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Chef Zeynep Pınar Taşdemir's one-star Yeniköy room, a vegetable-led modern Turkish kitchen on a cobbled lane behind the upper Bosphorus marina.
Chef Maksut Aşkar's Michelin-starred kitchen inside SALT Galata, reviving forgotten Anatolian ingredients on a tasting menu that won the 2026 Michelin Sommelier Award.
Address: Bankalar Caddesi No:11, SALT Galata, 34420 Karaköy, İstanbul, Istanbul
Chef Zeynep Pınar Taşdemir's one-star Yeniköy room, a vegetable-led modern Turkish kitchen on a cobbled lane behind the upper Bosphorus marina.
Chef Burçak Kazdal's Michelin-listed Bosphorus bistro in Yeniköy, mixing Mediterranean verve with Middle Eastern spice and an orange-wine-heavy Turkish bottle list.
Civan Er's first Istanbul kitchen, off Istiklal in Beyoğlu since 2013, doing wood-oven Anatolian plates and a long-running 50 Best Discovery listing.
Aheste in Beyoğlu, a 40-seat Michelin-listed mezze room running modern Turkish and Levantine small plates from a kitchen on Meşrutiyet Caddesi nightly from 18:00.
Asitane has worked from Ottoman palace archives since 1991, plating over 200 historical recipes beside the Chora Church in Edirnekapı.
A blue-tiled dining room above the Spice Bazaar's main gate, running since 1901 and a 2026 Bib Gourmand for its dolma and courgette-flower fritters.