A new Turkish and Aegean restaurant and bar is preparing to open its doors at 100 S. Eola Drive in downtown Orlando, with a planned opening date set for December 2026. Mavi Turkish Aegean Kitchen and Bar has already cleared one of the key hurdles standing between a build-out and a grand opening: a full liquor license.
Liquor License Clears the Way
According to Orlando Shine, the license went to Mavi Eola Group LLC and took effect on October 28. The license allows full liquor service at a bar or restaurant, meaning spirits as well as beer and wine, the outlet reports, and a new liquor license often appears a few weeks before a place opens. The restaurant's own site, MAVI Orlando, lists Turkish and Aegean spirits including rakı and ouzo among its offerings.
Mavi describes its concept as “Turkish soul. Aegean spirit,” built around shared meze, charcoal grills, Aegean seafood, mantı, and İskender, per the same account. The name itself carries meaning: Mavi translates to blue in Turkish. Along with the food, the site notes cocktails, Turkish wine, and weekend DJ nights as part of the bar program.
Menus, Prices, and a Sunday Table
The restaurant's website lists separate menus for lunch, dinner, late night, dessert, happy hour, brunch, and a Sunday table, the station's report notes. Sample lunch prices on the site include a $29 Mavi Meze Experience, $10 lentil soup, $18 fried mussels, and $16 döner, Adana, köfte, and chicken shish sandwiches or wraps. Dessert options reportedly include baklava, sütlaç, and kazandibi.
MAVI's own site describes the food as Turkish meze, warm lavash, and charcoal-grilled favorites in Orlando. Among the proposed offerings is a Sunday Turkish Table priced at $39 for adults and $18 for children ages 6 to 12, with children under 6 eating free — though the site itself flags that pricing and availability for that offering are subject to confirmation before launch. MAVI also says online booking through OpenTable is coming soon.
Hours and Hiring
Planned hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday through Sunday, per the same report. The website is also recruiting staff ahead of the opening, and on Instagram, the account @mavikitchenandbar describes the forthcoming spot simply: “All day food, coffees, cocktails, wine.”
Mavi is one of several new food and drink spots expected to land around Orlando before the year is out. Orlando Weekly reports that Pacchioni's is set to take over Pizza Bruno's former College Park space as its first brick-and-mortar location, with that store reopening in early December, while UniMart No. 2 is slated to open the same month at 501 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 227, in the Center of Winter Park plaza. Whether those openings — or Mavi's — land on schedule remains to be seen.
