Tava Turkish and Mediterranean Menu
Welcome to Tava Turkish and Mediterranean, a culinary treasure nestled in the heart of Brooklyn. This inviting eatery offers a vibrant blend of Mediterranean flavors, making it a must-visit destination. With a menu that highlights classic dishes, the wraps, including the tender Lamb Gyro Wrap and the flavorful Chicken Shish Wrap, showcase the quality of ingredients and authenticity in every bite.
The restaurant also caters to diverse dietary needs, featuring numerous vegan and vegetarian options alongside hearty meat dishes. Make sure to save room for dessert; the Baklava and Kunefe are delightful sweet finishes that transport you to the heart of the Mediterranean.
Whether you choose to dine in the cozy indoor space or the covered outdoor seating, Tava’s warm ambiance, commendable service, and attention to detail create an unforgettable dining experience perfect for any occasion.
Cold Appetizers
Hummus
Chickpeas mashed into a paste with lemon juice and flavored tahini.
Babaganush
Smoked eggplant puree seasoned with olive oil, mayonnaise, lemon juice and hint of garlic.
Tabuleh
Cracked wheat with parsley, tomatoes, scallions and a touch of olive oil and lemon juice.
Spinach Tarator
Fresh spinach sauteed with white onions, garlic, thick homemade yogurt, walnut and olive oil.
Home Made Stuffed Grape Leaves
Vine leaves stuffed with rice, currants, pinenuts, onions and herbs.
Ezme
Spicy vegetables. A mixture of minced tomatoes, cucumber, walnut, hot spices, peppers, onions, pomegranate molasses, olive oil and lemon juice. Spicy.
Eggplant with Tomato Sauce
Small pieces of fried eggplant in moderately spicy sauce of fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onions and garlic.
Mixed Appetizer Plate
A healthy portion of humus, ezme, tabule, babaganush and spinach tarator.
Tarama Spread
Cod fish caviar roe whipped with olive oil and lemon juice.
Shepherd Salad
Served with fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, parsley and onions mixed with lemon and olive oil sauce.
Mediterranean Salad
Served with lettuce, mix greens, carrots, red cabbage, cucumber, onions and tomatoes with feta cheese.
Avocado Salad
Mix greens. lettuce, red cabbage, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, carrots, tossed with balsamic dressing
Caesar Salad
Served with lettuce, Parmesan cheese, croutons and Caesar dressing.
Arugula Salad
Tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, cranberry, walnuts and cubed feta cheese, served with balsamic vinegar
Tava Salad
Kale, lettuce, mozzarella cheese, artichoke, walnuts, green apple slices, sun dried tomatoes olive oil garlic dressing.
Gavurdag Salad
Served with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, parsley, walnuts and pomegranate sauce.
Salad
Soup
Lentil Soup
Pureed red lentils.
Chicken Vegetables Soup
Served with creamy chicken soup with celery, carrots and bell peppers.
Fried Liver Cubes
Tender pieces of calf's liver breaded and deep fried then tossed with seasoning and herbs.
Fried Calamari
Served with home made sauce.
Zucchini Pancakes
Pan fried zucchini pancakes, mixture of zucchini, dill, parsley, eggs and flour. Served with garlic yogurt sauce on the top.
Sigara Boregi
Pan fried phyllo scrolls stuffed with feta cheese and spinach.
Falafel
Deep fried chickpeas and vegetables, blended with Turkish spices and tahini sauce on the side. Served with hummus.
Chicken Fingers
Served with honey mustard sauce.
Mozzarella Sticks
Served with marinara sauce.
Icli Kofte
Wheat bulgur balls stuffed with seasoned ground lamb, onion, walnuts and herbs.
Grilled Calamari
Tender grilled calamari sauteed with tarragon, garlic and butter sauce. Served with special sauce.
Pastrami Hummus
Hummus and Turkish beef pastrami.
Sauteed Spinach
Spinach sauteed with dill, white onions, garlic and olive oil. Topped with homemade tomato and garlic yogurt sauce. Vegetarian.
Hot Appetizers
Main Courses
Chicken Gyro
Layers of marinated chicken thighs wrapped around the vertical split, grilled in front of charcoal fire. Served with rice and mixed green salad.
Lamb Gyro
Layers of marinated lamb wrapped around the vertical split and grilled in front of charcoal fire. Served with rice and mixed green salad. Only Available Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Adana Kebab
Slightly seasoned hand chopped lamb, flavored with red bell peppers, grilled on skewers and served with rice and green salad.
Chicken Adana Kebab
Hand chopped chicken flavored with red bell peppers, parsley seasoned with paprika. Served with rice and green salad.
Chicken Shish Kebab
Tender chunks of chicken, marinated with chef's own blend of herbs and spices. Served with rice and green salad.
Beef Shish
Baby pieces of tender beef marinated in our special sauce and grilled to perfection. Served with rice and green salad.
Lamb Chops
Lamb chops with chef's special herbs. Served with rice and green salad.
Lamb Shish Kebab
Special marinated cubes of baby lamb grilled to delight. Served with rice and house salad.
Sultan's Delight
Pieces of lamb served on a bed of smoked eggplant in heavy cream.
Mixed Grill
Served with gyro, chicken shish kebab, beef shish, adana kebab and kofte. Served with rice and green salad.
Kofte Kebab
Served with mixture of ground beef and lamb seasoned with peppers, tomatoes and special herbs. Served with rice and piyaz salad.
Lamb Sautee
Served with chunks of lamb sauteed with onions, mushrooms, green peppers, tomatoes and oregano. Served with rice.
Chicken Sautee
Served with chunks of chicken sauteed with onions, mushrooms, green peppers, tomatoes and oregano. Served with rice.
Combination of Chicken Shish And Lamb Shish
Combination of Chicken Shish and Lamb Shish
Combinations
Combination of your favorite dishes. Served with rice and house salad
Combo
Oven
Kasarli Pide
Crispy crust of dough topped with kashkaval cheese
Sucuklu Kasarli Pide
A thin crust topped with Turkish soujouk sausage and kashkaval cheese
Spinach Pide
A thin crust topped with spinach and kashkaval cheese.
Kiymali Pide
A thin crust topped with ground lamb, parsley, fresh lamb, red peppers, and onion
Tava Special Mixed Pide
A tasteful combination of pide with Turkish soujouk (sausage), kashkaval cheese, spinach, ground lamb
Kusbasili Kasarli Pide
Diced steak meat with Kashkaval cheese. Sauced with tomatoes, green and red peppers.
Lahmacun
Anatolia's version of ancient Turkish meat pie with ground lamb, topped with parsley, fresh tomatoes, red peppers, and onion all on thin dough
Chicken Pide
Diced chicken breast with Kashkaval cheese. Sauced with tomatoes, green and red peppers.
Penne alla Vodka Pasta
Topped with Parmesan cheese served with marinara sauce.
Lamb Manti Pasta
A light dough dumpling stuffed with seasoned lamb and onions, steamed to perfection. Served in garlic yogurt sauce and seasonings.
Spinach Manti Pasta
A light dough dumpling stuffed with seasoned spinach and onions, steamed to perfection. Served in garlic yogurt sauce and seasonings.
Pasta
Yogurtlu Kebabs
Yogurtlu Chicken Shish Kebab
Chicken shish kebab layered on homemade bread croutons and topped with garlic yogurt sauce. Served with tomato sauce.
Yogurtlu Chicken Adana Kebab
Chicken adana kebab layered on homemade bread croutons and topped with garlic yogurt sauce. Served with tomato sauce.
Yogurtlu Adana Kebab
Lamb adana kebab layered on homemade bread croutons and topped with garlic yogurt sauce. Served with tomato sauce.
Yogurtlu Chicken Gyro
Chicken gyro kebab layered on homemade bread croutons and topped with garlic yogurt sauce. Served with tomato sauce.
Yogurtlu Lamb Shish
Lamb shish kebab layered on homemade bread croutons and topped with garlic yogurt sauce. Served with tomato sauce.
Yogurtlu Kofte
Kofte kebab layered on homemade bread croutons and topped with garlic yogurt sauce. Served with tomato sauce.
Yogurtlu Beef Shish
Beef shish kebab layered on homemade bread croutons and topped with garlic yogurt sauce. Served with tomato sauce.
Yogurtlu Mix Combo
Choose Two entre Combine your favorite dishes
Yogurtlu Lamb Gyro
Lamb gyro kebab layered on homemade bread croutons and topped with garlic yogurt sauce. Served with tomato sauce.
Grilled Salmon
Grilled steak cut salmon. Served over a bed of sauted spinach and mashed potato.
Mediterranean Sea Bass
Whole grilled Mediterranean seabass served with house salad.
Grilled Shrimp
Char-grilled shrimp in chef's delightfully light sauce. Served with rice and green salad.
Shrimp Sautee
Shrimp sauteed with onions, garlic, peppers and tomatoes topped with kashkaval cheese. Served with rice.
Seafood Entrees
Vegetarian Entrees
Mixed Vegetables Casserole
A fine mixture of potatoes, carrots, zucchini, eggplant, white onion, red and green peppers and garlic sauteed with our light tomato sauce. Served with rice. Vegetarian.
Okra
Baby okra baked with fresh tomatoes, green and red pepper and carrot. Served with rice. Vegetarian.
Dinner Falafel Plate
8 pieces of falafel served with house salad, hummus and tahini sauce. Vegetarian.
Lamb Gyro Wrap
Tender lamb slices, fresh vegetables, wrapped in a soft flatbread.
Chicken Gyro Wrap
Marinated chicken slices wrapped in a soft flatbread with salad
Kofte Wrap
Grilled spiced meat wrapped in flatbread with fresh vegetables
Chicken Shish Wrap
Grilled chicken, fresh vegetables, and a blend of Mediterranean spices wrapped in a soft flatbread.
Chicken Adana Wrap
Grilled minced chicken seasoned with Mediterranean spices, wrapped in a soft flatbread
Adana Wrap
Grilled minced lamb seasoned with spices, wrapped in flatbread
Falafel Wrap
Chickpea falafel with hummus, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, and tahini sauce, wrapped in a soft flatbread.
Tava Special Wrap
Hummus, chicken shish, roasted peppers, and house salad
Wraps
Sides
French Fries
Mashed Potato
Asparagus
Sliced Cucumber and Carrots
Rice
Steamed Vegetables
Feta Cheese
Avocado
Homemade turkish bread
Homemade White Sauce
Homemade Hot Sauce
Homemade Tahini Sauce
Lunch Special
Choice of an entree and an appetizer, salad or soup.
Lunch Special
Desserts
Baklava
Rice Pudding
Almond Pudding
Kazandibi
Mosaic Cake
Kunefe
Tiramisu
Chocolate Souffle
Served with Vanilla Ice Cream
Strawberry Cheesecake
Coke
Diet Coke
Coke Zero
Sprite
Ginger Ale
Seltzer
Snapple Peach
Snapple Lemon
Ayran (Yogurt Drink)
Pellegrino
Small Bottle Water
Large Bottle Water
Orange Juice
Cranberry Juice
Salgam (Spicy)
Gazoz
Beverages
Red Wines Bottle (Must be 21 to purchase)
Yakut,Kavaklidere (Turkey)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Vignobles Vellas (France)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Merlot, Black Stone (California)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Malbec. Graffigna (Argentina)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Rioja, Montecillo (Spain)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Pinot Noir, Hob Nob (France)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Bordeaux, Legende (France)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Syrah Kalecik Karasi, Majestik (Turkey)
Must be 21 or older to purchase.
Cankaya, Kavaklidere (Turkey)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Suavignon Blanc, Majestik(Turkey)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Chardonnay, Domaine Valjulius (France)
Must be 21 to purchase.
White Zinfendal, Sutter Home (California)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Pinot Grigio, Donzante (Italy)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Reisling, J.Lohr (California)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Moscato, Menage a Trois (California)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Lal Rose, Kavaklidere (Turkey)
Must be 21 to purchase.
Lal, Kavaklidere (Rose) (Turkey)
Must be 21 or older to purchase.
Aegean Sunset (Turkey)
Must be 21 or older to purchase.
White Wines Bottle (Must be 21 to purchase)
Beers
Corona Extra
Must be 21 or older to purchase.
Hofbrau
Must be 21 or older to purchase.
Blue Moon
Must be 21 or older to purchase.
Harpoon IPA
Must be 21 or older to purchase.
Efes (Turkey)
Must be 21 or older to purchase.
Stuffed Cabbage
Cabbage leaves stuffed with ground lamb, rice, and seasoning. Topped with homemade tomato sauce and garlic yogurt on side.
Special
CATERING
OPTION 1
Includes hummus, babaganoush (roasted eggplant dip), Shepard's salad (fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, parsley, onions, lemon & olive oil), falafel (chickpea fritters), penne pasta (w/ tomato sauce), rice, gyro (spit-roasted meat), chicken shish (marinated chicken pieces), baklava (layers of phyllo dough w/ nuts & honey), and your choice of 2-liter soda.
