WHERE TO EAT LIKE LOCALS?

Istanbulians have dozens of secret places to have food when it comes to eat. Each location has a nice restaurant or a buffet that the locals prefer the most. In this blog I will give some locations and famous local places to taste delicious turkish food.

Esnaf Lokantaları (Home-made food restaurants for local shop owners)

Balkan Lokantası - all central areas

You can find one Balkan Lokantası in each central area. They generally cook home-made recipees that Turkish people cook at home but also they have fancy meat or chicken recipees as well. Prices are more reasonable in these restaurants comparing other private restaurants.

2. Değirmencioğlu Restaurant - Alemdar, Himaye-İ Eftal Sk. No:4, 34110 Fatih/İstanbul

Just like Balkan Lokantası, the concept of the food is the same here. Its located in the old city part of Istanbul and not known by the tourists much. Delicious traditional home-made food and reasonable prices.

Local Preferred Restaurants & Buffets

1. Sultanahmet Köftecisi Old City - Alemdar, Divan Yolu Cd. No:4, 34110 Fatih/İstanbul

This restaurant is famous among tourists and locals. There is no local that comes to old city and have wonderful meetballs of this restaurant. Novadays they have restaurant in different locations as well. Highly reccommended.

2. Kızılkayalar Taksim - Katip Mustafa Çelebi, Sıraselviler Cd. No:2/C, 34433 Beyoğlu/İstanbul

This buffet is very famous with its wet burgers, locals generally have this snack kind of food after a fun night that they had in Taksim. Also it has a shop in Kadıköy location as well.

3. Sinop Mantı Beşiktaş - Sinanpaşa Mh., Sinan Paşa Köprü Sk. Tellioğlu İş Hanı No:8 D:1, 34200 Beşiktaş/İstanbul

Mantı is Turkish ravioli that is filled with minced meat and served with yoghurt, spices and walnut. This amazing taste is one of the favorites of locals.

4. Mercan Restaurant Kadıköy - Caferağa, Muvakkıthane Cd. 15/A, 34710 Kadıköy/İstanbul

This restaurant have the most delicious sea food and kokoreç(consisting of lamb or goat intestines wrapped around seasoned offal served in a bread) its one of my favorites in regards of mussels & fish & kokoreç.

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