A Mediterranean Restaurant in Brooklyn

Just the name of his Brooklyn restaurant 1001 Nights, is alluring. Then you sample the food of this Mediterranean restaurant Brooklyn, located on Neptune Avenue near the legendary Coney Island.

This Mediterranean restaurant NYC specializes in Middle Eastern and especially Turkish foods. There are two menus that serve the best Turkish food Brooklyn. The pick-up or to-go menu include cold appetizers like pickles, stuffed eggplant, babaganush, hummus and since this is Brooklyn, Atlantic herring. Hot appetizers to choose from are Turkish style liver, tandoor samsa with lamb, wedding samsa with pumpkin or meat, khanum, steamed manty with meat or pumpkin, cigars, Kutabi with greens or meat and calamari.

The soups feature Middle eastern treats like lagman, shurpa, chuchvara and the soup of the day. There are salads, including Turkish salads like Shah, Tashkent, Tangilik and Scheherazade as well as different types of Caesar salad. There are more hot and cold appetizers, shish-kebabs, fish dishes and sides like home made lepeshka bread. Since this being Turkish food Brooklyn, there’s a variety of shish-kebabs, including beef, lamb, liver, ribs, wings, veal tongue and lamb chops, chicken and chicken hearts, salmon, lulya-kebob, shrimp and even sturgeon.

As of the a la cart menu, there’s also a great variety of mouth-watering dishes like wedding pilaf, skirt and ribeye steak and veal tongue and veal tongue with mushrooms. Fish dishes served at this Mediterranean restaurant NYC include Bronzini and Dorado. Beverages not only include soft drinks by Borjomi mineral water, and some thirst quenching potables called Ayran and Campote.

1001 Nights’ chef is unnamed and a bit mysterious, but he knew just the way to meld the delectable Uzbeki meals he used to cook for his family with Turkish and Middle Eastern traditions.

1001 Nights, the premier Mediterranean restaurant Brooklyn, is open daily. Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday from noon till 1 p.m., Thursday and Friday from noon to 12:30 a.m. and Saturday from noon till 1 a.m. There’s outdoor seating, a full bar, and they also cater and deliver. They're also family friendly and host four types of luxurious banquets. Make a reservation or call for take-out at 718-646-1001.