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The Flying Armbar Sports Bar & Turkish Grill (Formerly Katatürk Chalong)

Restaurant Mediterranean restaurant Turkish restaurant Halal restaurant

👍👍 Best restaurant I have eaten in Thailand, I really liked it very much, the shop staff were very friendly and the food was very delicious, thanks to the cook also the price was affordable. When I come back again to Thailand it will be the first place I will go to 👍🏼💎💎💎💎 People often mention good, Turkish, restaurant, service, staff, friendly, meal, time, Phuket, nice,


Address

45, 33 Soi Ta-iad, Chalong, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83130, Thailand

Website

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Contact

+66 83 979 8906

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (287 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: 12 to 11 PM
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 12 to 11 PM
  • Tuesday: 12 to 11 PM
  • Wednesday: 12 to 11 PM
  • Thursday: 12 to 11 PM
  • Friday: 12 to 11 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (23) Turkish (22) restaurant (16) service (12) staff (11) friendly (10) meal (10) time (9) Phuket (8) nice (8)
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  • 5/5 Aseellmohsen 1 year ago on Google • 29 reviews
    Best restaurant I have eaten in Thailand, I really liked it very much, the shop staff were very friendly and the food was very delicious, thanks to the cook also the price was affordable. When I come back again to Thailand it will be the first place I will go to 👍🏼💎💎💎💎
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kajetan H. 5 years ago on Google
    Amazing food, great atmosphere. One of the things I miss when back in Europe. Owners are extremely friendly and have no problems with accommodating your culinary wishes. Amazing place. Definitely will be back😍
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 naveed a. 8 months ago on Google • 136 reviews
    Excellent. Amazing & Delicious food. Bonus points as all food served is Halal. Good portion size and freshly made. Would definitely recommend. Excellent service from staff, friendly and polite.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ian C. 4 years ago on Google
    Great quality food. Nice atmosphere and air conditioned. Lamb is amazing
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Majdeline C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very good halal restaurant, acceuil au top. (Original) Très bon restaurant halal, acceuil au top.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Arturas V. 4 years ago on Google • 115 reviews
    One of the favourite places to grab a lunch or dinner in Phuket, and one of the best places for kebab in Phuket. Good quality and very delicious Turkish cuisine here. Prices are average, depends what you order, some dishes are very reasonable price. In general is very good place to grab a meal, i recommend this place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Elia R. 5 years ago on Google
    just amazing. we four had mixed grill for two and a salad with healthy juice. all of the meats(chicken wings and breasts, beef, and lamb) were perfectly cooked. very clean inside, friendly staffs. recommend this place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 o'Dim K. 2 months ago on Google • 3 reviews New
    I rode my bike 15 km for this establishment. In fact, they simply forgot to take half of my order. As a result, my friend ate, but they didn’t bring anything from the order at all. Except one coconut. There were many positions I can't recommend this place. Last time they didn't bring me half of the dessert I ordered.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Murat K. 4 years ago on Google
    Amazing food the best place. There is no comparison the staff is great. English speaking, uniformed. Airconed restaurant it is outstanding best in chalong very clean. Manager is very experienced and friendly and constantly on top of everything as it should be i cant stop coming back to this place everybody is so hospitable. This place is Quality.. and the price really affordable. Must go you will not regret. Thanks to Joseph (Manneger) for wonderful experience .. Keep up the good work guy's.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mick F. 4 years ago on Google
    Very good food and very well priced. I actually feel like eating again there today.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Radjeb 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nothing to say you are good live ezlogun soup waitress ultra kind lively kata (Original) Rien à dire vous êtes des bon vive ezlogun soupe les serveuse ultra gentil vive kata
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 D A. 1 year ago on Google • 103 reviews
    Great little gem. Huge meat portions. Nice salads. Freshly cooked. Very good Turkish food considering this is in Thailand.

  • 5/5 Sema Z. 7 months ago on Google • 67 reviews
    Authentic nice food and very friendly staff.

  • 5/5 Steven S. 2 months ago on Google • 12 reviews New
    Fantastic Turkish food was blown away by the quality of food and service. A must visit if you’re in Phuket and like your Turkish food ❤️👌🏽🔥

  • 5/5 Firat F. 5 months ago on Google • 8 reviews
    I have been living in Phuket for about 5 months, and I must have tried all the Turkish restaurants in Phuket since Thai food doesn’t really strike my fancy. As a person who is pretty fond of our cuisine, I can sincerely state that this one is the best in the entire island. The staff is very welcoming, kind, and smiling all the time. I had started to think that I was gonna starve to death in here until this morning. Based on the taste and the dressing, the cook must be a native Turkish, I can say, unlike other Turkish restaurants around. Others mostly employ Myanmar staff, who have no idea about the Turkish cuisine. Absolutely recommended!

  • 5/5 Md. Jubair Bin K. 4 months ago on Google • 6 reviews
    Awesome food, great staff, mind blowing taste.

  • 5/5 Edward J. 5 months ago on Google • 5 reviews
    Who would have thought there would be a Turkish Restaurant in the middle of Fitness St. It was the best thing I saw. With every bite I was remembering my mums cooking and that’s what I loved being in a foreign country. My favourite dish by far is the Chicken Wings. The spices and onion and salad and rice was the perfect combination in my mouth. Thank you to the manager and all the staff for making me feel welcome every time I dined there to eat.

  • 4/5 Ash G. 4 years ago on Google
    Hi, I wanted to give a 4.5 but it cant be done on my tablet, so I gave it a 4.. my review is on the Adana Durum which was a Turkish Style Beef Kebab with salad and fries. And a side of rice.. over all the taste of the kebab was surprisingly tasty I thought the beef was going to be steak but it is minced beef with some yummy herbs and spices mixed into it.. and the fries were cooked well. The rice was a bit weird I was expecting it to have alot more flavour in it but it was okay. The salad could have done with some dressing and tomato. The size of the meal is average, however the cost of the meal is not too high so I get that. I would say the kebab would be even extra nice with a bit of hummus and a bit of yogurt sauce inside it.. and the size of the meal could be a bit bigger, also the manager though he said thank you at the end seemed a bit grumpy to talk with me. And a bit short tempered. I was also asked 3 times in the span of 4 minutes before my meal came if I wanted a drink and then had already said I wanted to keep the menu but they kept trying to take it away from me.. there were only 2 others in the restaurant at the time. I guess they were trying to keep busy. Other than that it was tasty and I am trying more of their food to see if it will redeem the last star on this Google review. Thank you

  • 5/5 Stewart W. 4 years ago on Google
    The 'boxing soi' (as my kids call it) really is something else. Apart from being an epicentre of sorts for gyms / wellness / muay thai it also hosts a deep array of good restaurants, many of which focus on the healthy side of things. Kataturk is not super-healthy (compared to a salad) but it's a relatively rare example of decent Turkish for Phuket. Food and service good, maybe not the absolute best Turkish you will ever have but very decent. Warning - massive serving sizes. 900 baht for 4 drinks and 4 dishes.

  • 1/5 Joe F. 4 years ago on Google
    I got food poisoning from the chicken here. Avoid at all costs.

  • 5/5 Tessa S. 4 years ago on Google
    The food is fresh and so yummy! 😋🇹🇭

  • 4/5 Metin A. 4 years ago on Google
    Looking for Turkish food? This is the place to come, good service, good food, specially lahmacun and their pide. Easily can recommend this place

  • 5/5 Charmeur C. 4 years ago on Google
    Very good restaurants I recommend you to eat there and very good service !

  • 5/5 Sam H. 5 years ago on Google
    A fantastic place to eat and spend time with friends. I've never been disappointed with any meal I've ordered. Great staff and management and fantastic air conditioning! I'm mostly impressed with their new Keto menu, with all nutritional macros presented with each meal. I had the fried coli flour with chicken recently and it was fantastic!

  • 5/5 Tommy K. 2 years ago on Google
    One of my favourite food places on the soi, high quality food reasonable prices

  • 5/5 Andy M. 3 years ago on Google
    Amazing food!

  • 5/5 Omer C. 1 year ago on Google
    Perfect all around. Great experience and delicious food every time we visit.

  • 3/5 J F. 1 year ago on Google
    Really nice meal there, service was good and food was nice. However, the (person believe was) owner of the restaurant was sat in the corner. He spent the duration of our meal on TikTok, playing music videos, and taking phone calls. I have never seen an owner make their place of business suffer in this way. Fortunately, we asked to be moved to the other side of the restaurant (however he did not get the hint). To the owner - I can appreciate Turkish cuisine without being subject to an angry conversation in your language. I hope you use this review to reflect on how you conduct yourself in your own place of business. Edit: to the comment below (can't reply here) yes it was this evening, 13/7/22

  • 5/5 Alper K. 1 year ago on Google
    The hidden gam in Chalong where you can find the same taste as Turkey,l started with lentil soup then order eggplant salad and hummus served with fresh pita bread, finished with lahmacun ( Turkish pizza ) one the best one. Not only quality and service the restaurant was itself very clean, nicely decorated, l highly recommended

  • 1/5 Andrew L. 4 years ago on Google
    Tooth stick in beer bottle. Disgusting.

  • 5/5 Robbie F. 1 year ago on Google
    I got a big selection of meats here and some side dishes and it was delicious. Will definitely come back again

  • 5/5 Firat 3 years ago on Google
    Best kebab place in Muay Thai street. Try appetizer and kebab plates. Highly recommended. 💯 💯 💯

  • 5/5 Martyn S. 5 years ago on Google
    Really tasty Turkish food, well priced & good service too

  • 5/5 Nick C. 10 months ago on Google
    Absolutely love this place. Everything was spot on, the warm welcome, the food, the service and the atmosphere. Definitely coming again.

  • 2/5 N S. 5 years ago on Google
    Absolutely not looks like turkish food. The staff watch loudly MMA fights on TV

  • 5/5 James O. 10 months ago on Google
    Quite possibly the best Turkish food I’ve had and not just in Thailand. Highly recommended.

  • 5/5 Bülent C. 3 years ago on Google
    Great food, excellent service. Thanks..

  • 5/5 Ivan K. 3 years ago on Google
    What a surprise, definetly the best Turkish restaurant around Phuket, amazing taste and food quality. We have been here twice and food always delicious. Last time had shawarma and kebab, both was amazing as original Turkish food. Restaurant owner is friendly and helpful, open to talk about food and suggestions. We visited when it was high discount on all menu during Covid. I wish to the restaurant team stay strong and success to your business. Come and enjoy, you won't regret.

  • 5/5 Ali S. 3 years ago on Google
    Nicely decorated place. Food was very tasty and well priced. Staff is very professional and owner is on top of his business . He came to the table to ask us if anything else we needed and if we had any suggestions. We were very happy to have our lunch in a restaurant that managed professionally even during the pandemic. Of course we were happy to go back for dinner also. Highly recommended.

  • 5/5 Vitaliy M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very nice turkish restaurant. Like in Turkey or Azerbaijan. (Original) Очень хороший турецкий ресторан. Как в Турции или Азербайджане.

  • 5/5 savage s. 4 years ago on Google
    Best Turkish food in Phuket! Loved the mixed plate and the pides... wow!

  • 5/5 Mevlut A. 4 years ago on Google
    Reasonable prices you will find good food.

  • 4/5 Gladys C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very good and cheap It changes of Thai cuisine, it feels good (Original) Très bon et peu cher Ça change de la cuisine thaï, ça fait du bien

  • 1/5 Ali S. 4 years ago on Google
    Food is ok, manager however is rude. If you ask him any questions he mostly says he doesn't know and shrugs it off. However if there are any pretty girls in there he goes above and beyond to talk to them. Is he trying to manage the restaurant or pick up girls?? The guy is definitely not qualified to be a "manager" as the customer service doesnt seem to be his priority. The ladies who work there however are really nice and friendly and they would be better as managers.

  • 5/5 Łukasz S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Turkish restaurant in Thailand at a high level. This is how I could summarize my visit to this place. Excellent baklava. Very well prepared meat. Falafel perfect! Very clean and dirty place. Friendly and professional service. (Original) Turecka restauracja w Tajlandii na wysokim poziomie. Tak najkrócej mógłbym podsumować wizytę w tym miejscu. Doskonała baklawa. Bardzo dobrze przygotowane mięso. Falafel doskonały! Bardzo czyste i schuldne miejsce. Miła i profesjonalna obsługa.

  • 5/5 Julian S. 4 years ago on Google
    Very good food!

  • 5/5 Tim F. 4 years ago on Google
    The best turkey kitchen

  • 5/5 Bulent U. 4 years ago on Google
    Good food, relaxed atmosphere, a go to place at least once a week☝️ Come and say hi to the manager so he can offer you what's best!

  • 4/5 Abdullah D. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Recommended, the soup ezogelin and kurufasulye tasted very good. It was late evening. But the tea gives a feeling in the warm of Turkey. (Original) Empfehlenswert, die Suppe ezogelin und kurufasulye haben sehr gut geschmeckt. War halt spät Abend. Aber der Tee gibt ein Gefühl im warmen von der Türkei.

  • 2/5 Johnny G. 4 years ago on Google
    I would avoid. This review is for the falafel, babaganouj and flat bread pizza. Haven't tried the meat. Falafel wasn't even falafel and whatever it was there was almost none of it, the sandwich was 90 percent bread. No tahini, no cucumber, tomatoes, nothing! Felt robbed. It came with fries which is nice but it wasn't falafel and it was mostly bread, making the fries irrelevant. The baba also was not baba...it is supposed to be roasted eggplant in a creamy, tahini-based sauce. It was basically a weird tomato-based eggplant dish that wasn't very good. The flat bread pizza was a decent size but nothing special. Service was fine.

  • 1/5 Олеся �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Disgusting. Pickled onions dry, tasteless, dried up as if for a week lying somewhere. Same with salad and carrots. Not worth the money. More and expense included extra dish for 490bat, which we did not take. (Original) Отвратительно. Маринованный лук сухой, безвкусный, заветренный, как будто уже неделю лежал где-то. Тоже самое с салатом и морковью. Не стоит своих денег. Ещё и в счёт включили лишнее блюдо за 490бат, которое мы не брали.

  • 5/5 Jaime Serradilla G. 4 years ago on Google
    Best bbq chicken in town and don't forget the Ayhan and reistpudding 😎

  • 5/5 Sarvesh V. 4 years ago on Google
    One of my favorite restaurants on the soi. Their kebabs are the absolute best and the staff is extremely warm and friendly. It's a great place to get your post workout protein rich food to help you recover. The ambiance might make the place seem expensive from the outside but when you look at the prices on the menu or is surprisingly not very pricey at all.

  • 4/5 Salman Z. 4 years ago on Google
    Tried the Pizza and chicken Tikka. It was good.

  • 5/5 Richard W. 4 years ago on Google
    Really delicious and price friendly restaurant, with huge menu and cool drinks. Highly recommend

  • 5/5 M K. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The eating is very delicious (Original) الأكل لذيذ جداً

  • 3/5 Gabriel F. 4 years ago on Google
    First time here was amazing, second was very disappointing. No flavor for falafel or beyti kebab. Sad, since I was in Turkey for over a year.

  • 5/5 Ash S. 4 years ago on Google
    Great burger. Awesome place.

  • 5/5 KingBooka999 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Delicious meal. We had two chicken burgers, both very tasty and filling. Once the Lahmacun, also good and last but not least the Tuna sandwich, also very tasty, unfortunately, a bit small for my taste. The dessert was extraordinary. Price / performance is good. Gladly again! (Original) Leckeres essen. Wir hatten zwei Chicken Burger, beide sehr schmackhaft und üppig. Einmal das Lahmacun, ebenfalls gut und zu guter letzt das Tuna Sandwich, auch sehr lecker nur leider für meinen Geschmack etwas klein geraten. Das dessert war außerordentlich. Preis/Leistung ist gut. Gerne wieder!

  • 5/5 Donal F. 4 years ago on Google
    First time eating at the restaurant and not very familiar with Turkish food but it was very nice. Had a chicken stew dish, very tasty and a big portion. Will go again while training on the soi

  • 5/5 uğur ateş b. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) For those who say that I am a happy Turk, an Ataturkist brother has opened a place (Original) Ne mutlu türküm diyene ki atatürkçü bir kardeşimiz mekan açmış


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Free street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Halal food
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Curbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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