Lokanta Stambouli

Lokanta Stambouli is a Turkish grill and lokanta in Pera, set at Evliya Çelebi, Meşrutiyet Caddesi No:99 inside Minoa Pera, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, on a street that has long carried hotels, offices, and evening tables in the same block.

The kitchen draws on Turkish and Rum meyhane tradition without dressing the night as costume history: grilled plates, shared meze logic, and a dining room that wants conversation to outlast the first pour. Pera rewards openings that can feel local inside a polished shell, and Stambouli’s usefulness is that balance—Beyoğlu energy held at lokanta volume, with the grill work doing the talking instead of the décor.

Oggusto filed the opening, and the Instagram handle lokantastambouli is the live camera for hours and table turns. The room is why you go, and the street is why it feels like Istanbul.