Tarihi Karaköy Balik Lokantası
Good for: panorama
Not good for: Charging a lot for bad food.
- Address
- Kardeşim Sokak 30 Karaköy
- Transport
- Phone
- 212 251 1371
- Price
- fish soup TL6, mains TL20-30
- Hours
- noon-4pm Mon-Sat
Lonely Planet review for Tarihi Karaköy Balik Lokantası
Walk through the run-down quarter behind the Karaköy Balıkcılar Çarşısı (Karaköy Fish Market) and you’ll come upon this utter gem, one of the few old-style fish restaurants left on the Golden Horn. With seafood being such an expensive proposition in most of İstanbul’s restaurants, it’s incredibly refreshing to encounter top-class, perfectly prepared dishes that are within everyone’s budget – and that’s what’s on offer here. There’s no other word for the food here except fabulous, with the dirt-cheap fish soup possibly being the best you’ll ever eat. The original restaurant is only open for lunch, but the same owners have opened an evening venue, the Tarihi Karaköy Grifin, which has great views over the Golden Horn. It must be said, though, that this part of town is badly lit and can be a little bit scary at night.
Traveller reviews for Tarihi Karaköy Balik Lokantası (1)
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a big rip-off
ienacat does not recommend this,
On your guide of Istanbul recommended this restaurant calling it excellent and cheap: "must have" (you say).
There have been us on the evening of January 3, I didn’t have the menu, no one knows a word of Italian, English or French, I ate badly and spent more than twice what is spent on other restaurants at the same level.
At this point, if I continue to trust your advice, you must say it has changed management and delete the alert on your driving.
Waiting for kind response, Kind regardsGood for: panorama
Not good for: Charging a lot for bad food.
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