Peri Ela Turkish Restaurant (Lexington and 90th)

We noticed that there are NOT a lot of Turkish restaurants around the upper east side. We tried Beyoglu and was not very impressed even though it has both good ratings on yelp and yahoo. We wanted to try this place because it was a block away from where we live. For appertizers, we got the octopus salad. I loved their bread with olive oil. There was not too much octopus but the flavor was good. Jason got lamb and rice and he liked it a lot but I am not a big lamb fan, so i thought the flavor of lamb was too strong. I tried to be more adventurous and tried the meat dumpling in yogurt sauce. I should probably just go with my safety. Not into that dish at all. Overall the food was OKAY, it didn’t wow me and I think it is about the same quality as Beyoglu. I admit, i dont know much about Turkish food, so I am more looking at as an average American eating a different cuisine.