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Best Restaurants in Istanbul
1013 restaurants analyzed out of 31523 identified · Turkey
Istanbul's food scene is one of the world's deepest - kebab houses, meyhanes, çiğ köfte stands, fish restaurants on the Bosphorus, and a street food culture built on simit, balık ekmek, and stuffed mussels. The Asian side (Kadıköy, Moda) has the most authentic eating, while Beyoğlu and the historic peninsula serve both tourists and locals. Prices range from moderate to expensive depending on the neighbourhood.
Istanbul has 1013 analyzed restaurants. Some of the strongest areas for dining are Moda, Sultanahmet, Cihangir. Top cuisines include Turkish, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean.
Top Restaurants in Istanbul
- Herise İstanbul A+ · Modern Anatolian, Turkish · Reşitpaşa
- TURK FATIH TUTAK A · Modern Turkish, Turkish · Nişantaşı
- GG Pizza Moda A · Creative pizza, Pizza · Caferağa
- Bayramoğlu Döner A · Döner kebab, Turkish · Beykoz
- d’Amalfi Senza Glutine A · Gluten-free, Cafe · Caferağa
- Mantı Time Balat A · Turkish manti, Turkish · Balat
- The Townhouse A · Modern fusion, Contemporary European · Suadiye
- DİYARBAKIR CİĞERCİSİ ALİ HAYDAR A · Diyarbakır-style kebabs, Turkish · Fındıklı (Maltepe)
- Nişantaşı Mantıcısı A · Mantı, Turkish · Teşvikiye
- Dopio Pizza & Sandwich A · Neapolitan pizza, Pizza · Çengelköy
Top Neighborhoods for Dining
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Istanbul's Asian-side food capital, anchored by a market that draws the city's best independent restaurants.
Istanbul's entire historic peninsula in one district - from rooftop terraces to quiet neighbourhood kitchens.
Istanbul's European-side dining centre, from meyhanes to fine dining, all within walking distance.
Market street energy and Bosphorus fish restaurants share the same neighborhood across a wide price range.
A wide district where corporate lunch spots share space with Nişantaşı's upscale dining scene.
Traditional Asian-side dining with Bosphorus ferries, fish restaurants, and Çamlıca Hill views.
Asian-side Marmara waterfront dining, with the Bostancı strip as its coastal centrepiece.
Upper Bosphorus villages where seafood lunches and weekend brunch culture define the dining personality.
Family fish restaurants along the Marmara promenade, affordable and deeply local.
The Asian side's corporate dining hub is building something more interesting around its edges.
Bosphorus waterfront fish restaurants with a quiet village pace and prices that surprise.
Affordable Turkish and Middle Eastern cooking for the neighborhood, not the visitor.
Syrian and Arabic kitchens thrive here alongside traditional Turkish lokantası at local prices.
Istanbul's emerging Syrian and Lebanese food corridor, built by the community that lives here.
Everyday Turkish and Middle Eastern cooking at honest neighbourhood prices on the Asian side.
Budget lokantası and kebab shops near Istanbul's main bus terminal, feeding the working city.
Tried and True
Grade Distribution
A+1 restaurants
A12 restaurants
A-113 restaurants
B+286 restaurants
B242 restaurants
B-121 restaurants
C+84 restaurants
C63 restaurants
C-46 restaurants
D35 restaurants
F10 restaurants
Price Distribution
budget114 restaurants
expensive359 restaurants
extremely_expensive39 restaurants
moderate316 restaurants
very_expensive181 restaurants
Cuisine Strengths
- Turkish — 513 restaurants, 72 rated A- or higher
- Middle Eastern — 139 restaurants, 10 rated A- or higher
- Mediterranean — 50 restaurants, 9 rated A- or higher
- Pizza — 22 restaurants, 5 rated A- or higher
- American — 43 restaurants, 5 rated A- or higher
- Seafood — 23 restaurants, 5 rated A- or higher
- Italian — 25 restaurants, 4 rated A- or higher
- Japanese — 27 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
- Levantine — 5 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
- International — 27 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
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