Josephine

The standout restaurant at Rixos Tersane — a glass atrium, boats in the air, and a terrace on the Golden Horn. The address is Camiikebir, Taşkızak Tersanesi Caddesi No:23/1 — the old imperial dry-dock road inside Tersane.

A fleet of polished boats hangs from the glass atrium ceiling above the dining room — a leftover of the Ottoman shipyard the hotel was built inside. That is the kind of detail a listing usually buries under a cuisine tag, and it is why the place is on this feed rather than a roundup of 'new places.'

We verified the opening from the kitchen’s own channels. @rixostersaneistanbul is the live camera for hours, plates, and the nights they decide to close the terrace. Go for the place first — the contemporary mediterranean is the reason to sit down, but the building is the reason the sitting feels like Istanbul and not a concept flown in last week.