Guidebook for Istanbul
Food Scene
Amazing home cooked Turkish food. Nice ambiance and cheap! Staff speaks English really well. Go for lunch as they run out of food before dinner time. steps away from ours so easy peasy
65 locals recommend
Galata Kitchen
9 B Tatar Beyi Sk.Amazing home cooked Turkish food. Nice ambiance and cheap! Staff speaks English really well. Go for lunch as they run out of food before dinner time. steps away from ours so easy peasy
If you want to people watch for the local celebrities AND have the most amazing CHEAP Turkish snacks then this is the place for you. No alcohol. Open all day and night. Order the Lahmacun!
10 locals recommend
Kardeşler Kebap Salonu
No:1/A Firuzağa Cami Sk.If you want to people watch for the local celebrities AND have the most amazing CHEAP Turkish snacks then this is the place for you. No alcohol. Open all day and night. Order the Lahmacun!
Great local pizza joint. Nice street side terrace with lovely wines.
66 locals recommend
Miss Pizza Şişhane
86A Meşrutiyet Cd.Great local pizza joint. Nice street side terrace with lovely wines.
This place churns out the best durums kebabs in the city at all hours. Awesome as a lunch dinner or after a night out of drinking. Also they have great soup! Anthony Bourdain did a review here.
22 locals recommend
Dürümzade
26/A Kamer Hatun Cd.This place churns out the best durums kebabs in the city at all hours. Awesome as a lunch dinner or after a night out of drinking. Also they have great soup! Anthony Bourdain did a review here.
Fantastically large roof terrace with an equally large international menu. Some things on the menu are a really really great deal, others a bit on the pricey side. Great ambiance!
69 locals recommend
Midpoint
No: 187 İstiklal Cd.Fantastically large roof terrace with an equally large international menu. Some things on the menu are a really really great deal, others a bit on the pricey side. Great ambiance!
This is the mother of all breakfast/brunch places. Popular, delicious, quirky and affordable. On the weekends you may have to wait in line.
148 locals recommend
Van Kahvaltı Evi
52/A Defterdar Ykş.This is the mother of all breakfast/brunch places. Popular, delicious, quirky and affordable. On the weekends you may have to wait in line.
This place has a fantastic atmosphere with an even more fantastic view of the bosphorus. On the more expensive side so normally a special occasion place for us. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and wine!
91 locals recommend
5. Kat Restaurant
No:3, 34427 Soğancı Sk.This place has a fantastic atmosphere with an even more fantastic view of the bosphorus. On the more expensive side so normally a special occasion place for us. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and wine!
Love love love this place for affordable fish and mezes at the top of a tower with great great views of the city. Pretty casual atmosphere.
7. Kat Teras
14 Dudu Odaları SokakLove love love this place for affordable fish and mezes at the top of a tower with great great views of the city. Pretty casual atmosphere.
Sightseeing
Coffee with a view! Or tea.....a hike or funicular ride up to the top of the ridge affords fantastic views over the historic Golden Horn.
65 locals recommend
Pierre Loti Hill Touristic Facilities
İdris Köşkü CaddesiCoffee with a view! Or tea.....a hike or funicular ride up to the top of the ridge affords fantastic views over the historic Golden Horn.
Walking across the bridge is a great great way to see the city. Many fish restaurants underneath with fantastic views of the golden horn and the entrance to the bosphorus.
147 locals recommend
Galata Bridge
Galata KöprüsüWalking across the bridge is a great great way to see the city. Many fish restaurants underneath with fantastic views of the golden horn and the entrance to the bosphorus.