Menu from Cafe Istanbul
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Vegetarian
Smoked Fish Roe Pate (Tarama)
Home-made smoked cod roe pate with olive oil and lemon juice.
Feta Cheese Parcels (v) (Muska Borek)
Feta cheese with egg, spinach and herbs, wrapped in filo pastry and fried.
Istanbul Prawns (Karides Gyvec)
Succulent prawns, oven baked in our special tomato, green pepper and onion sauce topped with cheese.
Stuffed Chicken Fillet (Tavuk Dolma)
Rolled chick en fillet, filled with minced chicken, vegetables, raisins and herbs oven baked.
Special Lamb Cutlets (Pirzola)
French trimmed lamb cutlets marinated and chargrilled with thyme.
Pan Fried Halibut Steak (Kalkan)
Prime halibut steak, marinated. Served with basmati rice and seasonal vegetables.
Specials
Lamb Stuffed Vine Leaves (Etli Dolma)
A traditional Ottoman dish of vine leaves stuffed with minced lamb, rice and herbs.
Spinach and Feta Chicken (Ispanakli Tavuk)
Oven cooked chicken breast stuffed with spinach and feta cheese. Served with basmati rice.
Pan Fried King Prawns (Tava da Karides)
Large king prawns sauteed with dill and garlic butter, with a hint of chilli. Served with vegetables
More about the restaurant: Cafe Istanbul
Cafe Istanbul can quite rightly claim to be one of Manchester’s longest-standing, high-calibre Turkish restaurants in the city centre. It’s premises down Bridge Street, close to Deansgate, are hard to miss – warm, inviting, and with a definite touch of class, Cafe Istanbul offers proper Turkish fine dining. A huge selection of dishes are on offer, all made according to Turkish traditions and presented peerlessly. This is matched by one of Manchester’s longest wine lists. Perhaps Cafe Istanbul’s best kept secret, though, is its elegant private dining area.
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It’s a huge relief to find a Manchester Turkish restaurant that really knows how to present its cuisine, and itself. Cafe Istanbul, down Bridge Street in the heart of the city centre, could certainly teach Manchester’s other Turkish eateries a thing or two – after all, they’ve been on the block for over thirty years, and have Turkish fine dining down pat. The menu, from the hot and cold starters through to the opulent seafood, grills, and vegetarian mains, is meticulously put together and annotated, and moreover exceedingly true to its Anatolian roots.
To accompany the beautiful food that Cafe Istanbul’s Bridge Street kitchen produces, the inspired proprietors of what is undeniably one of Manchester’s most renowned Turkish restaurants have corralled a small army of old and new world wines to accompany what is bound to be a superlative feast – it’s one of the longest in the city. The ace in the hole at Cafe Istanbul is undoubtedly their capabilities when it comes to hosting luxurious city centre private dining. Downstairs from the main restaurant is a club and private dining area designed by Bernard Carroll (of Panacea, San Carlo, and Cicchetti fame) that can accommodate up to 60 guests, complete with a feature bar and live music and DJs should your party need some dancefloor action.