Restaurant Zafer

I wanted to have a good dinner on New Year's Eve when I was in Marseille. I went to this Turkish restaurant. The owner treated me very nice. I can say this is authentic Turkish cuisine. The flavour of the dish was superb, the customer service was beyond expected, and the price was very reasonable. If you're around the neighbourhood, pay them a visit if you want to have a good meal. You won't regret it. Keep it up, guys!

From outside, this restaurant doesn't look like much, but inside is a gem. A friendly owner, patient, and knowledgeable. The food is presented in a clean manner and it shows that care is taken for food prep. Sadly, the Pida were sold out, but we still had kabobs available. For 3 adults and two kids, we chose 3 mixed plates. The meat was grilled in front of us with a charcoal oven. Portions were excellent, flavour was excellent, service was excellent. I highly recommend. Wish I had found this place earlier so I could come again and again before my trip was over.

We had an hour before our train so we researched where to get a quick bite and there appeared to be several good Turkish and middle eastern options. We hit the lottery when we settled on Restaurant Zafer. No one else was in there at first. The proprietor welcomed us to the display case of uncooked kebabs and some prepared foods and we did the best we could to understand. We settled on a kebab plate as well as a plate of meat stuffed zucchini’s. After we ordered at the counter area they brought us a giant helping of hot bread and some “Turkish sushi” I think it was called. Lettuce cups covered soft red mounds of spicy meat that MAY have been similar to a beef tartare. We squeezed lemon juice on it and it was tasty and spicy with some slight crunch to one of the ingredients. Very different but delicious. Next our plates arrived. Oh my gosh- the stuffed zucchini was phenomenal. Great flavor. Slightly spicy. All the accompaniments were delicious. Rice, yogurt sauce with eggplants, a grilled pepper and tomato mixture that was spicy and delicious. It also came with a small salad on the plate. The kebabs were equally delicious. Slightly dry, the flavor was still excellent with the wood smoke from the grille and some tanginess. There was a grilled spicy Chile that accompanied it also and the heat and flavor was perfect. We shared a baklava which was solid and sweet and capped the meal well. Maybe my favorite dining experience in Marseille when I least expected it. Oh and by the time we left the restaurant was full of locals.