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I have heard mixed reviews about Caravanseri, so of course I had to try it for myself. Everytime I've walked past its been absolutely heaving with patrons and every time I have tried to get a table without pre booking there has been an hour to two hour wait. Caravanseri fast becoming one of Brisbane's most talk about restaurants. Last night was my long awaited much anticipated appearance at Caravanseri restaurant. The decor is really authentic and sets the mood, similar to what you would find in most Turkish restaurants. Parking though is a nightmare, if your lucky to land a park directly outside, otherwise street parking is the only way to go which in West End is always difficult. Tables are both inside and out but if you feel the cold like I do I would advise against eating outside as there is no to limited heating, after a table became available inside we snapped it up and moved in. Inside provides a great atmosphere, flames are firing from the kitchen, people are laughing and everything's quite loud. The menu is quite limited which isn't a bad thing really as I find some menu's are overcrowded with dishes and are complicated. We decided to go for the Istanbul Sublime, a platter for two involving lamb cutlets, chicken skewers, garlic prawns, chilli mussels, haloumi, fresh salads, dipping sauces, rice and warm bread. From experience platters are the way to go at Turkish resurtrants and to a starving stomach the bigger the better. When we eventually got our platter it was simply beautiful, the flavours and textures were so delicious except for one of my lamb cutlets which was a little underdone, with a pricetag of $63.50 I would had expected the Istanbul Sublime to be a little bigger. Still being a little peckish we just couldn't resist the dessert menu. Everything from baclava to turkish delights we tried it and they were aboslutley devine. Our desserts really hit the spot which topped off a wonderful meal, I was even more please with my skinny latte which was one of the better ones I have had for some time.
From the negative reviews I have read on Caravanseri they all complain about the service. We waited an hour for our meal to arrive and believe me that time went slow, I wouldn't normally mind waiting this long for food but both my girlfriend and I were starving so that hour dragged on, only once were we updated on the status of our order. Some Turkish bread would had been nice whilst we waited so long for our meal. In saying that the service was still pretty good, we had a fantastic waiter who thanked us for our patience on our wait for the meal. Caravanseri would be a great place to go in a big group of people, although I would expect a lengthy wait on the meal so defiantly order entrees. I will defiantly go back to Caravanseri although next time I will be with a lot more people, as a lover of Turkish cuisine I find Caravanseri to be different to Brisbane's other Turkish restaurants, its BYO and so for corkage you are charged by the person. Opening everyday apart from Monday Caravanseri is defiantly a restaurant worth going to just remember to book at least two days in advance.
D.
Desert
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