Bodrum Turkish Mediterranean

(212) 799-2806

584 Amsterdam Ave
New York, NY 10024 40.789121 -73.973962

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Neighborhoods: Upper West Side, Midtown

Hours:

Monday 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Tuesday 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Wednesday 12:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Thursday 12:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Friday 12:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Saturday 12:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Sunday 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Last updated 11.28.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Cash, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Casual Date Spot, Romantic Dining, Brunch, Outdoor Dining, Lunch Spot, Food Delivery, Carry Out, Prix Fixe Menu

Cuisine:

Pizza, Mediterranean, Turkish, Vegetarian

What People Are Saying About Bodrum Turkish Mediterranean

Featured Review

Casey Acierno

Contributor

In Short – There's no shortage of Mediterranean restaurants in New York, but neighborhood restaurant owner Turgut Balikci's newest endeavor takes traditional dining to another level. Architect Richard Bloch--who also designed Masa--resists the urge to go overboard on traditional decorations, opting instead for Mediterranean touches like sea-blue tiling and a wood-burning oven. Put-together uptowners snack on mezze like baba ghanoush and hummus, while entree selections include fish tagine and Adana kebabs. Baklava provides a sweet close to any meal.

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Delicious Turkish Mediterranean food served in a chic atmosphere perfect for young professionals or serenade your date within their romantic outdoor seating.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. nice, romantic decor.
  2. Great Turkish food, charming atmosphere
  3. The service was outstanding and the atmosphere was very warm and welcoming!
  4. it is very romantic the outside tables.
  5. Good food and nice ambiance
  6. Great food, good service, nice ambience.
  7. Love the atmosphere inside and outside.
  8. The food was superb, the wait staff were super friendly and knowledable about the food, and we basically had just a super fun time.
  9. Bodrum Mediterranean Restaurant., best food, best service and great atmosphere!
  10. The staff are very warm and welcoming and the ambiance is pleasantly low-key.
  11. Awesome ambiance and food
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. Our waitress recommended we come back to try the desserts, and we did the next night!
drinks
96.30000114440918% positive
  1. We recomend the plase to anyone that is looking for not only a nice restaurant but that has excellent food ,service and drinks
  2. Great wine list too.
  3. We even got these warm wine drinks compliments of the owner which was totally weird (warm wine?)
  4. Not too confusing with good selections of wine.
  5. The food is delicious and typically made with local ingredients, the wine list is extensive and the waitstaff is extremely friendly.
  6. Very good wine selection and exceptional seafood dishes
  7. We were given ice water and warm, flaky Turkish seeded bread as soon as we sat down, followed by menus and a drink order.
  8. The wine list was similarly varied, and the waitress was extremely helpful, as was the whole staff.
  9. My husband said his Turkish coffee was delicious, they ask you how sweet you want it.
food quality
96.66999816894531% positive
  1. Love the mezze plater, and the pizza.
  2. 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.
  3. We decided to order a few pizzas, kebobs, and the mezzes and share everything.
  4. There are not many restaurant that use fresh ingredients to make delicious martinis ,our favorite was pomogranet martini.
  5. Amazing Turkish food.
  6. The wood-oven roasted chicken and grilled swordfish kebab are so tender and flavorful, served with a refreshing vegetable salad and rice.
  7. We had a great time and the food was amazing.
  8. We were given ice water and warm, flaky Turkish seeded bread as soon as we sat down, followed by menus and a drink order.
  9. Bodrum is indisputably the best, most authentic Turkish restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
  10. The food is delicious and typically made with local ingredients, the wine list is extensive and the waitstaff is extremely friendly.
  11. They have the best brick oven pizza ever ,would definitely go again
  12. Also, delicious baklava!
  13. It's not a heavy meal, perfect portions and you leave feeling complete.
  14. Good food and nice ambiance
  15. can also highly recommended the Adana kabob -- the red meat goes perfectly with the cool yogurt sauce.
  16. Awesome ambiance and food
  17. usually do not care for fried calamari but the combination of the calamari and the aioli sauce makes it a great dish.
  18. It was an awsome place very clean ,chill atomsphere, great food , and friendly waiters.
  19. It is been a while sence me and my husbund have had a very good turkish food
  20. 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.
  21. Authentic food, great service, friendly people.
  22. The crust was very crispy and as a topping they had the Shepard salad with feta.
  23. They have the real wood-burning brick oven which makes amazing thin crust pizza.
  24. love medi food.
  25. Great food, great service!
  26. Love the food here, love the service, its fantastic!
  27. The best authentic Turkish cuisine on the Upper West Side
  28. great food and wonderful service.
  29. My husband said his Turkish coffee was delicious, they ask you how sweet you want it.
  30. We love seafood, and the menu had a wonderful variety of specialties from which to chose.
  31. Each of the courses were excellent - best was the meat dumplings in yogurt sauce and claims in white souce
  32. Great Turkish food, charming atmosphere
  33. Not only are the Turkish dishes excellent, the pizzas are out-of-this-world.
  34. Great food, good service, nice ambience.
  35. The food is really good and there is something for everyone.
  36. Best bet is to order several of the dishes to share since everything is so delicious!
  37. Also the bread is amazing.
  38. Bodrum Mediterranean Restaurant., best food, best service and great atmosphere!
  39. Everything from the food to the service was excellent.
  40. My favorite pizza is the fennel and marques sausage pizza.
  41. We recomend the plase to anyone that is looking for not only a nice restaurant but that has excellent food ,service and drinks
  42. worst of all the yellow rice was NOT the typical turkish/mediterrnean style yellow rice.
  43. The food was superb, the wait staff were super friendly and knowledable about the food, and we basically had just a super fun time.
  44. Love the white pizza and mediterian salad and I always have the humus!
  45. The pizza is especially good.
  46. Good Turkish food with a friendly service.
  47. we went there with my husband and we got great recommentations for our food which Im passing on to you: try the halibut.
  48. After we licked the plate clean we ordered another appetizer, the manti lamb dumplings, and it was just as delicious.
  49. also tried the pizza, which has a thin crust that is absolutely amazing.
  50. The food was not that tasty sorry.
  51. As a main course we had the grilled eggplant pizza to share with nice bottle of monteppulciano.
  52. Delicious platters of all the traditional spreads; babahganush, manti, hummus, shephard salad, etc. accompanied by their delicous home-made bread is perfect for sharing.
  53. Very good wine selection and exceptional seafood dishes
  54. we always get the "greatest" warm service and the best food.
  55. 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!
  56. highly recommend dobrum to anyone not just looking for mediterranian cuisine but anyone who is looking for a nice evening out!
  57. For main course I shared a pizza special, which was one of the best pizzas i had lately.
  58. loved the bread and the pizza.
  59. My personal favorites are the lamb chops, chicken, and i love the manti and cucumber / tomato salad.
  60. say enough about the tasty food and it?
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. We were given ice water and warm, flaky Turkish seeded bread as soon as we sat down, followed by menus and a drink order.
  2. Not too confusing with good selections of wine.
  3. We love seafood, and the menu had a wonderful variety of specialties from which to chose.
  4. The food is delicious and typically made with local ingredients, the wine list is extensive and the waitstaff is extremely friendly.
  5. Very good wine selection and exceptional seafood dishes
overall
100.0% positive
  1. Also, this is great place to go with a group because you can try a bunch of different small plates.
  2. think I found my new favorite restaurant!
  3. We recomend the plase to anyone that is looking for not only a nice restaurant but that has excellent food ,service and drinks
  4. All in all a great new restaurant to add to my repertoire.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. Our waitress recommended we come back to try the desserts, and we did the next night!
service
93.59000205993652% positive
  1. Great food, great service!
  2. In addition, the prices are reasonable and the service is unfailingly cordial.
  3. Authentic food, great service, friendly people.
  4. The wine list was similarly varied, and the waitress was extremely helpful, as was the whole staff.
  5. The service was outstanding and the atmosphere was very warm and welcoming!
  6. 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.
  7. But the service was bad.
  8. Everything from the food to the service was excellent.
  9. We recomend the plase to anyone that is looking for not only a nice restaurant but that has excellent food ,service and drinks
  10. It was an awsome place very clean ,chill atomsphere, great food , and friendly waiters.
  11. The food was superb, the wait staff were super friendly and knowledable about the food, and we basically had just a super fun time.
  12. The staff are very warm and welcoming and the ambiance is pleasantly low-key.
  13. Great food, good service, nice ambience.
  14. Bodrum Mediterranean Restaurant., best food, best service and great atmosphere!
  15. The food is delicious and typically made with local ingredients, the wine list is extensive and the waitstaff is extremely friendly.
  16. The hostess was charming and even though were were a mixed group of ages, we all agreed we loved the place.
  17. Restaurant is beautiful and the service is attentive and friendly!
  18. Good Turkish food with a friendly service.
  19. great food and wonderful service.
  20. The restaurant staff is attentive and courteous, but not over-bearing.
  21. we always get the "greatest" warm service and the best food.
  22. Our waitress recommended we come back to try the desserts, and we did the next night!
  23. Very attentive service, not to fast and not to slow, perfect amout of time.
  24. Service is very friendly and attentive.
  25. And very friendly service i feel welcomed every single time.
  26. Love the food here, love the service, its fantastic!
value
100.0% positive
  1. It's not a heavy meal, perfect portions and you leave feeling complete.
  2. In addition, the prices are reasonable and the service is unfailingly cordial.
  3. The prices are very reasonable,.
wait time
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. Very attentive service, not to fast and not to slow, perfect amout of time.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

11/28/11

Phenomenal

by sgtvmediagroup at Citysearch

Me and my team stopped here on our tour and we were thoroughly impressed. The food was amazing and the ambiance was excellent.... Complete package...

4 Star Rating: Recommended

12/10/10

good

by valentinabrooklyn at Citysearch

i like it very much

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/10/10

Total winner

by rowdy88 at Citysearch

Had lunch at Borsum today based on previous reviews. We were given ice water and warm, flaky Turkish seeded bread as soon as we sat down, followed by menus and a drink order. The waitress was well-versed in all the dishes, and we settled on a side order of lebne (strained yogurt with cucumber, dill and walnuts) a thin pizza and chicken Baghatar (thinly pounded and spiced, with a side salad and rice). It was all so delicious that we are returning this week for dinner.

  • Pros: Food, service, people watching
  • Cons: none
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/08/09

YUM YUM YUM

by dgirl25 at Citysearch

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
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

12/22/08

Great for Dinner!

by mereditheats at Citysearch

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!

The Details on Bodrum Turkish Mediterranean

Place Categories:

  • great turkish food
  • great service
  • love white pizza
  • great new restaurant
  • favorite awsome place
  • great atmosphere
  • great wine
  • knowledable wait staff
  • very good everything
  • best authentic turkish restaurant
  • courteous restaurant staff
  • delicious martinis
  • clean sample plate
  • extremely helpful waitress
  • authentic turkish cuisine
  • refreshing typical turkishmediterrnean style yellow rice
  • recommend highly
  • delicious waitstaff
  • very reasonable prices
  • nice ambiance
  • very crispy thin crust
  • nice evening
  • great mezzes
  • great experience
  • loved flaky turkish seeded bread