Al Turka, Dewsbury

Turkish. New. Nicely set out, benches, tables, clean tablecloths. There's a good feeling to this place. We turn up and sit down and after a little while olives and sesame seed bread arrive and menus are proffered. We choose various dishes and a beer or two and a bottle of turkish red wine. The wine arrives with an ice bucket. I was thinking of saying something but receive a hefty kick under the table and decide I'll not say anything.

Food arrives very slowly. Others in the party suspect the gentleman who walked in and asked for a substantial takeaway. He had a little child with him and the speed of his takeaway arriving allowed the child to fall asleep while waiting. Maybe all the chefs were cooking the takeaway. Our predominantly lamb based dishes arrive eventually.

(Aside) The waitress was quite nervous and seemed a bit lost...

Good job at the ordering stage that someone asked whether we needed to order chips and veg as if we'd not all we would have received was lamb dishes. The dishes were OK but there was no tang, no zip, no pazzazz - just well cooked lamb. Quite a lot of food but I was expecting a bit more flavour.

Turkish coffee was OK but plenty of dregs in it. £68 for 4. Not sure if I'd do it again. The most significant part of the night was the dreadfully slow service.