Anatolia Mediterranean Cuisine (Boca Raton)
***** Anatolia Mediterranean Cuisine, 212 South Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33432 (561) 361-4000.
Yesterday, I did lunch at Anatolia…a “mom & pop–mediterranean” joint in Boca Raton. Talk about mom & pop…the wife runs the floor and the husband can be seen cooking-away in the open kitchen…now, if they have a kid(s) that makes them a mom & pop…no kid(s) “husband & wife…in any event, if you like pita bread, gyros, gozleme (think quesadilla), pide (like a calzone), lahmacun (pizza), feta cheese, grilled chicken-lamb-beef, health salad—you will really enjoy this joint.
Very casual. Reasonable prices. Very pleasant and helpful service.
Yesterday’s lunch had me doing…one of those lahmacuns which had a delicious thin crust topped with ground lamb-peppers-tomato ($8.50), one of those pides which had feta cheese-parsley-scallion ($9.50), roasted beef gyro ($5), roasted grilled chicken gyro ($8). Everything was delicious…now I know why Hillary travels to Turkey–so often. Off, topic, bet you a buck– she challenges Obama for the 2012 nomination.
As I mentioned above, this is a very casual restaurant, so your tee shirt-shorts’ ensemble will work quite well here. The wife-mom works the floor and the husband runs the open-kitchen. If you didn’t know better, from the “look” of the kitchen, you’d swear you were in a “pizza joint” with the same type of standard stainless-steel oven being the centerpiece of the kitchen. The joint has indoor seating– there is also an outdoor dining patio located directly behind the restaurant…a pizza joint behind Anatolia shares that patio. You can “buy” wine-liquor, but Anatolia allows you to BYOB and there is no charge for “using” its glasses.
Check www.anatoliamediterraneancuisine.com for menu/prices.
Anyway…Anatolia is open 7 days a week for lunch 11:30am-3pm, Monday-Thursday 3pm-10pm and Friday-Sunday 3pm-11pm for dinner.
jeff,
i eat pretty regularly at anatolia, at least once every couple of weeks.
for dinner they make delicious grilled lamb chops that run 22 bucks. they also allow you to bring your own wine and charge nothing for serving it.
the breads are baked in house and are really good.
you can also eat inside or outside as they have a patio behind the store in a pleasant courtyard.
Thought i would add the website link
http://www.anatoliamediterraneancuisine.com
Mark: Just had a chance to read your post.
Thanks for the website address. I now have it listed.
Thanks for reading…
jeff, i’v eaten here a couple of time and it is real good. love the lamb chops that jerry s mentioned. lovely hardworking people run this place.
Ate there Saturday night. Restaurant was very busy when we arrived at 815 pm. My wife and I enjoyed the food. The service is a bit lax but this is a mom-pop operation.
not the best,
service is lax
great food.
very good food
ok food. that’s about it.
fair, nothing great.
WOW I absolutely love this place mostly come every week or so!!!! Great service very family orientated!! I recommend this restraunt!!
Had the grilled octopus and it was excellent. But $36?
Closed. Replaced by another Turkish restaurant called the Olive Tree which is quite good.