Istanbul Sofra

Istanbul Sofra Menu

(412) 727-6693
7600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221

Appetizers


Large Mixed Appetizer Platter
$17.50
7 combinations of cold appetizers.
Small Mixed Appetizer Platter
$14.50
5 combinations of cold appetizers.
Piyaz
$6.25
Made with navy beans, tomatoes, onions, red bell pepper, parsley and Turkish spices.
Mixed Appetizers
$18.00
Haydari
$6.25
Thick homemade yogurt with chopped walnuts, garlic and dried mint.
Spicy Ezme Salad
$6.25
Spicy mixture of finely chopped tomatoes, onions, parsley, red and green bell peppers and Turkish spices.
Tabouli Salad
$6.25
Traditionally made of tomatoes, finely chopped parsley, bulgur and onion and seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice and salt.
Dolma (Stuffed Grape Leaves)
$6.25
Grape leaves stuffed with rice, pine nuts, currants, parsley and spices.
Hummus
$6.25
Mashed chickpeas, mixed with fresh lemon juice, minced garlic, olive oil and tahini.
Eggplant Spread
$6.25
Char-broiled eggplant mixed with sauteed chopped tomatoes, onions, peppers and parsley, with a touch of olive oil and fresh lemon juice.
Mixed Eggplant
$6.25
Cubed and fried eggplant dipped in our special homemade tomato and garlic sauce.
Haydari
6.25
Thick homemade yogurt with chopped walnuts, garlic and dried mint.

$Hot Appetizers


Mix Hot Appetizers
$15.50
Mixture of cigarette borek, falafel, fried zucchini, spinach borek.
Fried Zucchini (Mucver)
$6.25
Deep fried patties of grated zucchini with dry mint, Turkish spices, eggs and flour.
Falafel
$6.25
Ground chick peas, chopped fresh vegetables and flour formed into a pattie and fried until golden brown.
Cigarette Borek
6.25
Phyllo dough stuffed with feta cheese and dill and pan fried until golden brown.

$Soup


Lentil Soup (Mercimek Corbasi)
6.25
Made with red lentils, tomatoes, onions and other vegetables.

$Salads


Coban Salad
$9.00
Chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and parsley tossed with olive oil and red wine vinegar and fresh lemon juice.
Sofra Salad
$9.00
Chopped romaine lettuce, red and green bell peppers, cucumbers and shaved carrots tossed with olive oil, red cabbage, pomegranate juice and fresh lemon juice.
Arugula Salad
$9.00
Mixture of arugula, tomatoes, lemon juice, olive oil and cube feta cheese.
Mediterranean Salad
10.00
Chopped romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley and feta cheese tossed with fresh lemon juice, red wine vinegar and olive oil.

$Entree


Doner Kebab
$15.50
Seasoned and marinated lamb, cooked on rotating skewer, thinly sliced. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Iskender Kebab
$17.50
Sliced Turkish lamb gyros served on pita bread, topped with tomato sauce and yogurt. Served with grilled peppers on top.
Turkish Lamb Chops
$23.29
Marinated baby lamb chops grilled to perfection. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Adana Kebab
$16.50
Seasoned ground lamb, char-broiled on skewer. Served with our special yogurt sauce. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Izgara Kofte (Grilled)
$16.00
Char-broiled ground lamb and beef patties delicately seasoned with special house spices. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Sofra Mix Grill
$30.00
Sofra mixed grill includes shish kebab, adana kebab, lamb kofte kebab, lamb chops chicken kebab, chicken kofte doner (gyro). Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Karniyarik
$18.00
Karniyarik eggplant stuffed with minced lamb-degustation-ottoman cuisine. ('riven belly' in Turkish) dish consisting of eggplant stuffed with a mix of sauteed chopped onions, garlic, black pepper, tomatoes, parsley and ground meat.
Shish Kebab
$17.50
Char-broiled lamb cubes, cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Lamb Mix Grill
30.00
Lamb mixed grill includes shish kebab, adana kebab, lamb kofte kebab, lamb chops. Doner (gyro) served with garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.

$Chicken


Mixed Grounded Seasoned Meat
$14.00
Served with homemade tomato sauce and yogurt.
Chicken Kofte
$15.50
Seasoned ground chicken, cooked on grill and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Chicken Mixed Grill Platter
$30.00
Mixed grill includes chicken kebab, chicken adana, chicken kofte kebab. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Chicken Adana
$15.50
Seasoned ground chicken, cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Chicken Kebab
$16.50
Char-broiled chicken cubes, cooked on skewers and delicately marinated in Turkish spices, served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Chicken (Gyro) Doner
13.50
Seasoned and marinated chicken, cooked on rotating skewer, thinly sliced. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.

$Fish


Shrimp Shish Kebab
$17.50
Seasoned and marinated in bay leaves and lemon juice, cooked on skewers. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and grilled tomato and peppers.
Grilled Salmon
$18.50
Fresh salmon seasoned with dill, green onions, garlic and olive oil. Served with homemade rice, garnish salad and tomato.
Whole Fish (Branzino & Dorado)
23.95

$Vegetarian


Falafel Platter
$14.50
Chick peas and chopped vegetables, fried. Served with tabouli salad and rice.
Imam Bayildi (the Imam Fainted)
$17.00
Ottoman cuisine consisting of whole eggplant stuffed with onion, garlic and tomatoes and simmered in olive oil. It is 1 of the most notable olive oil-based dishes.
Veggie Platter
$15.50
Grilled carrots, zucchinis, mushrooms, tomatoes and eggplants, red bell pepper, green pepper served with rice and garnish salad.
Manti (Turkish Dumplings)
14.50
Turkish dumplings made of small pockets of dough filled with fresh mixed grounded vegetables. Served with homemade tomato sauce and yogurt.

$Extra


French Fries
$3.00
Garnish
$2.00
Fresh garnish cucumber and carrots.
Pita Bread
$2.00
Grill Vegietable
$5.00
Yogurt Sauce
$0.50
Pilav (Rice)
3.00

$Dessert


Kazandibi
$6.00
A milk pudding with a caramelized sugar coating.
Baklava
$6.00
Walnuts nestled between light layers of phyllo pastry and topped with butter syrup.
Sutlac (Rice Pudding)
$6.00
Rice pudding made by baking rice, milk and sugar.
Revani
$6.00
Semolina cake with orange syrup and walnuts.
Kunefe
8.00

$Beverages


Bottle of Water
$1.75
Soft Drinks
$2.00
Coke products.
Milk
$1.75
Perrier
$1.75
Turkish Tea (cay)
$2.00
Apple Tea
$1.75
Ayran
$2.50
Ayran is a cold yogurt beverage mixed with salt.
Salgam
$2.50
Made with the juice of red carrot pickles, salted, spiced and flavoured with aromatic turnip (celem) fermented in barrels with the addition of ground bulgur.
Juice
$1.75
Orange, cranberry, apple.
Rose Bush Tea
$1.75
Turkish Coffee
$2.50
Roasted and then finely ground coffee beans are boiled in a (cezve), usually with sugar and served in a cup.

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