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12448 Memorial Drive Houston, TX 77024

713-827-7475

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Critics'
Pick
Best Turkish Restaurant
Award Winner 2003

Cuisine(s): Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Turkish

Hours: Daily 11am-10pm

Price: $$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash, check, ATM/Debit

Attire: Casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Business Dining
Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Despite the little old lady ambience, the enormous selection of exotic mezeler (appetizers), hearty salads and fascinating main dishes makes this the most exciting Turkish restaurant in town. If you're bored with dry kebabs, have a "yogurt grill" with the grilled meat served over bread cubes covered with yogurt. Or try the Turkish lamb chops, which are tender and moist despite being cooked well done. Lahana dolmasi, cabbage rolls stuffed with ground beef, rice and herbs with yogurt sauce, are popular, too.

2003 | Best Turkish Restaurant

Some say Turkish food is the mother of all Middle Eastern cuisines. The overloaded mezeler plate at Empire Turkish Grill proves the point. The dish includes foods from many different regions, few of which lie within present-day Turkey. But it was the Turkish sultans who first brought Asian eggplant and okra, Persian spinach and caviar, Arabic hummus and tabbouleh, and all the delicacies of the Ottoman Empire together on the same table in cosmopolitan Constantinople. Empire Turkish Grill... More »

Planet Houston: Country Cooking

By Katharine Shilcutt | Thu, September 30, 2010

With so many different cultures and cuisines in the Bayou City, it was exceptionally difficult to choose only a few to feature in "Planet Houston." Below are some of our favorites that didn't make it in (as well as the places listed in the story).... More »
Not That Turkey

By Robb Walsh | Thu, December 19, 2002

Hot flatbread in one hand, knife in the other, I am poised to attack. But I hesitate, momentarily overwhelmed by the seductive excess before me. When you order the small appetizer plate at Empire Turkish Grill, you are entitled to five selections ... More »
Mary Had a…

By Carol Rust | Thu, October 24, 2002

For those who would roast an entire lamb hindquarter just for the crispy edges, here is heaven. At the newly opened Empire Turkish Grill (12448 Memorial Drive, 713-827-7475), the Iskender kebab ($9.95) is a stack of crispy lamb shingles, succulent... More »

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sevgia | houston, TX | 1 Reviews

| Sun, March 22, 2009

we went to empire turkish grill last saturday and we had wonderfull time .food and service was great

Main

Hot Appetizers Sicakmezeler

$5.50

Falafel
(fried chickpeas) fried of ground chickpeas, celery, onion and parsley served with cahini sauce

$6.75

Fried Zucchini
pan-fried shredded zucchini served with side of yogurt

$5.95

Fried Liver
pan-fried cubes of calves liver served with side of onion, and tomato

$5.50

Cheese Rolls
fried rolls of fillo sheets filled with feta cheese and parsley

$4.95

Fried Eggplant Dish
fried eggplant slices with tomato, peppers and yogutti on top

Cold Appetizers Soguk Mezeler

$4.95

Humus
(pureed chickpeas) pureed chickpeas with sesame seed pasta, olive oil and a hint of garlic

$4.95

Pilaki
(cold bean salad) cold red kidney beans with mixed vegetables, olive oil and tomato sauce

$4.95

Ezme
(spicy vegetable spread) a mixture of spicy, finely chopped variety of vegetables and in tomato sauce

$4.95

Tabuli
(parsley salad) a mixture of cracked wheat, green onions, parsley and tomatoes, toasted in our house lemon dressing

$5.25

Lebri
a rich soft spread of and yogurt with, walnuts, dill and garlic

$4.95

Tarama
red caviar spread

$4.95

Babagannus
eggplant spread

$5.25

Patlican Salat
(eggplant salad) grilled eggplant, with garlic, peppers, and lemon juice

$4.95

Patlican Soslu
(eggplant sauce) sauteed eggplant with tomato, onions, and garlic

$6.95

Imam Bayildi
(stuffed eggplant) baby eggplant, stuffed with fresh onion, tomato, pine nuts, parsley and garlic

$5.50

Yaprak Sarma
(grape leaves) grape leaves stuffed with rice, pine nuts, raisins, peppers, parsley and onion

$4.25

Cacik
(yogurt salad) diced cucumber in yogurt with a hint of garlic

$5.95

Beyaz Peynir Tabagi
(feta cheese) a platter of feta cheese, pepper, tomatoes and olives

$5.95

Ispanak Kavurma
(spinach sauce) spinach and onions served topped with yogurt create your own combination, cold appetizer plate (choose from the marked appetizers)

Salads Salatalar

Large $8.50
Small $6.25
With Feta Cheese Extra $1.50

Shepherd Salad
coban salads fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and parsley with oil and vinegar

Large $7.95
Small $5.50

Green Salad
(yesil salads) iceberg lettuce, cucumbers, and onion with olive oil and lemon dressing

Soups Corbalar

$3.50

Red Lentil Soup
9mercimek corbasi) a central anatolia specialty pureed red lentils, tomato and pices

$4.95

Tripe Soup
a traditional turkish tripe soup, served with vinegar dressing

Turkish Yogurt Grills

$14.50

Yogurtlu Sis (lamb With Yogurt)
layers of lamb, fried bread and yogurt

$13.50

Layers Of Lamb, Fried Bread And Yogurt Yogurtlu Doner (doner With Yogurt)
layers of doner (gyro) slices, fried bread and yogurt

$13.50

Yogurtlu Tavuk (chicken With Yogurt)
layers of chicken, fried bread and yogurt

$13.50

Yogurtlu Adana (ground Beef With Yogurt)
layers of ground beef, fried bread and yogurt

Mixed Grills/ Soguk Mezeler

$23.95

Empire's Mixed Grill
mixed grill consist of lamb is, gyro, chicken, and ground lamb kebab with onion, tomato, pepper, red cabbage on a bed of rice.

$13.50

Ground Lamb-gyro (adana-doner)

$13.50

Ground Lamb-chicken(adana-tavuk)

$13.50

Chicken-gyro(tavuk-doner)

$13.50

Ground Chicken-ground Lamb (tavuk Adana-adana)

$13.50

Lamb Sis-gyro(sis-doner)

$13.50

Lamb Sis-ground Lamb(sis-adana)

$13.50

Ground Chicken-gyro(tavuk Adana-doner)

$16.75

Fillet Mignon-gyro (fillet-doner)

$16.75

Fillet Mignon-ground Lamb(fillet-adana)

$16.75

Fillet Mignon-chicken (fillet-tavuk)

$18.50

Fillet Mignon-lamb Chops (fillet-pirzola)

$17.50

Ground Chicken-lamb Chops(tavuk Adana-pirzola)

$16.75

Ground Chicken-fillet Mignon(tavuk Adana-fillet)

$17.50

Lamb Chops-ground Lamb(pirzola-adana)

$17.50

Lamb Chops-gyro( Pirzola-doner)

$17.50

Lamb Chops-chicken (pirzola-tavuk)

Kebabs / Kebaplar
All Kebabs Are Served With Onion, Tomato, Bell Pepper, Red Cabbage And On Bed Of Rice.

$11.95

Doner Kebab (gyro Kebab)
thin slices of seasoned grilled lamb, served with assorted vegetables on a bed of rice

$14.50

Iskender Kebab
a baked platter of layers of fried bread, yogurt, doner kebab and fresh tomato sauce

$13.95

Sis Kebab (lamb Sis Kebab)
char-grilled marinated tender cubes of lamb, served with assorted vegetables on a bed of rice

$16.75

Fillet Mignon Kebap
two skewers of char-grilled marinated tender cubes of fillet mignon, served with assorted vegetables on a bed of rice

$12.75

Tavuk Kebab (chicken Kebab)
char-grilled tender cubes of marinated chicken, with assorted vegetables on a bed of rice

$11.50

Tavuk Adana Kebab (ground Chicken Kebab)
char-grilled seasoned ground chicken, served with assorted vegetables on a bed of rice

$12.50

Adana Kebab (ground Lamb Kebab)
char-grilled ground lamb, served with assorted vegetables on a bed of rice

$14.50

Hashas Kebab (ground Beef Kebab)
char-grilled seasoned ground beef with our special tomato sauce, served with a side of rice

$21.95

Pirzola (lamb Chops)
char-grilled four baby lamb chops, with assorted vegetables on a bed of rice

House Specialties

$12.95

Lahana Sarma(stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
ground lamb, rice and herbs, rolled into cabbage leaves, stewed and topped with tomato sauce. served with a side of yogurt and fresh vegetables.

$14.50

Etli Bamya (okra With Lamb)
okra and chunks of lamb baked in a hearty tomato sauce, and served with a side of rice

$14.50

Kremali Tavuk (chicken With Cream)
breast of chicken sauteed with sweet peppers and mushrooms in a cream, garlic sauce.

$11.50

Turlu (vegetable Stew)
variety of season's vegetables sauteed with tomatoes, peppers, onions served with rice

$16.95

Salmon
broiled salmon with our special seasoning and herbs served with green salad, rice or french fries.

Create Your Own Combination Cold

Sm( 5 Choices) $14.95
Med( 6 Choices) $16.95
Lg ( 7 Choices) $108.95

Appetizer Platter

Desserts / Tatlilar

$3.95

Baklava
filo dough topped with pistachios and dipped in honey-syrup

$3.50

Sekerparre
soft semolina cookies soaked in honey syrup

$4.50

Keskul
a popular turkish milk pudding with almonds

$3.00

Revani
eastern anatolian sponge-cake soaked in honey-syrup

$3.95

Kazandibi
turkey’ s famous caramelized milk and vanilla rolls

$3.50

Firinda Sutlac
a popular turkish baked rice pudding

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Empire Turkish Grill

12448 Memorial Drive Houston, TX 77024

713-827-7475

Description

2003 | Best Turkish Restaurant

Planet Houston: Country Cooking

By Katharine Shilcutt | Thu, September 30, 2010

Not That Turkey

By Robb Walsh | Thu, December 19, 2002

Mary Had a…

By Carol Rust | Thu, October 24, 2002

sevgia | houston, TX | 1 Reviews

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