Sorry the meal was meh. I wouldn’t have suggested Periyali or similar given your price comment, though.
Elea on the UWS is very good at a similar cost (as is their sister restaurant Kyma downtown). For Turkish / middle eastern on the UWS there are also Bodrum and Gazala. Turkuaz has moved downtown and would have been in their radius. Ravagh (several locations) is good too. Hopefully this helps another time.
There’s a bunch of us over here.
