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Kybele Cafe

Kybele Cafe

Yerebatan Caddesi 23A, 34110, Alemdar, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey

Cafe • Türk • Cafés • Avrupa


"This place was AMAZING. After a very long chill and drink sesh at another establishment in the area, bae and I were hungry and tryna chow down on some turkish grub. This place was in the vicinity and decent according to trip advisor AND open late. The restaurant is gigantic. I 'm not an expert on average restaurant sizes in Turkey but this is one of the biggest restaurants I 've ever seen. It has like 5 levels and is decorated impeccably. Impeccable as a synonym for weird. We were kindly seated in this, I 'm not joking, like library on the roof. I literally took panoramic snapchats with the caption this is literally where we are eating dinner . We sat on the couch in the library and the food was placed on a coffee-table like structure in front of us. We went with hookah of course, because 6 hours of hookah prior to our arrival was clearly inadequate. The staff were impressively attentive to our coals and came to check up on them every 30 min or so. If you know us, it won 't be surprising that we literally ordered the entire menu. We got boreka-like spinach and cheese SPRING ROLLS (wtf? , spinach and cheese pastry thing, hummus (OBVIOUSLY , zucchini fritters, meat-ravioli in a cream sauce, and pita bread (OBVIOUSLY . Everything was absolutely spectacular. We ate way more food than is probably recommended for health/safety reasons but it was worth it. The staff was absolutely incredible with how much attention they gave us. Because we were off in a colony on mars practically, we had no idea that the restaurant had pretty much closed down in the floors below. This abruptly came to my attention when I drunkenly attempted to search for the bathroom. Our waiter additionally went out of his way to flag our cab down on our way out. Amazing hospitality in this place. Anyways, this was honestly one of my best experiences in a restaurant to date. Highly recommend."

Deraliye

Deraliye

Divanyolu Caddesi, Alemdar Mahallesi, Ticarethane Sokak No:10, Sultanahmet, 34110 Istanbul, Turkey

Turkish • Terrace • turkish • Turkish cuisine 


"To start off this restaurant is wonderful. Yesterday my girlfriend and I have experienced the tasting menu at 1450 TL per person. PRICE: 2x tasting menu 2 glasses of wine were 3720 TL 138 USD. The food was really tasty. Portions are huge. At the end of the experience we literally couldn't fit any more desser, so unfortunately we left some. Starters are really good freshly baked bread with 5 dips including home made hummus, muammara, babagannus and 2 others dips. They bring more bread every time you finish it. There is also exceptionall black olive spread made from really matured olives. I have never before tasted such strong olives spread. Great job. As to hot starters. They are great too. Sailors roll with honey is worth every bite and stuffed dried eggplant surely is interesting. Main courses goose kebap and lamb neck with plum where delicious. Goose kebap will surprise you, as it is originall and delicious. Lamb neck is sweet and the meat is literally falling apart at it's own. Delicious. After that you find it hard to breath as your stomach is already full. Then comes the dessert. Levine some special halva. Really good. Sweet, pistachio, delicious. Paired with good red wine. Mmm Additionaly every meal is explained to you in details. So every time you know what you eat. The scenery it is cosy, chairs are comfortable, and the lovely street next to the restaurant adds charm. The bar is straight out of Indiana Jones movie. The service amazing. The waitress are professional and friendly as is the manager Mustafa. Even tho there was a small slip in the order of the meals on tasting menu. It didn't affect our experience. We are all humans after all. It was late and the waiter had every right to be tired. So we don't mind at all, as apart from that, he truly was excellent. One of the greatest and friendliest waiter I had the occasion to interact with. Moreover because of the situation we were given some extra dessert as a form of compensation which really wasn't necesary, but it was a nice touch. Overall this is an excellent restaurant. A gem in the city center. I think for all the reason above it managed to be placed in The Michelin Guide 2023. You definitely should visit it. Thanks for the experience."