I have been to Turkey before so I like their restaurant style food. I am saying restaurant style because they cook different at home but eat different foods at restaurants. It is a split eating culture.

I coincidentally found this place when driving on Kingsway. Although my favourite dish is not on their menu, they were OK to make it for me. I tried their customized meat lovers pide and I loved it. Also, I saw other customers were having fancy looking breads and they made it to order right there. I have to try it next time.

The ambiance is average, the place is clean and tidy. They cook right in front of you.
You better watch them making the bread there. It is fun but do not try at home because it is really difficult.

I second the other reviewers raves about the freshly baked pita bread. It's worth coming here just for that alone.

Overall, I like this place and I find that the owners are generally warm, they may seem a bit gruff when the place is busy.

My concerns about this place, is that when I went to get a donair on a Saturday, there was no meat roasting on the spits perhaps they were inbetween setting up. I found that odd though as my favorite part of a donair is the charred parts of the meat.

My prior visit to this restaurant I was drawn to all of their dips on display, and tried their appetizer platter. The dips are unique, I don't think they are freshly made each day, but with some dips the aging does improve taste. My favorite dip was the Ajuka a mix of eggplants, red peppers and nuts. For $12 for a platter I was expecting a larger size but it is enough for one person. (You only get one pita bread with it, so order extra on the side.) Their restaurant is fairly unique and a lot of their clientele seem to be people from their own culture which is a good sign.

Back to the donair so I got one and was looking forward to eating it due to the reviews. My first complaint was that the meat wasn't spiced, it tasted like just roast chicken that came from Safeway or something. My second complaint was that there wasn't that much chicken but the donair feels heavy due to all of the sauce they pack into it. But the garlic sauce wasn't evenly spread or it just sunk to the bottom of the donair as it's a bit too liquid, so the donair ended up being dry and undersauced. And I'm used to spilling a little when I eat donairs but when the sauce all started to gush out I just wasn't prepared. There was soo much wasted sauce because they roll the donair so the bottom part is open, instead of wrapping it like a burrito or putting the filling into the pita pocket to trap the sauce.

Was the donair worth it for $7? Absolutely not.

However as we live in Vancouver and are donair deprived I would still rate the donair a 7/10, and if I were in the mood for a donair I would return, just because of the freshly baked pita bread (I have to admit with the fresh warm pita bread this tips the donair to a 9/10). And I will try to rotate the donair or something so that it becomes evenly sauced.

Don't expect a donair that is spiced like shawarma chicken, this place makes it a bit different. After all it's Turkish.

Some of their other dishes look interesting and I may try a Guvech baked lamb dish next time. I have no idea if the mozzerella cheese on top of their main dishes is authentically Turkish or just a way to tie in the Pizza side of their business with the Turkish menu items, according to Google Guvech simply means a baked dish. Anyhow cheese is yummy.

Ok, this is by far my favorite "Middle Eastern" restaurant.
I have yet to have anything from there that did not blow my mind.
This is a small, mostly take-out style joint with a huge stone oven. You can eat in but the place is pretty small. The food is always fresh and devine. I strongly recommend you try a bunch of items on the menu.
We even showed up here without reservations at lunch with at least 10 people and they managed to feed us all on our lunch hour. (yes we know, it was last minute and we definately should have done the polite thing and called ahead).
It's a tiny bit pricey for lunch, but as far as I can tell...it is totally worth it!

We went here a few times now. First try was by chance because a place next door we wanted to go to was closed, so we gave this one a try.
The menu is quite extensive, but most of the dishes have the same sides.
Most dishes come with freshly baked lawash bread which is really good and worth ordering some on the side, if your dish doesn't include it.
The place is not fancy. Has kind of a take-out pizza joint look.
But it does lend it some authenticity. When I visited Turkey many years back, most reataurants looked like this one. Open storefront look with glass display fridges where they display there wares. A seating area off to the side or in the back. The seating area here is nicely kept and the whole place is extreemely tidy. Service was prompt and genuinely friendly.
Our dishes: Veggie Curry (very spicy), Lamb Shish, Beef Shish were nicely prepared and very tasty.
The dishes are quite simple, Some nicely seasoned meat, savoury sauce, rice and a few simple salads to go with it. Some prices are perhaps a little bit high consodering the simplicity of the dishes. But all was very well prepared and the uniqueness of the flavours are well worth going there once in a while.
I recomend this place and will be back.

I have only had one thing there: the chicken donair. But I had to write about this place. I have had a lot of donairs throughout the Lower Mainland, and I thought some of those places have actually been pretty good. Now that I have tasted Anatolia's lavash bread, I know what donairs are actually supposed to taste like.

I had the whole wheat lavash, which is made in this beautiful wood burning stove and takes a few minutes, but it is so worth it. There's even sesame seeds sprinkled on it, which just adds this extra flavor. It's actually not much more than I'm used to paying for the prepackaged pita donairs at other take outs. It costs about $7 at Anatolia's, and I'm used to paying $6. It's also large and very filling.

They have also put so much thought and care into the interior, with lovely tables and chairs, nice granite tiling throughout the place, and that fire burning in the background. I give the ambiance a 3 because it still fells like a take-out place, but it is definitely above and beyond from the amount of attention they have given to the interior. Now I have to go back and try the other 40 items on the menu.

We finally had the chance to go to Anatolia's Gate. I can say we will be there many more times.
The food was outstanding. We shared the a small mixed plate, there was not a salad there I did not love.
We wanted to try so many things, but decided to try the Chicken and a Lamb Durum. They were both great, so filling.
The flavour was so good and fresh, the lavish bread was so good. It was so neat to wach him back the bread in the wood oven right in front of you.
The service was good and polite, the ambiance was simple but the food made up for that.
I look forward to go back many more times.

surprizing place- from just passing on the street I would have never tried this place.
but reading here the recommendations- I had to try
and it was true- the Pita with the yogurt-garlic dip were delicious- we can finish with that, tried the Lahnajun- was very good
the iskender kebab beef or chicken was good too.
the only bit dissapointing plate was something called "the sultan.." with beef and eggplants..
but- definitely a place to return to.

I had a lunch at Anatolia's Gate this afternoon. After reading all the reviews I was quiet excited about it. Being a cook and from Turkey, I have a fair knowledge of Turkish dining.

This is kind of like a student restaurant that you would go for a quick and cheap bite in Turkey. You dont expect much and you dont get much. So they don't specialize on any regional cuisine, it is kind of like ''all favorites in one menu'' place. Nothing wrong with that.

Service was very friendly and nice.

Their bread was exceptional. Nice, chewy, hearty, wood oven baked bread. I would come back for that. I bet their pizzas must be decent too (the prices are, $10 for a large cheese pizza). You have that crust and wood burning oven, that should be a winner.

As far as the Turkish fare goes, the food is extremely mediocre. The tapas weren't fresh looking. I had the donair which was bland, chewy and cold. Their yoghurt dip was nice and garlicky, the tomato sauce on the kebap plate tasted burnt. I loved the red cabbage pickle though, just like back home.

As long as you ordered the right things like; pizza, pides or the bread on its own, it should be a pleasant experience. The rest is what it is. At least it is different and sort of authentic.

This restaurant at first glance, seems like a small place, that's good for takeout, but When you actaually go there, you will be pleasantly surprised by the welcoming family, and super food. My husband and I go there regularly, and have never been disappointed with the food and service. I highly recomment the iskender kebab plate with lamb doner ( comes with rice, salad, and the delisious tomato sauce). Like mentioned before the fresh baked pide bread is addictive. Another dish I'd recommend is the Lahmajun - (Turkish pizza) plate, yummmm. also we tried their meat lovers pide, and again was deliscious. We really wanted to try their other dishes, but we're so addicted to these ones, that we have a hard time picking something else. I talked to the family, and they said they will be expanding the restaurant making it a lot bigger. looking forward to seeing that, as I've noticed their clientele has been increasing rapidly, and that space is way to small now. This place should definately not be a book judged by it's cover.

I've always enjoyed Middle-eastern/mediterranean food, but it is hard to find a proper restaurant of this kind (there are lots of eateries, but not really a restaurant setting). Anyway, just happened to drive by it and thought I'd give it a try. Apparently, they've just expanded the size of the restaurant and their menu - there is is a whole lot to choose from. I noticed in the front that they have an actual fire roasted oven, so that was a good sign for good food.

I ordered a type of beef kabob - I forget the name, but it was a type of ground veal. That may not sound exciting, but it was wonderfully seasoned and really was the best i've ever had of this type. It came with they typical mediterranean sides of lettuce, cabbage, roasted tomato, flat bread, rice and a yogurt (Tsazki like). Again, may not sound extraordinary, but all were very tasty.

My wife ordered more of a uniquely Turkish item which was the chicken Guvech. It is hard to describe, but is a lot of mediteranean vegetables, chicken, tomato sauce, seasonings in a roasting dish with cheese melted on top. She loved it and found it extremely tasty and well seasoned - and had enough for a full portion leftover. It was also served with a massave flat bread, which is hard to describe, but came right out of their oven. It also came with the yogurt sauce. We ordered their hummus which was perfect and great to have with all bread we had.

As for the other details, food is absolutely #1 for me, but the service and ambience were great and the value was terrific as it was less than $15 per person.

I'd have no reservations in recommending this place. The food is very unique but also accessible for anyone as the ingredients are universal and wonderfully prepared.