★★★★☆ I took my wife and two children to Istanbul restaurant, we have driven by it a million times, i decided what the heck lets take them. We were very impressed with the ambience of this cozy little restaurant. My wife had lamb chop and i got the steak and shrimp. The food was pretty on point. We are not turkish, but the food tasted very middle eastern, excellent bulgar, and i hate bulgar, but this bulgar medley was great. The salad was excellent, the steak was pretty good, my wifes lamb chops were superb. I spoke with the owner who assured me the food was all halal. I was disappointed to see that they served wine and beer. food was about $70, we got two courses, and a kids meal for my son. My wife got desert and i had turkish coffee. The portions of food were very fair. We really enjoyed our meal, with the exception of the liquor this place is brilliant, food is great. We are arab and if this is how all turkish food is like we will definitely be trying more turkish food. Well done, please lose the alcohol. Posted on January 22, 2012