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Meet the Chef
His mother, Fatima, is from Ankara, and his father is from a small neighbouring village. After eventually returning to Melbourne, his mother Fatima Barut kept cooking big family meals, which often featured a dozen dishes. While he began cooking as a teenager, it wasn't until his early 20s that he took it more seriously. After working in Turkish restaurants across Melbourne, he joined Lezzet in Melbourne's inner suburb of Elwood in 2003, and bought the restaurant two years after. On his menu, you'll find dishes just like his mum makes them, like the spinach and feta filo pastry cigars. Other dishes are vaguely inspired by family recipes. Fatima Barut's charred eggplant becomes an eggplant salad with tahini, yoghurt and walnut snow. Lamb is also central to the menu, with Barut and his team breaking up six whole lambs every week.Restaurant menu
- Average price $55
- Seafood claypot
- $32.5
- Moreton bay bug, tiger prawns, salmon, mussels, calamari, scallops, olives, spices and pilaf
- Anatolian lamb
- $32.5
- Melt in the mouth 18hr slow cooked lamb w fig and date jus pear cous cous
- Istanbul lamb
- $32.5
- 20hr slow cooked leg, smoked begendi and crispy lavash
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Mahes M.22 May 2022 • 8 reviews
10/10Great food ; n quaint ambience
- Chris S.
22 May 2022 • 5 reviews
9.5/10Food would be one of the best Turkish cuisine that we have tried out in Melbourne and we are from Turkey .. Most meat and bread are cooked in wood oven which is just make things even better
- Danny S.
19 May 2022 • 1 review
7/10Ok
- Cara P.
19 May 2022 • 2 reviews
5.5/10Beautiful interior and ambience. We were there on the 50% food promotion and the first thing we were told on arrival was we had to be out in 90 minutes due to this. It didn't make
- Maria G.
18 May 2022 • 8 reviews
10/10Fantastic experience once again ! Some new items on the new menu didn’t disappoint !we’ll be back for sure !!
- Wendy M.
14 May 2022 • 21 reviews
8/10Great food and service. The food was delicious and will definitely go back. The only negative with this restaurant was the ambience is quite noisy as the restaurant was full. It i
- Lauren L.
14 May 2022 • 4 reviews
8/10The meal was too rushed we had a 1.5 hour sitting but half our food came with 20 minutes to go so we couldn't finish it I had to get a take out container so that was a bit disappoi
- Emma G.
12 May 2022 • 8 reviews
9/10I went with a friend and we ordered a few things we had never heard of or tried before. The food was absolutely delicious and the atmosphere was so lovely… intimate, but bustling in the small space!
- Louay S.
7 May 2022 • 1 review
9/10I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of my night at Lezzet. I really enjoyed ambience of the dining area and the food was a match. The flavors were absolutely on point and were a delig
- Thomas S.
7 May 2022 • 2 reviews
10/10Food was amazing (Dips & Lamb Adana were the absolute highlights). We had a coeliac in our group and the chef came to our table to discuss and really went the extra mile. The ambie
- Tony G.
7 May 2022 • 1 review
10/10Fantastic food ambience and service !!!
- Arie B.
6 May 2022 • 2 reviews
6.5/10Great food, limited staff - service not great Place - very squashed- barely spaced between tables.
- Marie M.
6 May 2022 • 7 reviews
10/10Delicious food & friendly staff. Unique dishes & beautiful decor. Will definitely be back!
- Chrisma H.
4 May 2022 • 1 review
5.5/10Found a small piece of hard plastic in one of the dishes. My friend nearly chipped his tooth. Calamari dish was rubbery. Service can be refined. Water wasn't topped up. Asked for
- Xingjian Q.
1 May 2022 • 1 review
10/10lamb leg is very tender and delicious
- Jane C.
24 April 2022 • 15 reviews
10/10Great Food and Service as usual!
- Eri I.
22 April 2022 • 1 review
7.5/10Beautifully styled restaurant. Food is great, but staff need to be more attentive
- Anna L.
21 April 2022 • 36 reviews
10/10Amazing place to dine! Must return to taste everything!
- Kenny L.
21 April 2022 • 6 reviews
8.5/10Great flavours and throughly enjoyed meal. Likely not the best place to chat due to the low ceiling and tighter fit in the restaurant.
- Glen Mark B.
20 April 2022 • 1 review
10/10Delicious food and great, friendly service.
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How to get to the restaurant
81 Brighton Road, 3184, Elwood (VIC), Australia
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About the restaurant
The newly renovated Lezzet with its sandstone arches, dappled lighting & cushions scattered throughout brings a warm feel once you enter its doors.
A stunning back-lit bar sets the scene with Anatolian inspired cocktails on offer, and the state of the art wood fire oven is the star producing mouth watering meats & claypots.
Head chef & owner Kemal Barut has perfectly brought the tastes of the old traditions & modern ways together for a journey to be perfectly accompanied with a variety of Turkish wines on offer.
Lezzet is conveniently located on Brighton Rd in Elwood, at the beginning of Chapel St and a couple of minutes away from St Kilda and Balaclava.
The taste of Anatolia awaits you.
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