Great little bookstore on a side street perpendicular to Istaklal Street. All the great shops are…read moreoff of Istaklal Street, which is way too busy with its big boxy stores that have that same cookie cutter feeling you'd get in most malls. The side streets, on the other hand are the real deal. A truly unique 'cookie' experience. This bookstore is awesome. It even has some English books and comics! BOO-YA! Books flow in a literary waterfall of words from the high ceiling all the way to the ground floor. A wooden shelf tree of beautiful and terrible ideas.

One of the most soulful book stores in İstanbul, and a place that has a long and tumultous history…read more (Did I spell it right?) On the top floor of art gallery SALT, with rows and rows of books both foreign and Turkish language, and a piano that sometimes is played by a random visitor. If you're lucky you may find some special edition screen printed Read More t-shirts made in İstanbul, but mostly they are out of stock.

You MUST go into this historic bookshop. Besides the wealth of books, it has art, beautiful cards,…read morebeautiful journals. It is family owned and they are all amazing plus they give to other organizations to further education for individuals. Your money helps contribute to a good cause. Please visit.

great English language book collection, amazing prints and hand crafted notebooks. highly suggested.read more

This was a really great used bookshop way down Istikial Street from Taksim Square. They had a…read morereally interesting collection of books and a vast assortment of maps, pictures postcards and other ephemera. While the shop was not all that large, although I did not get to go in what appeared to be an upstairs section, there was plenty to look at, and I found myself wishing I had much more time to look for the jewels I knew must be hidden amongst it shelves. At one point I switched from looking at books [and believe me it was painful to do this] to looking at framed Arabic calligraphy, that was hanging on the wall, because I am trying to acquire various examples of calligraphy from different periods of history when ever I can afford to do so. Anyway I very probably would have gotten a book, calligraphy or some other item if I had had just a little bit more time to look before deciding, I don't like feeling too rushed when making decisions, so opted out reluctantly. I was hoping I would either get back here or find another really great used bookstore in Istanbul or some of the other cities we visited in Turkey. As it was I noted carefully as I could the location and name so I could find it on line if possible and write this review. As a lover of books I would love to go here again.

This café and bookstore was down the street from the hotel and it looked like such a charming spot…read morethat we decided to have breakfast here one of the days. Unfortunately, this is one of those places that look better than it actually is. Food was subpar yet prices were higher than most other places we ate at while in Istanbul.

Very cute coffee house and bookshop. This place seems to attract artists. While there, one person…read morewas taking artistic photographs, another was painting. The coffee is good and service excellent.

Beyazit Sahaflar Bazaar is the booksellers part of the larger Bazaar, and a very good place to find…read morea book by literature Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. Most of the books are in Turkish, but there are all sorts of languages available. The architecture is interesting a combination of Byzantine and Ottoman, it's right next to the Istanbul University. Not a popular tourist site, it's even less crowded weekdays and in the off season. You can meet nice cats here.

Such a cool little bookstore with vintage books and maps. Yes, it is a little expensive for…read moreIstanbul, but totally reasonably priced compared with other similar book shops in other countries. I loved the old maps spread out on the center table. Some appear to be hand-drawn and quite old. A must see shop for map lovers and those who enjoy vintage books.

Istiklal Caddesi is one of the better strolls in Istanbul (says I, having spent like a week there…read morein total) and this shop is a highlight. A wide selection of vintage maps and postcards, as well as a quirky selection of old books -- I didn't get to peruse them thoroughly but I saw some old Baedeker travel guides in there. I did pick up two books from the more current part of the store, a history of urban planning in Istanbul and a cookbook-slash-history of Ottoman cuisine. There is also a bookstore cat if for some reason you are not satisfied with Istanbul's famous array of street cats.

It is a coffee shop beautiful color, like lake blue, which was attracted me to go inside. There…read morewere a lot of people in there, it can see which it's a popular store. Anyway, I spent my hole afternoon time in here for had a cup of Turkish coffee and berry cheesecake. The cake tasted like my first love, well... fruit sour with fresh smell. It was too sweet to me, turn over my image. The atmosphere of Brew CoffeeWorks is good, the well of Brew CoffeeWorks not only a well also divide outside and inside. I felt very comfortable in here, like my home.

I loved the baristas of this coffee shop. I observed them for a while and I saw that they are so…read morehappy doing their jobs! They were just like dancing while preparing the delicious coffees for the clients. Even after a while I started to talk to them, and they said that making coffee makes them so happy and joyful. I was interested of preparation of special coffees, and one of the baristas explained and showed me how to prepare V-60 and Syphon coffee types. Getting expert on it! The atmosphere is quite good. The place is good for working as well, not so loudly.