Downtown Istanbul - Carindale

We had dinner at Downtown Istanbul last night to celebrate my husband's birthday. Thoroughly enjoyed the food - housemade dips and warm turkish bread, salt and pepper calamari, chips, pide, beef and lamb shish, all delicious! Service by Charlotte was spot on, very friendly and attentive and knew the menu and drinks list well. We asked for a table out the back, nice and quiet. We'll definitely be back!

My family and I drove 40mins to dine in your restaurant to be told use decided to close early (8.47pm),after giving us the menu to look at. Even though use state use are open till 10pm. Very upset to see use would turn a family away with a 5 yr old wanting to dine in for dinner, very rude and disappointing.

Food was nice but terrible terrible service !!! My friend and I came here to have authentic Turkish food. We ordered our entrees and our mains. We waited and waited for our entree to come. After 55 minutes we thought something is definitely wrong as it should NOT take an hour for an entree to arrive. We asked the waiter to please check and so she did. We waited again and then got up to speak to the manager at the cashier (tall blonde guy). He told us that they forgot our order and are making it now. And then the entree and main came together. We told them there is no way we can eat the entree which was huge together with our main. So he said dont pay for it and you won't get it for free either. He was just sòooo rude about it Normally with customer service you would just offer it for free as a way to say sorry about our mistake. Anyways I was so annoyed with his response and just paid for my order and then sat back down to eat my main meals. Then got up and left. Really disappointed with the way they spoke to us and also because they forgot our order completely.

Dropped in to see what Hawthorne Road had as an alternative to Bulimba. Didn't have a booking on a Saturday night in Winter and fortunately a table became available in an obviously popular establishment. It was a cold night and the food hit the spot. Warm, spicy meats and pides. Good wine list and wonderful deserts and coffees. Great first impression and will be back.

We have eaten there a few times and not only is th food amazing, the staff are really friendly. Even when it is really busy you can still have a good conversation and hear everyone. Can't speak highly enough of this place - a must try!