Eat in beşiktaş, Istanbul

Beyaz Fırın Etiler ★ 4.1

Beyaz Fırın in Etiler, a heritage Turkish bakery dating to 1836, working out of a two-floor Nispetiye Caddesi space with a vertical garden and a 350-seat.

Worth the queue: Pogaca cheese rolls

Kavanoz İstanbul ★ 4.3

Kavanoz on Tekkeci Sokak in Arnavutköy, a florist-fronted cocktail room with a tree-shaded back garden, the upper-Bosphorus answer to Beyoğlu craft bars.

Signature drink: Seasonal-syrup cocktails and Turkish-spirit twists

Food: Small plates and bar snacks

Craft Beer Lab ★ 4.0

Craft Beer Lab on Şair Nedim Caddesi in Akaretler, a multi-tap bar pouring the broadest Turkish craft selection in the city, with a garden patio that runs.

Turkish Flavours Cooking Class ★ 4.3

Turkish Flavours runs private and group cooking classes in a Beşiktaş home kitchen, taught by a born-and-bred Istanbulite with a market run in the same.

Beyaz Fırın Brasserie ★ 4.0

Beyaz Fırın in Etiler, the heritage bakery's brasserie sister doing a full Turkish breakfast on the upper deck and bottomless pastry baskets from its own.

Order: Sucuklu yumurta and the pogaca basket

Kavanoz İstanbul ★ 4.3

Kavanoz on Tekkeci Sokak in Arnavutköy runs a hidden-garden cocktail room behind a florist front, mixing seasonal-syrup classics and Turkish-spirit twists.

Tip: Walk past the florist entrance to the back garden; the room is small and the late-week tables fill before 22:00. A taxi back to Beyoğlu is the quickest exit after midnight.