Karaköy Güllüoğlu is a turkish restaurant in Karaköy, Istanbul.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
4 hours
Join a hands-on cooking class in Istanbul and learn to make traditional Turkish baklava from scratch. Enjoy your creation with Turkish tea in a cozy apartment.
Guided tour · 4 hours
Head to the culinary underbelly of Istanbul on our lunchtime food tour of 14+ tastings. A backstreets food marathon from Taksim to Karaköy - because you didn't come th...
Guided tour · 2 hours
Discover the vibrant heart of modern Istanbul on a small-group walking tour through Karaköy, Galata, Istiklal Street. Explore hidden passages, historic churches, elega...
Address: Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa Mah., Rıhtım Caddesi No:3-4, 34425 Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Istanbul
Hafız Mustafa 1864 on Hamidiye Caddesi, the original Sultan Abdülaziz-era candy shop at the Eminönü viaduct, now a multi-floor stop for baklava.
SignaturePistachio baklava, Turkish delight, Sütlaç
Pandeli above the Spice Bazaar gates, the 1901 blue-tiled Bib Gourmand lunch room still cooking Ottoman dolma and courgette-flower fritters into the Eminönü.
SignatureDolma, Stuffed courgette flowers, Hünkar beğendi
Tarihi Sultanahmet Köftecisi Selim Usta on Divanyolu, the 1920 original now run by the fourth generation, still grilling its flat charcoal köfte beside piyaz.
SignatureKöfte, Piyaz, Lentil soup
Tarihi Hocapaşa Pidecisi off the Sirkeci side-streets, pulling kıymalı and kuşbaşılı pide from a wood oven since the 1960s for the lunchtime suit crowd.
SignatureKıymalı pide, Kuşbaşılı pide, Lahmacun
Borsam Taşfırın in Kadıköy, a stone-oven lahmacun and pide salon running since 1968 with a counter line that turns over every five minutes at lunch.
SignatureLahmacun, Kıymalı pide, Yumurta pide
Bahar Restaurant tucked inside a Grand Bazaar han off the Nuruosmaniye gate, an esnaf lokanta serving stews and pilav to the bazaar's working merchants.
SignatureDaily kuru fasulye, Hünkar beğendi, Stewed lamb
