Ankara Restaurants

  1. Bosna İşkembe Lokanta ve Kebap Salonu

    This all-hours place is scarily popular and, thankfully, not as grim as some of its rivals.

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  2. Can Balık

    A popular alternative to pricey fish restaurants, the classiest things here are the Coke ads, but the Piscean menu works perfectly.

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  3. Göksu Restaurant

    Fine dining with uniformed staff and a terrace discreetly shielded from the street by glass and vines. It's popular with besuited blokes guzzling mezes and rakı (aniseed-flavoured grape brandy).

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  4. Kale Washington

    Spliced together from two 17th-century houses, the Washington is a favourite with visiting dignitaries (Hillary Clinton reportedly ate here once) and other aspirational types, who come to chow down on Turkish-international food. Staff sometimes give as much attitude as they get, but as long as you're not a complete scruffbag it's not over-snobby.

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  5. Köşk

    Specialising in fish, the Köşk cultivates a slightly staid air to please the decorum-minded older diners that form its core demographic, though at Euro1.40 the beer's cheap enough to enthuse the younger crowd as well.

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  6. Urfalı Hacı Mehmet

    A welcome haven for family and female diners, kept clean and bright for maximum enjoyment of an extensive fast-food menu.

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