Restaurants

 With no particular order, these are the restaurants where visitors would enjoy Turkish Cuisine

Mikla

• Contemporary fine dining experience deeply rooted in Turkish cuisine and ingredients 
• What to eat: Tasting Menu
• web, map, insta
• Alternative Place: Neolokal (web)

Hünkar Lokantası

• Ottoman and Traditional Turkish Cuisine
• What to eat: Hünkar Beğendi (meat-aubergine dish)
• web, map, insta
• Alternative Place: Hacı Abdullah (web)

Çiya Lokantası

• Anatolian, traditional Cuisine.  There is a dedicated Chef’s Table episode dedicated to this restaurant on Netflix 
• What to eat: Daily menu, Lahmacun (Turkish pizza)
• web, map, insta
• Alternative Place: Öz Kilis (web)

Farika Döner

• Everybody has their own favorite but this is mine - Best Döner Kebap in town!
• What to eat: Mercimek Çorba (lentil soup) and Döner Kebap
• web, map, insta
• Alternative Place: Bayramoğlu Döner (web)

Beyti

• A timeless classic, elegant meat restaurant with classical decoration, closely located to the late Atatürk Airport
• What to eat: Turkish meat assortment and patlıcanlı pilav  
• web, map, insta

Uskumru Restaurant

• Fish Restaurant on the Bosporus with an amazing view, you can take a boat to the restaurant from Rumeli Hisarı
• web, map, insta
• Alternative Place: Zıpkın (web)

Adana Ocakbaşı

• Very authentic restaurant offering delicious sis-kebabs from south & southeast region
• What to eat: Starters and Adana Kebap
• web, map, insta
• Alternative Place: Develi (web)

Hüsrev Lokantası

• A traditional Turkish black sea  cuisine "trattoria"
• What to eat: Kurufasulye (beans), Pilav (rice) , Sütlaç (rice pudding)
• web, map, insta

Lider Pide

• A Pide (form of Turkish Calzone Pizza)  Restaurant 
• Suggestion: Kıymali Yumurtalı Pide (pide with minced meat and egg)
• web, map, insta
• Alternative Place: Pideban (web)

Elbet

• A spin-off from world famous Nusret (Saltbea), great steakhouse with some Turkish twists.  
• What to eat: Lokum
• web, map, insta
• Alternative Place: Nusret (web)

 Breakfast is a very important meal in Turkish daily living and cuisine. It is also common to have breakfast outside home especially during weekends. Below you can find some traditional and some modern options with no particular order;

Nezih Rumelihisarı

• Traditional breakfast, great variety with amazing view of Bosporus
• What to eat: Serpme Kahvaltı
• web, map, insta

Emirgan Sütiş

• A classic traditional breakfast spot on the Bosporus – has branches around the city
• what to eat: Menemen, bal-kaymak, beyaz peynir
• web, map, insta
• Alternative: Saray Muhallebicisi

Çengelköy Tarihi Çınaraltı

• A very traditional tea-garden under a 800 yr old plane tree on the Bosporus – make sure you buy your simit before from the bakery (Tarihi Çengelköy Fırını) nearby and bring it along
• web, map, insta

MSA’nın Restoranı

• Located inside Sabanci Museum, a modern restaurant offering contemporary breakfast with stunning views from Bosporus
• web, map, insta

Kruvasan

• Must-visit for croissant lovers – wide offering with great modern and Turkish breakfast items on the menu
• map, insta

• Ayasofya – web / map
• Süleymaniye Mosque - web / map
• Grand bazaar (Kapalı Çarşı) - web / map
• Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) - web / map
• Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque) - web / map
• Spice Bazaar (Mısır Çarşısı) - web / map

• Topkapı Palace - web / map
• Dolmabahçe Palace – web / map
• Chora Museum - web / map
• Archeological Museum - web / map

• Pera Museum – web / map
• Sakip Sabanci Museum – web / map
• Istanbul Modern - web / map
• Museum of Innocence - web / map
• Ara Güler Museum - web / map
• Doğançay Museum – web / map

• Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamamı - web / map
• Hürrem Sultan Hamamı - web / map
• Süleymaniye Hamamı - web / map.

• Pasabahçe – Glasswear - web / insta (various locations)
• Dhoku – Rugs - web / insta
• Haremlique – Linen & Homewear- web / insta
• Bluemint – Clothing - web / insta (various locations)
• Yazzma – Cushions -  web / insta
• Armaggan – Crafts - web / insta
• Chakra – Towels - web / insta (various locations)
• Vakko – Clothing - web / insta (various locations)
• Beymen – Clothing - web / insta (various locations)

• Divan - Turkish Delights - web / insta (various locations)
• Karaköy Güllüoğlu – Baklava - web / map / insta
• Hacı-Bekir - Turkish Candies and Delights - web / map / insta
• Bebek Badem Ezmesi - Marzipan- web / map
• Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi - Turkish Coffee - web / map / insta
• Galata Simit Fırını – Simit, a turkish bagel - map / insta
• Vefa Bozacısı - Boza, a smoothie like fermented drink - web / map / insta
• Çorlulu Ali Paşa Medresesi - Shisha / Nargile - map / insta
• Özsüt - Kazandibi Pudding - web / insta (various locations)
• Namlı -  Cheese and charcuterie - web / map / insta

• Arnavutköy - Bebek – Rumelihisarı - map
• Nişantaşı - map
• Yeniköy-Tarabya - map
• Cihangir-Galata – map in progress
• Moda-Fenerbahçe – map in progress