Saray Restaurant Review | Turkish Food in Saray Cardiff, Wales

If you’re looking for authentic Turkish food in Cardiff, then head to Saray restaurant on City Road in Cardiff City Centre. Saray Cardiff has everything you want for Turkish cuisine including the wonderful hospitality! Read on for my review and what to expect at the best Turkish restaurant Cardiff has to offer.

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Saray Cardiff Review

Since 2015, the opening of Saray City Road has been home to delicious Turkish in Cardiff food. Looking for Turkish restaurant Cardiff City Road? You need to head to Saray and here’s why.

Bird's eye view of main meals and starters on the table at Saray Cardiff

Saray Restaurant Cardiff Location

City Road has always had the best food in Cardiff and you’ll feel transported walking down this road to all over the world for Lebanese cuisine, South African food and Turkish food Cardiff has everything in City Road restaurants.

If you’re arriving at City Road from the town centre, Saray is a fair walk away as it’s at the end of City Road near Albany Road and Crwys Road. Keep going all the way past Tesco’s and it’s on the right before the traffic lights and before Keppoch Street.

Address: Saray Restaurant City Road Cardiff, CF24 3JE.

Saray Express

There’s also a the sister restaurant across the road which is ideal for a take-away with extras like smoothies and and desserts!

You can see Saray Express from Saray as it’s just across the road and past the traffic lights.

Saray Express Address: 175 City Rd, Cardiff CF24 3JB

What To Expect

As this is an authentic Turkish restaurant, alcohol is not served. For Halal food Cardiff has lots of options including Saray. Saray serves Halal food.

On arrival, you’re taken to your table with a menu and in good timing, the waiter comes to take your order. I always ask for my starter to come with the main food and they accommodate this request.

Then, you are brought warm bread, tzatki dip, spicy dip and olives. For free. Note this if you want to order dips as you can ask for them to remain on the table for your mains.

Next comes the table’s mains together which are always fresh, timely, hot and tasty.

Lastly, you are offered baklava and Turkish tea for afters. On the house. The baklava is small and sweet but just right and the tea comes in traditional vessels and is the perfect digestif. Told you this is the best place to go!

Bird's eye view of Saray free starters: two boys of bread and 6 white dishes of dips and olives — Starters

Bird's eye view of Saray main Mixed Shawarma — Starters

Saray’s own motto is ‘Expect the Best’ which they always deliver so say no more and book a table!

Did you know? Saray name meaning in Turkish is ‘palace’.

What To Eat / Saray Restaurant Menu

Saray Cardiff menu is packed with delicious options for your visit. There are starters, mains and desserts and I advise to order a starter and main (to arrive together). Note: All mains come with two sides such as chips, rice, half and half, or salad). Alternatively, go for a platter to share with someone else.

My recommended starter dish is the grilled prawns and my recommended main dish is the mixed Shawarma.

See the Saray Restaurant Cardiff menu here.

How to Book Saray Turkish Restaurant Cardiff City Centre

Although they take walk-ins and will most likely accommodate you, I would always book ahead especially if there’s more than two of you because this place gets real busy real fast!

You can book online or via telephone as below:

Telephone: 02920 252350

Website: https://www.sarayturkishcuisine.co.uk/

Opening Hours: Sunday – Thursday, 12pm-11pm / Friday – Saturday, 12pm-12am

Address: Saray, Turkish Restaurant City Road Cardiff, CF24 3JE.

Saray restaurant starters on the house including bowl of bread and three white dishes of dips and olives

Two small baklava pieces with sticks in the centre on a white plate and Turkish tea cup in the background. Both on a black table in Saray restaurant in Cardiff, Wales

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Atmosphere and Hospitality

There is a friendly vibe at Saray from the hustle and bustle at the entrance with deliveroo drivers and customers waiting for there takeaways to the chefs cooking away behind the counter and the floor staff finding a table, taking orders and welcoming you to the restaurant.

The interior is pretty with Turkish lamps adorning the tables and large murals on the walls.

The hospitality matches how you expect from a Turkish establishment. Incredible hospitality. Helpful and happy staff, delicious food and comfortable seating and arrangements.

Overall Thoughts on Saray Grill House Cardiff

Every time I have visited I have loved the food, craved the tea when I get home and longed to marvel at the walls and lamps. I have recommended this place to everyone looking for food places in Cardiff so I think by now in the review, you know how I feel about this Cardiff restaurant!

This has become my absolute go-to restaurant in Cardiff so I can’t recommend them enough and looking forward to returning soon.

Hope you love Saray as much as me!

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