Best turkish restaurant in Toronto

The best Turkish restaurants and cafes in Toronto deal in delicacies popularized through the Ottoman Empire. All these are establishments where you'll find rich coffee served with traditional baked goods like sari, borek and simit burma, along with crave-worthy street foods like pide and doner.
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Mustafa

The menu at this Wilson Heights restaurant offers a full selection of pide as well as platters loaded with steak or chicken kebap and rice.

Istanbul Cafe

This Yonge and Eglinton area establishment runs at nighttime as a cafe by day and cocktail bar. House-made Turkish pastries and contain lemony semolina pastries and savoury dishes are on the menu, stuffed grape leaves dusted with sumac, spinach borek and lentil soup together with Sari Burma.

Byblos

This restaurant on Duncan draws on inspiration from a mosaic of Eastern Mediterranean regions, Ottoman cuisines among them. On the menu you’ll locate an array of salmon kibbeh nayeh and mezze, manti dumplings garnished with mint, Turkish paste and a dollop of labneh.

Mr. Pide

This Turkish pizzeria on The Danforth is home to traditional pies like Yumurtali Acık topped with ground beef and sunny eggs, and the boat-formed Ispanakli Kiymali loaded with spinach and ground beef.

Pizza Pide

Find this gourmet Turkish-style pizza joint on Gerrard Street East slinging 20 varieties of traditional thin crusted pies. Favourite topping mixtures contain delicacies like pastrami roasted lamb and mozzarella cheese, or spinach and feta.

Simit & Chai

This charming bakery and cafe on King West prices in coffee that is powerful, loose leaf teas, Turkish-style street bagels, and mini sandwiches. Settle in here for a game of nosh and backgammon on bagel sandwiches and olive paste or tea sandwiches piled with pastrami and fava bean spread.

Anatolia

Culture and Turkish cuisine are in the vanguard of this Etobicoke eatery where the first Friday of every month features live music, belly dancers, and fortune tellers. On the menu you’ll find a range of hot and cold appetizers and conventional dishes like Beyti and Sigare Boregi. Do not forget to try the baklava.