Sakliev (Turkish)

1-2 Nishiyama-cho, Ashiya/0797-22-8519/Lunch 11:30-14:30/, Dinner17:30-22:00(L.O21:30)/Closed on Mon, Tue, Wed/3000yen/5.5 pickles/¥

This restaurant offers good cheap tasty treats.

We went here for dinner and enjoyed their Doner Kebab course (2,000 yen per course) which came with soup, rice dish, salad, pita bread, 2 dishes, Turkish chai and dessert. With our food, we had 2 beers, 1 glass wine and 1 tea and the tab was about 6,500 yen. For your reference, they also have a Shish Kebab course (2,700 yen), too. Here, unlike ordinary doner kebab places, they do not refill your plate with more meat. What you get is more like a Turkish food sampler, but the volume is quite ample. The meat was bit dry but still tasty. They have a la carte as well but for us, their courses looked more attractive. Needless to say, the food goes well with beers -- Turkish or Asahi draft. I tried a Turkish red wine as well. It goes well with the food but you probably ought to stick to beer.

The owner/chef, Mr. Konuk, got a Japanese old house and changed it into a restaurant. Probably only up to 20 people can be seated in this tiny restaurant but when this place is full, customers' happy loud voice will be heard outside of the restaurant very easily.

No English menu but there's one Japanese friendly staff who speaks English to assist you. Mr. Konuk does not speak English, we think. (He spoke to us in Japanese.) The menu choice is limited so you don't need to worry about the language problem at all.

Anyway, where else can you get a good doner kebab & beer dinner in Kansai?

Food: 5.5 Service: 5.5 Ambience: 5 Total: 5.5 pickles

How to get there: A five minute walk down the shopping arcade from Hankyu Ashiya, on your left. 20 meters before Saigon Saigon. It says "サクルエブ" on the front.