Good service!! Good food and best nargila, this places offers a nice view of the Bosphorus.read more

Great Breakfast, but no English Menu ! Struggled through the order process but it was worth it for…read moresure.

On my recent trip to Istanbul, I reunited with an old friend and we made a beeline for Emirgan…read moreSütiş--because some places aren't just restaurants, they're homecoming rituals. When I lived in Istanbul, this spot was practically my second living room. My family, my friends, me... we all gravitated here like moths to a flame (or Turks to tea). The weather was perfect, which meant sitting outside with the full Bosporus experience. I swear, one minute I was sipping my tea, and the next I was fully hypnotized by the view, contemplating if I should just move back and become a professional tea-drinking waterfront philosopher. The breeze, the boats, the clinking of tiny tea glasses--pure magic. The staff? Surprisingly excellent. Attentive without hovering, friendly without being fake, and patient enough to deal with two people taking way too long to decide between breakfast or also more breakfast. We went classic: a traditional Turkish breakfast spread. Even though I've recently lost weight and now eat like a polite bird, I still forced myself (for scientific and nostalgic purposes, of course) to enjoy every bite. The cheese selection was spot-on, the tomatoes actually tasted like tomatoes (a luxury these days), and the menemen was perfectly runny--just the right level of "don't wear white." And the bread... let's just say it kept mysteriously disappearing from the table. No idea how. Must have been the wind. The only reason I'm giving 4 stars instead of 5 is that the place can get very busy, which sometimes means waiting longer than you'd like, but honestly, with that view, complaining feels rude. Overall, Emirgan Sütiş is still the charming, delicious, Bosporus-side classic I remember. I'm already plotting my return--preferably with no diet, no schedule, and unlimited tea refills.

I do not recommend this place, mainly because of the prices…read more The breakfast is very ordinary and offers nothing special compared to other good breakfast restaurants. There are no special items, no rich or fixed breakfast menu, and nothing that justifies the cost. However, the prices are 1.5 to 2 times higher than other best restaurants. Especially for FOREIGNER Visitors , please be careful -- this is not the Sütiş it used to be. Based on my experience yesterday, I do not recommend it at all.

One of the new venues of the Emirgan neighbourhood of Sarıyer county, Havan'dan Beef Gourmet is…read moreopen everyday till 19.00 except Sundays. One of the owners, Ekin Hanım, of the venue where is meet us with a new menu in everyday was took education at culinary school in Madrid, Le Cordon Bleu. Now she is offering her culinary experiences to us with her family. We visited the venue on a saturday evening and preferred beef rib burger (30 ₺), soup with ginger and curry (10 ₺), hash browns with carrot, cinnamon roll (14 ₺) from daily menu. You can feel that as if you were in your home thanks to the warm decoration in the venue. I found the soup very successful. Its spices were at the right consistency. Hash browns, serving with strained yoghurt, were cooked without drying and they were not oily. The beef rib burger is avaliable for Saturdays. It was a very tasty and satisfactory food. It was served with diced fries easy to eat. Cinnamon roll dessert made by Damla Hanım was a blessing for especially cinnamon lovers. Havan'dan is a nice and joyous alternative away from hustle and bustle of the city, located on the slopes of Bosphorus, you can listen yourself momentarily. It serves home made dishes to us in a healthy way. #KanGurular

From the owner: Gourmet Esnaf Lokantasıread more