Saray Turkish Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Saray Turkish Restaurant, located in West Haven, CT, offers a delightful Turkish dining experience with a variety of traditional dishes. The menu boasts flavorful Saray Soups, refreshing Saray Salads, and a tempting selection of Cold Combo Appetizers. Customers rave about the welcoming atmosphere and attentive service, with reviews praising the delicious and healthy food offerings. Highlights include the Shepherd Salad, Roka Salatasi, and the Eggplant Soslu Appetizer. The restaurant's Istanbul-inspired decor adds to the charm of the dining experience. With BYOB options, free parking, and a clean environment, Saray Turkish Restaurant is a must-visit for those craving authentic Turkish cuisine in a cozy setting.
Saray Soups
Lentil Soup
Mercimek corbasi. Blend of red lentil with Turkish seasoning and fresh herbs.
Shepherd Salad
Shepherd salad. Chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and parsley in lemon juice and olive oil dressing.
Season Salad
Season salad. Romaine lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley with light lemon juice and olive oil dressing and topped with feta cheese.
Saray Signature Salad
Romaine lettuce, fresh tomatoes, onion, parsley topped with walnuts then drizzled with pomegranate dressing.
Roka Salatasi
Arugula salad. Fresh arugula, shredded carrots and sliced onions with our lighthouse dressing.
Saray Piyaz
Fantastico white kidney beans with chopped onions, parsley, red peppers topped with chefs special dressing.
Saray Salads
Cold Combo Appetizers
Antep Ezme - Haydari
Antep Ezme - Humus
Eggplant Soslu Eggplant Salad
Eggplant Salad Haydari
Eggplant Salad Humus
Babaganush Humus
Dip made from cooked eggplant.
Mixed Cold Appetizers
Humus, haydari, antep ezme, eggplant salad and soslu patlican.
Barbunya Pilaki
Red kidney beans with onions, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, parsley, and garlic, served with tomato sauce.
Eggplant Salad
Roasted eggplant, red and green bell peppers chopped together then flowered with garlic and olive oil.
Haydari
Strain pressed yogurt mixed with dill, olive oil, and garlic.
Antep Ezme
Hot. Chopped onions, red and green peppers, tomatoes, walnuts and garlic mixed with olive oil.
Eggplant Soslu
Fried cubes of eggplant topped with spiced tomato sauce, sauted onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, garlic, and olive oil. Eggplant with Sauce.
Humus
Chickpeas blended with sesame paste sauce (tahini), garlic, olive oil, and cumin.
Stuffed Grape Leaves
Stuffed grape leaves. Turkish grape leaves stuffed with sauteed rice, onions, pine nuts, currants, fresh parsley, herbs with a hint of mint. Stuffed grape leaves.
Babaganush
Roasted eggplant puree blended with olive oil, milk, lemon juice, and herbs.
Cacik Sauce
Ja-jik. Turkish yogurt mixed with shredded cucumbers, garlic, and olive oil.
Feta Cheese
A healthy portion of Turkish feta cheese.
Cold Appetizers
Hot Appetizers
Sigara Boregi
Cheese pastries. Filo dough wrapped with Turkish feta cheese and parsley are then deep-fried.
Tereyagli Karides
Butter with shrimp. Sauteed gulf shrimp with garlic and butter sauce.
Arnavut Cigeri
Fried liver cubes. Cubes of calf liver in flour then pan-fried with seasonings served with onion salad.
Mujver
Fresh zucchini, cheese, parsley, carrots, eggs, and herbs blended then pan-seared, topped with cacik sauce, served with salad. Fried zucchini patties.
Falafel
Mashed chickpeas and vegetables, blended with middle eastern spices and pan-seared, served with salad. 3 pieces.
Balik Kofte
Fish kofte. A delicate mixture of salmon, sea bass, brook trout, and spices then pan-seared.
Doner Kebab
Sliced of top sirloin beef & lamb marinated with our secret blend of seasonings, then topped onto a rotating spin, thinly sliced after fire-cooked slowly.
Iskender Kebab
Doner kebab served over crunchy homemade pita bread, topped with our tomato sauce and a touch of melted butter served with home-made yogurt.
Adana Kebab
Ground lamb blended with red bell peppers then grilled on skewers.
Cardak Kebab
Char-duck. Baked lamb blended with vegetables and seasonings, wrapped in filo dough then deep-fried topped with garlic yogurt, served with garnish and rice.
Kuzu Shish
Lamb shish. Cubes of marinated lamb skewered grilled to tenderness.
Beyti Kebab
Ground lamb blended with garlic, crushed red pepper and parsley grilled on skewers then wrapped with lavash bread. Topped with tomato sauce and touch of butter. Served with yogurt and rice.
Prime Rib Shish Kebab
Marinated cubes of prime rib beef grilled on skewers.
Kofte Kebab
Ground beef seasoned with onions, garlic, and parsley, then grilled.
Sac Kebab
Stir-fried, lamb cubes with onions, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, and spices in an exotic Turkish pan. Lamb sautee.
Grilled Mixed Meat
An assortment of Adana kebab, doner kebab, lamb chop, and beef shish kebab.
Mixed Grill
An assortment of Adana kebab, doner kebab, lamb chop, and chicken shish kebab.
Saray Combo
Shrimp shish and two pieces of lamb chops served with grilled vegetables on the skewers.
Saray Entrees
Chicken Kebabs
Chicken Adana Kebab
Chicken breast chopped with red peppers, garlic and seasonings then grilled on skewers.
Chicken Shish Kebab
Chunks of chicken breast marinated in our special sauce then grilled on skewers.
Chicken Kofte Kebab
A ground mixture of chicken breast and thigh seasoned and blended with garlic and parsley then grilled to perfection.
Chicken Pirzola
Marinated chicken thighs grilled to tenderness.
Grilled Mixed Chicken
An assortment of chicken Adana kebab, chicken shish kebab, chicken kofte kebab, and chicken pirzola.
Chicken Saute
Diced chicken breast sauted with onion, red and green bell peppers, tomato sauce, garlic, and spices.
Yogurtlu Adana Kebab
Adana kebab served over yogurt with a touch of garlic and buttered bread.
Yogurtlu Doner Kebab
Doner kebab served over yogurt with a touch of garlic and buttered bread.
Yogurtlu Shish Kebab
Prime rib shish kebab served over yogurt with a touch of garlic and buttered bread.
Yogurtlu Chicken Shish Kebab
Chicken shish kebab served over yogurt with a touch of garlic and buttered bread.
Yogurtlu Chicken Adana Kebab
Chicken Adana kebab served over yogurt with a touch of garlic and buttered bread.
Kebabs with Yogurt
Saray Combo Kebabs
Doner Lamb Chop Combo
Kofte and Doner Combo
Lamb Shish - Adana Kebab Combo
Lamb Shish - Lamb Chops Combo
Beef Shish Chicken Shish Kebab Combo
Adana Kebab - Doner Kebab Combo
Adana Kebab - Beef Shish Kebab Combo
Adana Kebab - Lamb Chops Combo
Doner Kebab - Chicken Adana Kebab Combo
Doner Kebab - Chicken Shish Kebab Combo
Karides Shish
Gulf jumbo shrimp shish. Delightfully sauced jumbo shrimp skewered then grilled, served with grilled vegetables on the skewer.
Atlantic Salmon Shish Kebab
Marinated Atlantic salmon skewered with vegetables then grilled to tenderness, served with grilled vegetables on the skewer.
Saray Alabalik
Saray brook trout. Grilled boneless marinated brook trout topped with sauteed mushrooms, onions, peppers, tomatoes, spices, and Turkish kosher cheese. Served with rice.
Saray Seafood Entrees
Vegetarian Entrees
Sauteed Okra
Bamya. Sauteed baby okra with onions, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, and herbs topped with tomato sauce.
Falafel Dinner
Ground chickpeas and vegetables blended with Middle Eastern spices.
Saray Tupyaz
A whole eggplant stuffed with sauteed onion, red peppers, green peppers, herbs, tomatoes , touch of marinara sauce, then topped with mozzarella cheese then baked oven.
Zucchini Mujver
Fried zucchini patties. Fresh zucchini, cheese, parsley, carrot, egg and spice pan seared topped with cacik sauce, served with salad.
Saray Special Pie
Thick crusty dough topped with (sujuk) beef pepperoni, kosher cheese, ground lamb and pastrami.
Cheese Pie
Peynirli pide. Thick crusty dough topped with Turkish kashar cheese.
Pastrami Pie
Pastirmali pide. Thick crusty dough topped with Turkish kashar cheese and pastrami.
Soujuk Pie
Sucuklu pide. Thick crusty dough topped with Turkish kosher cheese and (soujuk) beef pepperoni.
Kusbasili Pie
Thick crusty dough topped with tender cubes of beef, vegetables, and seasoning.
Kiymali Pie
Thick crusty dough topped with ground beef, onion, parsley, and spices.
Lahmacun
3 pieces. Thin crusty dough topped with, ground lamb blended with vegetables and herbs.