Kuruçeşme
9 places we have tried in and around Kuruçeşme. Part of our Istanbul guide — no scores, no advertising.
10Alaf Kuruçeşme
Alaf may be our very favourite restaurant in Istanbul. We think Michelin did it a great injustice by not awarding a star. Alaf presents Yörük culture …
10Galatasaray Adası
Galatasaray Adası started serving food again this summer after a long break. Open only to Galatasaray club members and their guests, the island is in …
10Ali Ocakbaşı Kuruçeşme
Ali Ocakbaşı, which we know from Karaköy, has created a very pleasant place in Kuruçeşme, right on the water inside Oligark. First of all, it has a wo…
10Zaaf İstanbul
Zaaf had been serving quietly at its Ortaköy site for more than a year when it drew attention — first with the place it opened inside Bodrum's Plevnel…
9Olea & Bar
Olea opened this summer inside the Mandarin hotel in Kuruçeşme. Right on the water, they serve wonderful examples of Italian cooking. With the experie…
10Alaf Kuruçeşme
Alaf2Tek is the meyhane version of our favourite place, Alaf — somewhere to stand and have a couple of drinks. In the same building as Alaf, at tables…
10Alaf Kuruçeşme
Alaf remains one of our very favourite places in Istanbul. Carrying nomadic Yörük cooking into the present, Alaf serves Anatolian flavours in a new re…
4Inari Sushi Omakase
Even at home, we can at least reach good food by delivery. Tonight our Far Eastern choice was Inari Omakase. The sushi was wonderful and the beef tata…
7Alaf Kuruçeşme
Offal is life, and we have a particular love for places that bring new readings to it. Our new discovery, Alaf, has been open seven or eight days and …
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