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Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
KIYI BALIK (ISTANBUL) – Seasonal fish only – The 51-year-old fish restaurant in Istanbul only serves seasonal fish. It is the perfect season for sardines at the moment. Be sure to order kidney beans in olive oil as a side dish. One portion of sardines is 45 Turkish Liras. Tarabya - 0 (212) 262 00 02.
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
BALIKÇI KAHRAMAN (ISTANBUL) – Famous for its turbot – A reservation would come in handy if you wish to go there on weekends. The restaurant is famous for its turbot slowly cooked on cinder. Right now bonito and sardines are not bad ideas either. One kilo of turbot is 220 liras. Rumelikavağı - 0 (212) 242 98 99.
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
ORFOZ RESTAURANT (MUĞLA) – Number one in Turkey – The tasting menu expands from fish soup to oven-roasted clams, made with shellfish fished out by their own divers. Milor describes his place as “the best shellfish restaurant in Turkey.” The tasting menu is 120 liras. Bodrum - 0 (252) 316 42 85.
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
MİSİNA BALIK (ISTANBUL) – Aegean appetizers – Bringing together fresh herbs from the Aegean Region with the cold and warm appetizers of the Aegean and Rum cuisines and fresh seasonal fish, you can leave this place with a very pleasant taste on your palate. It is currently the season for bonitos, which is 40 liras. Kadıköy - 0 (216) 550 02 58.
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
NICOLE (ISTANBUL) – Renewed menu – Though not specifically a fish restaurant, it still deserves to be on the list flavor-wise. It also holds a view of the historic peninsula. Chefs Aylin Yazıcıoğlu and Kaan Sakarya renew the menu every six weeks in accordance with the season. The tasting menu is 145 liras. Beyoğlu - 0 (212) 292 44 67.
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
PARGA BALIK (ISTANBUL) – Live fish – It is currently closed due to the hot weather, however, starting is October, you can pick out your own fish from the aquarium and have it cooked in the oven in the Kilis-style. Mehmet Yaşin said, “The sardines wrapped in vine leaves are perfect.” The sardines are 30 liras. Maltepe - 0 (216) 383 55 56.
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
USKUMRU (ISTANBUL) – Spectacular view – A fish feast near the abutment of the FSM Bridge on the Bosporus. If you are on the European side, you can catch the private boat that leaves from Rumelihisarı every hour and reach the restaurant in four minutes. The seared bonito is 35 liras. Anadoluhisarı - 0 (216) 460 10 00.
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
BALIK PİŞİRİCİSİ (İZMİR) – Sea bass on charcoal grill – The lively summer night view of Kordon and the sea air… All of the fish are cooked on a charcoal grill and there are thirty different kinds of appetizers. They use local fish and Yaşin recommends the sea bass. One kilo of sea bass is 70 liras. Kordon - 0 (232) 422 15 90.
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
7 MEHMET (ANTALYA) – All local fish – For eighty years this place has been in service on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean and its terrace. They only use local seasonal fish and have thirty types of small appetizers. Aside from the fish they are also famous for their grills. One kilo of grouper is 140 liras. Muratpaşa - 0 (242) 238 52 00.
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Turkey
In honor of the fish season kicking off and fresh fish starting to regain their places on lunch and dinner tables, the doyens of cuisine, Vedat Milor and Mehmet Yaşin, have picked out their favorite fish restaurants in Turkey. While Milor’s choices include Balıçkı Kahraman, Ortoz Restaurant, Misina Balık and Nicole, Yaşin’s include Parga Balık, Uskumru, 7 Mehmet and Balık Pişiricisi. They both have Kıyı Balık on their lists as well.
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