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Lezzet

Name: Lezzet
Address: 81 Brighton Road, Elwood (VIC), 3184, Australia
Price range: $55 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 9

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81 Brighton Road, 3184 Elwood (VIC)See map

Average price $55 Accepts Yums

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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

Chef Kemal Barut

Average price $55
Average price
Average price for a meal, calculated on the basis of a starter, main course, and dessert, excluding drinks. The average price is only an indication.

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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Shihoko P
13 January 2022 • 39 reviews
8/10
have always wanted to go to Lezzet since being to Tulum. beautiful restaurant venue. had the Lezzet platter which was yummy but needed less meat and more grains/potatoes/halloumi/c

Cynthia Ng
18 December 2021 • 6 reviews
10/10
This is our 2nd time dining at Lezzet. Tonight we had our friends with us. We ordered dips & bread, Lezzet platter for 2 ppl adding chagrilled calamari, and Istanbul Kuzu. We reall

Sha R.
16 December 2021 • 4 reviews
6/10
The food was excellent. However, some of the serving staff could not describe the food and were poorly trained. The service was extremely slow. The ambience was poor - extremely crowded and noisy.

Mel O.
12 December 2021 • 2 reviews
8/10
Good experience. Good food. Like alll restaurants struggling a little with service quality due to Covid..but overall good enough..

Gene B.
7 December 2021 • 4 reviews
7/10
Fair to good value offered here for the food, with wine by the glass overpriced for it's quality. Wine by the bottle more fairly priced. The calamari was excellent, very tender and

Maria P.
4 December 2021 • 3 reviews
10/10
Friendly staff, good atmosphere and the food was great. Will definitely go back again

Yolanda D.
2 December 2021 • 38 reviews
8.5/10
Service from staff exceptional. Noise was so bad I felt like going home - but we stayed thanks to outstanding care, relocation and being made to feel valued. The noise is a problem

Annette W.
28 November 2021 • 1 review
9.5/10
A cute restaurant with lots of arches and wooden tables and chairs. Friendly helpful service, esp in helping us choose for a vegetarian member of the group. Delicious mezze platter

Nel P.
20 November 2021 • 1 review
6/10
I hate how they always kick me out. This is not the enjoyment of quality food. This is greed. I love their food but the 2-hour seating is a joke. I understand you need to make mone

Terri C.
18 November 2021 • 1 review
8/10
The food at Lezzett is really excellent, wait staff pretty good as well. However the acoustics are really poor and therefore the ambient noise of other diners is so loud that you

Anne T.
17 November 2021 • 1 review
8/10
The food was delicious. Service was good - personalised and attentive. The decor was interesting and authentic. The only problem for us was noise. Sound bounced off the walls and w

Jacqui S.
17 November 2021 • 1 review
10/10
Wonderfully delicious food, attentive service and great atmosphere. The wine I had paired nicely with the meat as well. Easy street parking, too. Highly recommend.

Dilan K.
9 November 2021 • 2 reviews
10/10
It is second time, i bring my friend to try some Turkish food. Again %100 satisfied. ???? Omg what a service what a foods what a cocktails. Everything from a-z is perfection. Wai

Julie T.
6 November 2021 • 1 review
10/10
Really tasty food, lovely spices, we enjoyed shared plates, getting to try a variety of offerings on the menu. Everything we ordered was delicious.

Amanda F.
26 October 2021 • 1 review
9/10
Food is exquisitely delicious at Lezzet, but the service was not fantastic. We didn't receive a menu until half an hour after arrival, they kept forgetting our drinks order and ran

Adrienne J.
26 October 2021 • 4 reviews
9.5/10
It was our first visit and we will be back. The food was beautiful. Had an amazing cocktail. The service was great, the waiters very attentive. Thank you for a lovely night

Isobel S.
26 October 2021 • 7 reviews
8.5/10
Great authentic Turkish food. Great atmosphere and service

Yvette D.
24 October 2021 • 1 review
8/10
We visited on Sunday night second day after the lockdown was lifted in Melbourne. Overall the staff was friendly and attentive .A bit slow in serving the food but under it was the
Lezzet (Owner)
Hi Yvette, Thank you for dining with us the second night post lockdown. We are grateful for your understanding, our stuff are doing their best to provide an enjoyable experience to

Dorothy D.
23 October 2021 • 2 reviews
4/10
I asked for a good table over the phone over two seperate conversations. When we arrived they would not accept that I was assured of a good table”. There were tables empty reserve
Lezzet (Owner)
Hi Dorothy, Thanks for taking the time to review us. As you may know, restaurant operations are restricted under state government's Public helath directions especially when it come

SAM H.
31 July 2021 • 1 review
10/10
I haven't had a dish from this restaurant that wasn't amazing! I bring dates here, my parents, bigger groups of friends. Everyone is always very impressed with the food and service.
Lezzet (Owner)
Hi Sam, Thank you so much for your review Look forward to seeing you again soon

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How to get to the restaurant

81 Brighton Road, 3184, Elwood (VIC), Australia

Directions to get there

Elwood, Port Phillip

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.