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Turkish Cuisine & Kebaps
Daruzziyafe, Tike Restaurant, Ulus 29, Venge, Borsa Restaurant, Asithane Restaurant, Haci Abdullah Restaurant, Hamdi Et Restaurant, Pandeli, Secret Garden
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Seafood
Sardunya Findikli, Kiyi Restaurant
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Turkish Cuisine & Kebaps
 Daruzziyafe Restaurant
Cuisine
Daruzziyafe offers rich samples of the Turkish Cuisine which some of them original from Ottoman palaces kitchen's.
Address
Sifahane cad. No:6 Suleymaniye - Sultanahmet, Istanbul
About
Daruzziyafe was built by world-famous architect Mimar Sinan, between 1550-1555 upon the order of Suleyman the Magnificent for the 100th year celebration of the conquering of Istanbul, as a banqueting room until the latest years of the Ottoman Empire.
In 1991 following a restoration work respecting its original form; with its 5 domes Kanuni 350 room serving and Sinan 250 room serving persons, with its 150 persons capacity of Turkish World dining salon and during summer, a court ornamented with porches and century - old trees.
 Tike Restaurant
Cuisine
Traditional Turkish Cuisine
Address
Sair Nigar sok. No:4/A Nisantasi, Istanbul
About
Tike's name meaning is 'Kebap'. Kebap is one of the important part of Turkish food culture. It is possible to find different delicious kinds of Kebabs; Adana Kebap with spices, Kebap with yogurt and special mezes belong eastern part of Turkey.
 Ulus 29
Cuisine
Traditional Turkish Cuisine
Address
A. Adnan Saygun cad. Ulus parki içi No:1 Ulus, Istanbul
About
"Panoramic dining experience" is, of course, a code phrase for lousy food. The best of offerings come from the traditional Turkish oven that dominates the space: lahmacun, a thin crackle of dough with a spicy meat topping, and puffy sesame bread. The classic cigar-shaped boerek is reinvented with an airy shrimp filling. Purslane salad in thick yoghurt dressing is a prescription for long life. And for cosmopolitan palates, the Continental portion of the menu offers a very Californian scallop-and-green-bean salad, a delicious quail cake on mashed potatoes with an olive sauce, and rare lamb loin with a potato gratin.
360 Restaurant
Cuisine
Internationa Cuisine
Address
Istiklal Cad Mısır Aprt.kat:8 No:311 Beyoglu, Istanbul
About
As the name implies, this restaurant offers a stunning 360 degree view of the city. Although quiet at lunch, it transforms into a sophisticated and trendy nightspot. The fare is more or less international, with a range of exotic dishes. Try dishes like Prawns in a Jar with Lemon Grass, or the Bollywood Chicken. Stick to Turkish cuisine or go in for some sushi, but definitely order something from the imported wine list. The DJ and the live music keep you on your feet - the atmosphere gets more vibrant as the night progresses.
Property Information
Borsa Restaurant
Cuisine
Turkish Cuisine
Address
Lütfi Kirdar International Convention & Exhibiton Center Harbiye, Istanbul
About
Borsa, at the Lütfi Kirdar Convention Center, is open every day between 12:00 and 16:00, and between 18:00 and 23:00. Hünkar Begendi (eggplant pureé), keskek (special white cheese), and vegetables with olive oil, are also recommended.
Seafood
 Sardunya Findikli
Cuisine
Sardunya Findikli offers Turkish Cuisine
and seafood.
Address
Meclis-i Mebusan cad. No:22
Salipazari - Karaköy, Istanbul
About
It has really magnificent Bosphorus view therefore it is easy to feel yourself stand on the water during the time to be there. They have 25 years experience in this restaurant business. They know how to share their food business experience with the quests by their rich menus which has been preparing by professional cooks.
Bruschetta topped with smoked salmon, octopus salad, Grilled phyla parcels with pastrami, Veal filet served on creamed chard leaves, Sea bass are some of the samples which understand deference. Tomato sauce and olive oil are produced specially for Sardunya. Sardunya also has a large wine menu which mostly local samples .
 Kiyi Restaurant
Cuisine
Seafood
Address
Tarabya, Istanbul
About
For those who cannot linger over a traditonal lunch, our selection of hot and cold mezes presents a daily selection of fresh fish and seasonal produce. Kiyi presents the Heads of Turkish State and Glitterati of Society with the landmark cuisine in Tarabya." Blue fish and Turbot are the most delicious fishes from the Black sea and the Bosphorus region. Tub Gurnard from the Black Sea and Marmara Sea. Sole, beautiful fish from the Marmara Sea. Red Mullet is seasonally from the Black Sea, The Marmara and Agean Sea.
International Cuisine
 Maiden's Tower
Address
Located as an island on the Bosphorus
About
Why don't you give a chance for yourself to see Istanbul from Maiden’s Tower?
Maiden’s Tower was on a peninsula as a monument grave in 341 BC. then restorated as a custom in order to control the in-out sea lines of Bosphorus in 410 DC. The initial clear structure of the tower appearance as a defense castle in 110 DC. After the conquest of Istanbul in Ottoman period, the tower was used as platform of where the Janissary music performed. From the year of 1509 till the restoration period in 1832 . Maiden's Tower let you discover Istanbul from a different angel with its unique view of which covers a sightseeing in 360 degree.
 Leb-i Derya
Cuisine
International Cuisine
Address
Kumbaraci Yokusu, Kumbaraci Ishani
115/7 Tunel Beyoglu, Istanbul
About
The panorama is magnificent and the restaurant surrounded by Topkapı Palace, Haghia Sophia and Sultanahmet Mosque.
Some delicious specialties we offer:
Grilled fillet (with mushroom sauce, spiced potatoes and salad), Chicken with saffron (chicken slices, saffron, garlic, cream, cheese and pilav with carrot), Seafood Spaghetti (shrimp, fumed salmon, mussels, capari, dill, garlic, cream and white wine), Hot Chicken Salad (Mediterranean herbs, dark bread, chicken pieces fried with poppy, scallion, tomatoes, lemon and olive oil).
Park Samdan
Cuisine
International Cuisine
Address
Nisantasi, Istanbul
About
Park Şamdan,as a Nişantaşı classic hosts you a genuine atmosphere without compromising its quality since 1982. Park Şamdan sets the standards in Turkish, Italian and French cuisine excellence delivering a highly praised menu.
Papermoon
Cuisine
Italian Cuisine
Address
Akmerkez Etiler, Istanbul
About
Our restaurants offers food and drinks services from 12:00 to 24:00 non-stop. Paper Moon, which is open on every day of the week buys daily, fresh and quality food and offers it to its customers. As Paper Moon, we adopted it as principle to prepare and offer to our customers the unlimited taste achieved by those wonderful products granted by the rich nature of the mediterranean to us in a quality, healty and hygienic environment. We are here with our capacious bar and cafe, in which you can say "hello" to your friends after finishing up work and sip a drink, or with our dinner hall designed in two different concepts and with plates full of tastes, where you can combine our difference with your difference.
Asithane Restaurant
Cuisine
Ottoman Cuisine
Address
Kariye Camii Sokak No: 6 34240 Edirnekapi, Istanbul - Turkey
About
Asitane Restaurant is located in Edirnekapi, considered by many to be one of the most important areas of historical Istanbul. The restaurant lies in the shadow of the mighty Chora Church which is famous for its mosaics and is one of the most important and well kept buildings of the Byzantine era. Located high up in the foot hills overlooking the Golden Horn, Asitane opened its doors in 1991, together with the Kariye Hotel, now a restored 19th century traditional Ottoman mansion.
The restaurant, whose dishes reflect the eclectic nature of the Turco-Ottoman neighbourhood, was named Asitane which not only means "Head Gate" in Farsi but was also one of the many names given to Istanbul throughout the reign of the Ottoman Empire. Thus it was decided that the restaurant should specialize in fine Ottoman court cuisine.
Extensive research was undertaken six months prior to the opening of the restaurant as kitchen registries deep from the archives of Topkapy and Dolmabahçe Palaces were scoured for recipes, and relevant documentation was found in Istanbul's Beyazyt and Millet libraries. Additional important sources of information for the duration of the preparation period were dug up using old Ottoman dictionaries, the written historic accounts of various statesmen, medical practitioners and soldiers.
In the thirteen years that it has been open Asitane Restaurant is now able to boast an impressive archive comprised of over 200 forgotten sweet and savory recipes, which are prepared in keeping with the cooking methods of 500 years ago.
Nearly one hundred recipes had to be discarded or modified in order to either suit today's modern palate, or simply because the ingredients no longer exist in this day and age.
The menu now features dishes originally prepared for the sumptuous celebration feast given for Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent's two sons, Bayezid II and ?ah Cihangir, at Edirne Palace in November 1539.
The restaurant periodically has themed weeks such as "The Age of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror", "Ottoman Aphrodisiacs", "Fish and Seafood Ottoman Style"as part of its mission to introduce the tastes of a bygone era to all.
Asitane Restaurant is open everyday from 11:00-24:00. Additionally the restaurant caters for weddings, organizations and other special events.
Hacı Abdullah Restaurant
Cuisine
Turkish Cuisine
Address
Ağa Camii, Atıf Yılmaz Cad. (Eski Sakizagaci Cad.) No: 9/A 80070 Beyoğlu / İstanbul
About
Beyoğlu is a favorite region for anyone who lives in Istanbul. There are two main factors of Beyoğlu besides many specialities. You can find a piece from every corner of Turkey and a sample from every country of the World in Beyoğlu.
It accommodates people from every language, religion and race. It has not got tired, for centuries it has accepted everybody with open arms and everyone has found a piece from themselves in it.
Haci Abdullah Restaurant is a great symbol of Beyoğlu’s history, and Ottoman hospitality still survives here. Here lightens history and memories. Visiting Beyoğlu but not dropping by Haci Abdullah is not just missing something but beyond this, it means you do not really pass through Beyoğlu. Because Haci Abdullah helps us to remember our forgotten values with its place, culinary, food and service.
Do not we want to reach our nostalgic feelings for a short while? Ofcourse we do. Many of us miss even the day before. You please us, whenever you come to Beyoğlu, visit Haci Abdullah Restaurant where you feel the warmth of your home and family, just to say “hello”.
Hamdi Et Lokantası
Cuisine
Turkish Cuisine
Address
Kalçın Sokak 17, off Tahmis Caddesi, Eminönü
About
Hamdi Arpacı came from Urfa, Birecik to Istanbul towards to end of the 1960’s. He opened his first counter at the corner of the parking lot situated next to Eminonu, New Mosque. With a small grill and itinerant counter, he offered delicious kebab specialties to the small trade’s people and to public for 7 years. Chef Hamdi’s kebabs became more awareness. The continuously growing number of his customers made him establishes the Hamdi Meat restaurant on the corner of the same parking lot. The Turkey’s Southeastern Region’s unrivalled delicious kebabs were offered to the appreciation of customers while preserving their authentic characteristics and preparation methods during 18 years in the same place. Following the purchase of the first 3 floors of the building, Chef Hamdi expanded the restaurant to 5 floors together with the others. It is still located at the near the same parking lot and does not only offer its services to the surrounding business areas but also organizes the reception of tourist groups, arranges business meals, and special traditional musical evenings. A matchless landscape of Istanbul, Galata, Eminonu, Sultanahmet, Bosphorus, etc... The Hamdi Meat Restaurant has become a place of demand with its own impressive scene of the place, reception capacity for 320 guests and well educated 105 employees. Chef Hamdi has successfully brought the basic specialties of the Southeastern Cuisine to the heart of Istanbul and has pursued his course to the present day by firmly preserving the original flavors and continuously developing his conception of restaurant service.
Longtable Restaurant
Cuisine
Turkish Cuisine
Address
Tesvikiye Caddesi No 123, Sisli, Istanbul
About
Longtable Istanbul is designed by local architect Mustafa Toner and is the epitome of modern Istanbul with a slick design which features dark wood and leather seats that give it a grown-up, sexy vibe, with a terrace that makes the most of the balmy summer months.
At the entrance of cristal glasses a Dutch friendly attractive hostess welcomes you from where you will be guided over a catwalk along the longtable to your seat.
The menu contains Turkish favourites with a twist. During the night there is live soul music with a dutch singer accompanied by a white piano playing tunes of Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross.
Mezzaluna
Cuisine
Italian Cuisine
Address
Abdi Ipekci Caddesi 38/1 Nişantaşı, Istanbul
About
In the heart of Nisantasi, one member of an Istanbul chainlet of Italian restaurants has been providing meals to the young and sophisticated crowd for over 10 years. It is located below ground level at the center of the shopping district on Abdi Ipekci Street in a large room decorated with Italian tiles and features a full bar and a sizeable wine list. The menu has all the usual favorites including about twenty variants of a rather good thin crust pizza, loads of pastas ( spaghetti bolognese was an excellent version ), classic chicken and veal dishes, and typical desserts. Many of the pastas and entrees emphasize seafood, both finned and shelled. The servers were friendly and efficient. Reviewers suggest on the internet that this chain offers some of the best Italian food in the city. Not the best we have ever eaten, but not bad at all. Note - a no smoking section is not provided here, and smoke wafts througout the room.
MEZZALUNA - a kitchen instrument comprised of one or two curved blades in the shape of a half moon ( mezzaluna in italian ) with a wooden handle on each end. The double bladed mezzaluna is used for chopping herbs while the single bladed type is used for slicing pizza.
Pandeli
Cuisine
Turkish Cuisine
Address
Misir Carsisi (Spice Bazaar) Eminonu, Istanbul, Turkey
About
Pandeli was an Anatolian Greek who came to the city and opened his famous restaurant in 1901, originally in Beyoğlu near the fish market. It soon became famous for the quality of food and for its clientele: everyone from Atatürk to visiting prime ministers visited. In the notorious anti-Greek riots of 1955 the Turkish Prime Minister Menderes, afraid of losing his favourite restaurant, had it moved to its present location in the Egyptian bazaar. Now as the city's rich move further and further north to places like Levant and Maslak, the area is full of shops selling cheap clothes and plastic beads, it is a remnant of the days when this was the centre of the city, and the whole eastern Mediterranean. The Menu, like the décor, has continued with the style of traditional Istanbul, serving the same dishes in the style they have over the years. Some modern diners may struggle to adjust to an authentic '50s meal, with its simple presentation and higher oil levels. Don't expect dishes that are fancy, new or different, just the old favourites, like lentil soup, döner kebab, lamb shanks and grilled sea bass done to higher standard than your neighbourhood kebab restaurant. It has a reputation for the quality of its meat, particularly for its fish.
Secret Garden
Cuisine
Turkish Cuisine
Address
Kalender Üstü, Atadan Sokak, Yeniköy Istanbul
About
In summer, tables are laid out in this big hilly garden overlooking the Bosphorus, which also has a play area with swings, slides and a big lawn. The restaurant serves decent food: pancakes and sausages, barbecued meatballs and lamb chops. |