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US$6 - US$63
CUISINES
Mediterranean, Turkish, Healthy, Middle Eastern
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
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Reviewed 1 week ago

The food was first class, very tasty. One of the best restaurant meals we have had in a long time. The service was equally good & Ella was an attentive & helpful waitress. Well done everyone. We will be back.

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Delicious fresh food , great atmosphere,,great staff,,,established and reliable place to go ,,,highly recommended

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Recently visited, The Black Pepper, with some friends and was amazed with not only the food but, how pleasant the staff were. It was extremely refreshing to have some beautiful genuine Turkish food (and i believe to have the right to say it’s genuine Turkish...food as i go a handful of times a year and the black pepper food is on par with all of the food i have in Turkey). Our waitress was called Molly and she done a wonderful job looking after us. Will definitely be visiting again.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 7 October 2023

We vome here with friends as we like to support local businesses. When we arrived there was nobody in the place and 3-4 team members. It took 20 mins for a drinks order to be taken. Then another 20 for the drinks to arrive. The...food order still hadn't been taken at this point. We then got asked what we wanted but when we asked for Whitebait we were advised there wasn't any. This was not communicated until we asked. So we ordered our starters and main. 40 minutes and we had to chase the starters. It was the same withthe main course. We wanted to order more drinks and was seen but ignored. The food was delicious and hot. Beautiful. The problem was the lack of communication from any of the front of house team. Will I go back? Doubtful because the service was so bad.More

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 7 October 2023 via mobile

Went out for a meal on a last minute date night. We were the last booking of the night at 7.45pm on a Friday night. As we got in I could see a very unhappy man stood at the bar however we continued into the...restaurant to be shown a table by a very young timid lad, who was clearly quite new. It went downhill from there really. There were 3 young staff working in the restaurant that night and hats off to them for doing what they could within their little experience to try and keep a restaurant of guests happy. Drinks were ordered and I received a can out of a multipack (the ones that say not to be resold) at £3 a can this is robbery. We placed down our menus clearly ready to order and the young blonde girl was ushered over to our table to take our order by the slightly older girl. This was the point you should have let us know we would be waiting an extra long time for our food... Turns out the angry chap at the bar had waited a long time and the manager was upstairs refusing to come down and deal with any of what was going on. So this left one of the young girls in tears behind the bar as the man was quite unnecessarily rude. As we sat there another young lad came running down from upstairs and went and grabbed a bag of coal from somewhere in buckingham (guessing they'd ran out and this had caused the delay but could only guess as no one communicated this to us.) Waited 1 hour and a half for our food to the point the young lady who had been tears earlier came over and said it would be another 10 minutes and asked sheepishly if we wanted any drinks, my partner declined and I asked for another coke to then be told it was on the house (my partner would have had a cheeky cocktail if we had known prior) When the food arrived it was ok, but I had to them chase again for it and tell them it had been one and a half hours and then I was told my bill would be discounted by 50%. The point in all of this is when you sit your guests down LET THEM KNOW THERES A WAIT ON FOOD, and if your whole restaurant is complaining about said wait the least you could do as the manager/owner is grow a pair and come downstairs and deal with it yourself, not leave it to your young inexperienced staff to have to deal with as we felt so sorry for them, they were doing what they could in a very bad situation and were working as hard as they could. Just like to point out at this stage that the owner/manager did come downstairs at one point, to shake the hand of one of his pals who had come in for a meal. I didn't want a discounted meal or free drink as our intention was to just have a nice meal. Shocking management. We will be leaving it a long time before returning, if we do at all.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 17 September 2023 via mobile

Super quick visit , food beautifully prepared as always . Service so friendly it makes you want to be loyal to this place forever ! I am always in rush and I like my food certain way and Black Pepper always accommodates that for me...! Highly Recommended to anyone , to me personally it’s the best Turkish restaurant out there !More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 11 September 2023 via mobile

Went to Black Pepper with family 3 kids 2 adults, we always come here and never leave disappointed , very busy , good atmosphere, tasty food and of course as always a good bite of baklava to finish an amazing meal

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 10 September 2023 via mobile

I hate giving bad reviews to independent businesses but this is the worse Turkish meal I’ve ever had. We were told that they were out of Sucuk on ordering. It would have helped if we were told this when we sat down. Disappointing but that...was fine. We asked if there would be any bread. I have never been to a Turkish and not received bread and dips complimentary. They said they had a bread selection would we like this with dip. We said yes (the menu was taken away we didn’t realise that this would be £7!!!! For a toasted Brioch bun top - clearly not made in the kitchen and what tasted like a potato cake) with NO available hot tomato dip. It has run out. Yet another thing. When our main meals arrived they were very average. Salad boring. Chicken a little salty. When the chips arrived we couldn’t eat them. They were so greasy. I did say that we wouldn’t be eating them and that was taken off our bill. If you want to have authentic tasting Turkish food then this really isn’t the place to go. Apart from the fact that so much of it was unavailable (a tomato sauce I’m sure could be easily made up!) it was below average in taste.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 3 September 2023

Most awesome experience, mind blowing taste and most zabardast hospitality with mr rajinder rawat Food quality was super

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 24 August 2023

What a hidden gem, we were in Buckingham for a hospital appointment & we were looking for somewhere to have a spot of lunch, we came across Black pepper cuisine! Food was absolutely delicious, well presented, staff were very friendly, polite & attentive. We will...definitely be returning.More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 21 August 2023

Exceeded all expectations – from the delectable dishes to the charming ambiance, our visit was amazing. A must-visit.

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 21 August 2023

Fantastic find, had a great date night with my partner. The staff were very polite and attentive, the food was well presented and full of flavor!

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 10 August 2023 via mobile

We went back after a long while not being in Buckingham and without a doubt we will be back. Food was amazing as always, staff very attentive and helpful. Louisa especially - very good with kids my daughter loved her. We had really lovely evening...overall, would definitely recommend mix grill; the plate is massive with the selection of all their meat beautifully cooked and served with rice and salad. Black Pepper thank you so much we will be back for sure 😊 You made a very happy customer with that “rainbow magic drink” 🤭More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 5 August 2023

Really nice, quiet and friendly place. Good food and value for money. Will be back next time we are around.

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 2 August 2023 via mobile

My friend and I had our first visit there Saturday.30 th July. Recommended by another friend. Good food resonably priced and served well. If there was a downside,it was very noisy. Very enjoyable.

Date of visit: August 2023
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Yes all meat from the main menu served is Halal
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I didn’t notice any. I’m not a fan but can’t swear there was none. Certainly not obtrusive.
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Black Pepper is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4.5
  • Value: 4.5