Istanbul
Fine dining restaurants
Restaurants offering considered menus and a more formal dining experience. Check each venue for current menus and booking details.
Highest-scoring places
Yeni Lokanta
Tasting menu
Aheste
Tuna in a crisp kadayıf crust • Slow-cooked artichoke from Urla
Alaf Kuruçeşme
Herise İstanbul
Pounded wheat porridge • Rice dumplings with lamb and chickpeas in yoghurt
TURK Fatih Tutak
The chef’s tasting menu • The house drinks pairing
Sini Ethnic Omakase | Fine Dining Restaurant
Signature Wagyu Beef Chinese Pan Fried Dumplings • Unagi Foie Gras Avocado Roll
Araf İstanbul
Crisp fried brain • Sweetbread
Mürver Restaurant
Grilled Octopus • Lamb Shoulder
17 places
Yeni Lokanta
A fine dining restaurant in Tomtom, Istanbul. The price list covers snack, starters and main dishes.
Aheste
A fine dining restaurant in Asmalı Mescit, Beyoğlu, Istanbul. The price list covers main plates, small plates and mid plates.
Alaf Kuruçeşme
A fine dining restaurant in Kuruçeşme, Beşiktaş, Istanbul. The price list covers main dishes, starters and hot starters.
Herise İstanbul
A fine dining restaurant in Reşitpaşa, Sarıyer, Istanbul. The menu is listed with prices in lira, euros and dollars.
TURK Fatih Tutak
Chef Fatih Tutak's tasting-menu restaurant in Bomonti, Şişli, built on Turkish recipes and produce from small Anatolian growers. Listed in the Michelin Guide, it opens for dinner only and requires a booking.
Sini Ethnic Omakase | Fine Dining Restaurant
A fine dining restaurant in Karaköy, Beyoğlu, Istanbul. Address, hours, directions and dishes to order are on this page.
Araf İstanbul
A fine dining restaurant in 19 Mayıs, Istanbul. The price list covers starters, wood fire and desserts.
Mürver Restaurant
A fine dining restaurant in Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa, Beyoğlu, Istanbul. The price list covers large plates, cold starters and hot starters.
Nicole
A restaurant on the top floor of Tomtom Suites in Beyoğlu, with views over the historic peninsula and the Sea of Marmara. Listed in the Michelin Guide, it serves two tasting menus and two vegetarian menus built on Turkish produce.
Casa Lavanda
A fine dining restaurant in Ulupelit Köyü, Şile, Istanbul. The price list covers cold starters, hot starters and salads.
GALLADA by Fatih Tutak
A fine dining restaurant in Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa, Beyoğlu, Istanbul. The price list covers dough.
MYK Restoran by Mehmet Yalçınkaya
The restaurant of chef Mehmet Yalçınkaya, a judge on MasterChef Turkey, in Yeşilköy near the old Atatürk Airport. The menu reworks Anatolian dishes: slow-cooked lamb, house pastrami, sharing plates and a breakfast spread to share.
Arkestra
A restaurant in a 1960s house in Etiler, cooking modern European dishes with Asian touches and Turkish produce. Listed in the Michelin Guide, its menu includes potato bread with burnt butter, tuna sashimi and a katsu sando.
Sankai by Nagaya
A fine dining restaurant in Bebek, Beşiktaş, Istanbul. Address, hours, directions and dishes to order are on this page.
Mikla
Chef Mehmet Gürs's restaurant on the top floors of The Marmara Pera hotel in Beyoğlu, with views over the Golden Horn and the old city. Listed in the Michelin Guide, it serves tasting menus built on Anatolian produce, including a vegan version.
Neolokal
A tasting-menu restaurant by chef Maksut Aşkar on the top floor of SALT Galata, the former Ottoman Bank building in Karaköy. It is listed in the Michelin Guide and serves Anatolian recipes reworked as a set menu, with vegetarian and allergy-friendly versions.
Araka
A fine dining restaurant in Yeniköy, Yeniköy/Sarıyer, Istanbul. The price list covers dishes and desserts.
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