Alasya

It aint what it used to be. won’t be coming back here again, there are plenty of better more authentic Turkish restaurants around. maybe just not on the main street of Coburg anymore.
However they have lasted for a long time, and I put that down to the fast kebabs and the average patron. who may not be looking for authentic turkish cuisine.

Once we got the food it was yum. A bit expensive but really nice food. The service however was terrible. One of our dishes. Didn’t come after every thing else was served. When we asked about it the said there had been an issue but it was comming just now (10 minutes later) no apology, no asking if we wanted to keep waiting. I was really our fault that we ordered dessert, when I asked if it was coming someone said yes 5 minutes, 10 minutes later they ask/​assume we’ve already had it. Then we were over charged $ 13 and we had to fight it. I’m so sad because the food we got was lovely but it was spoiled.

Amazing selection of traditional treats! Far too many for me to choose.
On a lazy Monday night we popped in here for some basic middle eastern fare. The value for money here is amazing. We ordered a mini pack complete with lamb, chicken, large bread, small salad and two small dips. $ 20.50! Despite arriving with a hunger to shame a teenage boy football teams we couldn’t finish all the delicious food. Thankfully it’s turned left overs into a delicious lunch time.
The meats were perfectly cooked. The beetroot dips was delicately tart and sneakily sweet.
We will be back again, ordering the same pack but different dips.

Dont go hir, after long day at work we decided to go hir for some turkish take away, when we enterd there was no hi or a smile from the person that was working there, we orderd 2 dishes and side ways, when we where waiting, there came pepole after us and orderd take away and got it before us, when we came home we found only one dish and the side way in the bag .bad service, the meat was dry and boring, not going hir again, first and last time.

I love Turkish food and this place has the goods. Dips are tasty and fresh as is the bread. Plus there is plenty to chose from!
We shared mixed meat platters which also hit the spot! Service is very efficient and our food came out very quickly.
The dining area is quite large and I imagine would get quite noisy with voices bouncing around off all of the hard surfaces. But hey, would you want it any other way?

I have seen families of about 15 people go here, so groups is a yes! It’s not a classy place but the food is a great cheap feast that even offers BYO. I have sat in for a long time (getting into the wine) and enjoying all the variety of dishes you can choose from. Good turkish food that is worth heading out to if you like to eat… because you can eat alot here… and still have money in your wallet left! Go with the fam or the house mates and enjoy a cruisy casual environment with yummy food.

This Turkish restaurant and bakery has been run by the same family since 1978 and it is enormous! It can seat up to 200 people, so it can feel rather cold and lonely inside depending on where you’re sitting.
Authentic breads are baked daily on the premises in brick wood-​fired ovens like pides and borek and their restaurant menu is massive. There’s so many options, it’s best to start with a few dips that come with unlimited serves of delicious Turkish bread and then work your way through it. It’s super cheap and there’s set banquets as well as a la carte depending on your hunger pangs. Food is ok, but nothing amazing.
Their take away menu is as big as their restaurant menu, so give yourself time to look over it.
It’s good if you’re in a big group looking to feast with very casual dining. If you’re looking for a date place, probably give this one a miss.

Went there with a couple of friends, and this is the most important thing you have to know about this place.
Don’t go there on a romantic date, this is not romantic. It would be if both of you think that meat is romantic.
So take some friends, and just order some plates to share. Meat lovers or something like that.
30 $ per person, and believe me, you’ll have a hard time to get up after that meal.
Start with some dips, hummus, capsicum, and so on, with some fresh bread out of the oven, but be careful, it’s easy to eat too much. You want to leave some space for the rest.
The rest? Lamb, chicken, kebab, perfectly cook, and tasty, very tasty.
Don’t stop here, you still have to enjoy a turkish coffee, and some pastries, for a sugar rush.
No you can stop, and enjoy a nap.

One of my favourite places to grab a kebab.
The smell of the bread will lure you in as you walk past on the street! Alasya is both a bakery and restaurant, and if you order something that has bread (such as a kebab), if it’s not too busy they’ll bake the bread fresh for you in their huge oven.
They have a pretty extensive menu, and it’s all relatively cheap. I’ll be honest with you in saying I haven’t had anything else from here except for the kebabs (usually the chicken doner roll, $ 6.50) which are pretty big. Afterwards it’s time for a shisha a few shops up at Café Coco’s or Arabica Lounge. The ultimate treat!

I don’t speak Turkish, but I’d guess Alasya means «kebabs big enough to choke a stegasaurus». Seriously, these things are huge. Like, showing up on a scale diagram of the solar system big. I’ve never got through a whole one.
Beyond their unusual size, I don’t know there’s anything particularly remarkable about them. They use that wholemeal pita bread, which tends to be a bit dry, but are otherwise fairly tasty. They also offer a passable pide and a veritable bouquet of of baklava.

There was this nasty rumour that circulated a while back about Alaysa that they were shut down for serving meat considered taboo in Western cultures. It was unfounded and, as it turns out, was actually related to a different Sydney Road eatery altogether.
I can happily report that Alaysa serve the most delicious meaty Turkish cuisine I’ve ever had, and they are super lovely about it. You can basically buy plate loads of meat here, which come with dips and breads and all manner of delicious vegetable sides — the beans are to die for. It’s the ideal place to go when you’re starving, as the serves are enormous and they egg you on to push your gastronomic boundaries.
They don’t serve beer (or any alcohol) here, so avoid if you want a boozy dinner. Apart from that minor consideration (and the only reason I don’t give it five stars), I can’t recommend this place highly enough. Yum.

I’m surprised there has only been one other review for Alasya so far. It has to be put in the category of a hidden gem them. Located on Sydney Road in Brunswick they do some incredible Turkish food that is very cheap. The kebabs are excellent (they also have to be some of the cheapest around at ~$ 7)but it is not only them which they excel in. Try their Pides and you won’t be disappointed. They also do a number of sweeter options with a number of pastries and some delicious Turkish delight.
You have the option to eat in with quite a large restaurant. The service can be a little bit patchy if you take up this option though. I’d recommend starting off with a number of dips and take advantage of the all you can eat bread for around $ 1.50.
Being open til 3am makes it a really great option when peckish late at night.

In Brunswick, Alasya is a king among late night takeaway restaurants. With the restaurant itself being open until 11pm and takeaway available a further four hours 3am seven days a week, it’s easy to see how it’s become a requisite late night experience. In the wee hours of the morning every weekend, you’re sure to find a steady stream of revellers exciting the place with a kebab.
The restaurant itself seems almost as endless as Narnia. On the weekend it can get pretty close to full at times, though small groups are basically guaranteed a table. It’s good venue for big groups, with many long tables to accommodate extended family gatherings and marauding packs of inebriated or soon-​to-​be inebriated students. The décor is somewhat novel, with a theme of garish brown throughout the establishment. The service is to the point and usually efficient, with skills honed from catering to the masses.
The menu is almost as vast as the premises, covering all your Turkish food bases from dips to kebabs to pizza to curries and everything in between. The food is generally good for the price (though the kebabs are priced well within the average rate), but probably not the best you’ll ever taste. The borak is a reliable favourite, and the beetroot dip has been known to convert non-​beetroot eaters. Portions are huge, and bread is only $ 1.50 a serve, so it’s easy to stuff yourself silly.

I love Alasya!
This is the place to go when you have a serious meat craving and I mean serious. Go for one of the Doner Kebabs, and you’ll get a huge plate full of sizzling spiced meat mixed through with onion and capsicum. Portions of bread are only $ 1.50, so you can keep on topping up as you go.
Alasya is one of those places where you want everything on the menu.
Particularly impressive is the extensive dips list, with a range of options such as Cacik (home made yoghurt, cucumber, garlic and mint), Humus (Chickpeas, tahin and lemon mixed with herbs), Babaganush (Roasted Eggplant, tahin, lemon with garlic), Tarama (Caviar, lemon, onion, potato, and olive oil) and Ispanak (Spinach mixed with yoghurt, herbs and garlic).
For mains you can choose between classics such as Borek pastries, Doner Kebabs and Pide’s.
This is Turkish food at its best.

I was in Brunswick with a group of friends, it was a Friday night and everyone was hungry, it was time to eat. Where shall we go? We decided on Alaysya more out of old habits than thinking about it, there are plenty of other places to eat in Brunswick, but Alaysya is an institution. It is a bit of a barn of a place occupying a number of shop fronts along Sydney Road.
The food was ordinary Turkish meat and dips, although in generous portions. But the service was very slow. Even taking into account that it was busy Friday night, this was poor, with people being served at different times. Some of us were on to our mains before others had even moved beyond the entrée that they had decided to order in addition to the bread and dips that we were all sharing.
From previous visits I remember that the takeaway ordering system is complicated affair with tickets.

Alasya is a great Turkish restaurant and take away joint on Sydney Road. One drunken evening, I was craving a kebab and came across Alasya. Open until 3am for take away, it’s the best option for drunk or sober eating.
They have an extensive take away menu, but I kept it simple and ordered the yogurtlu doner kebab, which is a doner kebab served with yogurt and garlic sauce. What I got was a huge kebab with juicy and tender chicken and amazing yogurt/​garlic sauce for $ 6.50. I couldn’t finish it, but I’m sure most people can.
I like the take away at Alasya, but I’m also a fan of eating in. They have a large restaurant perfect for big bookings. Although service is a bit slow and the place becomes a bit chaotic once it fills up, it’s still a great cheap option on Sydney Road.
The restaurant food is just as large as the take away. The only difference is that the kebabs aren’t wrapped in pide, but rather the pide is cut up and put into the dish. This makes the meat to pide ratio quiet unbalanced — you end up having a lot more meat than you would expect. You also pay a little more ($ 11.50). I’m also a fan of their pides, Turkish pizza — feta, cheese, mint, and egg ($ 8).
For a great, cheap option for dinner or take away, definitely go to Alasya.