Tamara Restaurant

Good food and good service. Definitely go back. Had several floors and plenty of space to sit in and the view from the rooftop was beautiful.

I could not recommend this place. They were nice enough, but my eggs were cooked with an astounding amount of oil. They were swimming in it.

When I took a bite, oil actually dripped on my clothes. I prefer to stick with the traditional boiled egg, & will definitely do that from now on.

This seems to be a standard lunch stop for large commercial tour groups and we ourselves were brought twice to the same venue in as many days. There is seating on both the first and second floor, although only the latter has air-conditioning. Because our menu was preset, I can't comment on the diversity or price of all the options, although we were given 1) a lemon-juice doused cabbage and cucumber salad, 2) lentil soup 3) bread, 4) chicken and lamb kabobs with aromatic rice and 3) honey-soaked dessert. The individual items were all pretty tasty, although I think the soup was a little bland and the bread a tad dry. Surprisingly, my favorite was the rice which was feather soft and buttery. The kabobs were also succulent and flavorful, but that's somewhat to be expected considering it is a signature dish. The service during peak lunch time was rather slow, but totally reasonable given the large number of people seated.All in all, there was nothing that made this restaurant stand out but neither did it fail to deliver on what it promised. Unless you don't have a choice, you can probably find another eatery (there are as many packed in a square mile in Sultanahmet square as knots in a traditional Turkish rug it seems) with the exact same fare and without the stuttered service or stuffy premise.

We were brought here on a tour we were on.
The restaurant is fairly large, we were sat on the second floor (and I'm pretty sure there was at least one more floor above us). They sat 40 people from our tour on one side of the floor.
Since we all received the same meal (except for the vegetarians) and didn't actually pick what we ate I can't tell you if what we had was a menu regular item.
First course was salad. It was pretty basic with balsamic vinaigrette, except for the jalapenos. Plain but enjoyable.
Second course was some sort of corn-based soup. I have know idea what is was but it was good - thick and creamy but not overly filling.
The main meal was rice with two kabobs. 1 chicken and 1 mixed ground meat of lamb and veal. The chicken was cubed chicken breast, cooked on a skewer, then removed and plated for us. It was of high quality, tender, and very moist. Spiced wonderfully. The ground lamb and veal meat was amazing! It was delicious.
This was probably one of the top meals we had on our vacation.

We had a great meal. Large portions and worth going to. Get the fresh pressed Pomogranate juice. I hear breakfast is the real treat(ala Anthony Bourdain).