Ostend's Turkish deli sits on Belgium Street, a few steps from the bus stop and with parking round the back, and it's the kind of place you spot from the road and then keep thinking about. The room is done up in Turkish style, with a covered area outside and tables out front where you can sit in the sun with a coffee, and the food is made fresh in house every day.
You come here for the healthy bowl, where you pick five or seven salads and add falafel, hummus or meat on top, and for the kebabs, iskender, moussaka and pide, which come out of the kitchen in generous portions. There's proper coffee, Turkish tea and Turkish coffee in little glasses, plus a cabinet of baklava, lemon meringue pie and Turkish delight, and they've got vegan and gluten-free options right across the menu.
It's open from 4pm Monday to Wednesday and from 11am Thursday to Saturday, closed Sunday, so you've got lunch through to early dinner, eat in or takeaway.
Written from 148 Google reviews, every one we could get, on 12 November 2026. Rated 4.9 from 149 Google reviews.
You'd be hard pressed to find better Turkish food on Waiheke, and it's easily one of the island's best-value meals. Everything is made fresh in house by an owner who clearly cares, and it feels like eating in someone's home.
Order the healthy bowl, because picking five or seven salads from the likes of beetroot, tabouleh, hummus and dolma is the thing regulars keep coming back for. The iskender with lamb or chicken and garlic yoghurt, the moussaka made to the owner's grandmother's recipe, the stuffed peppers with quinoa and the pide are all worth ordering. Finish with baklava, lemon meringue pie made with island-grown lemons, or rose, orange and pistachio Turkish delight.
Service is warm, genuine and quick even at a busy lunch, and the owner takes real care over dietary questions. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free needs get sorted without fuss, and coffee or Turkish tea arrives while you're still deciding.
The room has Turkish decor and several different spaces to sit, including a covered area outside so a bit of rain doesn't stop you, and tables out front where you can sit in the sun. It stays quiet and relaxed, there's a shelf of travel books to flick through, and parking is round the back with the bus stop a few metres up the road.
Portions are generous and prices are fair, and it's one of the best-value feeds on the island. You'll eat well without spending much, and the takeaway salads are packed just as generously as the ones you eat in.
It suits a mixed group where half the table is vegan and the other half wants lamb, with kids and gluten-free eaters looked after too. Lunch after a bike ride, an early dinner, or a mezze platter for two all work nicely.
The doors stay propped open, so the room can feel cold in winter and cooking smoke can hang about when there's no breeze. Sunday is closed and the kitchen finishes at 7.30pm, so a late dinner isn't on the cards.
Every fact on this page was checked on 8 November 2026 against Google, Cappadocia deli Turkish's own website and 148 of its Google reviews. The photo is from the eatout library, not taken here, and no venue pays to be listed or ranked. Something out of date? Tell us
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