Appetizers

*All Appetizers Served With Pita

Combo Platter

A selection of Middle Eastern vegetarian dishes (humus, babaghanoush, tabouleh, ezme and falafil) topped with garlic-dill yogurt sauce.

Falafil Appetizer

Crisp deep-fried patties of ground chickpeas served with sumak salad and garlic-dill yogurt sauce.

Gulistan House specialties

Your choice of favorite deep-house appetizer; Humus or Babaghanoush or Ezme (Spicy) or Tabouleh.

Izgara Shrimp

Grilled Tiger Shrimp marinated with house mixture of herb and spices, served with sesame seeds with dried Turkish apricot deep.

Calamari (Gulistan special)

Tender Squid sautéed with scallions & fresh garlic in a tomato-lemon sauce.

Gulistan Appetizer

Grilled vegetables topped with seasoned New Zealand ground lamb and garlic-dill yogurt sauce.

Shiitake Mushrooms

Farm fresh shiitakes and basil sautéed with a walnut-tomato chutney in a red wine and soy sauce.

Soups and Salads

Soup of the Day

Please, ask your server.

Cacik

Mix of yogurt, diced cucumbers, and red onions, spiced with dill and garlic.

House Salad

Crisp romaine lettuce tossed with fresh tomatoes, red onions, bell peppers, and cucumbers with lemon juice, olive oil & sumak dressing.

Fattoush Salad

Fresh romaine lettuce tossed with fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, bell peppers, and zahter croutons, served with our exceptional honey garlic-dill yogurt dressing.

Feta Salad

Feta cheese layered with ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, and bell peppers, served with homemade dressing.

Grilled Chicken & Salad

Marinated strips of chicken breast, grilled and served over a bed of romaine lettuce and mixed vegetables, tossed with a lemon-herb dressing.

Seafood Specialties

Stuffed Rainbow Trout

Fresh trout stuffed with our house special pesto, served with Basmati rice and sautéed spinach.

Shrimp Kabob

Jumbo shrimp marinated in a curry lemon sauce, grilled to perfection, served with apricot chutney, Basmati rice, and vegetable of the day and garnish.

Pasta Mediterranean

Shrimp, fresh vegetables, dried apricots, and feta cheese, sautéed with fettuccine in a white wine basil garlic sauce.

Vegetarian Specialties

Sultan’s Tava

Fresh spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, carrots, and chickpeas, sautéed in a curry garlic sauce, served with Basmati rice, and garnished.

Ispanak

Crispy chickpea patties topped with sautéed fresh spinach, mushrooms, onions, peppers, in a garlic-mango-walnut cream sauce, served with Basmati rice.

Falafil Platter

Crisp deep fried chickpea patties, served with Basmati rice, sumac salad, garlic-dill yogurt sauce, and vegetable of the day.

Grilled Vegetables and Hummus

Grilled eggplant, zucchini, and roasted peppers topped with sautéed onions and a garlic-dill yogurt sauce, served with Basmati rice and hummus.

Lamb Specialties

Gulistani

New Zealand ground lamb sautéed with spices and spring onion, served over a bed of Basmati rice, and garnished with our house special sumac salad.

Izgara Lamb

Marinated strips of New Zealand top sirloin lamb char-broiled, served with tomato-basil chutney, Basmati rice, vegetable of the day and garnish.

Rack of Lamb

Frenched New Zealand baby lamb chops grilled to order, served with walnut-date chutney, Basmati rice, vegetable of the day and garnish.

Kavurma

This traditional Kurdish wedding dish with cubes of tender New Zealand top sirloin lamb, marinated and sautéed with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, served with Basmati rice and garnished with sumak salad.

Chicken Specialties

Chicken Kabob

Strips of chicken breast marinated in a curried-lemon juice then char-broiled, served with Basmati rice, vegetable of the day and garnish.

Chicken Dolma

Chicken breast stuffed with our own Mediterranean filling, slowly baked to perfection, served over pasta, and cooked in a roasted garlic cream sauce with sun-dried tomatoes.

Garlic Chicken

Savory pieces of chicken breast sautéed with onions, mushrooms and carrots, in a walnut-garlic-lemon sauce, served with Basmati rice and garnish.

Antepli Yahnisi

Cubed chicken breast marinated, sautéed with onions, carrots, mushrooms, peppers, spinach, and potatoes served with Basmati rice and garnish.

Kid’s Menu

Lamb Kabob

Chicken Kabob

Shrimp Kabob

Rack of Lamb

Falafil

Kid’s Pasta