turkey · April — October

Istanbul

The Bosphorus at six. The fine dining with the old-city view. Nişantaşı for the shopping that does not look like shopping. Bebek for the long lunch that turns into a long night. Istanbul, where the address book matters as much as the view.

Festive · clubs, line-ups, long lunches

5 addresses on the list this season.

Reserve the table for the night out — handled personally.

Price on request Call WhatsApp Email

Bistro to club · Bebek

Lucca

Cevdet Paşa Caddesi since 2004 — the Bebek bistro that turns into the neighbourhood's dancefloor at eleven.

· Cevdet Paşa Cad. 51, Bebek
· Open daily 10 AM — 2 AM
· Bistro by day, bar by night
· Reserve dinner Friday and Saturday

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Italian · Etiler

Paper Moon

Etiler's Italian institution since 1996 — the room Istanbul's socialite set still treats as the long lunch and the long dinner.

· Akmerkez complex, Etiler
· Italian, opened 1996
· Open daily, 12 PM — 2 AM
· Valet parking, reserve weekends

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Japanese · İstinye Park

Zuma Istanbul

The Zuma format inside İstinye Park — izakaya-style modern Japanese, terrace with fire-pit, weekend resident DJs.

· İstinye Park, No: 461, Sarıyer
· Modern Japanese, izakaya sharing
· Terrace with fire-pit and DJ booth
· Reserve dinner, weekends fill

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Niçoise · İstinye Park

La Petite Maison

The LPM format on two floors of İstinye Park — Niçoise and Ligurian cooking, central bar, the same long-lunch room as London and Dubai.

· İstinye Park AVM No: 519, Sarıyer
· Cuisine of Nice and Liguria
· Two-floor dining room with central bar
· Open 12 PM — 11 PM

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Brasserie · İstinye Park

Masa

İstinye Park's courtyard brasserie — a high-ceiling salon, a garden, international cuisine, open from morning to one.

· İstinye Park courtyard, Sarıyer
· Urban brasserie format
· Open Monday — Sunday, 10 AM — 1 AM
· Garden seating in season

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Authentic · the quiet rooms

17 addresses on the list this season.

Reserve the quiet dinner — handled personally.

Price on request Call WhatsApp Email

Seafood · Arnavutköy

Arnavutköy Balıkçısı

Six partners trained in the city's older fish rooms, the result is the Arnavutköy waterside standard for daily catch.

· Arnavutköy Yolu 4, Beşiktaş
· Daily catch, mezze and rakı format
· Second branch in Yeniköy
· Outdoor seating on the strait

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Bosphorus view · Ulus

Sunset Grill & Bar

Thirty years on the rim of Ulus Park — Mediterranean, Turkish and a serious sushi bar over the cleanest view of the strait.

· Ulus Parkı, opened 1994
· Mediterranean, Turkish and Japanese
· Member of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs
· Reserve four days ahead

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Antep kebab · Samatya

Develi Samatya

The 1966 original of the Develi family — the Marmara terrace, the patented pistachio kebab, four generations on.

· Gümüş Yüksük Sok. 7, Samatya
· Opened 1966, brand founded 1912
· Patented Fıstıklı Kebap (pistachio kebab)
· Open daily, 12 PM — 11 PM

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Breakfast · Bebek

Mangerie

The Bebek classic since 2004 — the breakfast above the waterside that the neighbourhood organises its weekend around.

· Cevdet Paşa Cad. 69, Bebek
· Open 7 days, 8 AM — midnight
· Turkish and Mediterranean breakfast
· Reserve dinner only

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Seafood · Arnavutköy

Sur Balık

The Arnavutköy fish house that takes 200 covers without losing the kitchen — the Bosphorus seafood dinner at scale.

· Arnavutköy Cad. 52, Beşiktaş
· Mediterranean and international seafood
· Capacity for 200, events and weddings
· Bosphorus view, full bar

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Bosphorus view · Ulus

29 (Ulus 29)

The Ulus Park institution since 1983 — modern Turkish on a floor-to-ceiling view of the two bridges, Michelin recommended.

· Ulus Park, opened 1983
· Michelin Guide Istanbul 2026 recommended
· Dinner daily from 6:30 PM
· Lunch Monday — Friday

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Seafood · Bebek

Bebek Balıkçısı

Seventy years on the Bebek waterside — the Bosphorus fish dinner with the deboning at the table.

· Cevdet Paşa Cad. 26/A, Bebek
· Seasonal seafood, daily fish display
· Bosphorus terrace dining
· Higher end of the Bebek price range

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Seafood · Arnavutköy

Eftalya

A three-storey waterside mansion in Arnavutköy — fish prepared in nine ways, view to the bridge.

· Arnavutköy 1. Cad. 32, Beşiktaş
· Three-storey waterside mansion
· Hot starters, grilled and roasted fish
· Higher end of the Arnavutköy range

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Kebab and steakhouse · Etiler

Günaydın Kebap

The Etiler branch of the kebab-and-steakhouse Istanbul's regulars rank in the city's top three — meze, kebap, katmer.

· Seher Yıldız Sok. 6, Etiler
· Kebab and steakhouse
· Daily list of meze and grills
· Outdoor seating

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

1★ Michelin · Tepebaşı

Mikla

Mehmet Gürs's rooftop above the Marmara Pera — the New Anatolian Kitchen, with the cleanest old-city view in the room.

· Top of the Marmara Pera, Tepebaşı
· 1★ Michelin, Istanbul 2026
· World's 50 Best 2015 — 2022
· Tasting menu, reserve weeks ahead

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Brasserie · Nişantaşı

Beymen Brasserie

The Nişantaşı institution under the Beymen department store — French brasserie, since 2003, the right shopping lunch.

· Below Beymen, Abdi İpekçi Caddesi
· French brasserie, opened 2003
· Open lunch and dinner
· Reserve weekends

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Brasserie · Bebek

Divan Brasserie Bebek

The Divan Group's Bebek room with its own Bosphorus pier — Turkish and international, a retractable skylight, weekend brunch.

· Cevdet Paşa Cad. 28/A, Bebek
· Private pier on the Bosphorus
· Retractable skylight dining room
· Weekend brunch, family-friendly

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Pan-Asian · Etiler

Fenix

The Etiler garden room with the high ceilings — Pan-Asian and French seafood, and a slide to the dancefloor after eleven.

· Hisar Üstü Nispetiye Cad. 79, Etiler
· Pan-Asian and French menu
· Mediterranean garden
· Transitions to club after 11 PM

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Patisserie · Bebek

Baylan

The 1923 Istanbul patisserie's Bebek address — three floors, the legendary Kup Griye dessert, the right weekend breakfast.

· Cevdet Paşa Cad. 52, Bebek
· Patisserie founded 1923
· Bebek branch opened 2010
· Breakfast, lunch and pastry counter

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Nişantaşı

Delicatessen

The Mim Kemal Öke Caddesi room — Turkish and international, an outdoor terrace, the Nişantaşı dinner that travels easily.

· Mim Kemal Öke Cad. 19/1, Nişantaşı
· Turkish and international menu
· Outdoor terrace, private dining
· Open lunch and dinner

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Ottoman cuisine · Nişantaşı

Hünkar

Founded in Fatih in 1950, Nişantaşı since 2000 — the Uğumu family's Ottoman-Turkish kitchen, four generations on.

· Mim Kemal Öke Caddesi, Nişantaşı
· Traditional Ottoman-Turkish menu
· 30 — 35 daily dishes at the counter
· Lunch and dinner

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Antep kebab · Nişantaşı

Develi Nişantaşı

The Nişantaşı branch of the Antep house that opened in Samatya in 1912 — pistachio kebab in a brasserie setting.

· Abdi İpekçi Cad. 61/A, Nişantaşı
· Antep cuisine since 1912
· Signature: patented pistachio kebab
· Lunch and dinner, outdoor seating

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Tables

5 addresses on the list this season.

Book the table — handled personally.

Price on request Call WhatsApp Email

Italian market · Zorlu Center

Eataly

The Italian market and restaurant inside Zorlu — the right pasta lunch when the day is in Beşiktaş.

· Zorlu Center, Meydan Katı
· Open Monday — Sunday, 10 AM — 11 PM
· Italian market, pizzeria, restaurants
· No reservation, walk-in

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Steakhouse · Etiler

Nusr-Et Etiler

Nusret Gökçe's original Etiler steakhouse — the room the global chain was built from, the Tomahawk and the salt drop.

· Nispetiye Cad. 87, Etiler
· Opened 2010, the original
· Monday — Saturday, 12 PM — midnight
· Reserve well ahead

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Turkish brasserie · Zorlu Center

Cantinery

The Zorlu Center concept that runs a contemporary Turkish brasserie — daily list, full bar, all-day.

· Zorlu Center, Meydan Katı
· Contemporary Turkish brasserie
· Open all day
· Full bar and wine list

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Italian · Zorlu Center

Morini

Michael White's Altamarea Italian inside Zorlu — pasta and the Italian fish programme in a polished room.

· Zorlu Center, Beşiktaş
· Chef Michael White, Altamarea Group
· Italian and Mediterranean menu
· Reserve for dinner

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

French Mediterranean · Zorlu Center

Parlé

The Zorlu Center's French address — Mediterranean kitchen, deep wine cellar, handmade pasta alongside the seafood line.

· Zorlu Center, Meydan Katı
· French and Mediterranean menu
· Open 12 PM — 10 PM
· Reserve weekends

Visit ↗

Price on request

Call WhatsApp Email

Reserve · price on request

Tell me about a Istanbul trip.

Boats, hotels, flights, tables — handled personally. Reply within 48 hours.

Call WhatsApp Email