Dayi’nin Yeri
“The salad with cheese is fresh and delicious, the kebabs were seasoned to perfection, and the kunefe is OMG.”
“Last night we started with a small Coban Salatasi (Shepherd Salad), very nice portion, so good for both of us to share.”
“my sister now has cravings for the lahmacun and makes furtive excursions there for lunch!!”
Dayi’nin Yeri
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Thanks to the fantastic reviews on Yelp, my boyfriend and I decided to try this place out for lunch. Believe me, it did not disappoint!
Service was top notch- the waitress was both friendly and resourceful, giving us helpful suggestions and answering our questions with a smile.
We ordered the Lentil Soup, Tuvak (chicken) kebab, and the Kunefe for dessert.
1) Lentil soup: Lemony and fresh. Soup was thick and filling. Paired with the complimentary pide (Turkish pita), it was a great starter to the meal.
2) Tuvak kebab: Wow. The chicken was cooked to perfection- Seasoned and flavorful on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside.
3) Kunefe- the highlight of the meal! It was simply divine- a perfect blend of savory and sweet, and crunchy and chewy. The waitress also gave us complimentary tea, which washed down the decadence (and maybe a little bit of guilt) down very well. MUST TRY!
Overall, reasonably priced restaurant with attentive staff and great quality food. Definitely coming back again to try their special bread and the yogurt dishes.
Cinar was packed so we decided to give the other 4.5 star top rated Turkish restaurant in our area.
I took a star off because of their decor – what the heck? the place is tiny (smaller than Cinar which is also not that large) and is SUPER BRIGHT. It also looks like we're eating in someone's 80s styled back living/dining room who clearly gave zero Fs about decorating a place. This place can use a serious facelift. Cinar was probably packed and has far more dine-in patrons because it actually had a nice feel – dark, candlelit type of dinner. So Cinar will get a 5 star when I dine-in there next (but definitely make reservations for that place). I thought the same thing would happen here but to my surprise, when I called them before arriving, they said they had a lot seats available. I can see why now, and if Cinar wasn't around, I wouldn't be doing the comparison and maybe DY would've gotten 5 stars from me.
As for the dinner itself – Cinar and DY are both very good. In fact, I can't say one's better than the other. SO thought the lamb kebob was better in Cinar. I think the chicken tasted the same in both places. The moisture is absolutely necessary on grilled meat – this place gives you that, which is simply amazing. I hate dry meat – it makes chewing difficult and the overall dish would lack flavor. Not here, my friends. They really do a great job in cooking. I'm going to have to try the grilled bronzini next time – looked like everyone was ordering and wolfing that down when we were there last night. Ask for their hot sauce – it's not all that spicy and I love me some sriracha when eating Turkish food, so I was disappointed at first when they handed me "vegetable hot sauce." Think of it as a Turkish styled salsa. While not spicy enough to call it "hot sauce," I loved it. Loved getting extra yogurt sauce to add to the raw onions on the side. Rice pudding was also good but if it was cold, it might've been better!
Definitely. Definitely. One of THE BEST Turkey RestaurantS I have ever visited. I was hanging out with my friends in the bergen county, and we were craving for something very exotic. We yelped the restaurants near by, and Dayi'nin Yeri caught our attention.
Although the parking space was limited, we were still able to park our cars and enter the restaurants. Upon our entrance, the kind staff members welcomed us and helped us to get seated. The waitress was willing to help us out with our orders, and we pretty much ordered everything she suggested.
I still cannot believe how amazing the foods were. EVERYSINGLE Dishes we ordered, THEY WERE ALL GREAT. I have no doubt that all of their other dishes would be great as well.
I wish I could give 6 stars for this place. Because 1) FOODS were AMAZING. 2)THey were AFFORDABLE 3) Staffs were super nice!
Great Dine-In experience!! (Actually, one of the best dine-in experience!
I love this place. The Turkish pizza with lamb — so good. The Shepherd's salad… so good. The smoked eggplant appetizer…. mmmm. One of my faves in the neighborhood.
Decided to try something new with hubby on our date night , and we chose this Turkish restaurant to try after reading the wonderful yelp review. Since we have never had Turkish food before , we asked the waitress to recommend the dish for us , she suggested we ordered 1 mixed plate which includes 5 small appetizers. We let waitress pick all of the appetizers for us and I love almost every one ! I especially like #14 Acili Ezme , which is hot & spicy chopped veggies. It was not overly spicy so you can still taste the sweetness of chopped veggies . The mixed appetizer plate is very light and make you feel like you are eating something very healthy( but still delicious!). The bread came with appetizer is also so delicious ! For main course ,we tried mixed combination, it has 3-4 different kinds of meats so we got to try a bit of everything, and among them , My favorite is chicken kebab. It's well seasoned and it is so juicy. Our waitress is very young Turkish lady, she is very sweet and very polite, I really enjoy dining here and had such wonderful meal. I definitely would like to return again to try more items on their menu. Take off 1 star because street parking is not very convenient in that area and it took us a while to find the parking.
Small little neighborhood restaurant. I heard about this place from a few different people, had to go check it out for myself. Probably has about 10 tables at most. We walked in and luckily we where able to be seated. A few people who came after had to be turned away since they were fully booked. Service was amazing! Food came fast, and me being the fat ass that I am ordered 2 main dishes and an appetizer ending it with dessert. The server even brought us lahmajun on the house since it was something their well known for. Overall food was a solid 4 stars but the service put them over the charts.
An absolute gem. Heard about this from a soccer Dad in my daughter's team, so we headed up from JC as we wanted to catch a film in Edgewater.
Seats maybe 25 people, nice location, friendly service, very homey with some cool music in the background.
And the food – OMG. My wife had the Lamb chops and even before she was halfway through her meal she was already talking about going back. I had the grilled Branzino – perfectly done. The lamb chops were deliciously seasoned and so tender there's no need for knives. The branzino was serves with salad, crispy skin and moist and delicate inside. Outstanding.
We had Baclava and rice pudding for dessert, washed down with some tea for a perfect lunch.
BYO! Next time we'll bring the whole family for a feast. Can't wait.
This place used to be amazing, but now with all the competition around its begin to slack compared to the others.
The price range was increased (a good while after it opened) due to demand. It seems like it's still high in demand so the prices are still higher than others.
It might be the space itself, somewhat dated home like feel a cool spot would have. Waiters are good but spread out, they might need one more during rush hours but they manage well with two.
Meat is hit and miss, cooked perfectly all the way through or still raw red on the inside, it's 50/50.
Rice and bulgur are also served cold sometimes which makes them not as tasty as they should've been.
The cheese cigars are dry and don't have much cheese. The desserts are ok, nothing I'd go out my way for.
Back when it first opened they used to have a great beyti kebab where they wrapped the Adana with a thin buttered bread and gave a cup of yogurt to go along with it, it was amazing. But that menu item changed and now it's just an Adana sitting on a bed of house bread covered in yogurt.
All in all 3/5 because it doesn't deserve less but I can't give a 4 with better options blocks away either.