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Çikolata Dükkanı Moda
This is a tiny shop in Moda where you can find different varieties of fresh chocolate. Since I discovered here, whether I need a gift or if I’m celebrating, I’m immediately at thei...
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Delicatessen Pera
Find a creative menu and cocktail list within this warm yet sophisticated atmosphere. In this cosy bar we recommend you try Asmalımescıt and Pera's most innovative ...
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Cochine
The scent of tangy lemongrass and sweetly sautéed prawns greets us the moment we step into Cochine; the most unexpectedly cosy restaurant we have happened across in Istanbul so far...
Samsun Pide Sofrası
We're a huge fan of local neighborhood eateries focussing on great quality and great food. Samsun Pide Sofrası in Kadıköy’s neighbourhood of Kalamış is a family effort and run...
Mangerie
Bebek’s uptown cafe splurge is best experienced at Mangerie, a simple and cosy cafe with views that deserve to be eaten breakfast while watching! And Mangerie does a superb breakfa...
Mums Cafe
I imagine mothers would be happy to have their children fed at Mum’s Cafe in Fransız Geçidi in Karaköy. Their dishes are wholesome and full of goodness, and most importantly, are f...
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Burger House Kadıköy
One of my favorite chain burger franchises is fortunately for me located within an area I never get tired of visiting. So stopping by Burger House across the old Rexx Cinema in the...
Wanted Burger | İstanbul's Best Burger
Osmanağa'da Serasker cad. parelel kazasker sokakta arada Wanted Burgeri görebilirsiniz. Terası sakin ve kafa dinlemek için uygun. Kalabalık arkadaş gruplarıyla gezenler için d...
Balıkçı Sabahattin
Balıkçı Sabahattin is a pleasant surprise off the tourist track and offers elegant yet delicious seafood feasting in the heart of historical Sultanahmet. We go for the sizzlin...
Cafe Vodina
Menemen, it's the favorite staple Turkish breakfast dish, and it best found in one of my favorite neighborhoods and favorite cafes in old Istanbul. Stroll along the lovely Vodina C...
Pando Kaymak
A historical hidden gem in the centre of Besiktas. Perfect for a traditional Turkish breakfast with the best homemade clotted cream served in honey. ...
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ÇokÇok Thai
An authentic Thai food experience just behind Istiklal Caddesi. Best Pad Thai in town! ...
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Yer
Well known for its charm and nostalgic atmosphere, Moda is one of my favorite suburbs to escape the every day Istanbul rush. Yer, translating simply to ‘place’ in English, is exact...
Cloud Nine Patisserie
This mother and daughter run patisserie café create delicious, humble and visually beautiful pastries, cakes, biscuits, tarts and muffins and we just adore it! If you’re lucky to c...
Kutu Cafe
There are pluses of being a vegetarian too. Yes, there really are. For instance, you can discover flavors you had never approached before. Touching the meat and chicken options on ...
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Kulak Atelier & Cafe
Zeynep Saraçoglu runs cafe and ceramic workshop Kulak Atolye along the picturesque Vodina Caddesi in beautiful old city neighborhood of Balat! Another reason this is fast beco...
İnci Pattiserie
İnci Patisserie is one of Beyoğlu’s icons. Leaving its original place along İstiklal Avenue to urban reconstruction, it reopened in a humble shop along Mis Sokak. Since 1944, with ...
Temiz Peynirci
I’m sharing our local cheese guru with you today! When all else fails, or when you need to stock up on some of the loveliest aged kasar cheese, you must visit Temiz Peynirci. ...
Pappa Cafe
Light floods in through stained glass windows of the ground floor of this nostalgic building, hitting the high timber ceilings, velvet sofas and green glass bottles hanging inside ...
Corinne Brasserie
Asırlık tarih, lezzet ve konforla birleşti: Corinne Brasserie Bundan 101 sene önce Turnacıbaşı Çukurcuma’da başlamış bir hikayeye ev sahipliği yapıyor Corinne. Tarihini kaybetmeden...
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Pizzeria Trio
Pizzeria Trio is the city’s most local and most humble Italian cuisine. At first glance it brings to mind the white table clothed classic Italian restaurants of Italy and it truly ...
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Cafe Privato
It’s like stumbling upon a village-style breakfast heaven at Cafe Privato in Galata, where you can indulge in a wondrous breakfast spread and admire an uninterrupted view of the Ga...
Büfedebar
His name is Erol, he was passing the street, came in with his beautiful existence and started to create his art with this flower called belemir, bluebottlefower, known as a holy pl...
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Betty Blue
At Betty Blue, located along Kuzguncuk’s main road, it is likely you will be motivated by owner Madam Sibel’s positive energy, by eating orange rind and celery in olive oil, lentil...
Kosinitza Restaurant
A wonderful fish restaurant! When you say fish restaurant, don’t just think of classic dishes and mezzes. Kosinitza’s unique recipes offer tastes unlike anywhere else. With service...
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Natural sunlight floods through the ceiling high windows at this comfortable and familiar cafe all the way at the beginning of Kumbaracı Hill in Tophane. As well as an assortment o...
Galata Kitchen
Local organic produce creates the freshest home style dishes at Galata Kitchen along the narrow and popular Tatarbey Sokak. Staple dishes get unique tweaks and add-ons to create a ...
Eleos
Delicious seafood in a Greek tavern setting, with a breathtaking Bosporus view as our backdrop, and wonderful service! ...
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İskele Balık Evi
Choose you fish from the cabinet and leave the rest to the port fishmongers. We can’t get enough of the simple, down to earth, yet delicious flavor or İskele Balık Evi. We don’t mi...
Cakehouse
Cake House is our cosy cafe getaway from the crowds down at Besiktas, try their homemade cakes and pastries and then hang around all afternoon and indulge in dinner and tea. ...
White Mill Cafe
It’s hard to tell from the small shop front, but cocktails are serious delight at White Mill’s secret backyard in Cihangir! Or if you like grab a beer or class of wine accompanied ...
Pita
Pita has become a most popular homestyle café and family affair in one of Istanbul’s most charming suburbs, the seaside village of Kuzguncuk. Originally the passion of delightful t...
Karaköy Gulluoğlu
Without doubt and without fail, the best baklava in town has famously been know to be found nowhere else but at Karaköy Güllüoğlu, people from all over the world have come to sampl...
Yoort
Frozen and flavoured yogurt with toppings to your choosing and a Bosporus view to admire and eat along too from the charming village of Ortaköy. Yoort is the perfect summer treat. ...
