# Best restaurants in Istanbul

Anatolian home cooking, Bosphorus views, kebabs and baklava: the Istanbul restaurants food guides and locals recommend.

- 222 votes · 12 items
- Mar 8, 2026 · Brooke Tran
- https://even.best/en/l/1438/best-restaurants-in-istanbul

## Top 10

1. **Çiya Sofrası** (29 · ▲30 ▼1) — Musa Dağdeviren's regional Anatolian dishes in Kadıköy.
2. **Hamdi Restaurant** (22 · ▲23 ▼1) — Kebabs from southeastern Turkey near the Spice Bazaar.
3. **Karaköy Lokantası** (18 · ▲20 ▼2) — Elegant tiled lokanta with meze and home-style dishes.
4. **Pandeli** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — Historic tiled restaurant above the Spice Bazaar entrance.
5. **Develi** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — Kebab house from Gaziantep, open since 1912.
6. **Vefa Bozacısı** (16 · ▲16 ▼0) — Historic shop serving boza, a fermented millet drink, since 1876.
7. **Asmalı Cavit** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — Classic meyhane for meze and rakı.
8. **Hünkar Lokantası** (11 · ▲14 ▼3) — Ottoman and home-style cooking in Nişantaşı.
9. **Balıkçı Sabahattin** (10 · ▲13 ▼3) — Fish restaurant in an old wooden house in Sultanahmet.
10. **Lokanta Maya** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — Didem Şenol's Aegean-inspired cooking in Karaköy.
11. **Karaköy Güllüoğlu** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — Famous baklava shop.
12. **Tarihi Sultanahmet Köftecisi** (2 · ▲9 ▼7) — Meatballs served since 1920 near Hagia Sophia.

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