We ended our trip in Istanbul at Nicole and I am so glad we did. We came during Ramadan on a weekday so it wasn't busy at all. We got one of the best seat next to the window overlooking both the Asian and European side of Istanbul. The ambiance is romantic and classy. We opted for the smaller course menu but the chef surprised us with 3 different courses. It was the perfect amount of food. We didn't want to do the wine pairing and just ordered 1 glass for each and it was enough to last us the whole experience. We came around 6:45pm so we could see daytime, sunset, and night time from the window seats. We left around 9:30pm so I would allocates about 3 hour for your experience. This was such a wonderful experience and well worth the splurge! read more

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Our fine dining stop in Turkey, Nicole is one of only five restaurants in Istanbul to earn a Michelin Star in 2023-Michelin guide's first year recognizing restaurants here! The seafood-focused menu offers a contemporary spin on traditional Turkish cuisine. Some favorites were the open-faced dolma and the octopus. The menu has three tasting options depending on your appetite and offers interesting Turkish wine pairings. Be sure to come for the sunset, the restaurant overlooks the city and has a beautiful view of the Bosphorous! read more

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This restaurant has a wonderful view overlooking the city and Bosphorus. It is nestled in a quieter part of town above the TomTom suites at the top floor. The service was very accommodating, friendly and quite fun to chat with as they were humorous. There are staff who consistently keep stand nearby awaiting to see if you need anything. I had to visit a fine dining restaurant for my first trip to Istanbul for their traditional cuisines. These had a very modern flare and was very delicious. You can see, and taste the effort put into each and every touch of these dishes, which were all a work of art. The chef came by at the end of our meal with our last dish to ask how our experience was and was nice enough to let me take a picture with him. The other Michelin restaurants in the area would be Turk and Mikla. I chose this restaurant for the dishes on their current menu which you can view online at their website. Reservations are I believe mandatory and they charge a third per person of what the menu prices are. The reservation can be made online on their site. The dining experience took a little over 2.5 hours. read more

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This was the perfect choice for our fine dining splurge while in Turkey! Nicole offers both a unique culinary experience and authentic way to taste Turkish flavors. They have 3 set menus to chose from with varying quantities of dishes. They can customize the dishes according to dietary requirements (e.g., Pescatarian). The service was well paced and the hilltop location offered wonderful views of Istanbul. read more

Nicole - Modern European Near Me - Istanbul, 34

The view from the restaurant is beautiful. We tried the chef's tasting menu. The main course was lamb and the market catch. Lamb was great with the reduction sauce and the market catch was quite fresh. The dessert was a medley of a vermicelli crust with rice pudding ice cream, pistachio cream, and a couple of other elements. Service was great. Every item's contents were described to us upon serving. Fantastic, memorable experience. read more

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Great food, great service, great ambiance.... need I say more! Loved our dining experience here. Everything was just superb. read more

Nicole - Grilled octopus appetizer.... one of the best I ever had! - Modern European Near Me - Istanbul, 34

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I travel the world, and this is probably within the top 3 restaurants I've ever eaten at. That's saying a lot here in Istanbul where the food generally is very very good. I was here on a business trip with a colleague, and I'm so glad that we found this place.. The chef was very gracious and came out to explain the dishes. Every dish was beautiful and I felt like a celebrity because the staff was so attentive! Thr chocolate dessert was spectacular! and I don't even like chocolate. I highly recommend that you check this place out!! read more

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kokyteyler inanilmaz güzel ve çalişanlar aşırı güler yüzlü ve servicler çok hızlı haftasonu sevgiliniz ,eşiniz,dostunuzla gidebiliğceniz güzel mekanlardan biri read more

what would i do without your smart mouth drawing me in, you kicking me out got my head spinning, no kidding, i can't pin you down what's going on in that beautiful mind i'm on your magical mystery ride and i'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but i'll be alright located on the picturesque rooftop of the beautifully artistic old franciscan house that is tomtom suites, your magical mystery ride awaits you. my head's underwater but i'm breathing fine you're crazy and i'm out of my mind without doubt, just go with the long tasting menu, 160TL and allow around 3 hours even without any wine pairing. this covers most of their ala carte menu and changes every six weeks following the season's best produce which istanbul is so abundantly blessed with throughout the year! you'll be crazy not to. 'cause all of me loves all of you love your curves and all your edges all your perfect imperfections give your all to me i'll give my all to you you're my end and my beginning even when i lose i'm winning cause i give you all of me and you give me all of you, oh service falls a little shy of perfection but i believe it is more a case of a raw gem waiting to be polished rather than plain incompetence. pacing of the meal was initially perfect but tapered off significantly after the fourth course, becoming a little draggy in the end, quite possibly due to them running at full house. luckily, there is the magnifique view to distract us and freshness was also injected, to break the monotony, by having different members of their culinary and service team explain each dish as they are presented. love it that aylin and kaan took turns to engage the diners, which unfortunately also perhaps explains why the pacing slowed to a crawl at the end. again, i think they just need to perfect this imperfection. how many times do i have to tell you even when you're crying you're beautiful too the world is beating you down, i'm around through every mood you're my downfall, you're my muse my worst distraction, my rhythm and blues i can't stop singing, it's ringing in my head for you you can taste all the organic goodness of the well sourced local produce in a light and modern way, accentuated by the couple chef's flawless cooking techniques. you simply can't stop singing their praises after biting into each morsel of reinterpreted classic flavours, bringing you crescendo upon crescendo towards their sweet endings climax. my head's underwater but i'm breathing fine you're crazy and i'm out of my mind ironically, crazy as it sounds, you actually want it all to end so that you can rush home to craft that perfect review for them that justifies their existence as possibly the best restaurant in istanbul. 'cause all of me loves all of you love your curves and all your edges all your perfect imperfections give your all to me i'll give my all to you you're my end and my beginning even when i lose i'm winning cause i give you all of me and you give me all of you, oh give me all of you, oh oh yes, this might be an end but also a beginning. i'll definitely be back to claim my dukedom! cards on the table, we're both showing hearts risking it all, though it's hard. i heart nicole! cause all of me loves all of you love your curves and all your edges all your perfect imperfections give your all to me i'll give my all to you you're my end and my beginning even when i lose i'm winning cause i give you all of me and you give me all of you yes, even if you are the one picking up the bill at the end of this long tasting journey, you will appreciate the fact that you have indeed dined at a clear winner. i give you all of me and you give me all, of you, oh oh yes, we do. read more

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We did the 6 course tasting menu and were floored each time a new dish came out. From the amuse bouche to the last mignardise, Nicole provides the ultimate in culinary experience. Creative use of naturally fresh ingredients, sophisticated execution, flawless service. Ms. Aylin Yazicioglu, chef/owner, has a truly educated palate and stellar skills. The daurade - amazing. The tomato compote - outstanding. The quail quenelle, out of this world. Wish we could eat here every night. Go and go again. read more

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A very good restaurant for sure. It's light, quite interesting, tasty but I can't say I was overwhelmed. The wine pairing was once again the opportunity to taste new Turkish wines. Service is impeccable. read more

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In the end, gourmands dream about being transported by a meal. And when a gourmand is in Istanbul, the cuisine expectations go that much higher. Nicole's full tasting menu is a superbly composed suite of flavors, with subtle crescendos and mesmerizing palate shifts. The (husband and wife?) chef duo present an ordered 'disruption' for your sense, a creative meal that is a delight to behold; absolutely Turkish, but with all of the unexpected and subtle tastes that lead the imagination elsewhere. Nicole's is a foodie nirvana. I wasn't surprised to learn that the chefs trained extensively in Paris. Nicole's is as good a Michelin-quality experience as I've had anywhere. Well done, Nicole's! read more

an interesting location for what the waiter described as a "michelin" quality restaurant. i think that the evening did demand a bit less pretentiousness in order for this place to become a comfortable, self-confident and aware type of venue in which the chef de cuisine needs not shout for brilliance but rather whisper it but if i dare say, the wine list did have an interesting curation, served by knowledgable staff - you do want to know exactly what you are drinking - perhaps you might want to remember it it's already been a couple weeks and some dishes here do stick in my mind (the mark of a nice meal) for some reason, the citrus themed dessert was so comforting that i want to mention it first. the brightness and freshness of the pomelos, yuzu, sweet lemon, etc. all did a little dance with varying degrees of chill. from granata to creamy, this dish was artfully presented on a black/sapphire colored dish - a mesmerizing presentation because of the contrast to a sharp acidic sweet taste, a joyful color, and a sinister backdrop. the sort of cloying dessert that makes you think "this is what a love affair feels like" the preparation of anchovies here deserves some respect. i dont know if i need to rationalize it, but first, anchovies - not expensive, not regal, not anything. but yet they pack a punch that can elevate the raunch or elegance of a bite. second, in fact the way the chef prepares the anchovies is interesting because it never is presented in anything too big for the fish itself. third, anchovies are flexible. a paste, a tiny little filet, a crispy something. vegetables here are treated with respect here as well. they are more memorable than the meats, yet at this restaurant they serve as a frame and backdrop rather than the star. chef can improve his vegetable interpretation and bring them forward in to the main course, in the daring sort of way that some other restaurants do. my vegetarian friend who dined with us did have a very enjoyable meal, but certainly was hoping for more focus out of the tasting menu for the many dimensions of vegetables breads were well done. beef cheek and duck - each prepared very well, but not astounding to the point in which I'll remember these courses over and above, say, the way chef michael symon of cleveland's Lalo would prepare a beef cheek dumpling. has many of the trappings of a great restaurant, and the thematic intent of the meal was definitely on point. needs a bit more time in the cellar - i think it will age well. read more

Nicole is widely considered the best restaurant in Istanbul and it did not disappoint. The restaurant itself has stunning views of the water and the surrounding landscape. The dining room has a retractable roof that was utilized to allow for an open-air experience at the beginning of our dining and then closed it when it got darker and colder. The staff was extremely attentive, which is one of the hallmarks of a restaurant that is contending for a Michelin Star. The one issue that we had was that they greeted us with the option "Would you like Champagne, Sparkling Wine or Prosecco?". We choose champagne and assumed it was free, since this is a common thing both in the US and in Europe when eating an fancy meal from a tasting menu. Alas - it was not free, and in fact it was drastically different in price than everything else we ordered. It was 160TL for the two glasses which is more than half the price of the entire tasting 7-course pairing at 280TL for two. We were pretty upset by this and informed both the waiter and the chef. They were very generous and offered to remove it from the bill and even offered us a free meal a following night, we declined both and it was certainly appreciated that it was offered but it rubbed us the wrong way that it was presented in a deceiving way. Moving on to the highlights of the night that still allowed for a 5-star review even despite the issue I described above. As I mentioned, we ordered the tasting with the pairing and everything was absolutely top-notch. The plates were in a nicely progressive order, they were presented well and all were fantastic tasting. I would highly recommend anyone go here who enjoys fine dining or is celebrating a special occasion. read more

As a Türk living abroad, this is one of the most fantastic dinners one can have in Istabul . The food is phenomenal and the view is just an added attribute that makes having a dinner at Nicole a must in visiting Istanbul . I will come back here every time I return. Fantastic food ,Fantastic wine list , phenomenal view.... All adds up to a experience not to be missed.... read more

Amazing tasting menu. Some of my favorite dishes in Istanbul, maybe anywhere. Service was flawless. View is incredible from any table.

A very good restaurant for sure. It's light, quite interesting, tasty but I can't say I was overwhelmed. The wine pairing was once again the chance to taste new Turkish wines. Service is the thing that made me love this place. read more

FOOD is OUTSTANDING. Excellent quality and great value. Expensive but worth every penny. Chef and wife are amazing and were gracious to come out and explain the menu and design some specials for us. He even took pictures with us. One of the best meals I have ever had. Love Turkey and love this restaurant. read more