Michelin Guide restaurants in Istanbul
9 Michelin Guide restaurants in Istanbul that we tried and liked. We went to every one and paid our own bill — no scores, no advertising.
Pandeli
In Eminönü's Spice Bazaar, a timeless address where history meets flavour: Pandeli. 💛 Founded in 1901 and still one of Istanbul's most deeply rooted d…
Çokçok Thai
Thai food is perhaps the Far Eastern cuisine best suited to the Turkish palate. Built on generous use of coconut milk and peanuts, its staples are dis…
Balıkçı Kahraman
Balıkçı Kahraman in Rumeli Kavağı is perhaps the most talked-about fish restaurant in Istanbul, for a quality it has never let slip. It's the first na…
Sade Beş Denizler
Sade Beş Denizler is one of those Nişantaşı places we've been hearing a lot about lately. It serves home-style dishes during the day, while the evenin…
Aheste
Aheste in Asmalımescit stands out amid Beyoğlu's meze-and-rakı culture with its new reading of Turkish cooking. Since entering the Michelin guide rece…
Tatbak
Tatbak means our childhood and our youth. Very few restaurants in Turkey have run uninterrupted for more than sixty years; Tatbak is one of them. Serv…
Türk Fatih Tutak
Türk, which Fatih Tutak opened in Bomonti after years of experience in the Far East, is one of the most talked-about restaurants in the country, holdi…
Arkestra
Arkestra is probably the most talked-about place in Istanbul at the moment. Opened in Etiler about two months ago, Arkestra has built a magnificent ki…
Zaaf
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…
Other cuisines in Istanbul
Our picks: Zaaf (Boğaz Hattı (Avrupa)), Arkestra (Etiler), Balıkçı Kahraman (Boğaz Hattı (Avrupa)). 9 places in total — every one tried by us, every bill paid by us.
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