While visiting Istanbul, if you like to experience casual seafood on Bosporus while quite…read moreinexpensive but delicious, this is the place to try. Tables and chairs are not fancy, and rather small but it will be an experience worth visiting this seafood place. They serve sandwich style fish in traditional Turkish bread, fried calamari, fried mussels, stuffed mussels, and fresh salad. While they don't have alcoholic beverages, you can drink traditional Turkish Ayran, ice tea, and sodas. If you have hard time locating it, just look across from the Austrian Consulate in Yenikoy.

I'd like to thank this restaurant for turning down our request for a couple of beers and calamari,…read morewhich led to a much better experience. We ended up buying beers from a nearby shop and enjoyed them on benches by the sea, right next to the restaurant. When we asked what the minimum order requirement was, they vaguely replied with "full service," whatever that means. While they may have good reviews, policies like this are bound to drive away many potential customers. Bu restorana iki kişiye bira ve kalamar servis etmeyi reddettikleri için teşekkür etmek isterim. Bu sayede çok daha güzel bir deneyim yaşadık. Yakındaki bir Tekel'den bira alıp, restoranın hemen yanındaki deniz kenarındaki banklarda keyifle içtik. Minimum sipariş miktarını sorduğumuzda, belirsiz bir şekilde "tam servis" dediler, ne demekse. İyi yorumlara sahip olabilirler, ancak bu tür bir politika ile birçok iyi müşteriyi kaybederler.

Rumelihisari Iskele Restaurant is one of the best sea food restaurants in Istanbul with a great…read morelocation. It is literally placed on the sea and thus it has the perfect view of the Bosphorus and both of the bridges. If you are looking for a restaurant to go on a date, you should go here and get a table right next to the sea! Besides the perfect view and atmosphere, they also have great food. I have tried their marinated sea bass, butter shrimp, fried calamari and roasted pepper as mezes. The sea bass was delicious but the butter shrimp was so for the best! It was AMAZING! Huge tip: Dip your bread into the sauce of the shrimp! The taste will take you to heaven! As a main course, I had the grilled flounder fish. It was cooked perfectly, the meat was soft and juicy. I loved it! Even though it is slightly expensive, Rumelihisari Iskele is one of the best sea food restaurants. Try it and you won't regret!

Pricey seafood restaurant. You're paying for excellent views of Istanbul and the Bosporus with a…read morecomfortable western environment. If you don't mind paying a premium for those two benefits then you'll have a nice time; otherwise, you might be a little flabbergasted by the bill. I had a couple beers and some sparkling water. My wife had the calamari. Need to relax for a bit after hitting many tourist spots on a hot day. We enjoyed the chance to relax but certainly paid for it. Service was perfect. Very attentive and polite. Quite quick too. Gendered communal restrooms shared the nearby restroom atop the five star Legacy Ottoman hotel.

This restaurant is great, a bit upscale but worth the price. The quality and freshness of the…read moreseafood is excellent. The restaurant is located inside the Legacy Ottoman Hotel, but it surpasses the quality of most hotel restaurants I've been. The fish and shellfish is as fresh as it possibly can, they share with you the refrigerated drawers so you can see the fresh catch they have of the day and you can pick from there, they had a large variety of fish. The food was excellent, the mezze delicious and the service outstanding, not pushy or annoying, just very well trained, friendly and attentive servers. Would very happily go back whenever I return to Istanbul. Excellent wine list too, wines of all prices to chose from.

It's one of the similar restaurants along the sea-side of Buyukada, the biggest island of Princess…read moreIslands off Istanbul. You can get to the island by ferries departing from Kabatas, Sirkeci and Bostanci. The restaurant is no different than other ones lined up along the coast. It's a fish restaurant, standard dishes and appetizers. The service is below the average, prices are over the average, but you don't have much options to have a great food with good service on the Islands. It's better to bargain on the fish prices if you're a large group before sitting. The views are good, you'^re right on the sea.

Chef Emir Durmaz ve Ates makes incredible fish. I would highly recommend this place for lunch or…read moredinner. The staff is so friendly and charming and the food is great!

We absolutely loved our dinner experience- from the wine selection to the appetizers to our main…read moredish! Our lively waiter, Remzi gave us a background on all the fish, helped us choose the perfect preparation and fish so that we could try something we hadn't eaten before. We went with the John Dory, fried (lightly) and served with an amazing butter, soy and garlic sauce that was an amazing addition. Their dolmas reminded me of my grandmother, and the vintage Sauvignon Blanc was a perfect pairing for the meal. We even had a few guest appearances from the kittens.

We had a wonderful time on a temperate October evening. We sat in the tented area which was very…read morepleasant. The staff were very friendly and attentive. They were able to answer our questions about the menu. The eggplant appetizers which were tasty. We had the blue fish, which our tour guide had recommended earlier that day. It was a good choice for a tasty white fish. We requested the fig dessert but the fruit was already out of season. We opted for the dried apricot version, which I enjoyed though my partner found it too sweet.

We read that there were many places in this area that targeted tourists with exorbitant charges,…read morebut from reading reviews I thought that this was not that kind of place. I was wrong; I should have read more carefully. The menu with prices is only available by scanning a QR code, the online menu is complex and slow to load, and it takes careful scrutiny to notice the 10% service charge and additional per person cover charge, and an advanced math degree to make sense of the Turkish Lira conversion. Although many of the mezze dishes seem to be reasonably priced, in our case they brought out and charged for two and three orders of each without asking or telling us. A single order of sole fillet, once you go through the math of converting TL to USD is $83. Overall, although the view is beautiful, eating here makes one feel taken advantage of, and scammed. Take a look at the other reviews that mention the cost of this restaurant, and take a look at the prices on their online menu before going here. Other reviewers have mentioned a staggering charge of 700 euros for 4 people. This is a basic seafood restaurant that does not warrant this cost, and they go about this in a very underhanded fashion. I attempted to discuss this with the restaurant manager by phone the next day, and other than sending me a copy of the itemized bill, would not explain why we were charged for a total of 15 mezzes.

I mean. It's Ok. The view is spectacular. The food and service, not so great. The waiters don't…read morewear their masks. There are many waiters but none to wait on you; the fried clamasri is dark orange, making you wonder for how long that oil they fried in was used... I mean for the price you pay for 5 rings of camalari, you would expect at least they would change the oil. Anyways, overall not a great experience. Maybe different if you come in with a man so that they respect you. The stomach problems post meal are memories you keep forever.

Great place for special occasions such as date nights , birthdays, office events. The best way to…read moreget to Balikci Abdullah from the European side is to take the restaurants boat from the pier at Istinye (the boat trip to and from the restaurant is complementary). Crossing the Bosphorus is a great way to start a nice date night or any event really. Once there the restaurant has a lovely view. You must make reservations beforehand as it gets very busy especially on Fridays an weekends. We were first seated at a bad table despite making clear during the reservation that it was a special occasion. We had to wait until a better table opened up. The food is delicious and well prepared. The service is as professional and as pleasant as it gets, not to mention fast. We had a selection of cold entrées (borulce, tomato salad, aubergine and a few other things that I don't exactly remember) all of the cold entrées werevery good. We then moved to hot entrées: shrimp with butter and garlic, and octopus. I especially recommend the octopus. Eventually we were so full that we skipped mains and ordered dessert. I can never resist a chocolate soufflée and if you like them as much as I do, here is a good place to eat them. We payed 380 Liras for all the food mentioned above plus 2 glasses of raki. I recommend this place to anyone wanting to try a nice fish restaurant in Istanbul.

We've been coming to this spot ever since it's opened up. Apo (the owner) always greets us at the…read moreentrance and always offers the best ingredients whether it's salad, appetizers or main dishes. We were just there a few days ago and indulged in mainly a variety of appetizers. The marinated levrek with pesto sauce, marinated izmarit, chef salad, caviar spread were sooooo delicious. What we didn't like was the fried calamari - which was undercooked, the shrimp casserole and the pan fried symi shrimps. These were the only dishes we didn't like for the first time at this restaurant, whi

Very good restaurant! Good service, and food! Fresh fish and great mese. They made fresh fish soup…read morefor us, very testy. But it was missing in menu. Recommend the place!

Our large group went for an early dinner. Fresh fish, great preparation, lots of delicious apps,…read moregreat service. Just go!! (ask for recommendations if you're not sure)