Sakız Alsancak Restaurant
Waterfront Rakı Meze Rembetiko
Sakız Alsancak
Alsancak
$$$
Aegean-Cretan seafood meyhane on the Pasaport waterfront since 1989
#Sunset rakı dinner
#Fresh fish
#Aegean meze
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