• Areni Cappadocia

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Turkish restaurant with lots of veggie and vegan dishes all clearly marked on the menu. Open Mon-Sun 12:00pm-12:00am.


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5 Reviews

First Review by charandjosh

mmagallon

Points +457

Vegan
20 Oct 2024

Nice for tapas

Delicious food in a fancy restaurant. I went here several times during my stay in Cappadocia in 2023 & 2024.

Pros: Really nice staff working here, Very cozy inside, Several vegan tapas

Cons: A bit priecy, Vegan main dish doesn’t exist anymore

LisaSpykers

Points +8204

Vegan
17 May 2024

Tasty food but some confusion about what vegan means

We enjoyed the dishes ordered here which were different to the usual vegan options served in Turkish restaurants. We ate topik (an Armenian dish), oyster mushrooms, stuffed peppers and eggplant (translated to 'dried peppers'), a vegetable clay pot with bulgar, and fava dip.

HOWEVER, there seems to be some confusion about what vegan means. There are 'Vegan meatballs' listed on the menu and the waiter told us it wasn't vegan! We didn't order anything that he said was vegan that we knew could potentially contain animal products, like the arancini.

So if you go, ask questions. Note that as it is a fancier establishment, the food portions are quite small and pricey.

Updated from previous review on 2024-05-17

Pros: Friendly service, Tasty food, A little different to the usual fare

Cons: Confusion about what's vegan, Small portions , Pricey

BrunoFehr

Points +161

Vegan
16 Oct 2023

Amazing but…

Probably the best oyster mushrooms I have ever had. 3 Stars!

On our second visit we received a delicious free treat. 4 Stars!

On our third visit, we were poorly received and the service was terrible. They refused to bring bread, saying they were out. We were the second customers of the evening and all tables were receiving bread after us. 2 Stars!

Fourth visit once again great food and everything went fine. The staff is very inexperienced but that’s OK. Back to 4 Stars!

Updated from previous review on 2023-10-14

Pros: Oyster Mushroom, Nice Staff (sometimes), Comfortable environment

Cons: Poor staff (sometimes)

OsvaldoHB

Points +422

Vegan
02 May 2023

Now with a Vegan option on the menu

They now offer delicious köfte (flat meatballs, a traditional Turkish dish). Comes with a veg rice, a veg meze and ekmek (bread). Reasonable price.

Pros: Tasty meal, Kind service, Reasonable price

charandjosh

Points +1500

Vegan
18 Apr 2022

A mixed evening…

The restaurant itself is wonderfully located and beautiful inside. The menu has clearly marked vegetable-only options. We ordered the vegetable clay pot kebab. We clearly told the waiter that neither of us wanted meat. The food is well-presented: the waiter brings it over in a clay pot and smashes it in front of you! Mine was smashed and poured into my dish with no problems. Unfortunately, they gave a beef dish to my husband, despite being told twice that we only wanted vegetables. We quickly told the waiter who was very apologetic and they took it away to make him another one; unfortunately this meant that we ended up eating at different times. The food itself was really delicious, especially the rice. They bought my husband’s dish over after a while and smashed the clay pot as standard; unfortunately some of it fell into his food! They did their best to get it all out but some small bits remained! So all in all it was a very mixed evening. Food was delicious and the waiters were lovely but big mistakes were made along the way.




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