Bab-İ Hayat

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  • Address
    Mısır Çarşısı 47, Bazaar District
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  • Phone
    520 7878
  • Transport
    tram: Eminönü

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Lonely Planet review

It took seven months for a team headed by one of the conservation architects from Topkapı Palace to restore and decorate this vaulted space over the eastern entrance to the Spice Bazaar. Beautiful hand-painted ceilings and tiled window frames provide an atmospheric setting in which to sample decent kebaps and adequate pides and hazır yemek dishes.

The ultra friendly service stands in stark contrast to that at neighbouring Pandeli (which we've elected not to review), and you can even get a beer if you ask discreetly. Enter through the Serhadoğlu fast-food shop.