Fantastic food amazing service. Everything is delicious and healthy from start to finish. And their bread is perfection!

Great service and amazing food. The free bread for the table was unexpected and super yummy! We ordered several items to split with our group and none disappointed. We thoroughly enjoyed their appetizer dip sampler and the huge pies.

Delicious food! Got the large cold appetizers, bread was hot and fresh and delicious the kebabs were amazing as well!

I do enjoy Turkish food. I picked this place on a whim, and I'm glad I did. The service was prompt and courteous. They offered me çay (per custom), but I politely refused the tea because I'd had plenty of coffee to start my day. Nothing left to do now but enjoy the Istanbul-inspired decor. I don't speak more than a few words of Turkish, so I was surprised when my "kebab" came out looking like shawarma as opposed to chunks of meat on a stick. Not that I minded! A little dry, and it could have used some heat (the grilled jalapeño helped); but the taste was spot on. The sides were pretty good, too. The free bread was a surprising hit, with a fresh crunchy texture that paired well with everything, including my girlfriend's falafel dinner. I always wind up too full for dessert, so I'll have to come back and try another dish.

Great food. Great service. The restaurant is nice without being stuffy. We enjoyed our hummus and warm fresh bread. There was barely room for dessert but it was delicious. Definitely returning!

Authentic flavorful perfectly seasoned cuisine in cozy setting with friendly kind attentive staff Very reasonably priced Big plus is BYOB so you can bring your own wine no corkage fee Plenty of free safe parking Be sure to order the baklava and turkish coffee!

I highly recommended this place. It's very popular, and there's lots of parking. The food is great! I've been there a few times, and it's great each time. They serve fresh warm bread and butter. Service is good, very fast, and the restaurant is pretty with nice art. Bathroom is very clean and smells nice, which is always a good thing.

This place is my favorite turkish restaurant for takeout. I usually order the Adana Yogortlu and then Chicken Shish Platter. The food quality matches the price for the food. I love how this restaurant has always served high quality food and fast service. I definitely 10/10 recommend

The service was so welcoming from the moment we walked the through the doors until we left. We were sat near a family who were having a great time and we knew the food was going to be good and it was. Very authentic and we left stuffed and happy. Great restaurant all around and looking forward to returning!

Written yesterday (05/14/23): Returned to Saray after so many years, now that we've been so long in Boston. What an incredible experience. Just as incredible as I remember, or somehow even better? Besides serving the sort of meals that make you feel like you are being personally fed by a top chef, it also still has the old-school feel of a tablecloth-and-cloth napkin establishment with a team of highly attentive waitstaff that is increasingly feeling like the marker of a bygone era. Okay, onto the specific dishes: Mixed cold app - always start with this, a perfect assortment of fresh flavors. love those eggplant dishes, especially the smoked chopped ones. The haydari also has the thick creaminess that reminds us of this decadent labneh we get at one of our favorite places in Providence. Cheese pide - fresh and salty cheese. Gets into the folded bread at the ends so it's soft and oily and cheesy... yum Yogurtlu chicken shish kabob - reminds of me of some of the best grilled meats I've had--tender, with that special grilled taste that some meat marinated in a certain way (is it lime + garlic? I'm not sure) can have. Sitting on top of these butter- and yogurt-soaked bread cubes that complement it so well and just makes things extra decadent. This had become my new favorite since my last posted review. Cardak - flavorful lamb in delicate phyllo, completed so nicely by the yogurt. Kunefe - the first time I ever tried this years ago I wasn't really used to it, but since then it's grown on me, and now something about it keeps me coming back. A little bit savory, honey sweet, perfectly complemented by the crushed pistachios. Kadayif - similar to the kunefe in terms of a shredded dough soaked in syrup, but with ground pistachios instead of the cheese. Every single thing feels like it was made completely from scratch, with only the best ingredients and the utmost care. The service is stellar, continuously filling water, always a smile and so kind. Despite how busy it was, we felt constantly taken care of. Obviously we could not finish it all, as much as we tried (we also purposely ordered extra so we could bring some home). We are now on the way back to Boston, carrying leftovers but wishing we could take the whole restaurant :) one of the absolute stars of New Haven. Someone give this place an award.