Maya Bistro
Maya Bistro
Turkish-style with red lentils and seasonings complemented with a bit of peppermint. Garnished with a lemon wedge. Gluten-free.
Chopped cubes of chicken with green pepper, red pepper, salary, carrot , corn , greens beans, white beans , chickpea
Mixed greens with cucumbers, tomatoes, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, boiled egg, and dolmas. Gluten-free.
Mixed greens with cucumbers, tomatoes, Kalamata olives, and red cabbage. Gluten-free.
Mixed greens with cucumbers, tomatoes, and Kalamata olives. Dairy-free.
Mixed greens with cucumbers, tomatoes, Kalamata olives, and pepperoncini. Dairy-free and gluten-free.
Mixed greens with cucumbers, tomatoes, and Kalamata olives. Dairy-free and gluten-free.
Fresh baby arugula with cucumber, tomatoes, feta cheese, and pepperoncini. Gluten-free.
Slices of red beets and oranges with lemon potato puree. Drizzled with lemon olive oil sauce. Dairy-free and gluten-free.
Diced cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, feta cheese, and lemon olive oil. Gluten-free.
Grilled ground beef & lamb with tomatoes, lettuce, and ezme. Slightly hot.
Grilled ground beef & lamb patties with tomatoes, lettuce, and cacik.
Marinated grilled chicken breast with tomatoes, lettuce, and cacik.
Fried chickpea patties with tomatoes, lettuce, hummus, and ezme.
Sauted zucchini, peppers, celery, carrots, feta cheese, and cacik.
Includes tomatoes and lettuce. Side of French Fries
Puree of chickpeas with tahini, garlic, fresh lemon juice, and a touch of olive oil. Dairy-free and gluten-free.
Pureed grilled eggplant with tahini, garlic, fresh lemon juice, and a touch of olive oil. Dairy-free and gluten-free.
Strained yogurt with garlic, shredded cucumbers, dill, and olive oil. Gluten-free.
Roasted red peppers with feta cheese, fresh thyme, and olive oil. Gluten-free.
Spicy blend of finely chopped tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, bell peppers, and parsley. Dairy-free, and gluten-free.
Charcoal-smoked eggplant, roasted red peppers, olive oil, garlic, parsley, dill, and fresh lemon juice. Dairy-free and gluten-free.
Choice of 3 spreads.
Marinated vine leaves filled with rice, pine nuts, and black raisins. Dairy-free and gluten-free.
Baby eggplant filled with onions, garlic, tomatoes, pine nuts, and olive oil. Dairy-free and gluten-free.
Fried cauliflower, served with tahini sauce
Sauted with onions and olive oil. Topped with yogurt garlic sauce dusted with crushed red peppers. Gluten-free.
Fried chickpea patties served with ezme & hummus.
Crispy phyllo stuffed with feta cheese, parsley, and dill.
Shredded zucchini with mint, dill, bread crumbs, and kasar cheese. Served with cacik.
Breaded calamari rings with cocktail sauce. Dairy-free.
Fresh grilled calamari topped with honey vinegar sauce and dusted with sumac. Dairy-free and gluten-free.
Pan-seared sheep's cheese served with orange marmalade. Gluten-free.
Includes patlican kozleme, htipiti, hummus, 2 each of Maya cigars, dolmas, and falafel.
Includes patlican kozleme, htipiti, hummus, and 4 each of Maya cigars, dolmas, and falafel.
Fried Brussel sprouts, truffle yogurts and Urfa pepper
Ground beef & lamb with fresh garlic, red peppers, and Turkish seasonings. Slightly hot. Comes with a side of rice pilav, bulgur pilav, or seasoned vegetables.
Ground beef & lamb patties with onions, fresh garlic, and cumin. Served with cacik. Comes with a side of rice pilav, bulgur pilav, or seasoned vegetables.
Marinated chicken breast in garlic and Chef's special blend of spices on a skewer. Comes with a side of rice pilav, bulgur pilav, or seasoned vegetables.
Marinated cubes of beef on a skewer. Comes with a side of rice pilav, bulgur pilav, or seasoned vegetables.
Marinated tender cuts of a leg of lamb on a skewer. Comes with a side of rice pilav, bulgur pilav, or seasoned vegetables.
Marinated lamb cutlets with olive oil, fresh garlic, and oregano. Comes with a side of rice pilav, bulgur pilav, or seasoned vegetables.
Marinated chicken breast on a skewer served on sauted homemade bread and topped with tomato and yogurt garlic sauce.
Ground beef & lamb served on sauted homemade bread and topped with tomato and yogurt garlic sauce.
Turkish flatbread stuffed with ground beef, lamb, and fresh garlic. Topped with tomato and yogurt garlic sauce.
Includes 1 skewer each of chicken shish, Adana, and beef shish and 2 lamb chops. Served with rice pilav, bulgur pilav, and vegetables.
Includes 2 skewers each of chicken shish, Adana, and beef shish and 4 lamb chops. Served with rice pilav, bulgur pilav, and vegetables.
Grilled filet of salmon drizzled with lemon olive oil sauce. Comes with a side of rice pilav, bulgur pilav, or seasoned vegetables.
Grilled whole branzino, a flaky, mild flavored fish, drizzled with lemon olive oil sauce. Comes with a side of rice pilav, bulgur pilav, or seasoned vegetables.
Sauted shrimp with lemon olive oil sauce and garlic. Topped with chopped tomatoes. Comes with a side of rice pilav, bulgur pilav, or seasoned vegetables.
Stuffed zucchini with ground beef, rice, onions, and garlic. Topped with tomato and yogurt garlic sauce. Served with mixed greens.
Turkish dumplings stuffed with ground beef and topped with tomato and yogurt garlic sauce.
Layers of roasted eggplant with ground beef, lamb, and bechamel sauce. Topped with Parmesan cheese. Served with mixed greens.
Crispy layers of phyllo dough with spinach, onions, and feta cheese. Served with mixed greens.
Turkish-style ratatouille with bell peppers, celery, carrots, zucchini, onions, garlic, potatoes, and fresh green beans. Served with rice or bulgar.
Crispy flatbread with ground beef & lamb, garlic, bell peppers, and onions. Served with mixed greens.
Flatbread with bell peppers, celery, zucchini, carrots, onions, tomatoes, olives, and kasar cheese.
Flatbread with spinach, onions, and feta, and kasar cheese.
Flatbread with feta and kasar cheese.
Flatbread with Turkish mild sausage and kasar cheese.
Crispy phyllo dough layered with walnuts topped with honey simple syrup.
Traditional Turkish rice pudding topped with pistachios and currants.
Sun-dried apricots stuffed with walnuts baked in honey syrup. Served with vanilla mascarpone cheese and topped with caramel sauce.
Whole baked pear in honey syrup. Served with mascarpone cheese and topped with crushed walnuts.
Traditional Turkish dessert made with shredded phyllo dough layered with sweet cheese baked until golden brown and topped with honey simple syrup.
Baked pumpkin served with Tahiti and crushed wall nuts
Apricot Delight
Maya cigars
Ankara Ass & Negroni
Peynirli flatbread
Maya Spreads Trio with Turkish Bread & Turkish red wine Yakut
Hummus, Ezme, and Patlican Kozleme
the front of the restaurant
a basket of bread and a bowl of salsa
Hummus, Ezme, and Patlican Kozleme with bread.
Lahmacun
Lahmacun
Baklava
Fried Brussel Sprouts
Adana
Shrimp Tava
Baba Ganoush, Htipiti Patlican, Kozleme
Lahmacun
Beyti yogurt
Maya Mezzes for 2
outside
Maya spreads trio with hummus, baba ganoush, and htipiti
Veggie Guvec
Maya Mezzes for 2
Tahir N.
Jan 25, 2025
This is a cheerful and comfortable place to walk into on a winter evening. For an American, you see the word "Maya" and you can be forgiven for thinking you are walking into a restaurant that serves tequila and tostadas. This place is Turkish!We were seated at a window table near the bar. The bar is well stocked, so my friend had a Moscow Mule or perhaps here we should call it an Ankara Ass :-) I went with a classic Negroni. Both were perfect.We started with the fried brussels sprouts, and some Turkish bread with olive tapenade Fried brussels sprouts came out very tasty with that bright shade of green that you know will taste good. Great flavor. My friend had something vegetarian with bulgar pilaf for his course and I went with the lamb chops with rice pilav. The lamb chops were a little small, but with today's inflation, it was all right. The perfect amount of food.To accompany our entrees we each had a glass of Turkish Angora wine. Coming from California I was a little snobby, but it is quite good. I was worried it might be like retsina but it's nothing like that. Well worth having a second glass. For dessert, my friend had the rice pudding and I had the dried apricots with caramel drizzle. Really good desserts!Really great service! Managed the table well and pleased to answer questions.
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Audrey O.
Oct 16, 2024
I am back in Arlington for a few days from Colorado, and maya was one of the two places after YEARS where I was like DAMN I have to stop here before I leave. Just grabbed dinner here with my mom-- and the food is just so incredibly technically executed. Unlike other restaurants out there, maya bistro is consistent AND delicious. The grilled calamari is truly still to this day some of the most tender calamari dishes I've had. The protein is always cooked so well with great flavor. The wine ...the rice pudding and baklava?! You can taste the love in the food crafted by this family owned restaurant in every bite. Need a date night spot that is local-- please come here. I'm jealous that arlingtonians have a place like this so delicious AND local.
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Britny N.
Oct 14, 2024
So good! Definitely recommend!!My family and I came, we were about 10 people in total. And the service was great, the restaurant itself seems clean and the food was amazing. We will be coming back.
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Emily M.
Feb 9, 2024
Really wish I could give Maya Bistro 5 stars! The service was great and the food was tasty.We started with the mezze trio and enjoyed it. I ordered the chicken shish platter with veggies and was wowed by the amount of veggies! The chicken had great flavor, but some of the pieces came out undercooked with a little pink in the middle (I ate it anyway and regretted it the next day). My husband enjoyed the Manti but didn't love the sauce. My companions both ordered the Kunefe, which we needed to wait 10 minutes for. Both dishes came out warm and tasted incredible! I ordered the baklava and enjoyed it, but would have preferred if it would have been served warm, especially as we were waiting on the other desserts.The flatbreads look incredible and if we return we will give them a try. I got great vibes from the staff, and will likely try them again in the future.
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Scott W.
Apr 30, 2024
This is a great place to take a loved one, or family. The food, service, and atmosphere are all great. I've always had a very positive experience here. There's some parking in front of the restaurant and there's also street parking. The menu selection is diverse enough that everyone should be able to find something they'll enjoy. This time I started with the patlican kozleme, which is absolutely delicious, and the beyti yogurt. My wife ordered the baked zucchini, although I think it was slightly overcooked. But everything is always delicious. And you have to have the knefe!
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Ashlea C.
Aug 29, 2024
My husband and I are both Turkish, so I decided to find a Turkish restaurant while we were visiting DC to enjoy for his birthday. The original restaurants I picked did not serve döner on the day we wanted to go, so I had to find a place that served his second favorite- Mantı. I was in it solely for the Pide, especially as a vegetarian. I also ordered the fried cauliflower with cacık (yogurt sauce) instead of tahini... and it was wonderful! In fact, I thought MY food was so good, that I ordered it for delivery again the next night! My husband and I both agreed that we didn't care too much for the lahmacun, (yes, the vegetarian tried a BITE because I had to... It's in my blood.) but the Pide was baked perfectly. I could taste a hint of feta or a sharp cheese inside, but just enough to add the perfect amount of flavor! Dining in was a calm atmosphere, but my husband and I were dealing with a few family issues at the time so our visit was cut short. I wish it wouldn't have been, because I wanted to stick around for coffee and dessert! I did manage to order Künefe to go, and it was really good too. Not the first restaurant I had in mind, but definitely a cute little hidden gem. Go support this small business, solely for the Pide!
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Matt H.
Aug 11, 2024
A delicious neighborhood gem. This family run business is the real deal if you want authentic Turkish food....Enjoyed the poached shrimp in a lemon olive oil sauce, homemade pitas and the highly recommended mezze for the table.Don't forget to order the Kunefe, it leaves traditional baklava in the dust!
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Maryanne G.
May 26, 2023
Simply perfection! Family owned and run -- and food that is supreme! Every ingredient is treated with respect and presented so beautifully. Did lunch today - spinach pie for me and calamari for my guest. Everything was just so fabulous. Got two spinach flatbreads to go because they freeze so well (cut them into bite size pieces and freeze in layers between parchment paper -- reheat in oven and serve!)
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Carol S.
Jan 8, 2025
Highly recommend. Food is fresh, delicious and healthy. The chicken wraps are awesome.
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Bethany J.
Dec 13, 2024
Today i went to this Turkish restaurant and tried mix grill, was an amazing taste. Friendly server Murat and his family making a great job. It's a small warm environment. I recommend to give it a try!
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