cafe istanbul

pricey and not worth it. i am a huge fan of any type of middle eastern food, so i will say i'm easy to please when it comes to this category.
and i'm also a long time fan of the old cafe istanbul location on lower greenville avenue.
but this location was over priced and did not deliverqualityfood or service.
i ordered the combo ii meal. the menu said it came with yogurt sauce. when my meal arrived and did not resemble the menu description, i asked if it was combo ii and was told yes, after a lengthy perplexed stare. i wasn't enjoying the food and there was not only no yogurt sauce, i couldn't identify what i was eating.

so i asked again about my meal and inquired why it didn't come with yogurt sauce. the waitress said, "would you like me to bring you some?" it was an odd reply at best and my meal was a very meager portion of lamb on top of what ended up being pureed eggplant, so i didn't need more liquidy ingredients. it should have been obvious to the waitress by this point that my meal was not what i ordered.

i actually had to ask a third time and this time had someone bring me a menu. then i was able to confirm they brought me a combo iii (i think it was called) which was lamb served atop pureed eggplant...totally different than what i ordered.

the food was bland, the portion was insufficient for the price point and the server was not familiar with the menu nor did she know how to respond to a customer's questions about their order. for their ticket price, i would expect more on all 3 counts.

the food here is very good and fresh!! i was very impressed by thequalityand the great service. i defiantly recommend it!

double check your bill. this restaurant is robbing plano folks blind by offering poorqualityfood and unexplainable high prices and over charges even in compare to its sibling in dallas. the service has improved since it opened but the foodqualityand the usual over charges have remained the same. definately microwaved specially the falafels which used to be excellent.

i came with my wife....we have loved turkish food since we went to istanbul many times....here was extremely disappointed.....service was bad and late...pricey and not to worth this price...if pricey, we expect good andqualityservice

very nice in all ways. my wife and i went here for valentines day in 2009, right after they opened (someone, cough, cough) forgot to get a reservation for the big day and since they had recently opened we were able to get in. i was a bit tentative because i don't have extensive experience with this kind of food, but the service and the food was great. i have been back a couple of times and have had a good time on each occasion. we were also surprised by thequalityof the cocktails from the very small bar, but they were excellent. (don't get me started on the perfect martini.) this place is worth a try, especially when it is warm enough to sit outside.