Tasting Notes
This Nusr-Et is on Nisbetiye Caddesi in Etiler, on the European side. It uses the same menu as the chain's other Istanbul branches, and its signatures are the Nusr-Et Special, the lokum cut, Nusr-Et sushi and the golden baklava. The dining room is open until midnight every day; takeaway orders end at 23:00.
Steaks, tenderloin and lamb
The Nusr-Et Special is beef tenderloin sliced and cooked in butter with sea salt, and the dish most people come for. Dana lokum is a thick tenderloin cut, and there is also sirloin for two, a 600 g tomahawk, eight-hour beef ribs (asado), rack of lamb and lamb chops. Starters include beef carpaccio, smoked rib-eye, steak tartare and grilled prawns, and the sushi list has the house version of rice topped with sliced beef, avocado and parmesan.
The golden dishes
A separate section covers steaks, ribs, a tomahawk, rack of lamb, a burger and the baklava in 24-carat gold leaf, at a considerable premium. Several dishes are priced in a range by size, and the menu does not show the breakdown, so ask your waiter before ordering. The restaurant takes group bookings of ten or more through a separate events form on its website.
Alcohol is served here.
“Book through the website, order the Nusr-Et Special and the beef sushi to share, and ask for the price of size-dependent dishes before you order.”
LR Kitchen — field note