Street Food
72 places under Street Food — all tried, all liked, all paid for ourselves.
9Köroğlu Karadeniz Mutfağı
Köroğlu Lokantası has been doing the same thing, consistently, for more than thirty years in Fatih — one of the addresses keeping Istanbul's old-schoo…
8Ata Lokantası
Esnaf lokantas are one of the most important assets of Turkish food, and there are many good examples all over Turkey. Because they serve the same cus…
10Tersane İstanbul
Em Sherif is one of the best global ambassadors of Lebanese cooking. A few months ago it opened its eighth branch outside Beirut, inside Tersane İstan…
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…
6Lale Lokantası
Lale Lokantası has been serving since 1970 in Hasköy, on the street opposite the Rahmi Koç Museum. For any business, staying open in Istanbul for more…
10Manici Kasri Beach Assos
Giritli, which we've known in Istanbul for more than twenty years, has started serving this summer inside Manici Beach on the Kaz Dağları coast as wel…
10İstanbul Modern
Restoran Modern, inside İstanbul Modern at Galataport, has built a high-level kitchen. A menu that reinterprets Turkish cooking with small touches, qu…
7Intiba Döner Kağıthane
There are plenty of döner restaurants in Turkey, but few good ones. İntiba is one we like. It has eight branches in Istanbul. The döner is a blend of …
11Mezkla
Mezkla is a Mexican restaurant that opened recently in Akatlar. It's a place whose name we've been hearing a lot lately, for both atmosphere and flavo…
8Ispartalı 1937
Ispartalı 1937 is in Şişli and, as the name suggests, serves the flavours of Isparta. The şiş köfte served with soaked flatbread is very good, and the…
10Chef Erdal ADANA KEBAP
Chef Göktürk Erdal has been keeping his customers happy since 2016 with a quality he hasn't let slip. Serving under the slogan 'you don't go to Adana …
6Atina, Yunanistan
Lefteris o Politis, with roots going back to 1951, is one of Athens' most deeply rooted souvlaki shops. Founded by Lefteris Usta, a migrant from Istan…
10L' Asinello Ristorante
L'Asinello is a small chef's restaurant that has been running since 2011 in the Tuscan town of Castelnuovo Berardenga. It has crowned its high standar…
7Şen Kardeşler Lokantası
That a restaurant has been open since 1965 tells you everything you need to know. Şen Kardeşler in Kağıthane is an esnaf lokanta that has been serving…
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…
5Mayan Cocktail & Food
Mayan, in Datça's Kairos marina, serves Mexican food and stands out for its cocktails. In terms of location, Kairos marina may be the best address in …
7Hosteria Grappolo D'Oro
Roman pasta is built on the base of cacio e pepe. Made with nothing but egg, black pepper and pecorino romano, it may be the world's simplest and most…
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…
10Seraf Vadi Restoran
Seraf, which began its journey in Mahmutbey, continues at Vadi İstanbul in a strikingly decorated room. Led by chef Sinem Özler, Seraf serves the fami…
8Forno Balat
Balat is slowly getting the life it has long been waiting for. Tourist activity is up, and newly opened places are offering different things. Forno is…
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 …
8Çayırbaşı Pideban
Pide is a sensitive subject for us. Pideban has continued the journey it began in Sarıyer in 1977, now across three branches. The pide is properly cri…
7Tatbak
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…
9Önder Ocakbaşı
Önder Ocakbaşı, whose praises we've been hearing a great deal lately, more than deserves them. We ate one of the best Adana kebabs we've had in Istanb…
10Mahir Lokantası
Mahir Lokantası in Osmanbey never falls off the list of Istanbul's best lahmacun. It absolutely deserves the praise on lahmacun, but remembering Mahir…
10Istanbul Airport Turkish Airlines CIP Lounge
Turkish Airlines' CIP lounge at Istanbul Airport is a gourmet paradise. The mantı may be the best in Istanbul, and the pides are properly crisp. Diffe…
9Seyhmus Kebap
Şeyhmuz Kebap Salonu in Çemberlitaş has been welcoming guests with a lunchtime service for nearly fifty years, since 1975. A long-standing favourite o…
8Betro Burger
Betro Burger deserves its place on our top-ten burger list for Istanbul. The closed burgers, wrapped in flatbread, generally come with a double patty,…
10Los Altos Istanbul
Los Altos is a Mexican restaurant on the terrace floor of a building right beside Galatasaray Lisesi. With a magnificent view, we drank the best marga…
10Nispetiye
Sıralı Kebap's journey, which began in Antalya and continued in Ankara, has recently reached Etiler in Istanbul. We finally got the chance to try the …
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 …
10Kulu Büryan
In Istanbul, the first area that comes to mind for büryan kebab is Kadınlar Pazarı in Fatih. But there are good examples in other districts too. Kulu …
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, …
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…
10Portobello Market, Portobello Road
Portobello Road Market in London's Notting Hill is a popular spot best known for its second-hand and antique shops. What drew our interest was the foo…
8ThePopulist
On hot Istanbul nights, the open-air Bomontiada and Populist are a very good idea. The menu leans towards street food — burgers, sausages. There's a v…
8Midyeci Şehmus Usta
Stuffed mussels are an essential flavour of the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. Midyeci Şehmus in Gündoğan, Bodrum has taken them to another level. F…
7Watergarden İstanbul
A burger inside pizza dough may not sound wonderful, but the result is magnificent. Since 2018, Mr. Hamza has been serving burgers wrapped in a closed…
6TÜTSÜ by Düvee
Tütsü by Düvee is an important address for meat lovers. Cooking meat from animals raised on its own farm for hours over oak, Tütsü pleased us with eve…
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…
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…
7Cross Fingers
The shopping area inside Etiler Alkent has turned into a small gourmet spot over the last three years. Tike, Du Lupo Trattoria and Cross Fingers have …
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 …
7Bursa Uludağ Kebapçısı
The İskender kebab shop opened by Cemal and Cemil Usta in 1964 still serves from the same small room. In a shop where the queue never disappears at an…
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…
10Günaydın kebap Etiler
You don't often find chain restaurants on acıktım.be. Holding a standard usually means compromising on quality, so they rarely satisfy us. The Etiler …
6Snob
Snob, on Bağdat Caddesi, serves street food. The right address for a fast, tasty and slightly naughty menu.…
4Caddebostan Necip Uludağ Kebapçısı
Staying open for fifty years in a city like Istanbul is no easy job. Necip Uludağ Kebapçısı has been welcoming guests on Bağdat Caddesi since 1972. Wi…
3Pinoli Italian Kitchen
Etiler is probably the leader in Turkey for Italian restaurants per square metre. In this intensely competitive area, Pinoli — opened by the All Sport…
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…
10Lokanta 1741
We love chefs who bring a new understanding to Turkish cooking. Lokanta 1741 is inside the Cağaloğlu hamam — as you enter through the baths you may pa…
6Sumakh
Sumakh is one of the right addresses for discovering Azerbaijani cooking in Baku. We started with düşbərə soup, went on to xəngəl (similar to mantı) a…
6Gazianteplahmacun87
Who could say no to a good lahmacun? Gaziantep Lahmacun is one of the classics of the Asian side. The lahmacun is crisp and generously topped; the dön…
7Ljubljana, Slovenia
In these days when we miss the streets, we miss street food even more. The flavours at the street market in Ljubljana are among the best we've seen, i…
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?…
2Mehmet Zengin'in Yeri
Would you change your route for köfte? We would. Coming back from Bodrum to Istanbul, turning off towards Yatağan lets you escape the traffic lights i…
5Karadeniz Pide Salonu Vefa
Pide is a sensitive subject for us. With Sezai Usta at the helm since 1981, and butter coming from the same family in Trabzon for forty years, disappo…
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…
NAMLI KEBAP
Time for a good lahmacun.…
7House of B
If you fancy something quick and a little naughty, House of B in Akaretler — one of the city's rising districts — is a very good option.…
3İstanbul/Etiler/Levent
If you haven't had breakfast yet, crisp outside and soft inside, cheese böreks are baked fresh and waiting for you piping hot at Bülent Börekçilik, wh…
Tarihi Cumhuriyet Lokantası @ Edremit
Friday might be the right day for döner. If you find yourself in Edremit, be sure to drop into Cumhuriyet Lokantası.…
3Saray Muhallebicisi 1935 Istinye Park Avm Istanbul
When you want something quick, Saray is a good option with its wide network of branches and the quality it has kept for years. The chicken soup, the d…
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.…
3Tatar Salim Döner Lokantası
The döner at Tatar Salim in Ataşehir is perfect. The fat ratio is very well judged.…
5Fireroom
Fireroom, the street-food place Hazer Amani opened in Ataşehir, is a must-try.…
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