Bodrum Turkish Mediterranean

Love the food here, love the service, its fantastic!!!! The ambiance is super cute, and they have out door seating! Pizza is really good, overall you can't go wrong with anything you order here. The service was on point as well. Try Bodrum out, you wont be sorry.

Pros: Great food

Posted 07/07/09

I took a group of girls here on friday to celebrate the holidays and we had such a good time that i wanted to write a review. The place is really cute and comfortable and warm! We even got these warm wine drinks compliments of the owner which was totally weird (warm wine?) but really really good! We decided to order a few pizzas, kebobs, and the mezzes and share everything. The food was superb, the wait staff were super friendly and knowledable about the food, and we basically had just a super fun time. Def will be back!!

Pros: Food, Service, PIZZA!

Posted 12/21/08

I couldn't have asked for a better experience. My wife and I like to try different restaurants on our date nights. After reading the reviews, we decided to go here and it was great. Everything from the food to the service was excellent. Guys, you will be a rockstar if you take your gals here.

Posted 12/10/08

One of the best meals I've had in New York.

Went to dinner with my boss and two clients from Japan and the whole dining experience was impeccable...everything from the food to the service.

My table manners and etiquette shined that night.

Simply classy, graceful and almost perfect.

Pros: ambiance,food

Posted 10/17/08

Great food, good service, nice ambience...I'm so glad this place opened up in my neighborhood! It's now our "go to" place. The pizza is especially good.

Pros: good food, service, ambience

Cons: none

Posted 10/04/08

This is my absolute favorite place in the city and my go-to spot when I have visitors in town. The food is delicious and typically made with local ingredients, the wine list is extensive and the waitstaff is extremely friendly. Also, this is great place to go with a group because you can try a bunch of different small plates.

Pros: perfect food,friendly staff

Cons: nothing

Posted 10/04/08

Picked this restaurant based on the positive Citysearch reviews for my father's birthday. We had a party of six and we were comfortably accommodated at one of the banquettes. We shared dolmas, celery root, and salads for the apps and had a variety of fish and lamb dishes for the main course. STANDOUTS: branzini, fish tagine, dolmas, organic salad. Restaurant is beautiful and the service is attentive and friendly! The hostess was charming and even though were were a mixed group of ages, we all agreed we loved the place. Also, delicious baklava! My husband said his Turkish coffee was delicious, they ask you how sweet you want it.

Pros: great setting, good food, good service

Cons: music was too loud at first

Posted 09/09/08

It is been a while sence me and my husbund have had a very good turkish food .We had the mezze platter wich was a sampling plate and let me tell you ,we cleaned the plate . We also tried their turkish sis kebab wich it was marinated to perfection . We where also impressed with their special martini drink list .There are not many restaurant that use fresh ingredients to make delicious martinis ,our favorite was pomogranet martini. We recomend the plase to anyone that is looking for not only a nice restaurant but that has excellent food ,service and drinks ..... thank you for a wonderfull night ....we will be back.

Posted 08/25/08

Great addition to the Upper West. My wife and I haven't had manti this good since our trip to Istanbul last year. Try the mezze platter to get a taste of everything. I can also highly recommended the Adana kabob -- the red meat goes perfectly with the cool yogurt sauce. The baklava is also top quality. I'm a foodie, if you can't tell, and Bodrum is a top tier restaurant on my list. It's been there a year now and they just keep getting better.

Pros: food, nice sidewalk cafe

Cons: only about 30 wines by the bottle

Posted 08/25/08

Love the mezze plater, and the pizza. The passion fruit martini is a winner. To bad they don't have sitdown bar.

Pros: Martinis, Mezze, Pizza

Cons: No sit down bar or a waiting area

Posted 08/24/08

I decided to have my birthday party at Bodrum after I read the reviews. We had a great time and the food was amazing. Their sample plate of mezze, and the Branzini spacial was so good, I was craving for more the next day. Im so happy to have this place on the upper west side.

Pros: food, ambience, outdoor seating

Posted 08/24/08

Great food, great service! We ate in the sidewalk cafe on a Saturday night, just ordered some appetizers to try it out. We got the sheperd salad and the sampling platter and ate every last bite! After we licked the plate clean we ordered another appetizer, the manti lamb dumplings, and it was just as delicious. Our waitress recommended we come back to try the desserts, and we did the next night! The baklava is flaky and perfectly sweetened... we will be back often! Highly recommended!

Pros: food, service, ambience

Cons: big, loud group right next to us

Posted 08/23/08

We just moved to the neighborhood. Our doormen recommended this place. What good job he did. We just loved it. Its a small cozy place with wood-burning oven. We became already regulars to this place. And we are hooked to the Sampling plate of Mezze and the Pizza. Service is very friendly and attentive.

Pros: Good food

Cons: Small space

Posted 08/12/08

Came here for my friends birthday, and loved it. Uptown restaurant with a downtown feeling. The roasted half chicken was very juice and my friends white pizza was out of this world. Will be back for my birthday.

Pros: Food, ambiance,

Cons: No waiting area

Posted 07/23/08

Amazing Turkish food. The atmosphere is simple but authentic, makes you feel like you are welcomed. Delicious platters of all the traditional spreads; babahganush, manti, hummus, shephard salad, etc. accompanied by their delicous home-made bread is perfect for sharing. The wood-oven roasted chicken and grilled swordfish kebab are so tender and flavorful, served with a refreshing vegetable salad and rice. After lunch/dinner you must end the meal with a traditonal turkish coffee and a piece of their phenomenal baklava (made with pistachios).

Pros: Outdoor area

Posted 07/22/08

Bodrum is indisputably the best, most authentic Turkish restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Arguably one of the best Turkish restaurants in the entire city. The staff are very warm and welcoming and the ambiance is pleasantly low-key. Not only are the Turkish dishes excellent, the pizzas are out-of-this-world. In addition, the prices are reasonable and the service is unfailingly cordial. There is also take-out service. Finally there is no more hard-working, dedicated restaurant owner in New York: Hussein is almost always there every day and his presence assures that the diner will always have a friendly welcome and an exceptional meal.

Posted 07/15/08

I went to Bodrum last night with few of my friends. I loved the bread and the pizza. I couldn't stop eating the bread. As an appetizer we ordered couple meze sampling plate which is perfect to share. The best thing on the sampling plate was the yogurt and the walnut mixture. For main course I shared a pizza special, which was one of the best pizzas i had lately. The crust was very crispy and as a topping they had the Shepard salad with feta. I wished they had a bar so i could just go by myself.

Pros: good food,outdoor seating, good ambience

Cons: no bar

Posted 07/08/08

My Husband and I have been there many times...we always get the "greatest" warm service and the best food. I Love the white pizza and mediterian salad and I always have the humus! I've had the zuchini pancake and I love it just as much!! I can't wait to go back!!!!

Posted 07/04/08

great food and wonderful service...and they never push you out. a super place to eat..strongly recomended

Posted 06/30/08

I've been to this restaurant several times and I must say that the food is out of this world. No exaggeration! Seafood dishes are exceptional and they have very good and wide wine selection !
I've tried many restaurants in the uptown area and now this is my favorite one . The prices are very reasonable,.it's definitely worth a visit

Pros: Ambience ,Servise

Cons: n/a

Posted 06/30/08

My boyfriend and I had a delightful evening with friends. We love seafood, and the menu had a wonderful variety of specialties from which to chose. The wine list was similarly varied, and the waitress was extremely helpful, as was the whole staff. All in all a five star experience.

Posted 06/28/08

It was an awsome place very clean ,chill atomsphere, great food , and friendly waiters.
They have the best brick oven pizza ever ,would definitely go again

Posted 06/26/08

Great quality and variety of food and wine.The appetizers are amazing and the entrees.

We were amazed by the choices. Each of the courses were excellent - best was the meat dumplings in yogurt sauce and claims in white souce . I had a pear martini that was generously poured and was delicious .. Highly recommend this place!

Posted 06/26/08

I think I found my new favorite restaurant! i when there for the first time thursday! I started with the mezze platter and it was amazing and for dinner i had branzini fish and I loved it! The service was outstanding and the atmosphere was very warm and welcoming! and to make sure everything went ok the Turkish man is always with a smile on! I highly recommend dobrum to anyone not just looking for mediterranian cuisine but anyone who is looking for a nice evening out!

Pros: 2 thumbs up! great ambience, food and cervice!

Cons: there is only one in the whole city!

Posted 06/21/08

I have been to Bodrum a few times for dinner and I can?t say enough about the tasty food and it?s intimate atmosphere. As soon as you walk in, a wood-burning oven sets the mood for this Upper West Side gem. The restaurant staff is attentive and courteous, but not over-bearing. The mezze is outstanding-the sampler is a must. My favorites are the hummus and the crispy calamari. I usually do not care for fried calamari but the combination of the calamari and the aioli sauce makes it a great dish.

For entrees I have tried the grilled swordfish and the adana kebab-both were flavored well. I also tried the pizza, which has a thin crust that is absolutely amazing. Best bet is to order several of the dishes to share since everything is so delicious!!

Pros: Food and the Atmosphere

Cons: None!

Posted 06/08/08

I recently went to Bodrum restaurant with my girlfriend. We loved the concept of having a wood-burning oven in a Turkish restaurant. I guess that?s the reason it is called Turkish-Mediterranean Restaurant. We shared a sampling plate of tapas as an appetizer, which was one of the best I had in the city (just stay away from the Harrissa sauce extremely spicy.) As a main course we had the grilled eggplant pizza to share with nice bottle of monteppulciano. I also saw they cook some of the other dishes in the oven. Im sure anything coming out of that oven taste great. Cant wait to go back, to try some of their other dishes.

Pros: Everything!

Cons: N/A

Posted 06/07/08

This my new lunch place. So far tried the lamb burger, and the Marquez sausage pizza, both my favorites.

Pros: Food!

Posted 06/07/08

I love medi food. I was so happy to see a restaurant like this in the UWS. But the service was bad. the hummus was not all that. I ordered the lamb kebab and the meat was too spicy. worst of all the yellow rice was NOT the typical turkish/mediterrnean style yellow rice. it was regular rice (small portion at that) which looked like it should be served at a mexican restaurant. There was no salt and pepper on the table! The food was not that tasty sorry....

Pros: Nice Decor

Cons: too pricey for what you get

Posted 06/03/08

nice, romantic decor. it was not too busy, which made it easy to carry on a conversation. it smelled wonderful when i walked in, i was told that the mezze sampling plate was a must, so my husband and i decided to share one and it was fantastic. it only came with one b'stila djej (fillo stuffed with spiced chicken) and that made me sad, because it was so freakin delicious! everything on the sampling plate was very, very good. we also shared the adana kebab (ground lamb) and it was also very tasty.

we will come here once a week now and definitely share the mezze sampling plate again (with an extra order of b'stila djej) and maybe try another entree. we loved it!

Pros: Everything!

Cons: N/A

Posted 06/01/08

This is just the kind of place we needed on the UWS! I go early with the kids (great pizza for them, mezze and fish for me) or with my husband and friends for an absolutely great night out for dinner. The food is really good and there is something for everyone. Love the atmosphere inside and outside. A new favorite!

Pros: Wood burning oven, Mezze, Bread

Cons: Wish there were 2!

Posted 05/28/08

Lovely place to have a relaxing and tasty meal. I am turkish and have dined in most of the turkish restaurants in the city, and this one is one of the best! Authentic food, great service, friendly people. It does not look like the city of Bodrum, but after the first bite, who's complaining? My husband and I plan to go back..

Pros: Food, service, overall ambience

Cons: None

Posted 05/26/08

I have been going to Bodrum for the past two months at least once week with my friends. Best pizza ever. They have the real wood-burning brick oven which makes amazing thin crust pizza. My favorite pizza is the fennel and marques sausage pizza. Great wine list too. Not too confusing with good selections of wine. And very friendly service i feel welcomed every single time.

Pros: Ambience, Friendly Service, Pizza

Cons: No Reservation taken, red wines a little warm

Posted 05/26/08

I am always looking for new restaurants to pop up on here so that i can finally go somewhere else (no offense favorite restaurants) came to Bodrum with somewat mixed expectations because i am kind of a picky eater. I tried the tapas dish or meeze. I have to say that while i didn't know exactly what i was eating, it was great! And it turns out that the tapas dish is practically totally vegetarian and while stuff in grape leaves feels weird to me, it was so good that i have become a believer! The atmosphere was relaxed and i didn't have to rush or anything. We also had some of the kebbos, (those i know duh) and they were TERRIFIC! All in all a great new restaurant to add to my repertoire. i will definitely be back.

Pros: Food, atmosphere, outdoor cafe

Cons: far away from my office!

Posted 05/08/08

Good Turkish food with a friendly service. This is my new favorite Restaurant in the upper west side. I love the decor and the side walk cafe. Can't wait to go back with my friends.

Pros: Food, Ambiance

Cons: no reservation taken

Posted 04/19/08

we went there with my husband and we got great recommentations for our food which Im passing on to you: try the halibut. Also the bread is amazing. Service was great, prompt and helpful explaining what the entrees were about. Awesome place, loved it.. havent gotten teh time to go again but im waiting for warm weather so we could sit outside! it is very romantic the outside tables...

Pros: the bread!

Cons: none

Posted 03/13/08

Very attentive service, not to fast and not to slow, perfect amout of time. You can sit there, relax, drink wine or any beverage of your choice. My personal favorites are the lamb chops, chicken, and i love the manti and cucumber / tomato salad. It's not a heavy meal, perfect portions and you leave feeling complete. I would highly recomment checking out this new hidden jewel on the Upper West Side!

Pros: lighting makes you feel at home, food is excellent and the service is exceptional

Posted 12/06/07