Etiler05.06.26·theMagger
The Malt İstanbul
Nihat Önder’s tasting-led whisky lounge on Dilhayat Sokak, a few doors from Mini Taverna.
Whisky bar·₺₺₺
Opened 05.06.26·one of the new restaurants in Istanbul 2026
The Malt İstanbul opened in the first days of June 2026 at Dilhayat Sokak No:18/1 in Etiler, a tasting-led whisky and spirits room hosted by whisky specialist Nihat Önder, a short walk from the Mini Taverna garden on the same street.
The little-known fact is the street: Dilhayat is an Etiler villa lane that spent the summer filling with new doors rather than a nightlife strip. theMagger dated the opening to early June on its 2026 new-places page — one of the few names on that file that was not already in the magazine. Snacks and signature cocktails sit beside the pours; hours go up on Instagram.
@themaltistanbul is the live camera. The glass is why you go; Dilhayat is why it feels like Istanbul.
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