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About this place
Dip bread into a selection of appetisers, savour beef kebab and choose a drink. One diner’s account of ordering the casual-drinking set at Meyhane Özeri gives a vivid picture of a solo evening enjoyed at an easy pace. The set included an alcoholic drink, an assortment of appetisers, bread and beef kebab. Several of the appetisers were paste-like, made for scooping up with torn pieces of bread; it is easy to see why the diner ordered extra bread. Another visitor chose a set of hummus, a yoghurt-and-spinach appetiser, bread, beef kebab and a drink for a light solo meal, and found the portion substantial enough to make a satisfying accompaniment to a drink. Kebab is also served as a full meal, such as the beef doner kebab plate. One diner described enjoying juicy beef cooked to a good degree, paired with tomato and yoghurt-based sauces.
At lunch, plates offer a choice of meat and preparation. In one recorded menu, chicken doner kebab was 1,150 yen, beef doner kebab 1,300 yen, and kofte and lamb skewers 1,400 yen each. All were listed with bread or butter rice, soup and salad. For an alternative to meat, there was also a grilled mackerel plate for 1,300, with the same choice of bread or butter rice, soup and salad. Lighter options to take away include a kebab sandwich for 800, a kebab wrap for 900 and a kebab rice bowl for 850. One diner who ordered a sandwich at lunch recalled that it was filling and included vegetables; another described a takeaway sandwich as generously filled, with a thick bread casing.
For a more leisurely dinner, one visitor’s account describes sharing a trio of appetisers, shepherd’s salad, the day’s stew and kofte. The stew that day was made with lamb and chickpeas. A separate menu listing describes a stew set served with salad, bread or butter rice, tea and dessert. The visitor also mentioned being served a dish that seemed to be a green pepper stuffed with rice. That was part of this particular meal, but the menu’s selection of small dishes and desserts makes it easy to imagine a dinner that moves from appetisers through to something sweet.
There are drinks to pair with the meal, too. One diner tried rakı both diluted with water and neat as part of the casual-drinking set, noting that it went well with the appetisers, then ordered a richly flavoured Turkish coffee after eating. A menu listing also records glasses of wine and beer at lunch for 500 each.
