Kasap Utrecht
Kasap Utrecht – dining room with booth seating and warm pendant lighting
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Type of cuisine:
Turkish, Halal, Steakhouse, Grill, Kebab
Location:
Utrecht
Area:
Lage Weide
Kasap Utrecht is a Turkish halal steakhouse and charcoal-grill restaurant on the Proostwetering, west of the city centre. It is the original of the three Kasap restaurants: guests choose their own cut from a butcher's display counter and it is grilled to order.
The name kasap is Turkish for butcher, and the concept comes straight from the family's trade: more than 30 years in butchery before the first restaurant opened. Meat is weighed openly at the counter and grilled over charcoal to order, from rare to well done.
The Utrecht restaurant sits in a quieter area away from the centre, which gives it a spacious, relaxed dining room and easy access by car — practical for groups arriving together by coach.
Group dining
- Cuisine: Turkish halal steakhouse and charcoal grill
- Groups: parties over 12 guests and corporate bookings are arranged through the restaurant manager
- Halal: all meat is 100% halal
- Facilities: outdoor terrace, free Wi-Fi, family friendly, prayer and ablution room, EV charging
Getting there
Proostwetering lies just west of Utrecht city centre, close to the A2 and the ring road. There is a car park directly at the restaurant, with the first hour free, and an EV charging station within walking distance.
Opening hours:
Open every day, 12:00 – 00:00.
Orders are taken until 23:00; guests are welcome to stay until closing.
Cold meze
- Ezme — tapenade of pepper, tomato, green pepper, parsley and onion
- Humus — chickpea, sesame paste, lemon, garlic and cumin
- Haydari — creamy yoghurt with garlic and thyme
- Cacik — yoghurt with garlic and cucumber
- Muhammara — freshly grilled peppers with walnut
- Sarma — vine leaves filled with rice and fresh herbs
Warm starters
- Sigara boregi — pastry rolls filled with feta
- Icli kofte — bulgur shells filled with minced meat
- Arnavut cigeri — pan-fried lamb liver
- Hellim peyniri — grilled halloumi
From the charcoal grill
Guests select their own cut at the butcher's counter. Every main course is served with rice, bulgur, fries and salad.
- Lamb: kuzu pirzola (lamb chops), kuzu sis (marinated lamb skewers), kuzu kaburga (lamb ribs), kusleme (lamb tenderloin)
- Beef: ribeye, entrecote, picanha, dana bonfile (beef tenderloin), t-bone, cote de boeuf, tomahawk
- Kofte and kebab: kasap kofte, adana kebap, inegol kofte, akcaabat kofte, beyti sarma
- Chicken: marinated chicken breast, chicken skewers, chicken wings, merguez
- Also available: dry aged beef and wagyu ribeye
Desserts
- Baklava — filo layers with pistachio and honey syrup
- Kunefe — oven-baked kadayif with mozzarella and honey syrup
- Katmer — pastry filled with pistachio
- Sutlac — Turkish rice pudding
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