Anatolian Kitchen

This place is the perfect complement of great food combined with attentive and friendly service. As a restaurant that specializes in various kebabs/doners, I will say these are the tastiest and best chargrilled items I've had in a long time- perfectly crispy outside and tender inside with exactly done spicing. Not too much, not too little. As for service, on weekends they have a duo service team between the general manager, Levent, and the head waiter. Both are fantastic. Levent is effusively friendly and helpful to ensure the table experience is done right, and the waiter is right on it with any special requests. A+ job guys!

Brought my mom this time for a spontaneous dinner. She loves lamb, but I have never had a good lamb experience. We ordered the lamb shish kebab (which I had my reservations about, but she really wanted it), manti (because I loved it so much last time), red lentil soup, truffle fries, pistachios baklava, and Turkish tea. The lamb shish kebab was actually amazing!!! I won't say I've converted to a lamb fan, but rather a California-Ave's-Anatolian-Kitchen-lamb-fan! Each time an item came out, we were pleasantly surprised by the portion size--honestly, you get more than what you pay for. It's decent portion sizes for the price! We ate more than our fill, and we had leftovers to take home. Sat outside on the patio with our dog, love the table lamps, love the heat lamps, really clean drinking glasses, clear and clean flat water, and kind servers (ALL of them!).

As a Turkish person, I approve this restaurant :) Book it and order iskender if you like to taste a real Turkish döner without visiting Turkey.Additionally, I tried almost everything in the menu and they were all outstanding. The service and ambiance are also exceptional. Their meze's are perfect for a nice rakı night also. I particularly like muhammara and the feta cheese platter with my rakı. Cheers.

First time dining here. Restaurant is cozy and our wait person was very personable. Service was great. We ordered a couple of appetizers to start - hummus and muhamurra. Hummus was a little too 'beany' for me but tasted great. The muhamurrah was delicious and the dipping oil that came with it was delicious. I think it was a sumac infused oil. Tasted great with the muhamurrah. Our waiter kept the bread coming! Bread was more of a focaccia bread than a lavoosh, so it was a little heavier but we totally enjoyed it. Thank you! We also had a lychee martini and a smoky old fashioned. Both were excellent. For our entree, we ordered chicken Adana kebab, Adana kebab (lamb), chicken shish and the octopus salad. The kebab entrees came with grilled vegetables and rice pilaf. The person who ordered the octopus salad commented that there were a lot of octopus in the salad and said it was delicious. We were too stuffed to have any dessert! Would definitely come back again. Food and service were excellent. Note: lighting was a little dim so it was difficult to get great pictures of the menu. Rating: 4.5

really good turkish food! it was a pleasant first experience to try some of my husbands culture! The prices are crazy high but not sure if that's custom for most turkish places

We had a super experience here. The sidewalk cafes are really pleasant on California Ave, and they have terrific happy hour specials here. We got a platter of vegetarian appetizers for only $16. There was mummahara, two kinds of eggplant, yogurt with cucumber, and hummus. And great bread. We did not take a chance on the house wine, but got Albarinos from the regular menu for 14. They were just OK. Service was a bit inconsistent, very friendly, but sometimes a bit slow. But our entrées were fabulous. I got vegetarian moussaka from the regular menu, and my friend got the happy hour special for salmon. All in all, it was exceptionally reasonable for a ton of delicious food and a fabulous patio. I would come here again!!

My wife and I have been searching for a nice little date spot and I came across Anatolian. This restaurant is nice and spacious which you wouldn't imagine by the size of the exterior. We went during lunch so they weren't that busy. They have patio dining which was pretty full and we were one of two tables inside. Everything we ordered was amazing. From the appetizers, which we ate before we could take a picture of, to the dessert everything was incredible. The whole meal was absolutely perfect and we can't wait to come back for a dinner. The only reason I'm giving 4 stars is because the service left a little to be desired. Otherwise, it was a great dining experience in a beautiful part of Palo Alto that we'll be back to visit.

This is my first review since they moved to the relatively new location on California Avenue a few years ago. Unfortunately, the place lost a lot of its charm in the process and inside feels more like a wine bar converted into a Turkish restaurant than anything else. It's also quite crowded in the interior, crowded enough that I won't be back. (They say the rain last night forced them to move a few tables inside,)So, the ambiance is modern, neutral, non-descript. The food however remains very good and the service is great. We had the dolma (just ok) and the fried cheese cigars (very good) to start and then the adana kebab (excellent) and the chicken shish kebab (excellent) for the main courses. The food was great, the portions were perfect -- not too big. We shared profiteroles for dessert and they were very, very good.Net: food is very good, interior is tight, the outside tables look nice, and the service is friendly. I probably won't be back because I can stay in Los Altos for a similar experience at Urfa. I'm sure the move has made this place more profitable, but it's lost a bit too much charm in the process.

Food is interesting and delicious with very gracious service. Ambiance was quiet , at lunch during a Ski Week Thursday, maybe different at busier times. If you are looking for something different , eg Turkish dishes, with lot's of offerings for different palates/eating plans (vegetarian options), this is the spot.

Delicious food! Very good service. Amazing desserts. Very cozy inside. Definitely will go back again.