Restaurants in Istanbul
There are many good restaurants in Istanbul where you can taste Turkish cuisine and local drinks. Usually the food in Turkey is quite cheap, but there are fine and expensive restaurants as well especially along the Bosphorus and in some of the neighborhoods. Below is a list of some of the selected restaurants in Istanbul.
| Name | Address | Phone | Comments |
| Reina | Muallim Naci Cad. No:44 Ortakoy |
0212 2595919 | Expensive fine dining on the Bosphorus, mainly Mediterranean food. |
| 360 | Istiklal Cad. Misir Apt. No:32 K:8 Beyoglu |
0212 2511042 | Expensive fine dining in the city center, great city view from the roof. |
| Tugra | Ciragan Palace Hotel Ortakoy |
0212 3264646 | Expensive fine dining in a palace on the Bosphorus, mainly Ottoman food. |
| Sunset | Adnan Saygun Cad. Yol Sok. No:2 Ulus parki - Ulus |
0212 2870357 | Expensive fine dining with Bosphorus bridge view, International and Turkish food and Sushi. |
| Ulus 29 | Adnan Saygun Cad. Ulus park No:1 Ulus |
0212 3582929 | Expensive fine dining with Bosphorus bridge view, International and Turkish food. |
| Vogue | Suleyman Seba Cad. BJK Plaza A Blok K:13 Besiktas |
0212 2274404 | Expensive fine dining with Bosphorus view from the roof, International food and Sushi. |
| Kizkulesi | Salacak Uskudar |
0216 3424747 | Expensive fine dining in an old tower on Bosphorus, literaly. Boat shuttles from both shores, international food. |
| Naz | Swissotel The Bosphorus hotel Macka - Besiktas |
0212 3261175 | Expensive fine dining, traditional Turkish cuisine. |
| Liman | Rihtim Cad. No:52/3 Karakoy |
0212 2923992 | Expensive fine dining with Bosphorus and old city view from the pier, Turkish and international cuisine. |
| Beyti | Orman sokak No:8 Florya |
0212 6632990 | Over the average good dining for over 60 years, meat dishes. |
| Kosebasi | Camlik Sok. No:15 3.Levent |
0212 2702433 | Over the average good dining, meat dishes. |
| Hamdi | next to Spice Market Eminonu |
0212 5280390 | Average priced good dining, meat dishes. |
| Develi | Gumusyuzuk Sok. No:7 Samatya |
0212 5290833 | Average priced good dining, meat dishes. |
| Feriye | Ciragan Cad. No:104 Ortakoy |
0212 2272216 | Expensive fine dining in an Ottoman pavilion on the Bosphorus, traditional Turkish cuisine. |
| Hidiv Kasri | Cubuklu Korusu No:32 Cubuklu - Beykoz |
0216 4139253 | Over the average good dining in an Ottoman pavilion on the Asian side overlooking Bosphorus, Turkish cuisine. |
| Leb-i Derya | Richmond hotel Istiklal Cad. No:445 Beyoglu |
0212 2434375 | Expensive fine dining with the view of old city from the roof of a hotel, Turkish cuisine. |
| Korfez | Korfez Cad. No:78 Kanlica |
0216 4134314 | Expensive fine dining on the Asian side of Bosphorus, fish restaurant, boat shuttle from Rumelihisar. |
| Lacivert | Korfez Cad. No: 57/A Anadoluhisari |
0216 4134224 | Expensive fine dining on the Asian side of Bosphorus, fish restaurant, boat shuttle from Rumelihisar. |
| Cubuklu 29 | Pasabahce Yolu No:24 Cubuklu - Beykoz |
0216 3222829 | Expensive fine dining on the Asian side of Bosphorus, international food, boat shuttle from Istinye. |
| Mavi Yesil | Muallim Naci Cad. Kurucesme |
0212 2655480 | Expensive good dining on the Bosphorus, fish restaurant. |
| Park Fora | Muallim Naci Cad. No:134 Kurucesme |
0212 2655063 | Expensive fine dining on the Bosphorus, fish restaurant. |
| Asitane | Kariye hotel Kariye - Edirnekapi |
0212 6357997 | Over the average good dining near Chora church, traditional Ottoman cuisine. |
| Pandeli | inside the Spice Market Eminonu |
0212 5273909 | Over the average good dining (lunch only), traditional Turkish cuisine. |
| Sarnic | Sogukcesme Sok. Sultanahmet |
0212 4581824 | Over the average good dining in a Byzantine cistern, world cuisine. |
| Balikci Sabahattin | Hasan Koyu sok. No:1 Cankurtaran - Sultanahmet |
0212 4581824 | Over the average good dining in the Old City, fish restaurant. |
| Konyali | inside the Topkapi Palace Sultanahmet |
0212 5139696 | Over the average good dining in the Palace, Turkish cuisine, lunch only and closed on Tuesdays. |
| Changa | Siraselviler Cad. No:47 Taksim |
0212 2491348 | Expensive good dining, modern "fusion" type cuisine. |
| Paper Moon | Adnan Saygun Cad. No:1 Akmerkez - Etiler |
0212 2821616 | Expensive fine dining, mainly Italian food. |
| Mezzaluna | Abdi Ipekci Cad. 38/1 Nisantasi |
0212 2313142 | Expensive fine dining, Italian food. |
| El Torito | Nispetiye Cad. No:12 Etiler |
0212 2575497 | Over the average good dining, Mexican food. |