Karaköy Lokantası

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Antranik Avitoğlu

★★★★★ in the last week

One of the top 3 restaurants in Istanbul.

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Rainer 3108

★★★★★ in the last week

I don't usually eat at hotel restaurants. However, I made an exception here because of the many enthusiastic reviews and I wasn't disappointed.nnKaraköy Lokantasi offers outstanding meze cuisine, so I skipped the main courses and focused entirely on the meze. Every choice was exquisite.nnThe restaurant is shortlisted for Michelin but doesn't (yet) have a star, which is naturally reflected in the price. The quality justified the bill of around €100 per person (6 meze per person plus wine) to the last cent.

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Michael S

★★★★★ in the last week

super service, nice atmosphere, fab dried tomato amuse guele, nice tarama (fish egg paste), grilled octopus, grilled lamb chops.nno ayran/juices.nbest to order several of display case cold starters, warm starters (Octopus, fried cabbage w yoghurt, shrimp, liver etc) to share rather than one starter/one main

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Harika Bulut

★★★★★ in the last week

The topik (a type of Turkish dip) and Cretan spread were bad. The meats were unsalted and tasteless. The sauces and purees were cold.