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From: Centre's online menu (English). Checked Oct 18, 2026. Only dishes on that menu, in English; no prices.

✓ keto ok · ≈ careful / ask · ✗ skip

Starters

• ✓ Season salad (greens, eggplant, cabbage, carrot, beet, feta).
• ✓ Çoban Salata (choh-BAHN sah-LAH-tah) — shepherd salad with feta.
• ✓ Eggplant salad (all grilled).
• ✓ Cacık (jah-JUHK) — cucumber, dill, garlic yogurt.
• ✗ Paçanga Böreği / Sigara Böreği (pah-chahn-GAH bur-reh-EE see-gah-RAH bur-reh-EE) — fried pastry rolls with pastırma / cheese.

Pasta

• ✗ All linguine dishes.

Mains

• ✓ Beef tenderloin, black pepper or Roquefort sauce — with potatoes, spinach or zucchini. no potatoes
• ✓ Garlic lamb chops. no potatoes
• ✓ Beef shish / chicken shish. no potatoes
• ≈ Chicken breast with mushroom sauce. ask about flour
• ≈ Lamb tajine with artichokes — with rice and potatoes. skip rice and potatoes
• ≈ Grilled meatballs — with rice and potatoes.
• ✓ Salmon Provençal / grilled sea bream — with rice, salad, potatoes. salad only
• ✓ Sea bass stew in tomato sauce.

Desserts and drinks

• ✗ Baklava, pumpkin dessert, fig dessert, ice cream.
• ✓ Ayran (eye-RAHN) — yogurt drink.

Best keto choices

1. Lamb chops, beef shish or tenderloin with greens instead of potatoes.
2. Sea bass stew or grilled bream with salad.

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From: Seki's lunch and dinner menus (English PDFs from Argos). Checked Oct 18, 2026 (2026 menus). Only dishes on that menu, in English; no prices.

✓ keto ok · ≈ careful / ask · ✗ skip

Starters

• ✓ Wild herbs with Roquefort sauce.
• ≈ Hummus with pastrami. chickpeas
• ✓ Antep Fıstıklı Rafık (ahn-TEP fuhs-tuhk-LUH rah-FUHK) — aged feta and goat cheese spread with pistachio.
• ✓ Avocado broccoli tartare with halloumi.
• ✓ Salmon tataki / marinated sea bass / octopus carpaccio.
• ✓ Cheese platter / deli platter. skip the plum purée

Salads

• ✓ Greek salad / rocket salad / grilled broccoli salad.
• ✓ Grilled chicken salad (iceberg, avocado, arugula).
• ✓ Grilled beef salad with halloumi.

Hot starters and pasta

• ✓ Shrimp casserole with butter and garlic.
• ✓ Grilled mushroom with avocado.
• ✗ Mantı (mahn-TUH) — homemade dumplings with yogurt.
• ✗ All pasta.

Mains

• ✓ Grilled sea bass / Norwegian salmon. skip the purée
• ✓ Grilled chicken with wild mushroom.
• ✓ Lamb chops with smoked asparagus.
• ✓ Beef tenderloin / dry-aged T-bone / rib eye. no potatoes
• ≈ Duck leg confit — with honey jus and potatoes.
• ≈ Testi Kebabı (tes-TEE keh-bah-BUH) — clay-pot kebab with pilaf. no pilaf
• ≈ Çeltik Kebabı (chel-TEEK keh-bah-BUH) — beef with shoestring fries, yogurt, tomato. no fries

Desserts

• ≈ Tahini honey parfait (sugar-free). the one sugar-free dessert

Best keto choices

1. Lamb chops, rib eye or sea bass with a Greek or rocket salad.
2. Starters: herbs with Roquefort, Rafık (rah-FUHK), octopus or salmon tataki.

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From: Lil'a à la carte menu (Turkish PDF from Museum Hotel). Checked Oct 18, 2026. Only dishes on that menu, in English; no prices.

✓ keto ok · ≈ careful / ask · ✗ skip

Starters and sharing · Başlangıçlar ve Paylaşımlıklar (bahsh-lahn-guhch-LAHR VEH pai-lah-shuhm-luhk-LAHR)

• ≈ Düğün (dew-EWN) — wedding soup with tandır lamb neck (dinner only). may have flour
• ≈ Kapadokya Bahçesi (kah-pah-dohk-YAH bah-cheh-SEE) — garden greens, almonds, apricot, aged goat cheese. skip dried fruit
• ✗ Güveçte Kapadokya Patatesi (gew-vech-TEH kah-pah-dohk-YAH pah-tah-teh-SEE) — potatoes with garlic butter.
• ✗ Açık İçli Köfte (ah-CHUHK eech-LEE kurf-TEH) — layered bulgur with spiced mince.
• ✓ Kuzu Göbeği (koo-ZOO gur-beh-EE) — grilled lamb sweetbreads, mushroom cream, cheese.
• ✗ Etli Ekmek (et-LEE ek-MEK) — stone-oven pide.
• ✓ Enginar (en-gee-NAHR) — artichoke three ways.
• ✓ Patlıcan: İki Yorum (paht-luh-JAHN ee-KEE yoh-ROOM) — karnıyarık and imambayıldı eggplant.
• ≈ Ciğer Tava (jee-EHR tah-VAH) — liver with lavaş and pickles. no lavaş, ask unsuz (oon-SOOZ)
• ✓ Mersin Karidesi (mehr-SEEN kah-ree-deh-SEE) — shrimp, butter, garlic, bisque.

Mains from the oven · Taş Fırından ve Tandırdan (TAHSH fuh-ruhn-DAHN VEH tahn-duhr-DAHN)

• ✓ Tandır Kaburga (tahn-DUHR kah-boor-GAH) — wood-fired beef ribs with keşkek cream. skip keşkek
• ≈ Dana Yanağı (dah-NAH yah-nah-UH) — beef cheek in wine sauce, mantı. no mantı (mahn-TUH)
• ✓ Nevşehir Tava (nev-sheh-HEER tah-VAH) — lamb chops, butter, pepper, tomato, garlic.
• ≈ Yahni (yah-NEE) — lamb with apricot and plum, smoked bulgur. fruit and bulgur
• ✓ Fırın Tavuk (fuh-RUHN tah-VOOK) — chicken breast, cauliflower cream, truffle.
• ✓ Levrek (lev-REK) — sea bass, capers, potato. no potato

From the wood fire · Odun Ateşinden (oh-DOON ah-teh-sheen-DEN)

• ✓ Fileminyon (fee-leh-meen-YOHN) — filet mignon, black garlic cream.
• ✓ Kuzu Kafes (koo-ZOO kah-FES) — rack of lamb.
• ✓ Külde Sebze (kewl-DEH seb-ZEH) — ember-roasted vegetables.

Pastry · Geleneksel Hamur (geh-leh-nek-SEL hah-MOOR)

• ✗ Pöç Börek Mantı / Peravu / Erişte (PURCH bur-REK mahn-TUH peh-rah-VOO eh-reesh-TEH) — dumplings and noodles.

Best keto choices

1. Nevşehir Tava (nev-sheh-HEER tah-VAH), Kuzu Kafes (koo-ZOO kah-FES) or Fileminyon (fee-leh-meen-YOHN).
2. Fırın Tavuk (fuh-RUHN tah-VOOK) or Levrek (lev-REK) without the potato.
3. Starters: Kuzu Göbeği (koo-ZOO gur-beh-EE), Enginar (en-gee-NAHR), Mersin Karidesi (mehr-SEEN kah-ree-deh-SEE).

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Menu not found online. Typical keto picks at a meyhane / meze and grill restaurant — general guidance, not this restaurant’s menu.

✓ keto ok · ≈ careful / ask · ✗ skip

Typical dishes

• ✓ Beyaz Peynir (beh-YAHZ pay-NEER) — white sheep's cheese.
• ✓ Haydari (hai-dah-REE) — garlic-mint strained yogurt.
• ✓ Lakerda (lah-kehr-DAH) — salt-cured bonito.
• ✓ Ahtapot Izgara (ah-tah-POHT uhz-gah-RAH) — grilled octopus.
• ✓ Patlıcan Salatası (paht-luh-JAHN sah-LAH-tah-suh) — smoky eggplant salad.
• ✗ Midye Dolma (meed-YEH dohl-MAH) — mussels stuffed with rice.
• ✗ Kalamar Tava (kah-lah-MAHR tah-VAH) — fried squid.
• ✗ Fava (fah-VAH) — broad-bean purée.
• ✓ Izgara Balık / Kuzu Şiş (uhz-gah-RAH bah-LUHK koo-ZOO SHEESH) — grilled fish / lamb skewer.
• ✓ Rakı (rah-KUH) — anise spirit (no sugar). in moderation

Best keto bet

1. Cheese, yogurt and seafood mezes, then grilled fish or lamb; skip the bread and fried plates.

Say it when you order

• Ekmeksiz, lütfen (ek-MEK-seez, LEWT-fen) — Without bread, please
• Pilavsız (pee-lahv-SUHZ) — Without rice
• Patatessiz (pah-tah-tes-SEEZ) — Without potatoes / fries
• Lavaşsız (lah-vahsh-SUHZ) — Without the flatbread wrap
• Unsuz (oon-SOOZ) — Without flour (not floured or breaded)
• Şekersiz (sheh-KEHR-seez) — Without sugar

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Menu not found online. Typical keto picks at a international bistro / café — general guidance, not this restaurant’s menu.

✓ keto ok · ≈ careful / ask · ✗ skip

Typical dishes

• ✓ Grilled steak, chicken or fish. ask for salad or vegetables instead of potatoes or rice
• ≈ Burger. ekmeksiz (ek-MEK-seez) (bunless), patatessiz (pah-tah-tes-SEEZ) (no fries)
• ✓ Caesar or green salad. no croutons
• ✗ Pasta, pizza, sandwiches.
• ✗ Cake and desserts.

Best keto bet

1. A grilled main with salad; a bunless burger if that is all there is.

Say it when you order

• Ekmeksiz, lütfen (ek-MEK-seez, LEWT-fen) — Without bread, please
• Pilavsız (pee-lahv-SUHZ) — Without rice
• Patatessiz (pah-tah-tes-SEEZ) — Without potatoes / fries
• Lavaşsız (lah-vahsh-SUHZ) — Without the flatbread wrap
• Unsuz (oon-SOOZ) — Without flour (not floured or breaded)
• Şekersiz (sheh-KEHR-seez) — Without sugar

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