The meat was cooked nice and tender, I tried the lamb Adana! Some of the best hummus I've ever had!

Hostess and waiters and always very nice. We have eaten many times here. There is no wait time. Nice view of NYC and nice to sit out in Summer. Chicken tavuk adana is my favorite here. read more

First time dinner with friends on the back deck last weekend. Deck atmosphere is cool with the view and overhead heaters helped. But, it was noisey with one large group and rest of tables full. Shepherd's salad was lightly dressed, if at all. I had the hunkar begendi and it was good. Nothing wrong with it,,,but nothing special either. My husband had the Manti and was disappointed. The description sounds great,,,but we thought it had no flavor what so ever,,,,very bland. Service was friendly and attentive. Would we go again? Probably not,,,there are too many other restaurants with more assertive flavors and variety to try. read more

An unpretentious but well-appointed restaurant serving excellent Turkish food. I am yet to have a meal at Hunkar that wasn't thoroughly satisfying. read more

Good food and nice environment. Generally I like Turkish cuisine, only thing I didn't like is music

My husband and I have been coming to Hunkar since it opened, for almost 15 years! My husband is Turkish and his mom made amazing Turkish food. We love the cuisine so we've eaten at many Turkish restaurants in the NY/NJ area. We think Hunkar is simply the best. Our favorite appetizers are Shepard salad with cheese, eggplant salad, plaki, and cacik. The Shepard salad tastes like summertime all year long. The cucumbers and tomatoes always taste so fresh. The eggplant salad has a subtle smokiness with just the right seasoning. I've tried to make this at home but can't come close to Hunkar's version. The plaki is a bean dish served cold - brings us right back to my mother-in-law's version. The cacik is cool and refreshing and goes perfectly with the entrees or for dipping the delicious warm complimentary pita bread. Our favorite entrees are Adana kebab, doner kebab (when available), chicken shish with yogurt, and mixed grill. Each dish is delicious and most are served with amazing rice pilaf, tomato and pepper. We usually split a dessert of baklava, kadayif or kazan dibi with Turkish tea. We eat here at least twice a month and over all these years the food is consistently delicious! This restaurant sets the bar extremely high for any other Turkish restaurants, and we have yet to find one we like as much as Hunkar. It was our "find" many years ago and is still our Go To restaurant today! read more

we usually go for Sushi every Tuesday, but one of my clients, who is Turkish suggested this place. He did the ordering, so I really can't tell you what I ate. the only thing I can say is everything was delicious. we had a medley of appetizers that were all good. the desert was also excellent .The service was also very good, but not as good as the food. I would highly recommend this place. read more

Incredible ambiance and delicious fresh food. The back outdoor area is absolutely beautiful, and the items on the menu are very unique. Perfect for a date night or even a special event. I can't wait to come back! read more

I love Turkish food. Must try chicken soup, meatballs and lebni. Bring your own bottle.

The worst attitude!! Waitresses are behaving like you are piece of sh*t.. Without having a good service good food doesn't make sense!! If u wanna be treated at least as a human, AVOID!!!!! read more

Charging automatic gratuities (18%) for 5 person dinning is not acceptable (to me). Needless to say, this will limit patronizing this restaurant. read more

Food is absolutely awesome... I've never eaten anything there is didn't love.. The mixed grills are awesome for a bigger group.. And all the appetizers are delicious read more

Worst customer service ever. The restaurant was not packed and it literally took 30 mins for our drink order, which was a water and a can of Pepsi. 20 mins later they finally came with our drinks and no bread. Everything took forever. We couldn't even get our check at the end. The food was mediocre, it was not amazing. read more

Loved the view. The food was amazing! Our waitress made us feel very comfortable. Family owned business. food very delicious. we go there frequently and find the best taste every time. i wish they extend the menu. read more

I always have great service here and food is always amazing. The server always times when to take an order and he is very considerate. The food is great. I have never been disappointed with anything I ordered. Best Turkish food around in north jersey. read more

I absolutely LOVED my experience at Hunkar! I will absolutely come again and I will tell all my friends and family to come as well! I rate my experience with them an A+ for everything! The service, food, atmosphere, coziness, view were all exceptional! I was very happy dining with them. Thank you!!! read more

Really wrestling between 4 & 5 stars, but since it's the holidays, I'll round up. Not sure what took me so long to try this place out. I guess sometimes when I read one or two negative reviews, they stick out in my mind, despite the fact that I should be focusing on the majority of positive reviews. Anyway, let me start by saying that this place was great. Very nice atmosphere...mellow, dimly lit, but not eerily so. There were a number of occupied tables, but the place wasn't crazy packed. We dealt with a few different servers during the evening, and they were all super nice, including our waitress. Very sweet, polite, etc. Onto the important stuff...the food. I was on the verge of giving up on Turkish food because it seems every time I've had it, I've felt it's fallen a bit short. I was starting to think that maybe Turkish food just isn't flavorful enough for me, but this place changed my mind. We had the babaghanoush, eggplant w/sauce, zucchini pancakes, tabouleh, lamb kebabs, chicken kebabs, and some kind of flan-like dessert. The stars were the kebabs...among the best I've ever had & I would go as far as to say the lamb WAS the best. It wasn't fatty or gamey. Very generous portions too. The chicken was moist & well seasoned. My next favorites were the babaghanoush & eggplant w/sauce...outstanding. The zucchini pancakes & tabouleh were good, but for me, not great. Honestly, I think that's just a function of me liking the other things better. The tabouleh didn't have as much parsley as I tend to like & really love the Lebanese version, which seems to be greener & have more lemon. The dessert was very good, as was the Turkish coffee. To the person that wrote the owners get all their friends to write reviews: I have never met the owner & I thought this place was great. read more

one of the best lamb sish ever it was so tender. also this place kind a black sea region cuisine try dolma and fish menu

Been back a couple of times since my original review, and I would maintain the food rating. I do agree with some other about the hit and miss service. The lunch menu is perfectly priced and sized. read more

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT... I can easily say that Hunkar is way beyond my expectations, simply it is a true family owned business, from kitchen to floor, everyone is in the family. Since i worked in a few restaurants during my college years in NYC, i am very concerned about hygiene, therefore i d like to sneak and take a peek at kitchens and around when i go to restaurants, Hunkar is the only restaurant i ve ever seen, cleaner than my own kitchen. Food is fantastic, delivery is amazing, i strongly suggest you to go there especially in a nice weather so you can seat in the back patio/balcony and enjoy the NYC sky-view ... i found myself home there along with the extreme hospitality of Mehmet Usta and his family. Frankly, the cosy atmosphere of the restaurant will make a regular Poland Spring bottle water taste better. i can only wish for one thing, wish i could discover this place earlier.... From now on Hunkar is my new favorite place. i will go there to try stuffed grape leaves and other appetizers, by the way, it is a BYOB place and dont skip on a tasty turkish tea afterwords your dinner. best days for special meat dish are; fridays, saturdays and sundays as far as i figured out. i will definitely go back again for lunch during the week as well. A Must GO!!! read more

My Turkish friends and I agree this place is better than Toros. I do not know why someone will post a negative experience with this restaurant without posting justification for such conclusion. Nevertheless, this is my favorite Turkish restaurant in NJ. Service, ambiance and food is great. I've been here 3 times and was never disappointed. Their grilled food and the vegetable baked dish (recommended for vegetarians) are very good! Prices are reasonable. BYOB is a plus for me as I prefer to bring my favorite wine. read more

Went here with my husband for a rare date nite just before my second child was born. I am armenian, he is Odar. He got the mixed plate and loved it! I am a big iskender fan (gyro meat with buttered pita, tomato and yogurt) and of course ayran. Shepard salad and eggplant was delicious too! read more

we sat on the back deck great view of NYC service was good not great .....but the food was ok should of been better read more

This is a great Turkish resturant. They have a patio in back overlooking the Meadowlands. They have a $9.95 lunch special that can't be beat. The food was great and the service was good also. read more

I live in Manhattan, but work in the area. This rivals anything in NYC. I would come here for dinner in spite of the tolls and traffic.

I've been going to this restaurant for quite a while now at least three times a week with my friends and also recommended it others. I thought it was nice cozy restaurant. The service was a little slow, but didn't bother me too much. I've always ordered the same dish which was customized for me; Shepard Salad topped with Grilled Salmon. The small Shepard Salad by itself is I believe $8.99 and large salad $9.99, just a dollar difference. Adding salmon to a small salad was $17.00 altogether which was fair to me. Last time I went with one of my friends we ordered appetizers and the same salad with grilled salmon, but large, which we were splitting between two of us, as we wanted to make some room for our deserts. The salad cost us $32!!! I couldn't believe, I thought it was a mistake on waitress part. How can this be such different in prancing? That is literally $15.00 more than small salad I've always ordered. The most it should've been its maybe $7.00 if even that much! When I approached the owner of the restaurant and asked and explained the situation he laughed in my face and said that every time I ordered small salad I should've been charged much more. I couldn't believe my ears how disrespectful he was. I do not mind to pay for my food, but what happened there it was really unacceptable especially how I was treaded. I will never, ever go back there again. The customer service is really terrible and it's really hard to believe that this was coming from the owner. read more

Really enjoyed this place. We had a bunch of appetizers - hummus, caviar spread, eggplant chunks - all of which were good. My wife tried the Bronzino special which was a whole fish, with head and bones and all. It was very juicy, very simple. I liked it more than my Iskender (they were out of the lamb shank, my usual go to dish at Turkish places). I also had a bite of my friends lamb chunks which were excellent. (She was born in Turkey and I was happy that she gave this place a thumbs up.) We had a nice corner table at the front of the restaurant. Later when I used the restroom I saw that there was a back room with open windows and a view of Met Life Stadium and midtown Manhattan behind that. We asked to have our dessert and coffee served out there, and our waitress was very accommodating. It was a pleasant way to end the evening. I would definitely go back, and it was convenient to Bananas Comedy Club further north on Route 17. read more