The place was recommended by the hotel staff at the hotel I was staying at. I was glad I took their…read moreadvice because the food was unbelievably good. The flavors were right on point. I loved everything I tried. The restaurant was nice. It was a big opening that you can see into the oven and part of kitchen so you can watch them cook. I had the Tereyagly Lokum and the Dolama Kebap. It was a lot of food but it looked so good I had to try it. The Dolama was ground something wrapped in a delicious bread. It had yogurt and the seasonings used tasted great. The Tereyagly was a tender meat perfectly cooked and seasoned. It came with bread. That was soaking on the cooked meats juice. It was delicious. The staff was great. The customer service was great. The restaurant has a menu in English. My waiter was great. We communicate lol. This was a nice casual spot that serves good food.

Kebabs are delicious. I also liked their Lahmacun. It's also kids friendly…read more Service was good. They're really friendly. Restaurant was neat and clean.

This is probably my favorite Wine Bar in Istanbul. Seems like a cult place with history, great…read moreambient and fantastic variety of wine for connoisseurs. The waiter gave us excelle guidance and was especially helpful for pairing the choice of wine with a great steak. Obviously the wine is the main event, but the food was top notch! I lived many years in Madrid and it reminded me to our great wine places back home, all positive feedbacks from my recommendation to friends who were visiting the European side of the town. Definitely worth a visit.

I'm coming from great Mexican in the states and went here twice…read more First visit, I learned that they can't really recreate Mexican food due to lack of ingredients in Türkiye so next visit I came just for a drink no food Next visit, we came for drinks. First round was good. We ordered a second round and this is where the problem started. I asked the waitress what "ranch" meant in her drinks and for some reason she took that question to mean I ordered 2. When they delivered it I said I didn't order that. Then they delivered another 2 (4 drinks immediately). As we're explaining there's a mistake a waitress and waiter both come to the table and for 3-4 minutes keep insisting we're lying, we're wrong, we ordered everything, it's our problem. Truly really poor customer service. They ended up charging us $5kTL for 4 drinks which we did not drink but since they clearly want to argue and fight with customers we paid and left to not create a scene. Really disappointed since a simple misunderstanding could have been resolved but that wasn't their perspective.

Ranchero is a fine establishment. I hesitate to give it five stars but actually I don't have…read moreanything bad to say and for a foreign food place in Istanbul that in and of itself is outstanding. First of all, I had the most lovely melon margarita ever. Having turned 21 after leaving the US I can't say I've ever had that many margaritas. But this one was strong, delicious, and flavorful. It really was great. I got a combo fajita (beef and chicken) and it was also tasty and nice. It came with 10 hand-made tortillas which was the perfect amount for the food that I had. Very, very nice. It also came with black beans, salsa, guacamole and a white sauce I wasn't familiar with. All nice and fun and hard to find elsewhere of course. My dinner date and I also shared a plate of nachos which was excellent. I want to complain about price -- for our two dishes and two drinks the bill flew past 100TL -- but honestly, how often do you get to eat Mexican food in Istanbul and if you tried to make the dish/drinks yourself you would easily spend that much in supplies. For that reason, I find it acceptable. The only thing I would advise them to do is make beer a bit a cheaper. Who wants to spend 13TL on a 33mL draft beer? Yikes. I would have stayed longer and had a few if the price was more reasonable. After your meal they serve a little lemony blue drink which is some kind of curacao based, non-alcoholic delight. It's kind of like a shot but not. A not shot. Very nice touch. Service was average, they were attentive but not friendly. No one said bye as we left, which is a bit unnatural in Turkey but didn't bother me that much. :) All in all, highly recommended for a special night.