Abdi Bey Lokantası

Abdi Bey Lokantası is a modern Turkish lokanta on the banking spine of Karaköy, settled at Arap Cami, Bankalar Cd. No: 21 in Beyoğlu, where the avenue still reads as the old link between Galata and Şişhane.

The room occupies a clerk’s building on that corridor and trades the usual lunch-counter rhythm for a tasting menu, so the service feels deliberate while the cooking stays rooted in contemporary Turkish plates rather than hotel polish.

Istanbul Muse and Oggusto filed the opening, and @abdibeylokantasi is the live camera for hours. The room is why you go, and the street is why it feels like Istanbul.