The food is delish. We were supposed to have a much larger party but with covid and strep throat we dwindled. Once the waitstaff got on board the experience was great. I had the lamb kebabs and I agree that they are fantastic. Love love love this spot!
We came here on Christmas Day when there were limited options available in Nashville.
For appetizers we shared the baba ghanoush. It wasn’t what we expected based on our other experiences with Turkish food in the USA and Turkey. Definitely a disappointment. However, everything else was excellent.
I ordered the lamb chops, which were cooked a perfect medium rare and except for needing a bit of salt, they were delicious and plentiful (6 pieces!).
My wife ordered their eggplant with lamb and that was outstanding as well. The kebabs were excellent too.
Our server was very friendly and honest in directing us to make the right choices, which was appreciated . Although the outdoor seating was a tad depressing (basically in a strip mall parking lot), the overall experience was very good. I highly recommend it!
The best high quality food!! All the dishes were perfectly delicious. Perfect place for celebrate our 25 wedding anniversary.
This isn’t totally what I think of as traditional Mediterranean food. It is a little different, but not weird. The meal was lovely, and the service was excellent. They had an excellent wine list with plenty of choices by the glass. The wines and the meals were reasonably priced. Overall, a truly nice place to go for an evening out.
Thank you, Yelp, for putting an otherwise obscure (to me) restaurant on my radar! The Yelp community was spot on with this one. It sits in an ordinary but nice strip mall. I made a reservation for 11:30 am on a Thursday thinking there wouldn’t be many other diners there. And while we would have been seated without a reservation, it was quite busy.
Our server recommended anything with lamb, the chicken stew and the lentil soup. We ate every bite. We also enjoyed the baklava. I typically don’t venture out to non mainstream ethnic restaurants. But I look forward to sampling more Turkish delicacies at Anatolia!
Amazing restaurant!!! Very classy and beautiful dining area, and the staff was very kind and polite. The food was delicious, filling, and authentic Turkish cuisine! It was also ready very quickly! If you’re ever in the Nashville area, I highly recommend eating here! 10/10!
Nice restaurant for Turkish food lovers. Bread was amazing which is complimentary. Plus good chicken dish. Peach juice was the best. And falafel was perfectly cooked specially the pita.
Great restaurant to enjoy a good meal with family. Service is excellent even on busy days. We love the kunafe which has fried thin noodles and cheese with a sugar syrup. Spinach stuffed chicken was soft and tasty. Sampler was great too, especially the one with grape leaf. We tried the salmon too and loved it. The rice side dish was good too.
Busy Saturday night, but luckily the wait for a table was less than 10 minutes and the service was excellent. Ordered the appetizer sampler, mixed grill and spinach stuffed chicken. All were outstanding (the stuffed grape leaves and stuffed philo dough were both amazing). There was too much food, so we ended up taking the rest home. It was just as yummy the next day. I’ve overlooked this place for years, and regret not having been before. I’m excited to go back, soon.
Been there for the second time, and it did not disappoint. Wonderful food, amazing staff, can’t wait to go back.
Doesn’t look like much from the outside and it’s in a strip mall! Get past that and walk inside and you will discover a quiet, quaint and delicious authentic Turkish Restaurant that will not disappoint! My food was excellent, my server was great, my wine was perfect and the cost is reasonable. I think their rice is amazing!! My lamb kabobs were cooked to perfection!!
I’ve honestly never tried Turkish cuisine, but stumbled on this place randomly after leaving sports clips in the same parking lot. It was lunch time so I figured, what the heck. And let me just say the food is delightful and I’ll definitely be back. Started with the stuffed grape leaves appetizer then dinner into the Iskender kabob. YUMBO. Can strongly recommend if you want something super interesting that’s a nice break from the normal burgers, barbecue and sushi.
Delightful. The food was great. The wait person was friendly and efficient. Just an over all good experience. Now on my “Go Back” list. Can’t remember the Turkish name for it, but the first offering on the dessert menu is KILLER!!!
We had a party of 10 on a Wednesday night and were seated right away. The bread is amazing. The food was good! There were a lot of options for wine.
I got the Anatolia Eggplant. The description is a bit misleading, because the eggplant wasn’t actually stuffed with lamb. Still, it was delicious and it was perfectly portioned. It came with a salad, which was also really good! Others in my party had the Lamb Shish Kabob, Fresh Grilled Salmon, and Vegetarian Sampler. Everyone was very pleased with their food!
I would definitely go back!
Went here for a first experience of Turkish food. Food and service were good. I don’t have any experience with Turkish food so can’t comment on it’s authenticity. Great grilled meats. My family enjoyed our dinner.
Anatolia is a favorite of mine in Nashville and they consistently serve quality food! This unassuming establishment is located in a strip mall in West Nashville. There is plenty of parking and they do take reservations ahead of time so I highly recommend calling in advance!
I came here to celebrate a coworkers birthday and loved every bit of my meal. The servers started us off with a complimentary appetizer of bread and oil. The bread was clearly cooked fresh minutes before serving and was a delight. I ordered the lamb shish kabab which came with a side of veggies and rice. The lamb was juicy and tender. The yogurt sauce on the side was also homemade, which I loved.
For desert, I got the kunefe. They make it on the spot so make sure to allow for at least 20 min for them to prepare this. I went ahead and ordered it in the middle of my meal. The kunefe was soft, warm, crunchy, and sweet. It came with four pieces and my party finished every last bite.
I had a wonderful time at Anatolia and highly recommend everyone check this place out!
As usual we were looking for Mediterranean food in Nashville. We visited Anatolia and the place was so nice and romantic with decorative lights and beautiful wallpapers around. We had a chicken and a beef Shish Kebab dish and some hummus and falafels. The food was enough for us to eat a mini meal the next day, it was a lot. The price was right and fair for the amount of food we had and the service was perfectly done! Totally recommend this place if you have never tried Turkish food, we got lucky discovering this one!
We loved Anatolia so much that we ate here twice while in town! The food is incredible, so flavorful and a perfect combination of warm seasoning and the bright flavor of the dipping sauce. The restaurant is clean and fresh, and service was lovely.
This was my first experience eating Turkish food, and I’m sure it will not be the last!
Anatolia has an extensive amount of options on their menu to please everyone! I went recently for a birthday dinner with a large party (about 20 people). They sat us in a back room that fit everyone comfortably and the service was fast.
I ordered the Baked Turkish Ravioli which was delicious. If you’re not a fan of a yogurt sauce, I wouldn’t suggest it, but I liked it. My boyfriend ordered the Mediterranean Pasta and added chicken. I tried a piece of chicken, which came in a kebab, and it was juicy and cooked to perfection. He wasn’t a fan of the black olives that was added, and would ask for it to be removed next time.
Looking around at everyone else’s meals, the food looked great. I heard the soup options were really good.
If you’re in the Belle Meade area, you should stop by for a visit.
Charming & lively, a dinner at Anatolia could be a great choice for a date or a dinner with friends. My visit was of the latter variety & lasted over 2 hours as we sampled several appetizers such as the hummus & filo cheese pastry. The Turkish white wine was also enjoyed by three of the four at our table (myself included) & was quite good. Heavy pour at $9 a glass.
I let the waiter choose my meal for me giving him the options of the homemade ravioli or Iskender kabob. He assured me that the iskender was the better choice & I rolled with that. It was very good & the tomato sauce on the top added a nice acidic quality to the salty thinly sliced meat below it. It’s all served on top of a pita as well so you get all that flavor soaked into it when you finished. Rice was tasty as well. Veggies were not impressive though and needed the yogurt sauce to overcome the bland taste that grilled veggies sometimes have (carrot being the better of the options surprisingly though).
Id come back to try the lamb chops!
Food is delicious. I definitely recommend giving this place a try. The feta wraps and hummus are my favorite appetizers. I really like the grilled chicken kabobs and the kofta. The skewered grilled veggies are delicious as well. The spiced lamb kabob is superb. The service is good as well.
Impressive! that was my first experience in that restaurant. Servers are great and friendly, foods and drinks were pretty good, tasty, and affordable. The treatments also were good and proper. I will definitely recommend this restaurant to everyone and certainly will go there again!
We had a wonderful experience! Food was delicious, I highly recommend the lamb chops. The service was great and we had a very polite waiter. Definitely will be back!