Vegan Istanbul ★ 4.4
Vegan Istanbul on Türkgücü Caddesi, a family-run downstairs lokanta serving plant-based Turkish set menus and the city's tightest vegan three-dish lunch.
Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal and kosher options across Istanbul. including where to go and what to order.
Vegan in Istanbul
Vegan Dükkan Lokanta ★ 4.3
Vegan Dükkan Lokanta tucked off Sıraselviler in Cihangir, an all-vegan kitchen doing vegan adana kebab, tofu katsu curry and gluten-free spaghetti in a tiny.
Community Kitchen ★ 4.3
Community Kitchen in Galata, a fully vegan kitchen turning out vegan döner, iskender and köfte from a small lokanta room on the cobbled lanes below.
Vegetarian in Istanbul
Bi Nevi Deli ★ 4.3
Bi Nevi Deli in Etiler since 2014, a plant-based kitchen pouring fermented nut cheeses, gluten-free options and all-day breakfast across Dilhayat Sokak.
Vegan Istanbul ★ 4.4
Vegan Istanbul on Türkgücü Caddesi, a Cihangir lokanta whose set lunches double as Istanbul's most reliable plant-based and vegetarian Turkish menu.
Çiya Sofrası ★ 4.5
Çiya Sofrası in Kadıköy, where a third of Musa Dağdeviren's daily steam-table is vegetarian Anatolian dishes, including herb dolma, wild-green stews.
Gluten Free in Istanbul
Bi Nevi Deli ★ 4.3
Bi Nevi Deli in Etiler, a vegetarian-vegan kitchen with a marked gluten-free menu, gluten-free spaghetti and house-fermented cheese on Dilhayat Sokak.
Vegan Dükkan Lokanta ★ 4.0
Vegan Dükkan Lokanta off Sıraselviler, a Cihangir vegan room whose gluten-free spaghetti and tofu plates are some of the city's most reliable gluten-free.
Halal in Istanbul
Develi1912 Samatya ★ 4.4
Develi in Samatya, a halal-friendly Gaziantep kebab institution where pistachio kebap, içli köfte and Antep katmer come off the long-running family charcoal.
Hamdi Restaurant ★ 4.3
Hamdi above the Spice Bazaar quays, a halal Urfa-kebab institution from a 1960s street-cart run by the Arpacı family, now a multi-floor room with a rooftop.
Kosher in Istanbul
Caffe Eden ★ 4.0
Caffe Eden in Beşiktaş is the city's main supervised kosher restaurant under Denet Gida certification, delivering to Bebek, Ulus, Etiler and the Arnavutköy.
Kurtuluş Pastanesi ★ 4.1
Kurtuluş Pastanesi on Şahin Sokak just off Kurtuluş Caddesi, a Sephardic-Jewish neighbourhood patisserie keeping the kosher-baked tradition of the old.
Dietary in Istanbul, FAQ
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TableJourney's Istanbul dietary chapter covers vegan, vegetarian, gluten_free, halal, kosher venues, each editor-picked with what to order and how to ask.