Yaprak Restaurant Locks Heath

This was a birthday treat for me - and decided to have dinner earlish on a Sunday evening here. This restaurant has a good ambience, a little music in the background and an attentive waiter but not overbearing. Little flatbreads were placed on the table with a couple of condiments. I liked the chilli one but not the yogurt flavoured dip. But that's just down to taste. The little flatbreads were tasty. I'd read the reviews for the cocktails and never had a Pornstar Martini before so went for it. OMG it came with a small Prosecco chaser - the taste was out of this world - I think this is the best alcholic beverage I've ever had. Anyway moving on to the grub. I tend to order seafood rather than meat if available, so went for the Calamari for starters. This was excellent - OK it came in rings but nothing like the obscene things you get in the supermarket - Yaprak's calamari was absolutely dancing on my taste buds. I had a glass of Kavaklidere Cankaya wine with my food and this was very acceptable. And their small glass is not that small - so well done for that. Next were King Prawns with salad and chips. The salad was gorgeous with a great dressing, lovely and fresh. The chips perfect. The prawns have shells on so for those of you who don't like getting in a mess - move onto something else. I find the messier the meal the better it tastes. The prawns which came with peppers and mushrooms were excellent. The skewer had been taken out which is always helpful. I then thought I'd try a dessert - the Coccia al Pistachio - I shouldn't have done. It wasn't to my taste, it was frozen and didn't match the starter and main in it's quality I thought. Had a latte which was pretty much the same as you'd get anywhere and this went down well. As this was a birthday treat I wanted to put the boat out and try several things. The bill came of £59.00 and then service charge was added for £6.00 ish. I don't like that when service charge is added but what can you do? I also tipped the waiter because of his good service. So to sum up - starters was my favourite, followed closely but the main. The cocktail was really special. I've given 5 stars even though I didn't like the dessert because the rest was so good. The one thing that should have been done was to have hot flannel or wipes for the prawns as they were messy - apart from that I can't fault this restaurant.

Amazing food! I’ve had 3 dinners here just this week! Wonderfully friendly and attentive staff, extremely reasonable prices, and generous portions. My favorite is the lamb shish - so tender and flavorful!!! Everything I’ve tried has been great, definitely a fortunate find!

A really nice place with friendly attentive staff. All the food was great but the lamb meat was out of this word, melt in your mouth tender deliciousness! can't recommend it enough.