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The First-Timer · Ece · Istanbul

Karaköy Lokantası

Karaköy · Meyhane / lokanta · $$

This is where I take people who want one great Istanbul dinner and don't want to be hunted by a menu tout. Book it.

A turquoise-tiled room by the water that does a proper lokanta lunch and a meyhane dinner, without the tourist markup.

— Ece, The First-Timer
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