Guzel Istanbul Restaurant - Kingston

This place is like your favourite pair of slippers, nothing much to look at but brings so much satisfaction every time you slip them on with a perfectly cooked lamb shish. Been here over a dozen times over the years and the dishes are always consistently delish. Babaganush is the best I’ve had... I could face plant into a bowl of it every day of the week. Weirdly the Turkish bread is nowhere near as good if you get it takeout? But god it’s yum if you order in

Small family run restaurant. Food is amazing and service is great. Some of my favourites are mixed grill and chicken ribs. End your meal with some traditional Turkish coffee and Turkish delight.

Amazing hidden gem with fantastic food and service! <br/ <br/ We came here for a Saturday night dinner together after feeling for some Turkish food, we decided to try here based on the rating and it being so close by yet never something we had looked at before. We called up Saturday arvo to see if there were any tables for later that night but to our surprise it was booked out but the young waiter who answered our call, asked if we would want a call back if a table freed up and so we put our name and number down and about 20mins later we got a call so we went straight there. <br/ <br/ When we got to the little strip of shops, it was actually hard to see the venue at first glance as its hidden quite well amongst the shops, we opened the door and was not expecting the full crowd of people inside. This place is clearly a family style restaurant and not for your average couple dinners like we had initially expected but we were still keen to have gotten a table last minute so we sat down even though it was pretty loud and rowdy. We later came to understand that this is the style and vibe of the place which really adds to the whole Turkish family restaurant dinning and it's not bad, was just a little confronting at the start, walking into a full, very loud restaurant.<br/ <br/ We ordered the mixed grill banquet which gave us 5 dips, Turkish bread, mixed chicken and lamb donner and shish kebabs served with rice and salad as well as a choice of dessert including baklava or Turkish delight with coffee or tea. <br/ <br/ The 5 dips were excellent, fresh and full of flavour! The bread was hot and fluffy and perfect to dip with, we were even offered more complimentary bread when we finished and we obliged but we were nervous we would fill up on the bread. The mixed grill was cooked amazingly, the meat was juicy and flavoursome, not dry! The food was amazing! <br/ <br/ For dessert the young waiter also offered us complimentary desserts as we were only allowed to pick one, but he served us both baklava and Turkish delight with a Turkish coffee which was a really nice touch at the end of the night. The service here was great from start to finish as the waiter took care of us all night and was very pleasant at every exchange. We decided to personally tip the waiter $20 for his hard work and great service. <br/ <br/ Highly recommend this place, if it's local to you, the please stop in and try it out. Best to come with a big group of friends or family, we will be coming back with a group soon.

What a great little find. Service is friendly. Food is yummy. Authentic (we are basing this judgement on the clientele). Bill was cheap. We will be back.

During lockdown I changed my eating out to eating in and I found this place for take away. Turkish food being one on my favourites. This place had heaps of delicious options to choose from and its tasted authentic and home-made which made the experience that much more enjoyable eating it at home. I'd definitely go back especially for those dips.