Zara's Turkish Cafè is a Turkish restaurant at 199 Main Street in Upper Hutt Central, Upper Hutt, holding a strong 4.7 rating on Google. Turkish cooking stands or falls by the grill: at the good ones, kebabs, köfte and lamb come off real charcoal, and it never hurts to ask what's cooking fresh. Mezze — smoky eggplant, hummus, stuffed vine leaves — are made for the middle of the table, with warm flatbread alongside. Pide, a boat-shaped flatbread stuffed with cheese or meat and baked to order, is the dependable lunch choice. Regulars save room for baklava and a glass of tea, which in Turkey arrives strong, in a small tulip-shaped glass, and gets refilled without asking. Right on Upper Hutt's main street, Zara's gives the town centre somewhere proper to sit down to it all.