Istanbul presents a rich and varied culinary scene that ranges from simple lokantas serving hearty bean stews to high-end tasting menus inspired by Anatolian terroir. Thousands of dining options span the city's two halves, encouraging visitors to keep a shortlist of reliable places for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Options include classic heavyweights offering dishes like hamsi pilavi, leafy terraces for long lunches, and waterfront venues with Bosphorus views. The Divan brasserie in Bebek exemplifies a waterside dining experience, with a large menu of Turkish and Italian dishes, an on-site shop selling lokum, and evocative aromas of manti and kebab.
Istanbul is a city for food lovers. From hole-in-the-wall lokantas dishing up hearty bean stews by the bowlful to sharply executed tasting menus that riff on Anatolian terroir, this is a place where food is very much a staple of daily life. Yet with thousands of dining options sprawled across the Turkish capital's two halves, choosing the best restaurants in Istanbul can be bewildering.
Divan is one of Türkiye's best-known hotel groups with a reputation for good food, and this brasserie, right on one of the most scenic stretches of the Bosphorus, exudes the leisurely atmosphere that waterside Bebek, a wealthy neighborhood of luxury yachts and esplanade joggers, is known for. As you descend the polished wooden steps and step onto the chic black and white herringbone tiles, the smell of manti bubbling in tomato sauce and burnt butter and yogurt kebab wafts by.
The menu is huge and has classic Turkish dishes, from kebabs to sütlaç (rice pudding) as well as Italian offerings, from pizza and lasagna to risotto and tiramisu (the latter is highly recommended). The on-site shop sells beautifully wrapped boxes of lokum (Turkish delight) and other treats but it's worth crossing the road and paying a visit to Mesur Bebek Badem Ezmesi which is fa
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