Eat in Cihangir, Istanbul

Kronotrop Cihangir ★ 4.5

Kronotrop in Cihangir across from Firuzağa Mosque, Turkey's first specialty micro-roastery, brewing Chemex and V60 on the La Marzocco Strada it imported.

Signature drink: Single-origin filter

Van Kahvaltı Evi ★ 4.4

Van Kahvaltı Evi in Cihangir, an all-day breakfast room serving the dense herb-and-cheese spread of Turkey's east, kaymak with honey and otlu peynir.

Signature drink: Serpme kahvaltı with herb cheese

Kronotrop ★ 4.6

Kronotrop in Cihangir, the country's first micro-roastery, opened on a Firuzağa corner with the first La Marzocco Strada in Turkey and a tight East-African.

Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya

How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Chemex, V60

Geyik Coffee Roastery ★ 4.3

Geyik on Akarsu Yokuşu, a Cihangir double-shift roastery doing single-origin specialty by day and a cocktail bar at night, run by Turkish barista champion.

Sources from: El Salvador, Honduras, Ethiopia

How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Cocktails

MiniMüzikhol ★ 4.2

MiniMüzikhol in Cihangir, an apartment-floor club opened in 2009, hosting Istanbul DJ residencies and the occasional Anatolian psych-rock set into the early.

Signature drink: Whisky cocktails

Food: Snacks

Geyik Cocktail Bar ★ 4.3

Geyik on Akarsu Yokuşu flips from a third-wave roastery to a cocktail bar after dark, the work of Turkish barista champion Serkan İpekli and Yağmur Engin.

Signature drink: Barista-mixologist signature cocktails

Food: Snacks and pastries

Van Kahvaltı Evi ★ 4.5

Van Kahvaltı Evi in Cihangir, the dense Eastern-Anatolian serpme spread of herb cheese, kaymak and clotted-cream eggs that defines a Sunday Turkish breakfast.

Order: Otlu peynir, kaymak with honey and clotted-cream eggs

Journey Cihangir ★ 4.3

Journey on Akarsu Caddesi, a two-floor Cihangir cafe with a modern brunch take, organic-leaning produce, halloumi plates and a library-style upstairs.

Order: Truffle eggs with grilled halloumi

Minimüzikhol ★ 4.4

Minimüzikhol on Soğancı Sokak in Cihangir Palas runs from a ground-floor apartment as the alternative electronic room programming hypnotic techno.

Tip: Easy to miss from the street; ring the bell at Soğancı 3. Doors from 22:00, the room peaks after 01:30. Taksim Metro is a 10-minute walk.

Geyik ★ 4.5

Geyik on Akarsu Yokuşu in Cihangir runs a third-wave coffee roastery by day and a cocktail bar by night, with brick walls, wood paneling and a creative.

Tip: Coffee through the afternoon; cocktails take over from early evening. The room is small, the bar seats fill first. Open daily until 02:00.