Alaturka Mediterranean Grill & Bakery 36055 US Highway 19 North, Palm Harbor, FL 34684

"Stopped just before noon. Easy to find. My wife and I were greeted and seated right away. Only about six others there. The dining area was very clean and well laid out. We perused the menu and were brought a decanter of chilled water. While we decided, I ordered a dish of Babaghanoush with my Lunch special. It was great, spiced perfectly and we were also brought bread and olives. My wife ordered the Chicken Pasta soup with her Lunch special. The soup was superb, some of the best I’ve ever eaten Our meals came quickly. It all looked great. My wife decided on the Chicken Shish Kebob, with and Side Salad. I chose the Lamb Sharwarma with salad. Both were excellent and quite a bit of food with a good potion of rice. Delicious, wonderfully seasoned. We tasted each other’s food. My Sharwarma was the best… until I tasted her Shish Kebob. Yum. Next time I’ll definitely try the Lamb Shish Kebob! And of course, with all the delightful bakery items on display, we had to push our plates away and looked at our choices. I wanted to try something new for me so I selected the Kadayif. It looked interesting and was, hopefully, very popular since the pan was almost empty. We tried that and she also wanted to take some Profiteroles, which looked like marshmallows covered in chocolate, home. She enjoyed them the next day. Great place. Very clean. Excellent service. Our server visited our table many times to check on us. Definitely recommended. We will be back for sure."

"I got the $17 lunch special. Includes appetizer meal and a drink. It was plenty of food and I felt full, maybe even a little too full. LoL but I couldn’t stop eating, it was delicious. I chose the lamb and beef Shawarma wrap. Tasty and fresh. The hummus appetizer is also very delicious. I highly recommend getting the hummus. There is also a bakery attached to the restaurant, I have to come back and stock up on some of these delicious treats. The baked goods looked scrumptious. The restaurant is small, but seats about 12 or so tables. I love that they give cloth napkins. The only thing I didn’t like was they have a radio playing pretty loudly that includes lots of commercial breaks. I feel like that kind of takes away from the otherwise nice ambience. I loved the music, it it’s just the commercials were a bit much. The staff is very friendly and accommodating parking is easy and free. They do have two tables for outside dining, but it was a hot day, and we enjoyed the air-conditioning."

"Very authentic tasting food. Had so much flavor to it, every bite was savory. One of the best places in tampa bay hands down. Owner or manager came across every table and made sure everything was good. Bakery section was amazing. We had the mixed platter (2-person) and lamb/beef shawarma."