Turkish Grille & Aria Persian Cuisine
Turkish Grille & Aria Persian Cuisine
Mashed chickpeas, mixed with fresh lemon juice, minced garlic, olive oil and tahini.
Puree of eggplant, flavored with tahini, olive oil, fresh dill, yogurt and garlic.
Char-grilled eggplant mixed with sauteed chopped tomatoes, onions, peppers and parsley with a touch of olive oil and fresh lemon juice.
Spicy mixture of finely chopped tomatoes, onions, parsley, red and green bell peppers and Turkish spices.
A mixture of crackled wheat, green onions, parsley and onion.
Comes with rice. Vegetarian.
7 combinations of cold appetizers. Chef's choice.
Chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and parsley tossed with olive oil and red wine vinegar and fresh lemon juice.
5 combinations of cold appetizers. Chef's choice.
Spring mixed green, romanian lettuce, onion,red pepper, corn,carrot
Thick homemade yogurt with chopped walnuts, garlic, and dried mint
Ground chickpeas, chopped fresh vegetables and flour formed into a pattie and fried until golden brown.
Phyllo dough stuffed with feta cheese and dill and pan fried until golden brown.
Mixture of cigarette borek, falafel, fried zucchini and spinach borek.
Deep fried breaded calamari
pan fried patties of grated zuchini with green onion,feta cheese , carrot, dill, parsley, turkish spices, egg and flour
chicken, paprika, Salt, flour
Mashed chickpeas, mixed with fresh lemon juice, minced garlic, olive oil and tahini.
Eggplantw mixed with sauteed chopped, onions and papers.
Grape leaves stuffed with rice, pine nuts, currants, parsley and spices.
Puree of eggplant, flavored with tahini, olive oil, fresh dill, yogurt and garlic.
Thick homemade yogurt with chopped walnuts, garlic, and dried mint.
7 combinations of cold appetizers. Chef's choice.
Traditional Persian noodle soup with green, chickpeas and kidney beans, onion, spinach topped with yogurt.
Traditional Persian barley soup mixed with parsley and onions, potato, rice chicken seasoned.
Dill, parsley, coriander, onion, garlic, medicinal, turmeric, pepper, salt, flour.
Lamb meat with salad and special sauce in a sandwich bread.
Made with red lentils, tomato sauce and onions.
Creamy Chicken soup with vegies.
Traditional Persian noodle soup with green, chickpeas & kidney beans, onion, Spinach topped with yogurt
Traditional Persian Barley soup mixed with parsley and onions, potato, rice chicken seasoned.
Chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and parsley tossed with olive oil and red wine vinegar and fresh lemon juice.
Romaine lettuce, tomato,cucumber, turkish olives, and vinegar
Fresh tomato, cucumber, dry mint leaves, red onion, olive oil, lime juice, Fresh parsley leaves
Fresh tomatoes, cucumber, and feta cheese,Romaine lettuce
Made of tomatoes, finely chopped parsley, bulgur, onion, seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, and salt.
Char-broiled chicken Breast cubes, cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with home made rice, garnish salad and grilled tomatoes and peppers. Add extra meat for an additional charge.
Seasoned ground chicken, cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with home made rice, garnish salad and grilled tomatoes and peppers. Add extra meat for an additional charge.
Seasoned and marinated chicken, cooked on rotating skewers, thinly sliced. Served with home made rice, garnish salad and grilled tomatoes and peppers. Add extra meat for an additional charge.
Grilled Chicken Wings lightly marinated Chef`s special tomato sauce. Served with choice of rice or Turkish Sipagethi, Grilled Tomato and Pepper, House Salad
Seasoned ground chicken patties. Substitute rice on request. Add extra meat for an additional charge.
Mixture of chicken adana, chicken kebab, chicken kofte, chicken gyro. Served with salad and rice.
Char-grilled lamb cubes, cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with home made rice, garnish salad and grilled tomatoes and peppers. Add extra meat for an additional charge.
Seasoned ground lamb, char-broiled on skewers. Served with our special yogurt sauce. Served with home made rice, garnish salad and grilled tomatoes and peppers. Add extra meat for an additional charge.
Seasoned and marinated lamb, cooked on rotating skewers, thinly sliced. Served with home made rice, garnish salad and grilled tomatoes and peppers.
Marinated baby lamp chops grilled to perfection. Served with home made rice, garnish salad and grilled tomatoes and peppers. Add extra meat for an additional charge.
Char-boriled ground Beef patties delicately seasoned with special house spices. Add extra meat for an additional charge.
Mixture of shish kebab, doner kebab, lamb adana, chicken adana, izgara kofte, chicken kofte, chicken kebab.
Gyro kebab in a lightly hot tomato sauce over fried pita bread. Served with hot butter sauce and yogurt.
Whole Fish or fillet served with with green salad, rice or Turkish Spaghetti.
Whole fish or fillet is served with with green salad, rice or Turkish spaghetti.
Seasoned and marinated salmon comes with green salad and rice. Add extra salmon for an additional charge.
Seasoned and marinated shrimp comes with green salad and rice
Grilled, served with rice, and house salad.
Cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with home made rice, garnish salad and grilled tomatoes and peppers.
Mixture of falafel and Pan Fried zuchini.
2 skewers of chopped beef and lamb, char grilled on our open flame gr rice and salad
Pieces of bone-in Cornish hen in our lemon saffron marinade, char grilled to perfection.
Parsley and scallions simmered with chunks of lamb, red kidney beans and lemon. Served with white supper basmati rice.
Chunks of lamb, yellow peas and dried lemons simmered in tomato sauce, onion served with white basmati rice.
Saffron barberry rice pilaf. Chicken meat, onion, olive oil, turmeric, saffron, rice, barberry.
Green rice. Dilled rice served with lamb shank seasoned with black paper and dried onion.
Afghan food. Traditional Afghani food, basmati rice seasoned with Afghan spices lamb shank, and topped with raisins and carrots.
Afghan food. Traditional heart dish province of Afghanistan. It is a rice dish cooked with braised lamb shank.
Steamed pasta shells stufed with seasoned ground beef and lentils, topped with garlic yogurt.
Kobideh kabob, jujeh kabob, ghourmeh sabzi, khoresh gheymeh with rice, and green rice. Good for 2 people.
Haleem is a type of stew that is widely consumed in South Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia. Although the dish varies from region to region, it optionally includes wheat or barley, meat and lentils. It is made by blending or mashing the meat in the curry and serving hot with flat breads or on its own. The original Haleem, which is different from this variety, is an ancient Iranian dish served with wheat, meat, cinnamon, and sugar that remains popular in Iran to this day
Coffee-flavoured dessert.
Rice pudding is a creamy vanilla based pudding with rice.
Kunefe isa pastry made from cheese between two layers of shredded phyllo (kadayif) and soaked in a sweet syrup.
Lemon cheesecake.
Rich, sweet dessert pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened and held together with syrup.
Vanilla or chocolate ice cream.
Rice, saffron, rosewater, sugar.
Refillable.
Very strong black coffee served with the fine grounds in it.
Turkish tea. The national drink of Turkey. Black tea.
Cold yogurt Turkish beverage mixed with salt.
Coke, diet coke, Sprite, Fanta orange, Ginger Ale, Fuse tea lemon.
Cardamom tea with milk.
Black tea and saffron.
Sparkling Natural Mineral Water with Mandarin Juice8,4 FL OZ (250 ML)
Choice of chicken, lamb or veggie kebabs. Includes izgara kofte, chicken adana, lamb gyro, hummus, babaganush, haydari, tabuli, eggplant salad, grape leaves, mixed eggplant. Choice of 2 desserts.
Includes lamb shish kebab, chicken kebabs, izgara kofte, chicken adana, lamb gyro, hummus, babaganush, haydari, tabuli, eggplant salad, grape leaves, mixed eggplant, falafel, zucchini, cigarette boreks with spinach, cheese, potato. Choice of 2 desserts.
Mixture of lamb, chicken and veggie kebabs. Mixture of cold and hot appetizers. Mixture of desserts.
Mixture of lamb, chicken and veggie kebabs. Mixture of cold and hot appetizers. Mixture of desserts.
Mixture of lamb, chicken and veggie kebabs. Mixture of cold and hot appetizers. Mixture of desserts.
Mixture of lamb, chicken and veggie kebabs. Mixture of cold and hot appetizers. Mixture of desserts.
Mixture of lamb, chicken and veggie kebabs. Mixture of cold and hot appetizers. Mixture of desserts.
Turkish Grille Mixed
Lamb Shish Kebab
Mocaroni pasta
Haydari
Babaganush
food, paella
tacos, food
This is the interior of the restaurant's dining room.
Chicken Kofte
food, shellfish, oysters, oysters and mussels, mussels
interior
That's where I sat, under that poster or painting of a famous part of Istanbul.
Mixed Persian Combo platter including: lamb kabab, chicken kabab, chicken, lamb shank, rices, lamb chops two lamb stews.
Lamb shank
Inside
Qabuli afghani
Kunefe
food
Qormeh Sabzi (lamb veggie stew with rice)
This is the front of the restaurant.
These fixtures were interesting and perhaps take one back to the Ottoman Empire.
Babaganush
Kazandibi...got a little messed up during delivery but still very tasty
Here you see the Genoese built Galata Tower as probably seen from Eminonu, all of which are crisscrossed by the Bosphorus.
Sharjeel F.
Jan 4, 2025
Great food and service. Tried the Beef Kababs with rice and Lamb Shank. Loved it. Saffron tea is also very good. Will be back for sure. Great to have authentic Afghan and Persian food in the Burgh.
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Jennifer J.
Feb 16, 2025
Been here several times over the past year and the food has declined tremendously. Valentine's Day I ordered takeout , chicken gyro with rice, hummus, lamb gyro wrap and lamb Adana kebab with rice. The lamb wrap was terrible, there were dill pickle slices all throughout it and the pickle juice made the wrap bread soggy and the fries that were inside were soggy and mushy from the pickle juice. I never ever had pickles with Mediterranean food .. ever.. it was inedible. I assumed I was just ordering a lamb gyro how it's normally served.The chicken was dry and had no flavor whatsoever, and the hummus was a tangerine color, extremely oily and gross. My husband spent $85 on this meal and I threw it in the trash, even the side salads were inedible, whatever dressing they put on it was extremely sour and tasted spoiled. I also noticed 2 disturbing things when I picked the order up. The chef behind the line cooking did not appear to be practicing hygienic methods , I watched him wipe his face and brow then continue cooking all sweaty. And the most disturbing thing I witnessed was a 2-3 year old child laying on a cot behind the front counter right by the cooking line wearing no shoes, the bottoms of her poor feet were filthy and she was wrapped up in a blanket rolling around on the cot. Omg! First thing I thought is what a hazard, that poor baby could get hurt in a million different ways in that kitchen. I used to enjoy this restaurant, but unfortunately I will never return, i personally do not feel right supporting people who place their children in situations so unsafe, and with the cooks hygiene that day I am convinced that they can not care too much about their food they are serving customers if they show such a lack of concern about personal care and the care of a innocent child. I truly hope the owners find safe child care for that little girl and do not subject her to restaurant day care. I'd hate to see her get hurt in a kitchen filled with dangers.
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Amber M.
Dec 24, 2024
Whoa, this place was amazing. The dining area is beautiful and clean the service was excellent. The prices are on the higher end of average and worth it because the food is just so damn good. I had the Zereshk Polo and my sister had the Chicken Kofte and we cleaned our plates. It was all incredibly well cooked and spiced. Just a gem of a place that I would recommend to anyone. Park in the street and walk a bit. It's fine. Just go.
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Grace Z.
Nov 23, 2024
It was cold and rainy night and we came for a nice comforting dinner. The heater was right behind my table and it warmed me up immediately. Service was prompt and polite. I still can't believe I can now order gormeh sabzi in a restaurant in Pittsburgh. Many years ago, you can only experience this dish at a Persian friend's home. I LOVED their salads and the dressing. So refreshing and fresh tasting. The lamb shank fell off the bones, the rice were all so flavorful and delicious. And the kunefe was piping hot and ended our dinner on such a high point. The dinner was a homemade dinner that is comforting and delicious. The flavors were so yummy and authentic. Reminds me of a he home cooking of my Persian friends. We are so glad we came and will definitely be coming back again.
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Angela L.
Feb 1, 2024
I specifically came here because I saw that they had knafe on their menu. But of course I had to try some of the food before I got to dessert. I went on a Monday night, glad they were open on Monday, most restaurants in Pittsburgh aren't. There are a decent amount of tables in the restaurant, shouldn't ever be a hard time getting a table there.I ordered one of their lamb dishes for my entrée, it came with rice and salad. There is pita bread for the table to share as well. The lamb was very flavorful and plentiful. Was definitely feeling full after the entrée but I came for dessert! And so dessert I ordered.The kunefe was delicious. I recently went to Istanbul in August and have been craving this dessert and as you can imagine, it's hard to find specific cultural foods in Pittsburgh. I'm not going to say that this tasted like the ones I had in turkey but it definitely satisfied the craving and was very delicious. I'd probably come back just to order this again. But if you were considering coming here for the full dining experience, I would also recommend that as well.
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Sarah M.
Jun 9, 2024
Fabulous food! Falafel is crisp and light and the hummus is to die for. Pita is soft and chewy. Mantu is flavorful. The Babaganush is creamy and balanced. Water comes in small bottles which feels wasteful. But the food is great and you should absolutely stop here!
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Bill J.
Sep 21, 2024
Very good food in a really cute restaurant. Roya took good care serving us. Highly recommended.
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Amir B.
Oct 26, 2023
This time we tried combo platter (sth like tour of Iran) including lamb kabab, chicken kabab, chicken, lamb shank, ghormeh and gheymeh stew, lamb chops, bread Under kabab and two rices. In one big dish you can try all famous, delicious and traditional Iranian food. Just don't miss it. We went there to celebrate a birthday and once they found that they surprised us with a delicious cream caramel and a candle on the top. Turkish Grill and Aria Persian cuisine restaurant with the new management and staff is running on the right track. Take a good care of customers, cleanliness and making high quality middle eastern food is part of their service.
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Kiarash A.
Nov 11, 2023
I need to update my review because this place has a new name and new management. The only restaurant serving Persian cuisine in Pittsburgh at this time. I am a Persian cuisine lover so I have to review this place. The place is small and beautiful. It still has large pictures of Istanbul on the wall and has not yet tried to change the ambiance to Persian. The service was nice and lovely but it was not fast and timely. We were a large group and it took a relatively long time for them to put all the orders on the table.They didn't have some of the items of their menu. It's not good. I ordered both Irani ( koobideh and ghormeh sabzi) and Afghani ( ghaboli polo) dishes. The Iranian ones were much better. Of course not perfect. For example the herbs in ghormeh sabsi were too finely ground. However, overall, they offered very good and authentic Persian dishes. For alcohol, it is a BYOB place. After the dinner we had tea and baghlawa. The price was very reasonable. Actually it was surprisingly low. We really enjoyed our visit and meeting the new managers who are so nice and lovely was a great pleasure.
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Christopher R.
Nov 22, 2024
If you are looking for a high end dining experience, this isn't your place. But we enjoyed an authentic and very well prepared meal. We will be back
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