A Foodie’s Guide to Beyoglu
For a serious eater, Beyoglu is the center of the gastronomic universe in Istanbul — the district where the city’s old traditions and its new-wave kitchens coexist on the same streets.

For a serious eater, Beyoglu is the center of the gastronomic universe in Istanbul — the district where the city’s old traditions and its new-wave kitchens coexist on the same streets.

Istiklal Avenue is Beyoglu’s billboard, and it is where most visitors spend their time — walking the same kilometer of shops and crowds as everyone else.

Beyoglu has a reputation as the expensive side of Istanbul, and the reputation is half true: the avenue, the rooftops, and the famous taverns can swallow money at speed.

Beyoglu is the restaurant district of Istanbul — the place where the city goes out to eat, drink, and argue happily over the last piece of meze.

Beyoglu is where travelers who want the modern Istanbul base themselves — the district of rooftops, restaurants, and nightlife, with the old city’s monuments a short tram ride away.

Beyoglu is the district where Istanbul’s modern life happens, and its best experiences are a mix of the iconic and the everyday: a medieval tower, a nineteenth-century funicular, a street of taverns, and a walk…

Two days in Beyoglu is enough to see why this district — not the old city, not the Bosphorus palaces, but this one hillside of streets and rooftops — is the place where modern Istanbul actually lives.

Every first visit to Istanbul splits into two neighborhoods: the ancient old city across the water, where the monuments live, and Beyoglu, where the city actually lives.
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