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Elma

Name: Elma
Address: 994 Lakeshore Drive, Penticton, BC, V2A1C1, CA
Telephone: +12364223562
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Elma is a Turkish inspired dining experience located in Penticton, BC.

10/14/2026

WE’RE BACK AT THE TABLE

Our Regional Dinner Series returns next week, and we’re continuing our journey across Türkiye with A Taste of Eastern Anatolia.

After a full-on summer season, we’re making room again for the stories, traditions, and extraordinary dishes that make Turkish cuisine so fascinating. And we couldn’t be more excited to bring you this next chapter.

Eastern Anatolia is a region shaped by dramatic mountains, long winters, and generations of cooking rooted in resourcefulness, preservation, and hospitality. It’s a cuisine with depth, character, and stories worth gathering around the table for.

Join us for an intimate 5-course dining experience, served communally and accompanied by rakı, Turkish coffee and a unique regional beverage. As always, we’ll explore the culture and history behind the dishes, with stories and conversation woven throughout the evening.

Thursday, October 22 | 6:30 PM
$150 per person, inclusive of taxes and gratuity
Only 20 seats available.

One table. Five courses. A whole new region to discover.

Tickets are available now through the link in our bio. We’d love to have you at the table.

10/10/2026

Happy Thanksgiving 🍂

Join us for brunch on Sunday from 10-2 before your family gathering!

Elma will be closed on Sunday evening and Monday to celebrate with our loved ones.

We will reopen on Tuesday, October 13 at 5:00pm.

10/03/2026

Brunch by the lake, anyone?

Saturdays + Sundays, 10–2.

Come hungry! We’ve got our Turkish Brunch Plate piled with feta, housemade surk, spiced olives, muhammara, fresh salad, tahini molasses and freshly baked Elma bread. Or you can go full comfort-food mode with a Croque Elma (our play on a croque madame), eggs benny pide, breakfast hash, waffles and more.

Basically, whether you’re craving Turkish breakfast or the classics, we’ve got you covered.

Bring your people. We’ll handle brunch.

09/23/2026

Well, we actually need to talk about Elma Snack Kitchen 🌯

Because if you don’t know Elma Snack Kitchen yet, you probably should. And what better way to introduce you than with tickets to the Vees home opener?

We’re giving away 2 adult tickets + 1 child ticket for this Friday night.

To enter:

→ Follow Elma Snack Kitchen
→ Like this post
→ Tag who you’d take to the game

Winner drawn Thursday at 6:00pm and contacted by DM.

And while we’re making introductions: Elma is also part of the Vees Blue Card program, so Blue Card holders get 10% off food at Elma, all season long.

Elma + Vees hockey = a pretty good Friday night

Go eat something fun!

Contest open to BC residents, 18+. No purchase necessary. One winner will be randomly selected Thursday, Sept. 24 and contacted by DM. Prize: 2 adult + 1 child ticket to the Sept. 25 Vees home opener. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Instagram.

09/16/2026

September looks good on us 🍂

📷: Penticton Documentary Photographer

09/07/2026

Okay. We’re not emotionally prepared for this one…

After years of serving, training, mentoring, organizing, laughing, caring and giving so much of herself to Elma, our girl Ebony is leaving us.

We’re thrilled for her next chapter, but we’re going to miss her like crazy.

Ebony has been a part of the Elma team since the beginning. She wasn’t sure she had the “class” for Turkish hospitality or a dinner service like ours.

Plot twist: she was exactly what we needed.

She brought heart ❤️

Ebony helped define what great service looks like here. She trained and mentored countless team members, set the bar for hospitality, stepped in wherever she was needed and kept everything SO organized 😂

But her impact went far beyond the work. She helped create the feeling of Elma.

Our guests ask for her, remember her and mention her in reviews because Ebony has a rare gift for making people feel seen, welcomed and genuinely cared for.

Mike and Ayse welcomed Ebony like family from the beginning, and over the years, she became an essential part of ours. We are incredibly grateful for everything she has given Elma and all of us.

Now she’s beginning a new adventure with a local wealth management team and starting a career in finance.

They are ridiculously lucky to have her. And we think they’ve quickly realized that.

We, meanwhile, will have to figure out who is going to reorganize everything now?! 😂

Sunday, September 13 is Ebony’s final day serving at Elma.

If Ebony has ever made your night, cared for your family, helped you celebrate or simply made you feel welcome, come see her one more time.

Make a reservation through Tock and put “Ebony” in the reservation notes. We’ll do our best to make sure she gets to serve you for one last dinner.

Come eat, laugh, give her a hug and raise a glass as we send one of the very best people to ever grace the floor of Elma into her next chapter.

Ebony, you are part of the story of Elma. You helped make this place warmer, stronger and more welcoming simply by being part of it.

We love you, we’re so proud of you, and yes… we’re going to miss the hell out of you. ❤️

08/31/2026

Grilled Whole Sea Bass

Warm bean piyaz | zhoug | lemon aioli | arugula + sumac onion

Simple. Bright. Very Elma.

08/22/2026

WE’RE STILL HERE - and we’d love to see you 😊

It’s been a strange couple of weeks in the Okanagan.

The smoke has settled in, tourism has slowed to a crawl, and our restaurant, like so many others in our community, has been feeling it.

We’ve had to adjust our outdoor spaces temporarily, and with ash falling on our upstairs patio all week, it’s going to take a little time to get it back to the place you’ve been waiting all year to sit. Our semi-enclosed patio will remain closed this weekend, but we’re hoping to have it back very soon 🤞

Inside Elma, though, we’re ready for you.

We have fewer tables without the patios, so reservations are more important than ever right now. We’ve had many guests hoping to dine at the same time, and we would hate to not be able to accommodate everyone simply because we don’t have enough tables at that moment.

So if you’ve been thinking about coming for dinner, please make a reservation. Bring your friends. Pick a bottle from our Summerland Strong list. Settle in and let us take care of you for a couple of hours.

We miss having a full dining room. We miss the energy of a busy service. And our team would really love to see you.

Most importantly, we’re still here, we’re still cooking, and we’re genuinely excited to welcome our community through the doors.

It’s been a hard stretch for the Okanagan, and there’s still a long way to go. But we’re going to keep doing what we do best and make Elma a place where you can come together, eat well and enjoy yourself.

Come see us. We’d love to have you. ❤️

Reservations recommended.

08/14/2026

INTRODUCING SUMMERLAND STRONG

Summerland is hurting, and the businesses that rely on this season are feeling it in a very real way. For many, the wildfire has taken away a significant part of the summer they depend on to carry them through the year. Some are facing the possibility of losing the season altogether.

We’ve been asking ourselves what we can do that is actually useful.

So, for now, we’re changing our bar program and putting our regular w**e-by-the-glass list on pause. In its place, we’re featuring a collection of w**es, ciders and beers from Summerland producers, including quite a few bottles we’ve never featured at Elma before.

This is an easy one. Come for dinner, order a bottle, and try something new. And while you’re enjoying it, know that you’re putting money directly back into a Summerland business that needs the support right now.

We’ll be featuring these bottles while supplies last, and we hope you’ll help us drink our way through the list. A huge thank you to The Vault Liquor Merchants for helping us source this fantastic selection.

Sometimes supporting our neighbours doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes it can look like good food, good w**e, and choosing where you spend your dollars 🙏

Lightning Rock Winery
Fitzpatrick Family Vineyards
Observatory Wines
Dominion C***r Co.
Dirty Laundry Winery
Summerland Heritage C***r Co.
Millionaires' Row C***r
Haywire Winery
Detonate Brewing
Thornhaven Winery
Giants Head Brewing
SummerGate Winery
Solvero Wines
Lunessence Winery & Vineyard
Peak Beverage Co.

08/09/2026

SOUP FOR OUR COMMUNITY ❤️

In Türkiye, when difficult times come, you make soup.

Soup is often the first thing offered in times of emergency, hardship and uncertainty. You make a big pot, you share it with your neighbours, and you feed whoever needs feeding.

It’s a simple gesture, but it carries a lot of meaning: warm the body, warm the soul, take care of one another.

So this is what we know how to do.

For anyone who has been evacuated, displaced, working on the front lines, or simply needs a hot meal right now, Elma will be offering complimentary soup and bread to-go.

Our soup is a hearty vegan Turkish-inspired lentil & vegetable soup (gluten free too). It’s humble food. Nourishing food. The kind of food you make when people need to be looked after.

If you need a bowl, come get one. No questions asked.

We are incredibly grateful to be part of this community, and this is one small way we can give back to the people who have supported us for so long.

To our neighbours in Summerland, Penticton and everyone affected by the fires, we’re here for you.

Stay safe, take care of each other, and let us feed you for a little while ❤️

Address

994 Lakeshore Drive
Penticton, BC
V2A1C1

Opening Hours

Monday	5pm - 9pm
Wednesday	5pm - 9pm
Thursday	5pm - 9pm
Friday	5pm - 9pm
Saturday	5pm - 9pm
Sunday	5pm - 9pm

Telephone

+12364223562

Website

http://eatatelma.com/, https://www.exploretock.com/elma/event/602829/a-taste-of-eastern-anatolia

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