A Las Vegas doner manufacturer founded by the team behind Istanbul Mediterranean, bringing the Istanbul doner tradition to foodservice across the Western United States.
Our story starts behind the counter. In 2015 members of our founding team opened Istanbul Mediterranean on the Las Vegas Strip, a quick-serve doner counter that has grown to more than 4,700 Google and Yelp reviews. They later designed and built Istanbul Mediterranean 2, a full-service Turkish restaurant at 505 Fremont Street.
Running those restaurants showed our founders how hard it is to find doner cones in the United States with the taste and consistency of the doner served in Istanbul.
Istanbul Doner Factory was founded to close that gap, as a separate company with its own shareholders. We combine traditional recipes and hand-stacking with modern production, cold-chain logistics and food-safety controls, so that a restaurant in Las Vegas, Los Angeles or Phoenix can serve doner that tastes the way it should.
Today we make doner for independent operators, hotel and casino kitchens and distributors, and we are the exclusive production partner for Istanbul Doner franchise restaurants.
Our founders opened and built two Istanbul restaurants in Las Vegas. Our recipes, kitchen layouts and franchise formats draw on what they learned there. Istanbul Mediterranean and Istanbul Mediterranean 2 are separately owned restaurants affiliated with Istanbul Doner Factory through common founders.
Quick-serve doner counter, family-run since 2015 and open until 5 AM. The inspiration for our Doner Counter franchise format.
Full-service Turkish restaurant with booths, living green walls and an open doner kitchen. The inspiration for our Doner House franchise format.
To produce authentic, safe and consistent doner products, and to make it simple for every foodservice business to serve them.
To be the leading doner manufacturer in the Western United States and to grow Istanbul Doner into a recognized restaurant brand.
Food safety is managed as a system, from the suppliers we approve to the temperature of the truck that delivers your order.
Production under the inspection requirements of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Critical control points monitored and recorded for receiving, marination, freezing and storage.
Halal meat sourcing and production for customers who require it.
Every box carries a lot code linked to raw-material source, production date and freeze log.
Our Las Vegas facility is designed around one product. Every room, from cold receiving to the blast freezer, is laid out for the doner process.
Facility visits are available by appointment for wholesale customers and franchise candidates.