Auburn
The best Turkish and Lebanese food in Sydney
Auburn's Auburn Road is lined with Turkish and Lebanese restaurants, bakeries, and sweets shops. The Turkish pide is exceptional. The baklava is fresh daily. And the Auburn Botanic Gardens — a hidden gem with Japanese gardens — is right there for after lunch.
Where to Eat in Auburn
Verified picks from Good Food, Timeout, Broadsheet, and Concrete Playground.
New Star Kebab
Turkish — charcoal kebab specialist · $ — Budget
The benchmark for Turkish charcoal kebabs in Sydney — coconut-shell charcoal gives the meat a distinctive smokiness.
Order: Shish kebab — marinated lamb grilled over coconut-shell charcoal
15 Auburn Road, Auburn NSW 2144
Sofra
Turkish — kebab, pide, and lahmacun · $ — Budget
Known for Adana kebabs on sword-shaped skewers and hand-rolled pide baked fresh on the premises.
Order: Adana kebab — spiced minced lamb on skewer with grilled flatbread and salad
35-39 Auburn Road, Auburn NSW 2144
Menzil Turkish Bakehouse
Turkish bakery — simit, borek, and baklava · $ — Budget
Auburn's original simit bakery — baked fresh from 6am, it supplies the bread most of the strip's restaurants serve.
Order: Simit — sesame-crusted circular bread, best eaten warm
Ali Baba Charcoal Chicken
Turkish/Lebanese — charcoal chicken and pide · $ — Budget
Known for juicy charcoal-roasted chicken and hand-rolled pide with spinach-cheese or spiced meat fillings.
Order: Charcoal chicken with pide or lahmacun
2 Civic Road, Auburn NSW 2144
Jamal Takeaway
Lebanese — falafel roll specialist · $ — Budget
The small shop that food writers send visitors to for what many call the best falafel in Sydney — this place sells nothing else.
Order: Falafel roll — with pickled turnips, tomato, salad, yoghurt and house chilli sauce
73 Auburn Road, Auburn NSW 2144
What to Eat
- →Turkish pide from the wood-fired bakeries
- →Lamb gozleme
- →Lebanese mezze — hummus, tabouleh, kibbeh
- →Baklava from the sweets shops
- →Turkish tea (cay)
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Local Tips
The Auburn Botanic Gardens are free entry and worth 30 minutes before or after eating. Most restaurants are licensed or BYO.