Mia Mensa

we were invited by our local friends to this place, great ambiance right by the water and historic phosphorus next to your feet, they had full bar with good stuff, the food was excellent with very good service, it is classic but their pizza was the best one, we ordered veggie pizza and it was outstanding, we spent 3 precious our with nice food and good social ambiance, when i go back to istanbul will surely go back there again highly recomended

Location is wonderful. Overlooking the Bosphorous and bridges, nested in a quaint spot on the water. There are at least two more restaurants sharing this beautiful space. The décor is modern, lots of white. Service is attentive and fast.
As for the food… We ordered a cheese plate (49), pizza (35), seabass (40), and a bottle of Bordeaux (100), and dessert (25). While these prices aren’t too crazy when converting to dollars, it is an expensive restaurant compared to normal Turkish restaurants. The cheese plate was great, lots of different types (blue, smoked gouda, parmesan, soft feta, etc), grapes, bread, olives, marmalade. Totally worth it with a nice bottle of wine. The Seabass order was HUGE (2 filets), potatoes were great with a dash of red pepper to spice them up. Fish had a nice grilled flavor but could have used some more salt. Pizza was SALTY (caprese). I could have ordered a better pizza anywhere else, so that was a big fail. The napoleon with strawberries was amazing (totally amazing).
Overall, a great place to grab a nice dinner, celebrate, or have a romantic evening.