There’s a new eatery near College Park and it isn’t an Italian restaurant or a pizza joint. (Seriously, how many pizza places does one neighborhood need?)
Zeytin Turkish Cuisine (Facebook | Instagram) on Edgewater Drive just north of Fairbanks Avenue [GMap] is the latest addition to the neighborhood.
Owner Zeynel Gulsoy, who also worked as a cook at Bosphorous in Winter Park and co-owned Istanbul in Lake Mary, opened Zeytin in December.
Zeytin, which means “olive” in Turkish, specializes in – you guessed it — Turkish and Middle Eastern cuisine like hummus, lamb kebabs, mousakka, pide (a Turkish flatbread) and lavas. Zeytin serves halal meat.
Vegetarian dishes include okra sauté and vegetable casserole made with green beans, eggplant, bell peppers, onions and garlic over rice. Most dinner entrees start at $16.95.
Zeytin also serves beer and wine.
Gulsoy, who grew up in Turkey, spent seven months renovating the space, which was the former site of Woody’s American and Italian Grill. The dining room is decorated with items from Turkey, including hand-crafted booths with Turkish fabrics. The restaurant seats about 50 people.
If you go to Zeytin, don’t leave without ordering a cup of Turkish coffee and getting your fortune read. In Turkey and in other Balkan countries it’s tradition to have your fortune told by the leftover coffee grounds in your cup. My waitress on a recent Wednesday night was spot on with the fortune.
Zeytin is open for dinner from 4 p.m. to midnight Tuesday – Sunday. The restaurant is closed Mondays.
We live in a bubble of pizza
It is NOT in college park
Let’s do it!
Lunch with dad
Love the reference to ‘not another pizza joint’ in the neighborhood and yet what’s pictured? A Turkish pizza U0001f602
Will try this place soon. Menu looks greatU0001f44dU0001f3fb
yes! and they’ll read your cup grinds after
But do they have Turkish coffee???
Looking to trying it out.
Can’t wait to try it out!!
Love real Turkish food!
Sooo stoked on this! I had zero idea this went down…
Brenda Gress Bartnick, next date.
The head chef was a cook at Bosphorus this should be good!
Finally!
Sherrie Smith Donna Neck
And #nomorepizzainCP
Zeyn Burak new venture ? Patricia Sullivan
We dont do reviews, so you’ll have to take a chance!
What? Not another pizza joint‽ I can’t accept this in Pizza Park, I mean College Park
Mücahit Ekin I know what you mean. That’s how I feel about bar b que, lol!
I have tried a lot of Turkish restaurants but I never like it , I don’t know why but it taste different than back home
Diana Garcia dinner date soon?
Mücahit Ekin if you and your friends want a little taste of home… but not home cooked ?
Review? Nice announcement. Wondering how the food was.