Restaurants in Istanbul
Istanbul has many good restaurants where you can taste Turkish cuisine and local drinks. Usually the food in Turkey is resonabily cheap, especially in fast food places or small traditional restaurants. But there are fine and expensive restaurants as well, mostly along the Bosphorus and in some good neighborhoods of the city.
In most of the fine restaurants you'll need a reservation, sometimes even days ahead, because these are very popular places. Especially during the summer months, most of the restaurants on the Bosphorus gets busy with local people and tourists.
Below is a list of some of the suggested fine restaurants in Istanbul. Besides the ones listed here, there are endless of choices of all tastes and from all world cuisines.
| Name | Address | Phone (+90) | Comments |
| Reina | Ortaköy | 212-2595919 | Expensive fine dining on Bosphorus, mainly Mediterranean food. |
| 360 | Beyoglu | 212-2511042 | Expensive fine dining in the city center, great city view. |
| Tugra | Çiragan Palace Hotel Ortaköy |
212-3264646 | Expensive fine dining in a palace on the Bosphorus, mainly Ottoman food. |
| Sunset | Ulus park | 212-2870357 | Expensive fine dining with Bosphorus bridge view, International and Turkish food and Sushi. |
| Ulus 29 | Ulus park | 212-3582929 | Expensive fine dining with Bosphorus bridge view, International and Turkish food. |
| Vogue | Besiktas | 212-2274404 | Expensive fine dining with Bosphorus view, International food and Sushi. |
| Kizkulesi | Salacak Üsküdar |
216-3424747 | Expensive fine dining in an old tower on Bosphorus, literaly. Boat shuttles from both shores, international food. |
| Naz | Swissotel Maçka |
212-3261175 | Expensive fine dining, traditional Turkish cuisine. |
| Liman | Karaköy | 212-2923992 | Expensive fine dining with Bosphorus and old city view, Turkish and international food. |
| Beyti | Florya | 212-6632990 | Over the average good dining for over 60 years, meat dishes. |
| Kosebasi | 3.Levent | 212-2702433 | Over the average good dining, meat dishes. |
| Hamdi | Near Spice Market Eminönü |
212-5280390 | Average priced good dining, meat dishes. |
| Develi | Samatya | 212-5290833 | Average priced good dining, meat dishes. |
| Feriye | Ortaköy | 212-2272216 | Expensive fine dining in an Ottoman pavilion on Bosphorus, traditional Turkish cuisine. |
| Hidiv Kasri | Çubuklu Beykoz |
216-4139253 | Over the average good dining in an Ottoman pavilion on Asian side overlooking Bosphorus, Turkish cuisine. |
| Leb-i Derya | Richmond hotel Beyoglu |
212-2434375 | Expensive fine dining with the view of old city, Turkish cuisine. |
| Körfez | Kanlica | 216-4134314 | Expensive fine dining on the Asian side of Bosphorus, fish restaurant, boat shuttle from Rumelihisar. |
| Çubuklu 29 | Çubuklu Beykoz |
216-3222829 | Expensive fine dining on the Asian side of Bosphorus, international food, boat shuttle from Istinye. |
| Lacivert | Anadoluhisari | 216-4134224 | Expensive fine dining on the Asian side of Bosphorus, fish restaurant, boat shuttle from Rumelihisar. |
| Mavi Yesil | Kuruçesme | 212-2655480 | Expensive good dining on the Bosphorus, fish restaurant. |
| Park Fora | Kuruçesme | 212-2655063 | Expensive fine dining on the Bosphorus, fish restaurant. |
| Asitane | Kariye hotel Edirnekapi |
212-6357997 | Over the average good dining near Chora church, traditional Ottoman cuisine. |
| Pandeli | Spice Market Eminönü |
212-5273909 | Over the average good dining (lunch only), traditional Turkish cuisine. |
| Sarniç | Sultanahmet | 212-4581824 | Over the average good dining in a Byzantine cistern, world cuisine. |
| Balikçi Sabahattin | Cankurtaran Sultanahmet |
212-4581824 | Over the average good dining in the Old City, fish restaurant. |
| Konyali | Topkapi Palace Sultanahmet |
212-5139696 | Over the average good dining in the Palace, Turkish cuisine, lunch only and closed on Tuesdays. |
| Changa | Taksim | 212-2491348 | Expensive good dining, modern "fusion" type cuisine. |
| Paper Moon | Akmerkez Etiler |
212-2821616 | Expensive fine dining, mainly Italian food. |
| Mezzaluna | Nisantasi | 212-2313142 | Expensive fine dining, Italian food. |
| El Torito | Etiler | 212-2575497 | Over the average good dining, Mexican food. |
Hope to see you soon in Istanbul.