Venues similar to Kadi Nimet Balikcilik

1960s Gaziantep lahmacun and kebab institution with vintage charm

Efkan Kara's Aegean taverna in a Şaşkınbakkal cul-de-sac, meze-first and unbothered by fashion.

The çarşı's oldest working meyhane, pouring since 1974, topik in the case and fasıl kept upstairs.

No-menu fish market dining by Galata Bridge

Historic 1919 family lokanta in Kadıköy with timeless Turkish classics

Poetry-inspired meyhane in a century-old garden

4th-generation Neapolitan pizza with 24-hour leavened dough

Expert Anatolian grill on Fener Kalamış Caddesi

Dead-end alley meyhane with vinyl records and cinema nostalgia

Newer Moda ocakbasi with generous smoky portions

Bosphorus-view ocakbasi: organic Kars breakfast mornings, charcoal-grilled evenings

A three-storey mansion off Kadıköy's beaten track, meze-first, with a garden of old Turkish records.

Koşuyolu's Aegean meyhane, a proper meze cabinet and a neighborhood that keeps it to itself.

Cult burger joint with the Jetlag Buster triple-cheddar

Black Truffle Burger and Parmesan Frites

Three-chef collaboration: egg hummus to gochujang bucatini, all day

Chef İsmail's Cunda-Greek fish house at the Kızıltoprak end of the Cadde, the corridor's rakı-balık default.

The corridor's literary meyhane, keeping a guest-book tradition since 1967.

The turquoise-tiled Karaköy institution, lokanta by day, meyhane by night, Bib Gourmand 2026.

50 varieties of mezze in a 120-year-old building facing Sureyya Opera