Food Scene
Great Turkish breakfast and desserts. Try the Kazandibi :)
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Göreme Muhallebicisi
60 Kurtuluş Cd.Great Turkish breakfast and desserts. Try the Kazandibi :)
Nice little bakery if you want to grab a simit (sesame seed donut) or pastries for breakfast on the go.
Tarihi Harbiye Firini
No:25 Ergenekon Cd.Nice little bakery if you want to grab a simit (sesame seed donut) or pastries for breakfast on the go.
This is my favourite wine bar. Try their cheese platter and house wine. Very warm service.
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Hazzo Pulo Restaurant ve Şarap Evi
No:31/B Meşrutiyet Cd.This is my favourite wine bar. Try their cheese platter and house wine. Very warm service.
Cute little coffee shop with great books & magazines. Avo toast is good.
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Marika Kurtuluş
34 Seymen Sk.Cute little coffee shop with great books & magazines. Avo toast is good.
Good coffee & cakes. Local meeting place and good for a morning coffee.
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Fill Coffee Shop
NO:64/A Eşref Efendi Sk.Good coffee & cakes. Local meeting place and good for a morning coffee.
Great desserts, especially the lemon cake and brownie with pomegranate. This is also one of the best bookshops in Istanbul.
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Minoa
No:52/A Süleyman Seba Cd.Great desserts, especially the lemon cake and brownie with pomegranate. This is also one of the best bookshops in Istanbul.
Ioki has a few locations in Istanbul but this is the best. Very fresh and tasty sushi. They just added beef rib tacos to their menu which are to die for.
Ioki Kandilli
No:11/A Kandilli Cd.Ioki has a few locations in Istanbul but this is the best. Very fresh and tasty sushi. They just added beef rib tacos to their menu which are to die for.
Local "meyhane" where you can have delicious traditional mezze and raki. Attentive and friendly service. Grilled octopus is the best.
Meymeze Semt By Uygar
No:18 Alaybeyi SkLocal "meyhane" where you can have delicious traditional mezze and raki. Attentive and friendly service. Grilled octopus is the best.
The best profiteroles in the world imho. Soooo good.
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Nazar Pastanesi
182/B Kurtuluş Cd.The best profiteroles in the world imho. Soooo good.
demgoodcoffee
27 Şair Veysi Sk.Cute cafe with great coffee.
Bit off the beaten track, this restaurant is owned by a very creative chef. Ask your local friends to take you there. Must try their ice cream.
Lokanta Armut
6 Bozdoğan Çk.Bit off the beaten track, this restaurant is owned by a very creative chef. Ask your local friends to take you there. Must try their ice cream.
This is a new(ish) restaurant in the bomontiada complex. The food is made using organic ingredients from the local Ferikoy market. The menu changes constantly.
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Kilimanjaro
No: 1 Birahane Sk.This is a new(ish) restaurant in the bomontiada complex. The food is made using organic ingredients from the local Ferikoy market. The menu changes constantly.
Traditional Turkish food, try their cold dishes made with olive oil. Everything is delicious here.
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Çiya Sofrası
Güneşli Bahçe SokağıTraditional Turkish food, try their cold dishes made with olive oil. Everything is delicious here.
Hünkar
No:21 Mim Kemal Öke Cd.Traditional Turkish food. Not cheap.
Everything Else
Arter
No:13 Irmak Cd.Great art gallery.
Maçka Democracy Park
Mim Kemal Öke CaddesiLovely green area.
Drinks & Nightlife
Very popular bar and brewery in the new bomontiada complex. All their beers are very good (as they should be, as this is an old beer factory). They also make a mean Old Fashioned.
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The Populist bomontiada
No: 1/D Birahane Sk.Very popular bar and brewery in the new bomontiada complex. All their beers are very good (as they should be, as this is an old beer factory). They also make a mean Old Fashioned.