Sumak Restaurant

Great food, awesome ambiance, 5 star service.My fiance and I were celebrating her birthday in Miami and stumbled on this Jam.

I noticed Sumak when driving to my happy place in North Beach a few days back. It's located right on 71 Street and near a couple of other restaurants, including one named for the best NHL Goalie ever (Bob!) There's a parking lot behind it as well as nearby.The dining room is well lit and they have a good spread of tables. Service was pretty attentive, including with my dessert recommendation and the tableside service cutting the nicely sized baklava dessert.As far as savory, both the lentil soup and muhammara (with real pieces of pomegranate) were delicious. I also liked the chicken shish kabob. The marinated onions and roasted red peppers gave it a yummy boost of flavor.The soundtrack is downtempo hiphop / jazzy, which while I was there it was interrupted by 50's "It's Your Birthday" for a lively celebration at a nearby table.

Unlike the recent negative reviews our experience was a positive one. Then again, we arrived at 4:45pm, party of 4 but, w/o reservations. Happy Hour began at 5pm on Saturday, so we ordered 3 apps: Tzatziki, BabaGanouch and, Muhamarra (delish but not Hh) plus, 4 cocktails from their happy hour menu. They were good and abundant but a bit underwhelming. Focaccia bread and house oil is delicious. The drinks were different, we had sangrias and a margarita. Despite having a full bar and beautiful I might add, not to mentiona mixologist with the latest bar gadgets, molecular tools and fancy fixings, our sangria's taste was more of Campari, cloves and dehydrated oranges i/o of the traditional sweet red wine and fresh fruit we are used to. They were kind and added grenadine to our sangria's for a hint of sweet which made it better. The margarita is not the traditional kind. We all ordered the Adana kebab which was not served kebab style but was good and tasty.The desserts were the highlight! The most awesome baklava we have ever had and the tardy Kunefe which was good as well.The service, staff, atmosphere and venue are great.Note: 18% added (read explanation on menu)Thank you for welcoming us.

What a cute neighborhood spot. I was walking by to go have sushi and ended up seeing the menu outside and decided to come here. It's new in the neighborhood. Located off 79th in Normandy Isles. Every detailed was well thought. The decor makes you feel like you are in Turkey. The cute cups and dish-ware are beautiful with details! I tried the happy hour menu at the bar. The portions were great! I had the calamari and babaganoush. The calamari was breaded lightly and had a wonderful dipping sauce that was served with it. The bread was so good and fresh! Truly authentic Turkish food. Can't wait to come back for dinner! Service was great too.

Se loooooove it! It's our 2nd time in this fabulous restaurant, this time we came to enjoy the amazing #happyhour and WOW!!!! Food was really good, service out of this world by Mila, ambience super cool...we wanted to stay and keep on drinking and partying!!!

I loved it! The mixologist behind the bar was top notch. The food was excellent & overall everyone very friendly. I'm so happy to have this great addition to our neighborhood. I wish Sumak restaurant many years of success.

All meat dishes are excellent, well marinated and juicy. Nice balance of lamb and beef. Try saslik or iskender or the liver. Lahmacun is also well made. The desert kunefe is one of the best. Very nice ambiance and service, must try Turkish food.

Ah, I feel so torn. Let's get into it. Sumak is a beautiful restaurant. Soft lighting, intricate silverware, the wooden floors-- all of it is rather pretty. I wish I got more pictures to exemplify this, but regardless, the place looked lovely. The music playing was a bit interesting-- pitched up pop music. It made me laugh a bit. Our first app was a creamy eggplant dip and it tasted amazing. This would be our favorite part of the meal, as the rest of it sort of...went a bit downhill. We ordered lamb chops and steak. It was good but in honestly, I felt the meal was very plain. The lamb chops were not particularly seasoned and neither was the steak. My lamb chops were also unfortunately overcooked. Fries were beer battered (I think, it's a guess) and tasted good. The dessert kunefe was good, and reminded me almost of a sweet arepa but unique enough to stand alone. We enjoyed it. Service was really nice, albeit felt a bit confused and lost. When our meats arrived, it didn't come with the promised sides. We eventually asked about it, and there was a lot of confusion-- we were supposed to get potatoes? It did get resolved and there was kindness all around. Really, everyone was super sweet-- it just felt a bit lost. I asked a couple of questions and the answers were somewhat vague, which maybe it was due to being busy or a language barrier. They did give us free drinks, which was sweet. Overall, I think this place had a gorgeous atmosphere and the sauces or more adventurous plates held more excitement than their meat dishes, which were a bit too plain for me personally. However, service felt a bit awkward at times and confusing. For the price, I am not sure if I would come back but I do think the staff is lovely and wish them the best!

Food is amazing. The best Turkish restaurant in Miami. Lahmacun and mezzes are delicious. Whenever I crave Turkish Food and miss Turkiye this is my adress. Service super nice! 100/100 recommend!

what a great gem! we came because of miami spice, but we'll probably be customers for life! our waitress melisa was super friendly and cordial, and walked us through the menu. The food is great, it feels like I'm eating at a turkish grandma's home. extremely recommend!