İskele Restaurant

Elegant restaurant with great service. Great quality food. Specialize in fish. The maitre D spoke very good English and made great recommendations fitting to our taste and hunger.

I had a business dinner here so I can’t comment on the value of the restaurant as I didn’t see the bill. My menu didn’t even have the prices although I know that some of my colleagues’ menus did.
The dinner was lovely — excellent seafood. The service was exceptional. The waiter was charming, funny and eager to give suggestions for the freshest options and quick to steer you away from the not so fresh ones. The restaurant is sea front and has a heated terrace — even on a chilly night the outdoor space was actually warmer than it was inside. One thing to keep in mind is the Istanbul traffic. This restaurant is not in the main tourist destinations and can take up to an hour, maybe even more, during prime times. The mezzes were good — the waiter will bring out a tray of samples that you can point and choose from. Really simplifies the selection process if you don’t know the names of certain dishes. Everything was excellent except for the taramasalada like dish — it was very strong, heavy on the fish eggs. There is a nice bread selection at the beginning and a variety of seafood options that you can request to be grilled, fried or with advanced notice baked in salt.
If you don’t like seafood, don’t bother coming here. I don’t think they had any other options. If you are a seafood fan, this was definitely worth the exciting cab ride over.