Great Turkish wine selection! Even when we op for the cheaper end, it still tasted very good! We…read morehave no experience/knowledge with Turkish wine so we just picked without looking. And it was amazing. Also not to mention that alcohol is relatively expensive here but the wine here are reasonably priced! The restaurant has a very cute out door seating and there's a cute cat running around people watching. We enjoyed our time here very much.

The food is honestly so-so. I only liked the feta cheese pastry (and it's not the best I've tried)…read more The staff is mostly rude. Expect maybe a couple of servers. The US card I first tried paying with didn't work. Maybe because of the bank security reasons. Anyway, this card works just fine anywhere else in Istanbul. So the server treated me like a homeless person , not able to pay for my meal! Hilarious. The second card I gave him obviously worked. He didn't even apologize. Won't ever come back. The ambiance is nice though. The manager was also rude. He gave me the worst table, because the rest were "reserved". I stayed at the place for about 1.5 hours and the restaurant was maybe at 30-35% capacity. Cheap trick to make the place look "popular".

Service was amazing from the moment we walked in until we left. We had appetizers and meals and…read moreeveryone was very happy with their meals!!

So first, a quick word about Cicek Pasaji in general. It's a magical place where really you can get…read moregood food from anywhere, and the prices are relatively the same from one place to another. For us, though, we had an amazing experience at Mahzen. It started with talking to one of the friendly servers there named Sermet, who invited us to eat but did so in a way that wasn't pushy or imposing on us. Maybe for this fact alone, we obliged him. He instantly gave us some recommendations of what types of fish and other dishes to order, and all his recommendations were spot on. We have a few cold mezeler to start, with the garlic yogurt being our favorite. Then we had some fried Bonito because, according to Sermet, September is the month for bonito. We rounded the meal off with Karides Guvec (a spicy shrimp and cheese casserole) and Kokorec (grilled sheep intestines.. for adventurous eaters only) and left with happy bellies. Our experience here at Mahzen was a hands down no brainer both because of the food and Sermet, and we'd hope others are able to enjoy similar experiences like we did.

Solera is a wine bar located in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. It's a small, but not a quiet place that offers…read moremostly indoor but also some outdoor seating. They offer wines from around Türkiye as well as some small dishes. My friend introduced me to Solera Winery in fall 2019 and it quickly became my favorite place to go for a drink. It's located in a young and hipster-ish neighborhood so there's always people walking around the neighborhood and usually waiting outside. The inside is small and only has a few tables. I'm not complaining, actually I think this makes the bar feel more close or even romantic, if you're on a date. In terms of drinks, there actually a pretty large menu of wine to pick from. I personally love the fruit wines so I've tried the nar, vişne, and karadut wines from both Trakya and Denizli. They're all lovely! However, my favorite of all is the sicak şarap. It's the perfect winter drink or drink on a cold evening. It's honestly the best sicak şarap that I've tried in Istanbul. For food, they offer small platers and even dinner dishes. I've only tried the charcuterie plate with meats and cheese, and it's pretty good.

Very nice place to have a respite! Good Turkish wine! Nice staff clean bathroom! Yayread more

This is probably my favorite Wine Bar in Istanbul. Seems like a cult place with history, great…read moreambient and fantastic variety of wine for connoisseurs. The waiter gave us excelle guidance and was especially helpful for pairing the choice of wine with a great steak. Obviously the wine is the main event, but the food was top notch! I lived many years in Madrid and it reminded me to our great wine places back home, all positive feedbacks from my recommendation to friends who were visiting the European side of the town. Definitely worth a visit.

From the owner: Our business is highly specialized in wine. We are tremendously passionate about wine and offer a…read moregreat variety of selection. Currently our selection includes more than 150 different wines from all over the world. However, we focus on local grapes and winemakers from Turkey. A perfect place for a local wine experience.

We came here mainly to have a taste of Turkish wine, and were delighted to have a lovely meal as…read morewell.

Another fantastic find on a small side street located near the Galata tower. We found this place…read morefirst during the day by accident. You climb down a few steeps stairs and then enter into a open cave like space that they have down a very good job of modernising into a wine and cheese cellar focused on highlighting local products. There is a wide selection of Turkish wines to choose from, so many that it can be quite overwhelming. We returned one evening and for 30 TL per person we enjoyed a wine tasting of three wines, with individual plates of cold Hor'deurves. Or, we could also have chosen one wine, with a food item of our choice. But, we couldn't turn down the good deal. We were lucky as the place was packed and were able to get three seats by the bar area. There are several tables, but you need to make reservations in advance to sit there. I wish there was a place like this back home that I could enjoy with friends on a Friday evening. You could tell this was a place locals liked to hang out and spend time. Who wouldn't!

Its a great place for the evening to taste some wine ( especially the turkish products are…read moresuprisingly good! ) but sometimes you need a reservation, but you will probably find place on the bar. The prices are fair. Normally in the restaurants if you order just one glass of wine they dont have many options and they charge you pretty much for a tiny glass of wine ( they usally fill the glass just a little ! I HATE THAT! ) BUT this Wine House, as they sell their own products, offer you about 15 different wines that you can order just as a glass . And the prices change between 9 Turkish Lira to 25 Turkish Lira. So that means you do not have to open a bottle and stick to one type of wine- Get their special menu for Glass Wines and pick what you want, try some several different options-! That was what I exactly did- of course I prefered the cheaper ones and they honestly tasted all good ! So this place is PERFECT for a cheap but definitely quality WINE TASTING!

I was trying to think about Incirli Saraphane could become a five star place for me. The decor is…read morenice, it is almost always empty so the noise level is good. The service is so so, the food is expensive but tasty, and the wine selection is great. So where do they lose that 5th star? Well there have been two occasions where when you have a larger group they will refill the wine for you without telling you or asking what you like. When the bill comes and you wonder why you have just ordered 3 bottles of a more expensive wine, you become very confused. Also the pizza, the pizza is so outrageously expensive. Though it is decent with a nice brick oven on site, I see no possible situtation where I would want to spend that kind of money. Even if I were insanely rich, I still wouldn't get it. Overall it is still not a bad spot, even a nice date spot or for larger groups. Just watch out for the wine refills you never asked for!

This is easily the best restaurant in Istanbul. Similar to other reviewers, I was also getting…read moretired of eating Turkish food. We'd been in the country for 5 months at a geology field camp and had been eating essentially different variations of the same meal every single day. Don't get me started on breakfast. I can appreciate Turkish food, I can, but coming here made the whole trip worth it. This is probably the only meal I would ever consider an actual experience. We casually walk into the owner's house, up past the third floor where the kitchen is, and then into the fourth floor where the main seating area is. If you don't like cats I wouldn't bother coming, because they are the waitstaff and are very happy to greet you immediately. We sit down and cool off before he informs us that the terrace is shaded and that we should go up there before we start placing our orders. Amazing view with fantastic breezes to cool you off. He begins telling you about his life, his trips through Italy, everything that's going on in Turkey, how life has changed and even showed us his amazing meteorite once he learned we were geologists. Anyways, we ordered a squash/zucchini dish, and he returned with a green bean and something I couldn't even begin to describe. Everything had such wonderful depths of flavor. I ended up ordering the Spaghetti Bolognese and my girlfriend got the Alfredo (asked to be Americanized with chicken in it). I'm not joking when I tell you that these were the most filling and satisfying dishes we'd had over the last month. So much flavor and they really energized us when we finally got done with them. You've heard that people have had tears from having such good food, or being deprived for so long of something they love, well that was exactly us. I never knew that olive oil could taste so amazing. If we do come back to Turkey at some point, no matter where in the country we go, I will absolutely be making a stop by here again. Without a doubt. Thank you very much for the amazing time and amazing food

Don't be fooled by the entrance or the dark steep stairwell! The food is fresh, authentic, and…read moreamazing and the owner is incredibly friendly. I suggest sitting at the very top of the building and enjoying the views!! Oh and the cats are so cute and friendly :)