Places in Kadıköy

Legendary Anatolian home cooking from a culinary anthropologist

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

Brick-lined snug pub with live blues, rock and jazz seven nights a week

Traditional patisserie and legendary sundaes in Kadıköy

German-style beer garden with Weihenstephaner on tap and a real backyard

Asian side's most serious craft beer list, deep Gara Guzu shelf

Tucked-in Sakız Gülü wine bar with a tight, evolving Turkish-focused list.

Kadıköy's most queued weekend brunch destination

Since 1979: cilek milfoy, Ibiza pastasi, Kadıköy classic holding the line

Dimly lit Esat Işık room pairing classics-first cocktails with a short, serious kitchen

Three-storey 19th-century Greek house turned wine room

Street-level micro-bar on Esat Işık, creative cocktails, vinyl-leaning music, no-frills Kadıköy at its best

Tiny family pizzeria with perfect thin crust

Red-velvet audiophile bar with craft cocktails and vinyl, beneath the Listening Room.

Ottoman-era confectionery since 1807: Turkish delight and akide craftsmanship

Proper Napoli-style with San Marzano, fermented dough, and standout tiramisu

Hi-fi listening room above Michelin-star Arkestra; rotating record collectors, low-lit cocktails.

Clean specialty coffee and matcha on the tramway line with focused quality

Historic 1919 family lokanta in Kadıköy with timeless Turkish classics

Albanian-style liver specialists

Izmir-style sogus specialists

Melbourne-trained founders bringing Australian single-origin standards

Pioneer of Kadıköy's third-wave coffee movement

Norwegian-trained chef's Scandinavian smorrebrod with Asian twists in Kadıköy