Arquet Burger & Fries

About Arquet Burger & Fries

Arquet Burger & Fries is a burger and köfte restaurant on Azerbaycan Caddesi in Bahçelievler. The family behind it traces its craft to Enver Usta, who, according to the restaurant's website, has been making köfte to the same measure since 1977; the next generation learned the trade from him and now applies it to burgers, ribeye and chicken. The website sets out how the kitchen works. The burger patties are minced in-house every day from beef rib and neck. The buns are baked every morning in the restaurant's own oven from a rich dough of flour, butter and eggs. The mayonnaise is whisked in-house from four ingredients (egg, oil, salt and apple cider vinegar), and the other sauces are made in the kitchen too. Fried chicken gets a coating made from the restaurant's own blend of 16 spices. Signature items include the Arquet Cheese Steak, a ribeye sandwich with white cheese, and Baba Yadigârı, the father's köfte recipe, in which lamb rib is mixed into the beef. The restaurant also runs offers and events that it announces on its website, such as a monthly köfte day and a Friday-evening burger-eating contest held in the dining room for over-18s. Practical notes: the website gives opening hours of 11:30 to 21:30 every day, and orders and group orders can be placed by phone or WhatsApp. The site is available in Turkish, English and Russian, and the full menu is published online.