It may be a trek to Edirnekapı, but it's worth it for this one-of-a-kind restaurant, in the eponymous hotel next door, specialising in authentic Ottoman...

With its bright colours, velvet furnishings and an eye-catching floor piece of a nude young Norma Jean Baker, 5.Kat has one of the city's most striking...

Most meyhanes have two or three floors of indoor dining, sometimes with a roof terrace. They don't differ much in terms of food and prices, but everyone has...

There are only three choices at this perennially popular neighbourhood restaurant: beef, chicken or lamb. Once the meat of choice is ordered, a plate of...

Most of the little local eateries on Güneşlibahçe are indistinguishable, but Çiya is so good - and so successful - that it is taking over most of them. Çiya...

Cumhuriyet Meyhanesi, once frequented by Atatürk, is notable for its fasıl musicians.

The former soup kitchens of the Süleymaniye Mosque complex now turn out more varied fare. But if the present menu runs to several pages, the food is still...

Don't let the entrance, via the lobby of the Villa Zurich Hotel, put you off: Doĸa Balık is a splendid neighbourhood fish restaurant. The dining room is on...

Popular with locals, this unusual eaterie buried in the backstreets near Taksim Square offers Anatolian eating at its best. Set on six floors, the place...

One of the oldest restaurants in Istanbul, Hacı Abdullah is deservedly famous for traditional Ottoman fare. Three old-school dining rooms are brightened by...

Right on Eminönü square, Hamdi is a hot favourite among Istanbul natives, particularly business lunchers and carniverous fans of south-eastern Turkish food....

The original Hünkar opened in 1950 in the far-flung, working-class Fatih neighbourhood. This new offshoot in Nişantaşı has taken the old-school Ottoman...

Kannat is a perfect example of a historical lokanta that appears to have changed little since it was founded in 1933. Equally popular at both lunch and...

Founded in 1941, Krependeki Imroz is one of the oldest meyhanes. Imroz is the Greek name for Gökçeada, one of the Aegean islands, and home to the Greek owners.