İskender Kebap
Iskender Kebab
on Fremont Street
Thinly sliced doner layered over warm pita, drenched in tomato butter sauce and creamy yoghurt — Turkey's most iconic plate.
Born in Bursa
What is Iskender Kebab?
A 160-year-old masterpiece invented in Bursa — layers of doner, pita, sauce, and butter that define Turkish cuisine
Invented in 1860s Bursa
The Iskender Kebab was created by Iskender Efendi in the northwestern city of Bursa during the 1860s. His innovation was deceptively simple: take thinly sliced vertical-spit doner, lay it over pieces of fresh pide bread, ladle on a bright tomato sauce, add a generous dollop of creamy yoghurt, and finish with sizzling melted butter poured tableside.
The result was an entirely new category of Turkish cuisine — a dish so perfect that it became the signature meal of an entire city. To this day, Bursa restaurants serve Iskender on sizzling copper plates, and families make special trips just for this one dish.
Our Iskender Experience
At Istanbul Mediterranean 2, our Iskender Kebab ($26.95) is prepared with care that honors the original. We slice our fresh beef and lamb doner over warm, oven-baked pide bread, top it with our house tomato sauce, add a generous swirl of thick yoghurt, and finish with melted butter.
Every element matters — the quality of the doner, the freshness of the bread, the balance of tang from the yoghurt against the richness of the butter. It's a dish that rewards every bite, and it's one of the most-ordered items at our Fremont location.
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Try It at 505 Fremont
Walk-ins always welcome. For groups of 6+, call ahead to reserve.