shrimp casserole with onions, pepper, tomato, garlic, butter and grated kasseri cheese.
Sigara Boregi
$8.00
feta cheese and chopped parsley thinly wrapped with phyllo dough.
Balik Kofte
$10.00
jumbo lump fish cake.
Arnavut Ciger
$8.00
tender veal liver breaded with season
Sebze Mucver
$8.00
pan fried vegetable patties with zucchini, carrots, dill, parsley, feta cheese, onions served with both tomato & yogurt sauce
Baslangiclar Or Mezes
Sefin Zeytinyagli Taze Mevsim Sebzeler Tabagi
$10.00
chefs inspirational tasting plate of fresh seasonal vegetables samplers all prepared in extra virgin olive oil pls ask your server what the chefs vegetables choices of the day for exp artichoke, asparagus, stringbeans etc
Ahtapot Marine
$8.00
octopus marinated with dill and garlic drizzled with extra virgin olive oi
Ceviz Ve Pastirmali Humus
$7.00
pureed chick peas with sesame paste topped with walnuts turkish pastrami.
Haydari
$7.00
thick creamy strained yogurt whipped with mint and garlic.
Visneli Yaprak Sarma
$7.00
thick creamy strained yogurt whipped with mint and garlic.
Corba Or Soup
$6.00
chefs daily soup.
Midye Marine
$8.00
mussels dressed in capers, red onions, dill and drizzled in extra virgin oil and lemons
Kisir
$7.00
durum wheat semolina couscous tomatoes, scallions, parsley and mixed with pepper paste.
Acili Ezme
$7.00
a spicy pepper paste spread made with finely diced tomatoes, onions, and parsley.
Kozlenmis Patlican Salata
$7.00
roasted eggplant sauteed with onions, red pepper, garlic and dill.
tomatoes, sliced chicken on a bed of spring greens-mustard dressing.
Coban Salata
diced tomatoes and cucumbers with finely diced peppers, scallions, and chopped parsley topped with shaved feta cheese.
$8.00
$12.00
Cheese$2.50
Deniz Mahsulleri Salatasi
$16.00
shrimps , calamari, octopus, tomatoes, olives, corn, basil on a bed of mixed greens - lemon dressing.
Horiatiki Salad
$12.00
cherry tomatoes, onion, olives, sheeps cheese, parsley, cucumber on a bed of arugula-lemon dressing.
Meats
Kuzu Kol Sarma
$25.00
our signature dish made with tender lamb slowly roasted layered and topped with pine nuts and seasonings au jus sauce.
Pirzola Or Lo-carb Lamb Chops
$29.00
baby lamb chops with extra virgin olive oil, sea salt.
Lahana Sarma
$17.00
seasoned ground meat, delicately wrapped in green cabbage leaves
Kuzu Sis Lo Carb Lamb Loin Brochette
$22.00
tender cubes of marinated lamb loin served with cauliflower puree.
Izgara Kofte
$16.00
ground lamb patties seasoned with mediterranean herbs served with bulgur pilaf & vegetables.
T Bone Steak
$27.00
grilled to your perfection and served with demi glace au jus sauce and vegetables.
Baliklar Or Seafood
Ispanakli Levrek Sarma
$28.00
experience the essence of chef erhans world cuisine with our signature dish sauteed spinach wrapped in filleted branzino garnished with pearl onions and basil potatoes
Bal Soslu Salmon
$24.00
salmon glazed with honey garnished with vegetables
Lagos Tava
$24.00
codfish lightly flowered and pan seared to perfection with seasoned potatoes served on bed of vegetables
Levrek Izgara
$27.00
grilled sea bass garnished with vegetables
Kilic Baligi Sis
$28.00
cubed swordfish and vegetables layered on a skewer
Tuzda Balik Pp
$26.00
fish baked in a block of salt broken at the table with a gavel 4 people minimum must be requested 1 day prior.
Tavuk Yemekleri Or Poultry
Tavuk Sis
$18.00
spiced fire roasted tender cubes of marinated chicken served with bulgur pilaf and vegetables
Tavuk Pirzola
$16.00
low carb chicken chops marinated with garlic and rosemary garnished with vegetables
Makarnalar Or Pasta
Manti
$18.00
handmade turkish ravioli with yogurt drizzled buttery tomato sauce.
Kurutulmus Domatesli Eriste
$7.00
homemade pappardelle with sundried tomatoes and our savory pesto sauce.
Vejeteryan Or Vegetarian
Sebze Guvec
$16.00
vegetable variety sauteed with fresh tomato sauce in a clay pot.
Ispanak
$16.00
sauteed spinach with onions, garlic, red bell peppers, rice medley served with yogurt.
Sides
Bulgur Pilavi
$4.00
whole grain wheat bulgur sauteed with onions, garlic, tomatoes and pepper paste and seasoned with turkish mediterranean herbs in vegetable broth.
Ic Pilavi
$4.00
turkish rice infused with pine nuts, mint, onions, currant, cinnamon.
Desserts
Jeyda Style Zencefil Aromali Kabak Selalesi
$12.00
a rich lava pumpkin cake with molten center made with ginger flavored liqueur vanilla ice cream ala mode please allow 30 minutes for preparation of specialty desserts
Fistikli Irmik Helvasi
$7.00
semolina halvah with vanilla bean ala mode.
Portakalli Firin Sutlac
$7.00
creamy oven baked casserole rice pudding with orange zest and sprinkled with cinnamon.
Baklava
$7.00
roasted pistachios, walnuts sandwiched between fine layers of pastry flavored with honey lemon syrup topped with vanilla ice cream and garnished with fruits
Lalezar brings an authentic taste of Turkish Mediterranean Cuisine to Montclair, New Jersey. Located 718-720 Bloomfield Avenue. Lalezar is the second restaurant owned by Khateejeh (Heidi) Basaran-Birson aka"Miss. Lalezar" She is the founder of TAROA. Turkish American Restaurant Owners Association. With Lalezar, she seeks to bring the lesser-known taste from Europe that meets Asia to the States, and for that she employs only the award winning chefs from Turkiye and will often have guest chefs, who are experienced in specialty dishes from different regions in Turkiye. Lalezar strives to bring unparallelled flavors of Turkish Cuisine with top-notch restauranteurship and introduce Turkic intricate and unique preparation of grilled Kebab meats in a thoughtful and authentic manner creating a lifestyle through fresh healthy dishes, with a passion for serving and selling only fresh ingredients.