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The Best Turkish Restaurants in Toronto

The best Turkish restaurants in Toronto satisfy cravings for fresh dishes layered with flavour. Whether you stan for gooey pide, herb-flecked kofte, burnished borek or fragrant stews that entice you to dive in, you'll find them and other top-notch takes on Turkey's most renowned dishes at these memorable spots.

Here are the best Turkish restaurants in Toronto.


Byblos Uptown
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Byblos Uptown

For mezes, pide, kebabs and a host of grilled dishes served in swanky surroundings, this restaurant at Yonge & Eglinton and in the Entertainment District never disappoints. Shared plates include fall-apart spiced lamb shoulder and whole branzino grilled until succulent and crisp, with desserts and cocktails rounding out the options.

Meat Point
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Meat Point

Unsurprisingly, halal meat is the focus at this bustling North York restaurant. It appears in kebabs, doner, specialty mixed grill platters and traditional guvec stew. With a catalogue of salads and mezes, pide, wraps and sticky, nut-laced desserts, there's also plenty for less carnivorous types to enjoy.


Pasaj
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Pasaj

From picture-perfect manti to tahini pancakes, this bright Leslieville spot knows how to make food that people can't resist. Dinner is a parade of gorgeous traditional plates, while brunch brings out heavy hitters, like creative Benedicts, fiery shakshouka and those lofty griddle cakes, doused with sour cherry jam.

Lokum Eats
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Lokum Eats

Nobody leaves this Junction spot hungry, thanks to a menu that jumps from hefty simit and Turkish eggs to gratifying lamb stews and butter-sauced manti. Turkish tea and coffee make it easy to linger over kunefe and other house-made desserts.


Bosphorus Turkish Cuisine
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Bosphorus Turkish Cuisine

With plenty of space to stretch out, this North York restaurant appeals to diners looking for mixed grill platters, heavy with kebabs, rice, salad and more. Smaller appetites will find their fix in piping hot pide, shawarma and mezes, including calamari and baba ganoush.


Galata Cafe
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Galata Cafe

This cheery spot in Etobicoke beckons to diners with homestyle Turkish cuisine, offered from morning until night. Filled with eggplant, spinach and feta or chocolate spread, golden gozleme are a must-have, with meze plates and slow-cooked lamb shanks making a strong case for dinnertime visits.

Flame Food + Design
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Flame Food + Design

Tradition meets modernity at this fusion spot in Bloor West Village. Here, neo-Anatolian cuisine is the focus, in dishes like charcoal-kissed sweetbreads and lamb ribs basted with pomegranate molasses. Raki-spiked cocktails really get the party started.


Barans
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Barans

Regulars to this Scarborough spot know that it's as apropos for quality midday meals, as it is for animated nighttime feasts. With a menu of familiar favourites made to high standards, it's impossible to go wrong — whether you opt for a table of mezes, fresh seafood, kebabs or the mixed grill, so you can sample it all.

Kebab 49
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Kebab 49

There's room for you and a dozen of your nearest and dearest at this vast Etobicoke eatery. Though kebabs are the menu's backbone — with options ranging from chicken shish to beyti sarma — it also boasts a number of other dishes, including plump sandwiches, mezes, hulking pide and desserts.

Lead photo by

Hector Vasquez at Meat Point


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