Dine Around Restaurants
Biz İstanbul
“Located in AKM, the heart of the city’s cultural and artistic life, Biz İstanbul aims to keep the forgotten values of İstanbul cuisine and eating and drinking habits alive within the framework of cultural sustainability by transferring the ancient food culture of the city to future generations.”
Honored with an award in the Gault & Millau İstanbul selection in the Traditional Cuisine category,”
Lacivert Restaurant
“Unique flavors adjacent to the clear blue of the Bosphorus, overlooking the white foamy waves of the dark blue waters; It continues to be presented by skillful hands in the sophisticated atmosphere of Navy Blue. Receiving an award in the Seafood category in the Gault & Millau İstanbul selection, one of the world’s most distinguished restaurant rating guides, Lacivert fascinates its guests with a different view of the Bosphorus during the day and at night.”
Deraliye Restaurant
“Turkish and Ottoman cuisine, renowned for its richness, stems from the diverse regions once under Turkish rule. Stretching from the Danube to the Balkans, the Arabian Peninsula, and northern Africa, this cuisine uniquely blends a myriad of cultural flavors.”
Listed in the Michelin Guide and Gault & Millau İstanbul selection
https://guide.michelin.com/tr/en/istanbul-province/istanbul/restaurant/deraliye
Deraliye Ottoman Cuisine Restaurant – Gault & Millau Turkey (gaultmillau.com.tr)
Okra İstanbul
With the unique 360 degree view of İstanbul as a backdrop, you’ll be head over heels for our chef’s special Mediterranean dishes at Okra. Fire is one of the biggest symbols representing knowledge, power and light in mythological narratives. In human story, it is a key discovery, a driving force to shape our cultures, our beliefs, our world. Okra brings the cuisine of the Mediterranean, where these stories sprouted, to the focus of fire, and it does so in the heart of İstanbul.
Gault & Millau İstanbul selection
Seraf Restaurant
“At Seraf, we strive to bring to our table the dishes of civilizations that passed through Anatolia, as faithfully as possible. According to us, a dish does not have a nationality, but a geography. Because every cuisine carries the traces of all cultures that have come and gone throughout history from the region it originated from. It spreads to neighboring lands with migrations, merges with their cuisines, interacts, and enriches.”
Both Seraf Vadi and Seraf Mahmutbey restaurants are in the Michelin Guide. Also Seraf Mahmutbey is listed under Gault & Millau İstanbul selection
https://guide.michelin.com/tr/en/istanbul-province/istanbul/restaurant/seraf-vadi
https://guide.michelin.com/tr/en/istanbul-province/istanbul/restaurant/seraf-mahmutbey
Pera 77
Pera 77, a highly acclaimed jazz club and diner in the heart of the artistic and historic Pera region, offering nightly live jazz with a variety of local and international artists. Also known for its unique cuisine, Pera 77 is an ideal meeting point for joyful experiences as their motto says “Celebrate life with good food, jazz, and world grooves.
Madera İstanbul
A gathering and celebration point in a central location, with a great view, entertaining music and a dynamic approach, combining the shared flavors from an open fire and stone oven in an authentic yet non-traditional way, offering a creative and multi-alternative menu, transforming into an experiential destination with its “Untill You Say Stop” experience menu, this gathering and celebration venue a focal point for large groups and celebrations.
Feriye
A holistic experience center with a unique view embracing the Bosphorus, the special flavors featured in the Michelin Guide and Gault Millau Guides from Turkish cuisine and cuisines from different countries, events that capture the dynamics of the city, and interactive spaces that are a manifestation of İstanbul with its brand karma that has an idea for any time of the day.
Restaurant Modern
Located within İstanbul Modern, the first museum of modern art in Türkiye, the venue is a restaurant focused on good practice offering the most delicious examples of Mediterranean and Contemporary Turkish Cuisine to visitors with refined tastes in a stylish and spacious ambiance with panoramic views of İstanbul and seasonal menus prepared with local ingredients and modern touches. An important and indispensable meeting & socializing point of the city with its pleasant and dynamic music concept, an extensive wine cellar offering wines produced from grapes grown on Anatolian soil, carefully prepared delicious cocktails that can be enjoyed any time of the day.
Topaz
Serving with the concept of fine dining since 2007, Topaz İstanbul welcomes its guests in Gümüşsuyu with its comfortable and modern design, dining hall and lounge, accompanied by a magnificent Bosphorus view, as well as its new cocktail bar located against the Bosphorus view and its terrace in the greenery. Topaz’s cuisine, which is dominated by the Contemporary Mediterranean Cuisine, is entrusted to Tevfik Alparslan.
https://guide.michelin.com/tr/tr/istanbul-province/istanbul/restaurant/topaz-1202702
Pera Palace – Paşa Room
Founded in the late 1800s to accommodate elite Orient Express passengers, Pera Palace Hotel in İstanbul blended neo-classical and oriental styles, pioneering technology like electricity and hot water. Overlooking the Golden Horn, it witnessed Ottoman decline, Turkish Republic’s founding, and two world wars.
Hosting dignitaries like King Edward VIII, Queen Elizabeth II, and Atatürk (who stayed in Room 101, which is now a museum), the hotel also attracted Ernest Hemingway and Agatha Christie, who purportedly wrote ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ here, leaving a mysterious key in Room 411.
Eski Yer
Eski Yer, Bodrum’s most beloved fish restaurant, has been inviting you to discover the flavors of Aegean cuisine for over three years in the heart of Istanbul, in Yeniköy. With over 10 years of experience, Eski Yer has brought its Yalıkavak journey to Yeniköy, offering food lovers a genuine Aegean fish restaurant experience.
The Red Balloon
Discover the tranquility of nature in the heart of Istanbul and experience the magical atmosphere of this unique place Enjoy the flavors of Aegean and Mediterranean cuisine
Serving you to rediscover the fresh flavors of the Aegean and Mediterranean, The Red Balloon opened its doors to its guests in 2022 as a chef restaurant in Istanbul. Offering the richness of seasonal products by adopting the concept of sustainable gastronomy, The Red Balloon tells a different story in each plate and offers its guests a unique eating and drinking experience. While inviting its guests to an unforgettable journey with all its details and service, it ensures sustainability in every sense
The Red Balloon welcomes its guests every day to experience the magical meeting of nature and culinary arts and, at the same time, invites them to a world full of aromas emerging from the harmony of food and drink, thanks to its rich wine and cocktail menu
The Red Balloon Restaurant in the Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand 2024 Award and Young Chef 2024 Award of Chef Ulas Durmaz. Also, The Red Balloon is listed under Gault & Millau İstanbul selection
https://guide.michelin.com/tr/tr/istanbul-province/istanbul/restaurant/the-red-balloon
https://www.gaultmillau.com.tr/en/the-red-balloon/
https://www.gaultmillau.com.tr/en/taste-journey-of-the-north-aegean-the-red-balloon/
29
“29, one of İstanbul’s esteemed culinary destinations, brings its refined dining style together with its patrons against the backdrop of a magnificent and unique Bosphorus view. Recognized by the prestigious Michelin Guide Recommendation List and honored with the Gault & Millau Gourmand Table ‘Modern Cuisine’ category award, 29 continues to be the iconic address of the city with its meticulous and innovative top-notch service quality.”
Liman
“Designed by one of the most important architects of the period Dr. Rebii Gorbon in the 1940’s after winning the competition by the Ministry of Economy and İstanbul Port Management, Karaköy Passenger Terminal hosted Liman Istanbul on its upper floor. With a view embodying all the elements that complement the character of the Bosphorus, it has become an important establishment of Karaköy and Istanbul which would be remembered throughout the history with its delicious menu, flawless service, elegant presentation, and the strong bond it built with its guests. with its delicious menu, flawless service, elegant presentation, and the strong bond it built with its guests. “
Gault & Millau İstanbul selection
https://www.gaultmillau.com.tr/en/liman-istanbul-2/
