Moda Cafe and Restaurant

My wife and I just had a stellar experience here. Its a beautiful place with a casual clientele, friendly staff (happy to accommodate us newbies), and the food was incredible. Recommend the lahmajun for sure, and their dessert array is vast and impressive. Added it to our regular rotation.

Interior is beautifully designed! There's plenty of seating to accurate large or small parties.There's a pastry section where you are able to select pastries to go however if you plan to eat at the restaurant they won't let you order from the counter but rather will make you have a seat at a table first. Pastry section does not have any names or description so it is confusing what each item is unless you specifically ask or scan their online menu.I would definitely recommend the restaurant to put in labels so folks that want to go orders can see what the pastries are and do not have to scan the menu to find that especially as someone who has never had Turkish pastries before. Service is OK. I think they are still working on it as a new restaurant. You almost have to kind of flag the waiter or waitress down if you're looking to order or pay otherwise you will be waiting a while for them to come to you. Menu has a lot of selections to pick from, however their actual food is a little pricey but sounds delicious! I order just a pastry and their Turkish coffee, which was very interesting to try. Overall, I do not think it is for me, but it was definitely an experience to try something new.I will consider coming back to try some of their brunch lunch or dinner menu items however I think I will wait a while for them to resolve some of initial issues, such as service. There's plenty of parking outside as this is connected to a shopping center with various restaurants and gym

This place is relatively new and I had really high hopes for it. The ambiance is really nice so I'll give it one star and the take out chocolate tasted good so another star (but it's egregiously overpriced so really should be 1.5 stars). Now, the food is not plated properly, tastes foul (undercooked and not put together at all, and again overpriced. I think the worst thing here though is probably the service. They are extremely rude, inattentive, and give off the attitude that they can't be bothered to help you. Would never go again and definitely wouldn't recommend, tons of better brunch and fancy pastry cafes as well as Turkish cafes in the area.

Last night I had a chance to visit Moda Cafe and restaurant for dinner. It's located a little west of highway 50 (Lee Jackson highway) and 28 intersection. There are about half a dozen other businesses in the same complex, all share the same parking lot. We reached there at around 7 PM and found parking a little away from the restaurant. The place was pretty busy and we had to wait at the front door for about 7 minutes before the server got us seated. As soon as you enter the place, you find yourself in an upscale eatery with seating arrangements in a variety of styles. The place is decorated in modern Middle Eastern style appealing to your eyes. The cafe showcasing various pastries is located on the left hand side of the restaurant for people to walk to and place an order. If you are there for a dining experience, you will have to wait for seating. We were a party of five and were given seats in the right hand corner. We ordered the Trio burgers (3 mini burgers) for the kids which comes with a small basket of fries. Although we added another order of fries but realized that one order was enough for three kids once we received the food. We also ordered their Anatolian meat sampler, which has a variety of chicken, lamb and beef kabobs and chops variety. The burgers came out early and the meat platter was served a little bit later. I was delighted by the nice arrangement of the food but wanted to put it for taste test before giving out my final verdict. I must say, it's one of the best kabobs I've tasted in a long time. The chicken was not charred, yet cooked to perfection all the way inside. So were the lamb and beef kabobs. It had a tomato and a white sauce, that was made fresh and added the flavor to perfection. Overall I was very impressed by the place, its ambiance, their service, the appearance of the food, the quality of the food and its taste. I usually keep my 5 stars for the very best places but am inclined to give it away for this place. I think it's a great addition to the Virginia culinary scene. Best of luck and please maintain this standard.

Good service, very nice decor and yummy food! No complaints! We also ordered meat pies but forgot to photograph

The food, location and ambience is very nice. Would love to see customer service improve.

Everything is amazing! Food, service, ambience and the bakery was unbelievable! Perfect place for a great authentic meal with good people.

There is only one reason why this place doesn't have higher stars: super slow service. Despite the huge success of the grocery business, which is within a mile and carries by far the largest selection of Turkish groceries in the DMV area, the cafe needs to focus on having waiters that will actually check in with tables as opposed to the European/Turkish style of needing to be called. The decor is very appealing and the menu is expansive of especially breakfast options.

Really beautifully decorated interior with plenty of seating. I got the strawberry cream and it was good, but I guess I expected more for the price it was. Downside is the service...some of the waiters kind of just loiter around and the other half look like they don't even want to be there, especially the hostess. I would go back to try the food, but the service makes it at the bottom of my priorities to try. The waitress we had couldn't set the drinks down properly and we had to flag her down for the check.

The second I walked in, I was immediately taken back to my experience and memories of visiting Istanbul this summer. The cafe is enormous and radiant. They also serve halal food. We went in for some drinks and chocolate. My pumpkin spice iced coffee was excellent. The iced coffee with creamer tasted like it was with Irish cream and not regular half and half. Turkish Coffee with Loqum and Dibek (Mastic Gum) Coffee were great and as expected. We got some pistachio chocolate clusters which is probably some of the best chocolate I have ever had...I cannot explain it. If you're looking to try the viral Dubai stuffed chocolate, they sell it! Everything is so clean as well. Please do give grace to the servers. They recently opened and it seems like they are still learning and working out the POS system and general antics. They'll get there, they were incredibly nice and that is what is most important. :)