Bars & Cafes around the European Side of Bosphorus

* - Up to 10 YTL per person .                                            

**-10-25 YTL per person . 

***-35-70 YTL per person .   

Feriye Café(**)

Ciragan Cad. 124 Ortakoy

Tel:0-212-227-0512.      

This café, located inside the Feriye Cultural Center complex, has increasingly become an important site in Ortakoy, serving Sunday brunches with movie ticket prizes, salads, sandwiches, delicious cakes and cookies. Ginger cake, cinnamon cookies and pear dessert are the specialities. Open from 11 am to 11 pm.    

 

The House Café (***)    

 

Ortakoy Meydani

 

Tel: 227-2699.

 

Great salads, great atmosphere, celebrities' favourite restaurant and café.              

 

Café Caydanlik(**)

 

Iskele Meydani 34 Ortakoy Square Ortakoy

 

Tel:0-212-227-8369

A quaint, little cafe. Striking with its yellow and earty colours, its chief feature is the delicious breakfast. Good place to observe the local people of Istanbul.

Bebek Café(*)

 

Next to Bebek Mosque, Bebek

 

An indispensable spot for the young and the young-at-heart at a quiet corner by the Bebek Mosque.

 

Eylul Café-Bar (**)

 

1. Cadde 23 Arnavutkoy

 

Tel:0-212-257-1109

The music is jazz and pop and different groups and singers appear nightly. A section called "Wine House" serves food from Northern Italian and French Cuisine. The café is on the lower level.

Kale Tea House-Terrace(*)

 

Yahya Kemal Cad. 36 Rumelihisari (Next to the European Fortress)

 

Tel:0-212-257-5578

A sincere, modest public tea house with a gorgeous view of the Bosphorus. The tea is served with samavar (teapot). Sandwiches, french fries, grill-like snacks are available. Closes around 2 am in summer and no alcoholic beverages are available.