Asian
62 places under Asian — all tried, all liked, all paid for ourselves.
16Osaka-Cocina Nikkei- Peru
One of Lima's best-known Nikkei restaurants, Osaka is among the most successful expressions of an approach that brings Japanese technique together wit…
9Indochine Istanbul
A global touch to Istanbul's dining scene, in Etiler: Indochine. 🌿✨ Indochine Istanbul is the local chapter of an international brand with roots in wo…
9Benares Fine Indian Dining Mayfair
In the heart of London, Benares is one of those special addresses that retells the centuries-old heritage of Indian cooking in the language of modern …
11Casa Cooklife
One of the favourite spots in Bomonti's lively scene, Casa Cooklife is a meeting place built around slow-living culture. Drawing on Japandi aesthetics…
12Hona
Ansar, a 23-year-old chef, is doing wonderful things at a tiny omakase counter in Cihangir. At the daytime service you choose between just three kinds…
11Portland Restaurant
Portland won a Michelin star a year after opening in 2015 and has held it ever since. It's in Fitzrovia, in a quiet pocket just off Oxford Street — a …
8Meshur Fetih Işkembecisi
Offal isn't something to eat just anywhere, but Fetih İşkembe in Balat has been serving customers reliably for over fifty years. The menu is entirely …
10Seoul Kitchen
At Bomontiada, the building that used to house Kilimanjaro has been turned into a Korean quarter. Seoul Kitchen, the Korean restaurant that opened her…
9Kyoto, Japan
Kentan Horibe is a chef's restaurant in Kyoto whose accomplished cooking has been crowned with a Michelin star. Dishes are prepared in front of you at…
11Kos, Greece
Kos is a destination you can reach comfortably from Bodrum on a thirty-minute ferry. It isn't the most enjoyable of the Greek islands, but it still of…
16Kyoto, Japan
Nakazen, in Kyoto — the city where kaiseki cuisine was born — has crowned its quality with a Michelin star. With a six-seat counter and a single table…
9SAVOYとまととちーず店
In Japan the quality is very high not only in the local cuisine but across all cuisines. In pizza and burgers in particular, quality and flavour are a…
11Tokyo, Japan
Nishiazabu Ōtake is a representative of kaiseki cuisine in Tokyo whose skill has been crowned with a Michelin star. Kaiseki was described by Anthony B…
12Shima Steak
The flavour of Japanese wagyu beef is known worldwide. The world's most marbled and most delicious meat comes from wagyu cattle. Shima Steak is a rest…
10Sexy Fish Manchester
After its popular London location, Sexy Fish has opened its second UK branch in Manchester. The brand also has sites in Dubai and Miami. The menu lean…
8Balthazar
Balthazar has been serving since 1973 beside Athens' popular Kolonaki district, in a delightful neo-classical building with 19th-century origins. Its …
8Çokçok 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…
10Roka Restaurant
Santorini is one of the most special of the Greek islands. Formed by a volcanic eruption, its western shore offers a magnificent view, with settlement…
10Manzara Restaurant Söğüt
As the name suggests, Manzara Söğüt promises a magnificent view and sunset. But the level of the cooking has climbed far above the view. Manzara serve…
10Cote Korean Steakhouse
Cote is the Michelin-starred Korean barbecue in New York. The point of Korean barbecue is that the meat you choose is cooked beside you. At other Kore…
10East 28th Street, Manhattan
Omakase means 'I leave the order to you' in Japan, but in America the name is used for restaurants where you sit at a sushi bar and have sushi prepare…
10Zurbaran Athens
Zurbaran is a popular place in Kolonaki — the closest thing Athens has to Nişantaşı — serving good examples of world cuisine. The menu runs from sushi…
10Marcel
Meyhane by Marcel has opened in Yeniköy on the site of the old Marcel patisserie. It's the second place the owners of Azur have opened in the area. Th…
10Zaika of Kensington
Although Indian food is close to the Turkish palate, it isn't easy to find good representatives of it here. But in England, where the Indian populatio…
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 …
10Gallada by Fatih Tutak
Gallada, carrying the signature of our Michelin-starred chef Fatih Tutak, is Istanbul's new favourite. Inside the newly opened Peninsula hotel in Kara…
10TURK 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…
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 …
10Da Adolfo
Da Adolfo is a simple looking beachside restaurant in Positano. It is almost impossible to find a table though. Da Alfonso, which can be reached by a …
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…
10MSA'nın Restoranı
The Culinary Arts Academy (MSA) has been a lifeline for Turkish cooking through the chefs it has trained over the years. Its restaurant sits inside th…
10Cadde Nazende
We finally got the chance to visit Nazende, whose praises we'd been hearing for a long time. With the slogan 'the neighbourhood restaurant that loves …
10Alma
Peruvian cuisine is the shining star of recent years. With the influence of the Japanese minority in the country, the mix of Far East and South Americ…
10Sanayi313
Sanayi 313 has led the slow transformation of the Maslak auto industrial estate ever since it opened there in 2015. Sanayi 313 is more than a restaura…
10Olden 1772
Olden 1772 is one of Istanbul's new and much-discussed places. Dazzling in its striking decoration, Olden has opened inside the 250-year-old Muhsinoğl…
6Bordel Istanbul
Bordel is a street-food spot in Asmalımescit from the team behind Mabou Pera and Glouton, where you can eat quickly and well. You order at the front, …
10Capra Çukurbağ
Serra Beklen, former head chef of the Michelin-starred Neolokal, serves a magnificent menu to the guests she welcomes at her home in the village of Çu…
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…
8Zuma Istanbul
Zuma, one of the successful international names in Japanese food, has been serving Istanbul at İstinye Park since 2016. The sushi and tempura are extr…
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…
9Aman Da Bravo Bistronomique
Aman Da Bravo, which began its journey in Reşitpaşa, continues inside Etiler Backyard. The food is as good as ever, the room is airier than before, an…
6Ken Sushi
Ken, Bağdat Caddesi's favourite sushi place, has opened its new site inside Vertical İstanbul. In Vertical's pleasant garden, with very accomplished a…
10Tribeca Cafe
Although it's only been open three weeks, Beca has quickly become Istanbul's most mysterious address. Opened in the old Tribeca site in Akatlar, it's …
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…
10MTG - Markus To Go
The back garden of Boyner on Bağdat Caddesi has been turned into an oasis under the name Vertical İstanbul. This pleasant space, holding Markus, Nappo…
8Çamlik Ocakbasi Etiler
On a cold, snowy day, the neighbourhood ocakbaşı is the right address. At Çamlık Ocakbaşı in Etiler we put ourselves in İzzet Usta's hands. With meze …
7Bebek Hotel by The Stay
The Bebek Hotel, one of Istanbul's classic addresses, has taken on a different face after its transformation. The hotel — which also houses an Istanbu…
3Ozzie's 1968 Kokoreç Foodtruck
Famous as the kokoreç place you go to by reservation, Ozzie's has never let us down. Continuing a family tradition going back to 1968, it welcomes gue…
7Ismet Baba Fish Restaurant
Staying open since 1951 in a district as special as Kuzguncuk is no easy thing. İsmet Baba is the right address for good fish, quickly. Right on the B…
10Amala Indian Restaurant Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Dubai
Indian food is little known in Turkey, and good representatives of it are rare. Heavily spiced and generally vegetarian-leaning, its chicken, lamb and…
8Time Out Market Dubai
Time Out Market Dubai is a high-level food court home to seventeen different restaurants. Organised by the world-famous Time Out magazine, it sits rig…
6Elbet Steakhouse
Elbet is a steakhouse that combines good meat with creativity. Elbet has never let us down, and we'd say don't leave without trying the beef sushi, th…
10Kemer Country Club
Bol Pazar, set up at weekends inside Kemer Country, offers a range of flavours in a street-food format. The brands change from time to time, but on ou…
7CHiNAR
Chinar has been one of Baku's favourite places for years. Serving high-level examples of Far Eastern cooking, Chinar offers its delicious food in an e…
4İoki
Having added a Bodrum branch to its three in Istanbul, our favourite İoki is the Etiler one. Still a level above the chain brands on flavour, İoki's s…
5Elbet Steakhouse
Elbet is a place that never disappoints. Among the starters, the kokoreç, the beef spaghetti and the bone marrow are essential for us. And if you have…
3Kokoreçci Asım Usta
Plenty of people call Asım Usta in İzmir the best kokoreç in Turkey. So which is your favourite?…
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…
5İoki
Good sushi isn't everywhere. I discovered İoki late; the flavour is superb. The open-air terrace on summer evenings lets you breathe. The sushi is ver…
6Kokoreççi tekin usta
It's true that we've driven kilometres for good kokoreç. If you go to Tekin Usta, don't spoil the flavour with tomato and pepper — and don't leave wit…
8Miyabi Sushi & Japanese Grill
Friday evening might be the right night for good sushi. If you want to go to our favourite sushi place, Miyabi, we'd suggest hurrying to book.…
Odun Pizza
With a full fixture list tonight, ordering pizza might be the right decision. If you haven't tried Odun Pizza's kokoreç pizza, we'd recommend it.…
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