Best 7 Turkish Restaurants in Prague

Seven places for proper Turkish food in Prague, from charcoal grills and stone-oven pide to a shared breakfast spread and a kebab at four in the morning.

Kebab counters are everywhere around Wenceslas Square, but sit-down Turkish cooking is another thing: Adana kebab straight off the charcoal, lahmacun and pide from a stone oven, and a breakfast table that takes an hour to clear. Most of these places are in Nové Město, an easy walk from the sights, and they suit families who like sharing plates, anyone looking for halal options and anyone hungry after the bars close.

Sit-down restaurants come first, then a long-running canteen and a late-night kebab shop; we checked each against its own website and current listings. None has a full Prague Hints review yet, so the links go to each restaurant’s own website (for Mangal, its map listing).

What to order. Adana kebab is spiced minced lamb grilled on a wide skewer over charcoal. İskender is sliced döner over pieces of bread with tomato sauce, melted butter and yoghurt. Lahmacun is a paper-thin flatbread with spiced minced meat: add lemon and parsley and roll it up. Pide is its thicker, boat-shaped cousin, baked with cheese or meat. Künefe is shredded pastry baked around melting cheese and soaked in syrup, eaten hot. At breakfast, menemen is eggs scrambled with tomatoes and peppers, and serpme kahvaltı is a spread of small plates (cheeses, olives, jams, eggs, bread) to share.

At a glance

Best for charcoal grills	Anatolia Grill Restaurant — meat from its own farm and butcher
Best for lamb specialities	Šéf Kemal — lamb shank, mantı, halal-certified ingredients
Best for a Turkish breakfast	Mehmet Efendi — serpme kahvaltı for two or four
Best for pide and rakı	YILDIZ Turkish Restaurant — oven-baked pide, meze, meyhane-style drinks
Best on Wenceslas Square	Mangal Restaurant — Adana kebab by the National Museum
Best on a budget	Istanbul Kebab (Krakovská) — home-style stews at canteen prices
Best after midnight	Ali Baba Kebap — family kebab shop open until 05:00

1. Anatolia Grill Restaurant

Na Poříčí 1934/38, next to the Anatolia Meat Market butcher · Nové Město, Prague 1

Anatolia Grill Restaurant is a charcoal grill with an unusually short supply chain: the owners say the meat comes only from their own farm in the Rakovník area and their own butcher’s shop next door. Lahmacun and pide come out of a stone oven, the lahmacun rolled paper-thin by hand. The owners describe their meat as halal; the menu also lists rakı, beer and wine.

Order the İskender, the Adana or Ali Nazik (grilled meat on a smoky aubergine and yoghurt purée), then künefe, and share a lahmacun to start. At the time of writing, mains ran from about 289 to 690 Kč and it was open daily from 08:00 to midnight.

Visit Anatolia Grill Restaurant’s website →

2. Šéf Kemal

Jugoslávská 599/18 · Vinohrady, Prague 2

Šéf Kemal is named after its chef, Kemal Deniz, who has been cooking for more than thirty years and has been in Prague since 2015. His specialities lean on lamb: kuzu incik (lamb shank), pirzola chops and yoğurtlu kebap served over yoghurt, plus mantı dumplings and kıymalı pide. The restaurant states that all its dishes are prepared with halal-certified ingredients.

The menu runs from Turkish breakfast through meze to grill and oven dishes, and at the time of writing it was open daily from 10:00 to 23:00. Adana, beyti and Ali Nazik are the popular grills, and guests mention live music. A second branch, Chef Kemal, is at Opletalova 928/20 in Prague 1, near Wenceslas Square.

Visit Šéf Kemal’s website →

3. Mehmet Efendi

Politických vězňů 1531/9 · Nové Město, Prague 1

Mehmet Efendi Turkish Mediterranean Cuisine serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it is the place on this list for serpme kahvaltı: 799 Kč for two or 1,590 Kč for four at the time of writing. Eating alone? Order menemen or sucuklu yumurta, eggs fried with spicy sucuk sausage.

Later in the day there is beef steak döner (as İskender, dürüm or a plate), mixed grill platters for one, two or four, beyti sarma, and Adana or the milder Urfa kebab; lahmacun and lentil soup are popular starters. Döner dishes were 209–359 Kč and grills 329–490 Kč, and it was open daily from 10:00 to 23:00. It is widely described as halal, but the restaurant does not say so itself, so ask staff.

Visit Mehmet Efendi’s website →

4. YILDIZ Turkish Restaurant

Vladislavova 1761/18 · Nové Město, Prague 1

YILDIZ Turkish Restaurant is part restaurant, part meyhane, the Turkish tavern where an evening runs on rakı and meze, and it has a meyhane-style drinks list to match. The oven turns out pide three ways (kuşbaşılı with diced meat, kaşarlı with cheese, kıymalı with minced meat), plus lahmacun and Adana kebab.

It is also a good breakfast stop, with menemen, sucuklu yumurta, su böreği (layered cheese pastry) and a simit plate. Finish with künefe or Hamsiköy sütlaç, a rich rice pudding from the Black Sea region. At the time of writing, breakfast plates were about 279–299 Kč and mains 319–449 Kč; it was open 10:00–midnight on weekdays and 09:00–01:00 at weekends.

Visit YILDIZ Turkish Restaurant’s website →

5. Mangal Restaurant

Václavské náměstí 807/64 · Nové Město, top of Wenceslas Square

Mangal Restaurant takes its name from the Turkish word for a charcoal grill. It sits at the top of Wenceslas Square near the National Museum, the most central sit-down Turkish meal on this list. The Adana kebab is the dish people talk about, with the mixed grill and lentil soup close behind.

Prices are mid-range, a little high for some diners, which the address partly explains. It is widely described as halal, though we could not confirm this with the restaurant itself, so ask staff. At the time of writing it was open daily from 11:00 to 23:00. Its own website could not be reached when we checked, so the link goes to Google Maps.

See Mangal on Google Maps →

6. Istanbul Kebab (Krakovská)

Krakovská 593/19 · Nové Město, just off Wenceslas Square

Several places in Prague trade as Istanbul Kebab; we mean Istanbul Kebab at Krakovská 19, which has been running in the centre for around twenty years. It is a casual sit-down canteen, not just a takeaway, and the draw is home-style stews: patlıcan kebap (meat with aubergine), İzmir köfte (meatballs baked with potatoes and peppers), tas kebab (a stew of cubed meat) and lamb haşlama, boiled lamb in its broth.

It is the cheapest sit-down meal here: at the time of writing İskender was 280 Kč, lahmacun 120 Kč and pide 130 Kč, and it was open daily from 09:00 to 22:00. Finish with baklava, şekerpare or sütlaç; guests often mention a free glass of Turkish tea. It is widely described as halal but does not say so itself, so ask.

Visit Istanbul Kebab’s website →

7. Ali Baba Kebap

Na Poříčí 1918/11 · Nové Město, near Florentinum

Ali Baba Kebap is a family-run kebab shop with seating, not a place for a sit-down dinner, and it earns its place by staying open until 05:00 every night. When the kitchens around Nové Město have closed, this is the late-night stop we would pick.

The speciality is veal kebap marinated to a family recipe, in pita or as a dürüm, plus an Adana kebap made with lamb and a halloumi plate. Prices are budget level. It is widely described as halal, though the shop does not state it, so ask staff. At the time of writing it was open daily from 10:00 to 05:00.

Visit Ali Baba Kebap’s website →

Practical tips

Most of the list is walkable. Mangal and Istanbul Kebab are by Wenceslas Square, Anatolia Grill and Ali Baba Kebap share Na Poříčí, and Mehmet Efendi and YILDIZ are a short walk from the square. Only Šéf Kemal’s main restaurant is out in Vinohrady.
Breakfast is really brunch. Mehmet Efendi, YILDIZ and Šéf Kemal all serve Turkish breakfast, but none opened before 09:00 at the time of writing. A serpme spread is for sharing and lingering, so go hungry.
Paying. Cards are widely accepted in Prague, and rounding up or adding around 10% for good service is customary.
Baklava to take away. Gülerfamily (Argentinská 702/1, Holešovice, Prague 7) is a family baklava bakery, not a café: pistachio, walnut, chocolate and coconut baklava made with ghee to an original Turkish recipe, plus vegan baklava and kadayıf, from about 420 Kč for 12. At the time of writing it opened on weekdays only (Monday to Thursday 09:00–15:00, Friday to 18:00); it also has an e-shop.

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Are Turkish restaurants in Prague halal?

Many are, but check. Šéf Kemal states that it uses halal-certified ingredients and Anatolia Grill’s owners describe their meat as halal; Mehmet Efendi, Mangal, Istanbul Kebab and Ali Baba Kebap are widely described as halal without saying so themselves. Some Turkish restaurants also serve alcohol, so ask staff if it matters to you.

Where can I eat Turkish food late at night in Prague?

Ali Baba Kebap on Na Poříčí was open until 05:00 every night at the time of writing. For a sit-down meal, YILDIZ stayed open until 01:00 at weekends and Anatolia Grill until midnight daily.

How much does a Turkish meal cost in Prague?

At the time of writing, lahmacun at Istanbul Kebab was 120 Kč, most sit-down mains elsewhere were about 200–500 Kč, and Anatolia Grill’s dearest reached about 690 Kč. A breakfast spread for two at Mehmet Efendi was 799 Kč.