  • Photo Menu
  • About Us
  • Doordash
  • UberEats
  • GrubHub
  • More
    • Home
    • Order Here
    • Menu
    • Photo Menu
    • About Us
    • Doordash
    • UberEats
    • GrubHub
  • Home
  • Order Here
  • Menu
  • Photo Menu
  • About Us
  • Doordash
  • UberEats
  • GrubHub

All Day Menu

Desserts

Dinner and Brunch

tIRAMISSU CAKE

8

PISTACHIO CAKE

8

Mixed of pistachios and chocolate.

RED VELVET CAKE

8

CHOCOLATE CAKE

8

PINEAPPLE AND COCONUT CAKE

7

Kunefe

9

Shredded dough stuffed with unsalted special Turkish cheese. Baked in 6-inch pan. Topped with hot syrup.

MUSSEL BAKLAVA

6.50

With Pistachio.

Baklava

7

With pistachio. 3 pieces.

Baklava

5.50

With walnuts. 2 pieces.

MIXED Baklava

15

6 pieces (2 with pistachio; 2 with walnuts; 2 mussel.).

Kadayif

7

Shredded filo dough stuffed with pistachio; baked and topped with homemade syrup.


Soups and Salads

Mercimek Soup

7

Red lentil cooked with tomato, pepper sauce and mint.  

Coban Salad

10

Very famous Turkish chopped salad. A delicious blend of tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, scallion, peppers with lemon juice, olive oil and spices.  

Piyaz Salad

10

White beans marinated in lemon juice; mixed with tomatoes, red bell peppers, green peppers, and red onion; topped with boiled eggs and olives.

Kalkandere Salata

10

Lettuce, onion, cheese, pita bread, spices . 

Cacik

9

 Very cooling salad made with plain yogurt, shredded cucumbers, garlic and dill.  


Börek's

Su borek

12

Special dough cooked in the water stuffed with beyaz peynir cheese. Baked in the oven .

Sigara Borek

8

Pan fried special dough filled with cheese . 4 pieces.

Yoldas breakfast

13

Popular Turkish “on the run” breakfast items: combination plate with pohca, börek, and simit.

Simit

4

A beautiful bread shapes like a ring, crusty on the outside and soft on the inside.

Pohca

4

Traditional savory pastry, filled with cheese or olives.

Spinach Borek

7

Savory pastry made of thin layer dough and filled with spinach. (1 borek).

Note: illustrative photo 


Turkish Appetizers

Dolma

7

 Stuffed grape leaves, served with yogurt. 

Humus

7

Chickpeas with tahini, lemon juice, and olive oil.

Patlican Salad

9

A thick sauce made from eggplant, olive oil, lemon, and garlic. Typical of Turkish cuisine.  

Haydari

7

Kefir cheese topped with melted butter and garlic sauce.

Pekmezli

12

Beyaz peynir rolls into the roasted red bell peppers, topped with pekmez (black grape molasses) and walnut.

Taze Fasulye

10

Very old traditional Black Sea region dish a stewed string beans with onions, garlic, tomatoes and Turkish spices. Served with yogurt and bread.

 Note: illustrative photo 

Lahmacun

12

A dish of Turkish origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with ground meat.

Imam Bayildi

8

Baby eggplant stuffed with spices and sauteed vegetables (onion, peppers, tomatoes...), baked in the oven. 

Mucver

7

Pan fried fresh zucchini with chopped onion, scallion, and carrot mixed with eggs and flour, served with yogurt. 

Sak Suka

7

Cubed cut and deep-fried eggplant with hot peppers and zucchini; topped with garlic yogurt. 

Bebek Karniyarik

9

Small baby eggplant stuffed with sauteed onion and ground beef. Served with plain yogurt. 

Mercimek Kofte

8

Steam red lentil mixed with tomato and paper sauce, scallion, parsley, topped with yogurt.


Ekmek Arasi

POPULAR TURKISH STYLE SANDWICHES SERVED WITH FRESH CHOPPED LETTUCE, SLICED ONION, TOMATOES AND SPICES (SUMAC AND PUL BIBER). FILLING OPTIONS:

Sucuk

9

Dried beef sausage.

Kofte

8

Ground beef. 

Note: illustrative photo  

Lamb burger

8

Ground lamb. 

Sosis

9

Ok, it is like a hot dog, but we prepare in Turkish style. Are you asking what is that mean? We cooked in the homemade tomato sauce with garlic, black pepper and butter. Served with mayo and pickles 


Durum

TURKISH STYLE WRAP MADE WITH HOMEMADE LAVASH BREAD. SERVED WITH IN LETTUCE, CHOPPED TOMATOES, RED ONION AND SUMAC.

Doner

8

Grilled doner

Adana

8

Grilled Adana.

Chicken

7

Grilled chicken breast.

Note: illustrative photo  

Humus

7

Chickpeas pasta. 

Dolma

7

Grape leaves

Sak Suka

8

Grape leaves

Mercimek

8

Steamed red lentil


Pilav Ustu

OH NO! NOT THAT SIMPLE. IN TURKISH COOKING SCHOOL MOST DIFFICULT TEST IS HOW YOU MAKE RICE. COMPARE TO THIS, YOU WILL BE GRADED: “GOOD OR BAD”. SO THIS SHOULD TELL YOU TURKISH RICE IS NOT TYPICAL, BUT IS THE BEST. AGREE? YES! SO LIKE IN TURKEY WE SERVE RICE AND CHICKPEAS WITH:

Chicken

12

Grilled breast chicken 

Kavurma

13

Stew meat

Saku Suka

11

Fried eggplant and hot pepper 

Mix Veggies

11

Corn, peas, carrots…  

Kuru Fasulye

12

Stew white beans

Taze Fasulye

12

Stew green beans with tomatoes and garlic

Coban

11

Cucumber salad  


Entrees

Dinner

Lamb Shank

25

Served usually for very special guests in Turkish homes. Steamed lamb shank wrapped in eggplant slices and baked in the oven, served with rice. 

Doner Kebab

22

A Turkish national dish made from vertical-spit roast meat and sliced. Served with rice, fries, grilled tomatoes and peppers. 

Adana Kebab

20

 Ground meat mixed with onions, red bell pepper, garlic and Turkish spices. Served with rice, fries and grilled vegetables.

Kofte

20

Kofte is very famous dish in Turkey. Ground meat mixed with spices. Served with piyaz salad, grilled vegetables and rice.

Iskender

21

Popular dish served with meat (doner, adana, kofte, grilled chicken) over pieces of pita bread, yogurt, tomato sauce and topped with melted butter. 

Izmir Kofte

21

Our kofte meat baked in the oven with carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, green fried peppers in spiced tomato sauce. Served with rice and yogurt.  

Firinda Patlican

21

Ground meat sautéed with onions, garlic, tomatoes, and parsley, spiced. Cooked with cube fried eggplants and tomato sauce in the oven. Served with rice and yogurt.

Kuru Fasulye

19

Very popular dish in Turkish household for rich and poor. Stewed bean dish cooked in a stone pot in the oven. Made with white beans, olive oil, onion and tomato sauce. Served with rice and yogurt. (available with meat +$2). 

Note: illustrative photo 


Turkish Style Eggs

Cilbir

12

Very old traditional Turkish way dropped eggs cooked in the tapped with garlic yogurt hot butter and pull biber. Available with spinach and onions. ($13) 

Sucuku'Li Yumurta

11

Turkish Style eggs with sucuk. Note: illustrative photo  

Menemen

10

Very popular Turkish style omelet with tomatoes, green peppers, onion and beyaz peynir.  Available with sucuk. ($12) 

Kavurma'li Yumurta

12

Very famous Turkish meat stew cooked with eggs.

Note: illustrative photo  


Specials and sides

Dinner and Brunch

Plate of Turkish Morning

18

Popular Turkish breakfast idols arrange by the chef. Kasar peynir, beyaz peynir, olives, broiled egg, fresh tomatoes, cucumber and sucuk.

Mixed Mezes

20

A mix of Turkish mezes (humus, haydari, dolma, mercimek kofte and feta cheese.

Fries

5

A mix of Turkish mezes (humus, haydari, dolma, mercimek kofte and feta cheese.

Rice

3

Drinks

Dinner and Brunch

Georgian Valleys Saperavi Dry Red Wine

30

Georgian Valleys Kindzmarauli Medium Sweet Red Wine

32

Georgian Valleys Dry White Wine

30

Georgian Valleys Medium Sweet White Wine

30

Efes PILSNER

7

Turkish beer

SOVIET LARGER Zhigulevskoe (Жигулевское)

7

Soviet beer

CZECH larger

7

Bohemia Regent

Orange Juice

2,50

Turkish Tea

2

Turkish Coffee

5

Diet Coke 20 oz

3,50

Coca Cola 20 oz

3,50

Sparkling Water

2,50

Water

2

Before placing your order, please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy.

  • Order Here
  • Menu

Copyright © 2019 Istanbul'lu - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by GoDaddy