Ephesus Bakery

Turkish Breakfast is all you have to say!!! Turkish Bakery, I’m there!!! Pide! When do they open!!!
Turkish Tea! Yum! While I wait for my Pide! Similar to Russian Tea!
My Father-​in-​law who want nothing to do with any food he does not consider «Regular Food had some of this Pideler
The oven was Filled with _​_​they call them «Turkish Bagels — Dude opened the Oven and showed me…
Baklava for Dessert
They DO have Turkish Coffee though I did not get any this time!

Love this little place. Been going about once a week now for a month or so. Really small, simple and plain but clean place. Nice and quite too.
I LOVE the –diced– lamb pide. Turkish coffee is wonderful and I always take home a few baked goods as well.
The info on here says they accept credit cards… i cannot vouch for that as i always pay cash, but I do not recall seeing a machine. You might want to bring cash along to be safe at least the first time.
UPDATE… I noticed since I wrote this that they do indeed have a card reader
machine, so you should be ok if only have plastic on you.
UPDATE! As of May, 2013, the place is shutdown :(
I think they are moving elsewhere, but I have no idea where. They have a facebook page, but there is no news about it. PLEASE COME BACK SOMEWHERE!

The pita bread is delicious, fresh, fluffy, and $ 1.25 for a huge amont to take home. The «Turkish pizza» is also a great deal and yummy. We got those pretty sesame bagels and some other treats but they tasted like they were made yesterday – kinda stale. The baklava was good, but really when is baklava not good? Filo, nuts, spices, and honey, that’s ALWAYS delicious.
My new go-​to party dish is going to be to buy a bunch of pitas and some hummus. Everyone is going to think I’m fancy but haha, joke is on them!

This little restaurant is well worth a trip down Nolensville Road. The bakery also serves a good lunch of Turkish food – I had a ground lamb pide and hot tea, both of which were excellent.
The young couple who run Ephesus are friendly and prepare everything to order. They have a good selection of Turkish baked goods, including a simit, which is a type of Turkish bagel.

When it comes to the American Dream (working hard and making your way in the world) Ali and Pinar are doing it on Nolensville Road. The Turkish couple with their kids are manning the store offering Turkish delight to all who step inside.
My dining companion and I stepped into another world when we opened the door. The sparse dining room with six tables covered with plastic/​felt cloths were set with rolled silverware in big paper napkins. Although there were big glass cases for food, the pictures on the wall told the story what there is to eat at Ephesus Bakery and Café.
I asked the owner if he accepted Plastic Payment and he apologized and hoped to in a week, but not today. I explained that I would go to the bank, withdraw cash, and return. He and his wife made sure that my daughter and I did not leave empty handed… sending us with a freshly baked roll of goodness. He knew what he was doing… one bite… we were speeding to the ATM… in order to return.
We ordered eggs with Turkish Sausage and with it came a huge wedge of Fresh Fluffy Pita Bread and a Turkish Sesame Bagel. The eggs were scrambled soft with a hearty flavored sausage. It was delicious in a foreign, we are not in Kansas anymore kind of way. I will order it again.
The sweet bread that Ali gave us was not nearly sweet as a doughnut but sweet enough to know it was a treat. The velvety texture of the bread was divine and gave me pause to wonder if man could live on bread alone.
The Baklava was good, not overly sweet as many tend to make the nutty goodness.
I hope to go back at lunch sometime, Ali tells me that it is their specialty. I believe him because you can tell the guy is legit. in fact, he and Pinar treated us as though we were guests in their home. They seem to be well qualified to run a Bed and Breakfast with their level of care, conversation, and eagerness to serve.
I humbly suggest that Ali and Pinar develop a written menu with photos to serve their guests. It would help their non-​Turkish customers along in the process of ordering and achieving a great experience. For drinks they offer hot tea and a small cooler stocked with: water, diet coke cans, sprite cans, capri suns, and turkish yogurt drink. It would be a good idea to expand the drink selection to include Hot Turkish Coffee (would pair well with the breads) and other drinks such as juice and more soft drinks.
The American Dream is happening with a Turkish twist. I look forward to living the dream again soon.
The Unilocal Map shows this place as being in Southern Hills Hospital… it’s not even close as it’s about a quarter mile north of Thompson Lane on Nolensville Road.