Restaurant Review: Anatolia

My mother had recommended Anatolia to me a few months ago, saying the Turkish and Lebanese offerings were amazing and "just like the little place across from our old house in Boston," so with praise like that, it was immediately on my list of must-eats. However, I kept forgetting about it when trying to decide on a place to eat! Then, a couple of weeks ago, I got into a chat on Twitter about it with a few fellow foodies, and decided C and I would have to try it that weekend for lunch.

Located in the Dr. Phillips shopping center off of Sand Lake Rd (right in the "Restaurant Row" area), Anatolia is a small restaurant with gorgeous decor wedged in between Einstein's Bagels and Starbucks. It has a few tables on the outdoor walkway for when the weather isn't too hot and is great, in my opinion, for both a casual lunch and a semi-dressy date night.

C and I have been looking for great Mediterranean food (his goal is to find a kebab as good as the ones from The Golden Grill in Clevedon, the little town we lived in in the UK) for some time now, and we definitely found it at Anatolia. This is far from street food, though, and the prices reflect that to an extent. However, it is worth the money, be it for lunch or dinner.