İstanbul'da (İstanbul) yer alan Aheste (Restoran) ile ilgili bazı değerlendirme ve yorumlar bulduk. Buradan tüm bilgi ve yorumları görüntüleyebilirsiniz.
Aheste
Asmalı Mescit, Meşrutiyet Cd. No:107 D:F, 34430 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye
Açıklama
İstanbul’da (İstanbul) bulunan Aheste, Restoran için detaylı bilgi
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Harita
Aheste yorumları
E. Ç.
İlk aheste deneyimimiz olarak tadim Menüsü istedik. Tadim Menüsü olan Restaurantlarda farklı yemek denemeyi seviyoruz ve gittiğimiz restaurantlari kiyaslayip yorumlasmayi seviyoruz. Aheste'de genel olarak tadim Menüsü güzeldi. Begenemedigim bir kaç şey dışında :) ilk olarak menüde ki domates salatası yerine daha zekice ve farklı Bi salatası olabilirdi. Kolaya kacilmis gibiydi. Ikincisi menüde hersey a - z ye yazilmis ama BIRA secenegini görmedim. Diğer masada bira görünce aa dedim demek ki bira da sipariş veriliyormus. Ücüncüsü calisan bir kişi bana nedense negativ enerji verdi kendimi rahatsız hissettim. Yemekleri bize tanitan arkadaş gayet net ve iyiydi. Tadim menüsünde ki ana yemekler gayet basariliydi. Tatli olarak revani gerçekten iyiydi. Bir daha gelirmiyim bilmiyorum ama buraya gelen arkadaşlari bir de Mikla Restauranta gitmesini öneriyorum ne demek istedigimi anlayacaksiniz :)
O. U.
Rakılı kalamar, balkabağı ve yürek çok çok iyiydi. 12 yıllık ekşi mayayla panelenmiş mezgit de çok iyiydi ama bu konseptte nispeten tutarsız yerleşmişti diyebilirim. Rezene çok sevmeme rağmen domatesli rezene salatası bana kalırsa yediklerimiz arasında en sıradanıydı. Yabani istiridye mantarı da yine denediğimize memnun kaldığımız bir yemekti. İkram olarak kereviz sarma geldi ama yine en büyüleyici tabaklardan değildi. Tatlı olarak revani ve ayva tatlısının yorumlanmış versiyonları vardı fakat ilgimi çekmedikleri için denemedim. Şaraplar yerli ve güzel bir seçki. Buna paralel olarak Türkçe cover müzikler vardı ve açıkçası ambiyansla biraz ilişkisiz gibiydi.
S. Y.
Rezervasyonumuzun tarihini karıştırmamıza rağmen sorun etmeden yardımcı olan güleryüzlü ekibe ve lezzetli yemeklere sahip bir işletme. Ambiyans ve müzikler de aynı şekilde çok güzeldi. Özellikle mezgit pane, kokoreç, yürek, rakılı kalamar, revani çok lezzetliydi.
Ç. D.
Restoranın ulaşıma kolaylığı, içerinin ambiyasının güzelliği bir kenara; çok güzel karşılanıyor ve ağırlanıyorsunuz. Tüm çalışanlar güler yüzlü ve yardımcı. Tadım menüsünü denedik, yediğim her şey istisnasız harikaydı. Değişik tatlar denemeyi seviyorsanız kesinlikle gitmenizi tavsiye ederim. Seçim yapması zor ama rakı kalamarı gönlümde ayrı bir yer aldı. Uzun zamandır kendimi böyle iyi hissettiren bir deneyim olmamıştı. Çok teşekkürler Aheste ❤️
C. A.
Tadım menüsü ile çok güzel bir akşam yemeği yedik. Alakart ve tadım menüsü sunuluyor, vejeteryan opsiyonlar mevcut. Restoran atmosfer ve yapı çok iyi. Servis başarılı. Yemekler de tadım menüsüyle denenmeli hepsi farklı lezzetler sunuyor. Casual bir atmosferi var.
y. k.
10 gün kadar önceden reservasyon yaparak gittik. Hiçbir saniyesinden pişman olmadığımız bir akşam oldu. Tadım menüsü aldık. Herşey cok lezzetli ve doyurucuydu. Tamamen farkli lezzetler, baharatlar, soslar ile güzel bir gastronomi saati oldu. Tekrar gelinecek yerler arasında yerini aldi
H. P.
Ayakları yere basan samimi atmosferi, genç dinamik, güler yüzlü personeli ve dengeli, derin, keyifli lezzetleri ile gönlümüzü çaldı. Belirli aralıklarda sürekli geleceğim bir mekan. Tebrik ederim.
G. A.
Hangisini ovsem? Yemekler, atmosfer, kokteyller, ilgili/bilgili/guler yüzlü çalışanlar. 6 cesit meze, 1 şişe şarap ve 2 kokteyle yaklaşık 2bin tl odedik, tika basa kalktık. Her kurusuna değdi! Highly recommended ❤️🔥❤️🔥 …
E. K.
Servis: Kibar, profesyonel… Lezzet: Üff… Favoriler: Yürek***, Deniz Börülcesi, Pane Mezgit (özetle “Tadım Menüsü” diyorum)… Ambiyans: Şöyle söyleyim; bu yemeği Londra Soho’da bir füzyon restoranında yerken bir video çekseydim ve yayınlayıp sorsaydım, bir Allah’ın kulu “İstanbul” diye tahminde bulunamazdı. İşte bu da tüm bezdirmelerine rağmen İstanbul’un değişmez bir özelliği.
B. S.
Tadım menüsü denedik, her şey çok lezzetliydi. Çalışanlar da özellikle çok ilgili ve kibarlar.
a. b.
En guzel restoran kokoreci buradadir, sasirtici derecede istikrarli bir sekilde her geldigimde ayni lezzeti bulmaktayim.
Iceriye dogru acilan yeni salonlarindaki ambians harika.
Turkiye'de son yillarda dusmekte olan hizmet sektorunun icinde degerinden hic kaybetmemis ve vereceginiz her kurusun hakkini sonuna kadar alabileceginiz isletme.
Bol bol gidin, baska hicbir yeri bu kadar ovmemisimdir.
E. B.
Fiyat performans olarak son dönem en keyif aldığım mekan
G. Y. D.
Eşimle michelin guide listesindeki restoranlara gitmeye karar verdiğimizden beri aklımızda olan bir mekandı. Bu akşam deneyimledik ve gerek atmosferi gerekse lezzetleri ile bayıldığımız bir mekan oldu. Tadım menüsü ve alakart menüsü mevcut biz alakart tercih ettik. 3meze 2 ana yemek isteyecekken servis elemanı bizi çok gelebilir diye uyardı iyi ki de uyarmış 4meze ve 1ana yemek gayet yeterli oldu. Restoranın imzası olan dudi pilavı, ızgara rezeneli domates salatası, ızgara ahtapot, ekşi maya pane mezgit ve ceviz tarator ile tavuk confit istedik, balık köftesi ikramı oldu ayrıca. Hepsi çok lezzetliydi ama özellikle deniz ürünleri çok çok güzeldi. Izgara rezeneli domates salatasını ve dudi pilavını da çok beğendik. Her meze/yemek gelişinden önce servislerimiz değiştirildi, mezeler detaylandırıldı demem o ki servis elemanları da gayet ilgili ve yardımcı. Biz çok güzel bir gece geçirdik. Ambiyans olarak romantik bir mekan ve loş bir ortam. İyi ki gelmişiz dedik. Lezzetleri tek tek fotoğraflamak isterdim lakin ilk mezelerden sonra aklıma dahi gelmedi. Tüm aheste ailesine sevgilerle. 🫶🏻
r. p.
Her açıdan mükemmel bir deneyim. Sözle anlatılmaz ama yemeğin sanata dönüşmesi ve yine sanatla sunumu desek yeridir sanırım..
E. Ç.
Muhteşem bir yer, çalışanlar çok ilgili. Evlilik teklifimi ırada gerçekleştirdim herkes çok yardımcı oldu ve benim için unutulmaz bir andı. Tuğçe ve merve hanıma tekrar tekrar teşekkürler. Umarım her şey gönlünüzce olur
N. Z.
Mekanın ortamı ve enerjisi harika, çalışanlar ilgili ve menüye hakim. Tadlar akdeniz-orta doğu mutfağının kendilerine has bir yorumu. Aheste aheste rakınızı içmek için çok uygun menü ve atmosfer.
Çarşamba akşamı dahi mekan tamamen doluydu. Rezervasyon yapmak şart.
Keyifli bir akşam veya özel bir gece için ideal.
y. k.
Her kuruşu ama her kuruşu sonuna kadar hak eden ender mükemmel mekanlardan beri. Çok güzel bir deneyim yaşadık. Servis de lezzetler de müthiş. Fiyatlar da aldığınız hizmet ve lezzete göre oldukça makul. Başım dönerek çıkıyorum kapısından 😍😍😍 …
C. Y.
Yemekler mükemmel, yediğimiz her şeyden çok çok memnun kaldık. Servis çok iyiydi, çalışanlar çok kibar ve yardımcı(aslında olması gerekendi ama çoğu yerde çalışanlar o kadar kaba ki, buradakiler kesinlikle ayrışıyordu)Rezervasyonsuz giderseniz yer bulamayabilirsiniz, ortam ve ambiyans da oldukça iyi.
H. ö.
Mükemmel menü, kaliteli servis, hoş bir ambians. Akşam yemeği için daha ne ister ki insan.
U. Y.
Çok güzel bir deneyim sunan Türk tapas barı. Elbette fiyatlar yüksek, ancak fine dining tarzı bir restorana göre fiyatları oldukça uygun. Biz tadım menüsü almadık, istediğimiz mezelerden sipariş verdik. Her şey çok lezzetliydi, özellikle Zehir Zemberek ve Rakı Karides favorilerim oldu. Çalışanlar çok kibar ve güler yüzlü. Özellikle bizimle ilgilenen Kerem Bey’e gösterdiği ilgi ve nezaketten dolayı tekrar teşekkür ederim.
E. A.
Güzel bir mekan. Kuzu pirzola humusun üstünde. İçi kurutulmamış. Kalın. Oldukça başarılıydı. Ben beğendim. Kıtır kabak ve cevizle süslenmiş manda kaymaklı dondurma da güzeldi.
T. T.
Ekrem şef her zamanki gibi bizimle çok güzel ilgilendi
Mezeler ve etler çok lezzetli kesinlikle tavsiye ederim.
M. A.
Peranın açık ara en iyisi, yemekler, servis, ambiyans her şey muhteşem. Intolerance ve ya birşeye alerjiniz varsa düşünmeden gideceğiniz yer, 10 kişi de gitseniz 2 kişi de gitseniz aynı özeni gösteriyorlar. Perşembe akşamlarımızın favorisi. Kumpir yürek en sevdiğim ama menüdeki diğer yemeklerde çok çok güzel. En iyisi tadım menüsü alıp aklınızda bunu mu yeseydim diye soru kalmaması. Spicy Margaritaya agave ekleyip daha öteye taşıyorlar.
Özellikle Hakan’a teşekkürler.
b. b.
Mükemmel bir yer ya çok begendim servisi de yemekleri de mekanın kendisi de çok çok çok güzel.
V. A.
Son zamanlarda yediğim en güzel yemekti. Her lokması gastronomik bir şölen. İnanılmaz bir servis, ekipte herkesin gözlerinin içi gülüyor. Her isteğimize evet dendi, krallar gibi ağırlandık. Daha önce hiç tatmadığım şekilde bir sürü meze denedim, klasik mezelerin kendine has modern versiyonları yaratılmış. KESİNLİKLE tadım menüsü yenilmeli.
U. K.
Tadım menüsü, servis ve ambiyans mükemmel. Kasıntı olmayan bir mekanda güzel bir fine dining deneyimi isterseniz mutlaka uğrayın.
G. Y.
aileme yılbaşı yemeği için bu mekana rezervasyon yapmıştım. mezeler başta humus, yemekler, özellikle kokoreç çok başarılıydı. burada içtiğim şarap sonrasında çok yerde aramama rağmen bulamadım çok lezzetliydi. çok güzel ambiyansı olan, çok kaliteli bir mekan. çalışanlar ilgili ve güleryüzlü. kaliteli böyle mekanların çoğalması lazım. çok memnun kaldık tavsiye ederim.
S. A.
Kesinlikle tadım menüsü!
Restouran'a en son 2 ay önce gittim yorum yapma şansım olmamıştı.
Bir aşçı olarak benim için mükemmel bir deneyim fırsatı oldu. Yemekler adeta damakta şarkı söylüyordu,birşeyler anlatmaya çalışıyordu sanki.
Yemekleri yerken çok keyif aldım, eğlendim. Bambaşka lezzetler mükemmel uyum.
Çalışanların ilgisi beni çok memnun etti kısa sohbetler edebilme fırsatım oldu masaya gelen her tabağın"lezzetin" hikayesi anlatıldı.
Salon&mutfak koordineli profesyonel bir ekip.
Müthiş bir atmosfer
Chef'in masa ziyaretinden ayrıca memnun kaldığımı belirtmek isterim gelecek planlarımı dinledi kendi geçmişinden bahsetti teşekkürler Volkan chef, teşekkürler AHESTE.
Tekrar geleceğim görüşmek üzere.
H. I.
İçeriye girerken böyle bir mekan hayal etmemiştim. Giriş de güzel fakat biz arka kısımda oturduk. İnanılmazdı ,Bayıldım !
İki menü var tadım menüsü ve a la carte. Biz a la carte tercih ettik. Bize bizim seçtiklerimiz dışında ikramları da oldu. Baştan sona herşey çok güzeldi. Servis çok iyiydi.
Kokteyllerden Maze ve spicy margarita denedik, kesinlikle tavsiye ederim. Başlangıçlardan da favorimiz zehir zemberek ve dudi pilavı.
Kesinlikle tavsiye ediyorum. En kisa zamanda tekrar gideceğim.
Güncelleme; inanılmaz bir akşam gecirdik. Menüde ufak değişiklikler olmuş.Başta gelen tereyağından tatlısına her şey çok iyiydi! Ortam zaten harika. Servis için Begüm ve Hakan a teşekkür ederim.
l. u.
Arkadaşımızın tavsiyesi ile gittik.
Önceden rezervasyon gerekli, Cuma Cumartesi için mutlaka telefonla arayın.
İçerisinin dizaynı gayet güzel, atmosfer “date night” lar için uygun bence.
Biz tadım menüsü ve birer kadeh şarap aldık, benim tavsiyem tadım menüsü yerine seçerek ilerlemek.
Başlangıç olarak getirilen sarımsaklı zeytinyağı çok lezzetli ve sıcacık ekmek ile iyi gidiyor.
Soğuklardan: ‘füme balık pate ve zeytinyağlı börülcesi’ ve ‘zehir zemberek’, sıcaklardan: karamelize kumpir patlıcan, yaprak ciğer, ızgara ev köftesi seçilebilir.
Tatlı olarak vişneli çikolata mus harika.
Parça parça alarak bu şekilde fiyat daha dengeli bir hale getirilebilir.
Güzel bir yemek için tavsiye ederim.
S. D.
Kahvaltı için ideal bir mekan ama ben akşamını da sevdim. Mekân küçük, sevimli, hem sıcak hem de bir parça sofistike
K. Y.
Amazing food, amazing service amazing place! Our waitress Duru was amazing and we can’t thank her enough as she really helped and made the experience as good as it was! Can genuinely say that this was one of the best dining experiences I’ve ever had in my life. 12/10 would recommend to a friend.
Çök şahane bir yer, servis, yemek ve atmosfer inanılmaz! Tüm kalbimle çök rahat diyebilirim, hayatımdaki en iyi restoran deneyimlerinden birisi. Ellerinize sağlık. Garsonumuz Duru, çök nazik ve bilimliydi, tüm zamanız onsuz ayni olmazdı!
Y. K.
Türklerden daha çok, turistlerin doldurduğu bir mekan. Mekan küçük ama şık, servis çok başarılı. Mezelerin tamamı da ezberlediğimiz ürünlerden farklı , denemekten keyif alacağınız farklı lezzetlerdi. Tadım menüsüne ihtiyacınız var mı emin değilim , mekana spesiyalitelerini sorup , onların içinden seçebilirsiniz. Bi de küçük not: yemekler öyle tam doymalık değil, daha çok tadımlık. Çok aç gitmeyin. 4 farklı çeşit pirinçle yapılan adını unuttuğum pilav en aklımda yer eden lezzet oldu.
B. Y.
Mükemmel ötesi bir Mekan! Ambiyansı, çalışanları ve çalışanların ilgi alakası inanılmaz. Mezeleri ana Yemekleri yani A’dan Z’ye herşeyiyle olağanüstü bir Restoran. Mutlaka gidilmesi gereken bir yer… Herşey için tekrar çok teşekkür ederiz sevgili Aheste Ailesi!
G. S. G.
Burası bambaşka bir meyhane. Müzikler, ambiyans, ulaşım, içki menüsü hepsi güzel. Ama en güzeli yemekler! Mezeleri kaçar kere sipariş ettik, hatırlamıyoruz. Kalite ve lezzetin bir arada olduğu nadide mekanlardan 👍🏻 biz çok sevdik …
U. G. Y.
Mezeleri çok kaliteli, arkadaşların iletişimi çok iyi, nezih bir ortam. Rezervasyon gerekir. Şaraplar bir nebze pahalı. Akşam yemeği için kişi başı ortalama 300 TL hesaplamalısınız.
M. B.
Özellikle çalışanların ilgisi ve menüye olan hakimiyetleri oldukça iyi, atmosfer güzel, arka fonda çalan müzikler tatlı. Bir çok mezeyi tadabileceğimiz için fix menü tercih ettik. Tatları çok heyecanlandırmış olmasa da güzeldi. Tekrar gitmek isterim.
Y. T.
Perada nezih ve kaliteli bir mekan. Yemekler çok lezzetli ve kaliteli. Servis ve ambiyans harika. Kesinlikle tavsiye ederim...
M. B.
Çalışanlar çok iyi, ilgili ve güler yüzlüler. Tadım menüsü çok başarılı. Mekan otantik ve alışılmışın dışında. Güzel bir deneyimdi.
F. E.
Tadım mönüsü tüm mezelerini tadabileceğiniz şekilde adı üzerinde tadımlık azar azar...Tadım mönüsü fiyat olarak çok makul olmasa da çok açsanız doyurmayacak düzeyde..Girit ezme,kuzu ıspanak salatası ve ciğerini çok beğendim tavsiye edebilirim.Mekan dar uzun.Mümkünse girişte oturmayın ya da rezervasyon yaptırmayın.Sırtınızdan sürekli müşteri ya da garson geçiyor olmadı çok da keyifli değil..
H. H.
İstanbul'da en sevdiğim restoran burası. Yemekler müthiş, şaraplar güzel. Güleryüzlü çalışanları var. Rezervasyon olmadan yer bulamayabilirsiniz.
B. D.
A'dan z'ye her ayrıntısı ince düşünülmüş şahane yer. Güler yüzlü, anlayışlı ve yardım sever işletmeciler. Yemekler farklı olduğu kadar lezzetli de. Teşekkür ederim, iyi ki varsınız!
H. Ö.
Açık ara 10 puan 5 yıldız personel mekan veeee yemekler kelimeler yetersiz kaldı anlatmaya👏👏 …
E. D.
10 numara mekan, yemekler harika, fiyat böyle bir yere göre uygun. Müdüre Duru Hanım çok ilgili. Kesinlikle tavsiye olunur!
e. y.
Ortam çok güzel. Çalışanlar güler yüzlü ve ilgili. Burada kahvaltı yapmıştım. Sunum da kahvaltı da oldukça farklı ve güzel gelmişti. Tekrar gidebileceğim bir mekan
K. Ş.
Çalışanlar güler yüzlü, yemekler harika, içkiler tek istesek de duble, enfes bir yer; randevusuz gittik 1 saatte bir sürü şey yedik sonra dışarıda içmeye devam ettik... Teşekkürler
M. M.
Ambians ,menü,görüntü ve mekan olarak süper...Haftasonu özellikle rezervasyon yapılmalı ve memnun ayrılmak için bir çok neden var...Çalışanlar müthiş ilgili daha ne denilebilir...Galatada gidebileceğiniz güzel mekanlara ekleyebilirsiniz
ç. ö.
Mezeler nefis. 1 kere olsun gidilmesi gereken bir yer. Fiyat performans çok iyi . Konumu da gayet güzel. Masaya gelen herşey kendilerine özgü . Rezervasyonsuz haftasonu yer zor olur.
M. K.
Bizim için her zaman keyif mekanı.
S. A.
Tek kelime ile her şeyi ile muhteşem bir mekan. Emeği geçenleri tebrik ederim
C. Y.
Doyabileceğiniz bir menüsü oldunu düşünmüyorum. Biraz daha eğlenceli olsa kimseye zarar vermez. Çalışanlar güler yüzlü ve ilgili👍 …
E. Y.
Kahvalti icin guzel bir yer. Fiyatlari biraz pahali ancak farkli lezzetler tadabiliyorsunuz ve sicak bir atmosferi var
E. Ş.
Mükemmel bir menü ve mükemmel tabaklar harika bir sunum içeriyordu kesinlikle tavsiye ediyorum.
H. O.
Beklentisiz gittim ama kahvaltı menüsünde karşıma çıkan malzemeler çok kaliteli ve iddialı idi.
c. Ö. E.
Covid oncesini de sonrasini da kiyasladigimizda en lezzetli test menulerinden biriydi.Ellerinize emeginize saglik🤗 …
Y. K.
Güzel bir ambians muhteşem tadlar muhteşem yemekler. Şiddetle tavsiye ederim. Karşılama, çalışanlar ve ortam süper
H. V.
lezzetler şahane ve eşsiz , ilgi alaka fevkalâde , tadı damakta kalan bir keyif sunuyor.
B. B.
Aheste bir kahvaltı için zamanı durduran mekan.. Güler yüzlü ekibiyle,lezzetin ustalarıyla tanışmak isteyenlerin adresi.
M. B.
Şarap menüsü
Tadım menüsü nefis mekan
E. A.
Denenmesi gereken harika bir mekan
Şiddetle tavsiye ederim
Biz beğendik EOEOEO
Z. K.
Ortam güzel, sunumları farklı, genç personel çok sempatik..kahvaltı için denemeye değer...
S. G.
Temiz nezih bir ortam ailenizle arkadaşlarla gruplarla da gidebilirsiniz
s. c. ç.
Mükemmel bir yer yemekleri muhteşem personeller üst düzey herkese tavsiye ederim bu mekanı
V. M.
mezeleri cok lezzetli, mekan ve calisanlar cok keyifli. kesinlikle tavsiye ederim.
H. G.
Cok keyifli sicak bir ortam, güler yüzlü çalışanlar ve leziz yemekler...
İ. K.
Hiç utandırmaz, her zaman üst seviye
M. K.
Sakin, mükemmel sunum ve mükemmel lezzetler. Her şey dört dörtlük
M. T.
İsmi dikkatimi çekti öncelikle gittim ve çok beğendim.Fiyatları da gayet iyi.
E. G.
Güzel ve hoş karşılama, ilgili alaka, güler yüz için teşekkür ederim
H. E. G.
Minik mekanda, küçük ama çok lezzetli menü mevcut
A. B. M.
Efsanevi!
A. O.
Klasik Bir Lokanta....
I.
en iyi servis ve en yeni lezzetler için #iwannabeadj tavsiye ediyor
y. o.
Iyiydi
A. K.
Çok iyi yemekleri ve çalışanları var.
B. Ö.
Güzel
C. I. U.
Cok guzel ortam ve yemekler mevcut
H. E.
Mükemmel lezzetler mükemmel hizmet şiddetle tavsiye ediyorum
S. D.
Minik minik şeyler getiriyorlar. Onlar harika :)
m. n.
Harika bir mekan tebrikler
B. A.
Özellikle kahvaltısıni şiddetle tavsiye ederim
m. ç.
Mükemmel az.
a.
çok guzel
O. C.
Güzel romantik bir mekan.
c. k.
Güzel mekan. Tebrikler.
İ. G.
Mezeleri enfes, ortamı kaliteli.
M. Ö.
Pilav efsane
A. A. a.
seni
B. A.
Sıcak sevimli mükemmel
O. A.
Bir gun geliriz insallah
N. N.
Yemekler ve servis muhteşem 😊 …
E. E.
çok basarili
H. Y.
Keyifli hoş nezih
m. o.
Değişik mezeler ve ambiyans...
S. S. (.
Süper güzel bir mekan
“. A. R. İ.
Nefis yiyecekler
E. B.
Porsiyonlar kuş kadar
G. Y.
Aheste
E. E.
Mezeler süper !
S. A.
Harika bir yer.
Ç. Ç.
herşeyiyle mükemmel
T. K.
Mezeleri enfes
B. N.
Eskiden sarnıç olan aheste kamondo merdivenlerinin mimarıyla aynı mimarmış 2,5 saatlik rezervasyonumuz vardı ilgilenen bir sürü arkadaş var ama kıyafetleri çok salaş bence daha prezentabl olabilirlerdi doğum günümdü çok tatlı çalışanlar yardımcı oldular Açık mutfak google yorumlarda domates salatasına gerek yok diyorlardı ama bence ilk söylenmesi olan şey olduğunu düşünüyorum sosu çok güzeldi Dudi pilavda dört farklı pirinç kullanmışlar pilavıda çok beğendim yürek de hem eti hem sosu çok güzeldi bu üçü vazgeçilmez bence mantar ve havuç ikram gönderdiler güzel bir jest geri kalanlar da lezzetliydi tandır çok güzel pişmişti ama kişniş değilde o baharatını sevemedim :( şarap yedibilgeler iki çeşiti de vardı
H. Ç.
Tadım menüsü ve a la carte menü olmak üzere iki seçeceğiniz mevcut ayrıca vegan menü de düşünülmüş bu da güzel bir detay. A la carte menü üç bölümden oluşuyor; önce, sonra, daha sonra. Biz yemeklerimizi önce ve sonra bölümlerinden seçtik.
Pekmezli ekmek ve siyah sarımsaklı tereyağı ile güzel bir başlangıç yaptıktan sonra Levrek yuzu ile devam ettik. Yuzu günümüzde Japonya, Kore ve dünyanın diğer bölgelerinde yetiştirilen bir narenciye. Levrek yuzu meyvesi ve tuz ile uzun saatler boyunca marine edilerek hazırlanıyor, kırmızı soğan turşusu ile servis ediliyor. Levreğin tadı o kadar güzeldi ki o ekşimsi narenciye tadı çok yakışmıştı levrek kuzuyu kesinlikle denemelisiniz.
Sonra Rakı kalamar, ızgara rezeneli domates salatası, ekşi maya pane mezgit ceviz tarator, tarhanalı balık köftesi ve yer elmalı kestaneli kereviz sarma ile devam ettik.
Sonrasında miso glazeli balkabağı tercih ettik. O kadar güzel bir tabak ki; balkabağı iki formda biri miso gazeli diğeri köpük halde üzerinde tereyağlı kabak çekirdeği ve yanında çıtır soğan. En son Aheste ekibi, jest olarak harika bir tabak getirdi. Tereyağında sotelenmiş ızgara havuç ve havuç salatasından oluşan mükemmel bir kombinasyon. Bu arada bu tabak menü de yok aklınızda olsun.
Kesinlikle tekrar gitmek isteyeceğim bir restoran Aheste, yürekten tavsiye ediyorum. Bütün detaylar incelikle düşünülmüş, çalışanlar çok samimi, yemekler harika, ambiyans, müzikler büyüleyici. Böyle güzel bir gastronomik bir deneyim yaşamak isterseniz kesinlikle gitmelisiniz.
F. E.
Delightful restaurant with a modern Turkish and Persian mash.
The restaurant is located in a beautiful old building with exposed stone walls. The restaurant is huge and extends through many rooms.
The service is fabulous and on par with a few Michelin restaurants I've dined in.
The food is to die for. Almost most of the meze is totally original with familiar ingredients.
We pretty much tried most of the cold and warm ones and we liked them all.
For our main courses, we tried the fish, chicken and lamb.
While they all were delicious my absolute favorite was the chicken simply because of the rice that came with it. What a treat.
Prices are reasonable. The wine selection is great.
Definitely recommend.
A. D.
I now know what it means to go to a five star restaurant. I walked in as a solo traveler without any reservation around 8pm. The hostess let me know there was a table I could have until 9:30 - no problem, solo I eat fast. I wanted to try the prefix menu but I am lactose. Not a problem: my server Laura worked with the kitchen to customize the menu so I could still have all the small tastes. Laura was so sweet and kind, chef was 💋👌, and the staff that explained what I was eating each course - amazing. Cannot recommend enough
D. B.
Had an amazing dinner there. Did the tasting menu and it was great. So much food. The standouts for me were the leeks, lamb neck, haddock and the tomato salad. I could have had a whole meal of just those items. But everything was fantastic. And the staff were amazing! They were so friendly, helpful and just the right amount of attentive (knew when to swoop in and when to leave you alone). It was an overall great experience and I highly recommend this place to anyone in Istanbul.
A. I.
We loved every second of our time there! The food is superb! A food feast in your mouth! We has the tasting menu. Every single dish was amazing. Definitely worth it. Make sure to reserve before you go. The reservation lady is super nice too.
M. A.
Absolutely amazing.
We tried the tasting menu and loved all of our courses. My personal favorite is lamb neck meat with figs on aubergine purée.
The service was great as well - timely and attentive but not intrusive.
Prices were reasonable as well.
Recommend to anyone who's looking for a fine dining experience in Istanbul.
J. B.
A genuinely lovely restaurant with excellent service. We got lucky on a Friday night and managed to get in without a reservation. But I would definitely suggest getting a reservation because they are often full. The food is superb and the prices reasonable for the quality and service. I also suggest the back room for a cool underground vibe.
A. S.
İstanbul'daki son akşam yemeğimiz için bu restoranı seçtik ve çok hoş bir sürpriz oldu. Tonozlu tavanları ve çıplak tuğlaları olan, mum ışığıyla aydınlatılan ve çok düşündürücü arka odada oturduk. Tadım menüsünü seçtik. Eşim yerken ben et yemiyorum ve personel sadece benim için iki et yemeğine iki alternatif yemek önererek bizi ağırlamakta son derece yardımsever ve nazikti.
Yemekler son derece sofistike, orijinal ve lezzetli: geleneksel Türk mutfağının modern bir füzyonu ile Ermeni ve İran mutfak geleneklerine yapılan baskınlar.
İstanbul'da kaldığımız 3 haftadaki en pahalı akşam yemeğiydi ama yine de kesinlikle uygun fiyatlıydı (bir şişe şarapla iki kişi için yaklaşık 1200 TL).
Romantik atmosferi ile çiftler için mükemmel, daha sofistike bir deneyim arıyorsanız kesinlikle tavsiye edilir.
Banyoyla ilgili son bir not: Kadın-erkek ayrımı yerine, mekandaki iki banyo üniseks ve "sanatçı" ve "bilim adamı" ayrımı... Hangi tanımla daha çok özdeşleşeceğinize siz karar verin. , her zamanki sıkıcı cinsiyet ayrımına aldırış etmeden!
H. G.
One of the best new additions to beyoglu restaurants. Offering a modern take on Turkish meze cuisine, dishes burst with flavor. Highly recommend getting the tasting menu (around 850 lira) so you can try a variety of dishes.
The setting is industrial interior with exposed brick, but warm and cozy. Service is top notch, which is very rare. English spoken very well which helps.
Small but quality Turkish wine list. Fair prices.
I will be returning. Highly recommended.
R. M.
Best dinner of our lives. 💯 must go! The staff is very knowledgeable about allergies. They offer gluten free bread. Amazing Turkish wine. Will visit again when I visit Istanbul.
F. L.
Good little place with character. Cocktails are great, ordered standard tasting menu, many dishes to showcase the concept of the chef. Tapas style serving, a gentle approach which is very satisfy at the end. Very good service too. Outstanding value for top end stuff in Istanbul.
M. D.
We took the tasting menu and wow! The flavours in each dish was definitely worth it! One of our favourite dishes was the sourdough battered haddock the batter was light & cooked perfectly.
We did get an additional side dish of the seasonal mushroom that we purely enjoyed!
The tasting menu wasn’t over priced, and had a range of different dishes from the a la carte!
A. I.
Anlaşılmaz yer. Çalışanlar menülerini, setlerinin ne olduğunu, neleri içerdiklerini ya da neden ana yemek bu kadar kalabalıkken iki soğuk, iki sıcak ve bir ana yemek daha almanız gerektiğini açıklayamıyorlar.
Herkesin bir şeyler bildiği ama senin bilmediğin yüksek sosyetede olduğun hissi. Kendi yemeğinizi seçmek streslidir!
Ama yemek lezzetli, tavuk ve kuzu eti çok yumuşak ve lezzetli pişmiş oldu, salata fena değildi, restoranda lezzetli su ve iyi bir şampanya kokteyli servis ediliyor (geri kalanlar o kadar iyi değil). Tatlı da güzeldi.
İki kişilik akşam yemeği için 1000TL'den biraz fazla bıraktılar ama pahalı ve evet içerideki atmosfer pek iyi değil ama lezzetliydi ve başka bir şey denemek için geri gelebilirdim.
A. P.
Amazing experience! The building is beautiful, service is very efficient and the waitress spoke perfect English. The food was delicious, we tried new interesting flavours. We had the tasting menu and it was totally worth value for money.
C. T.
After two 5 star reviews then a rare drop to 4 stars, Aheste is back to 5 stars or more for me. Would recommend booking which is easily done online on their website or arriving around 6pm if you can vacate the table by 8pm.
Went for the tasting menu for the first time as by the time you order 3 or 4 dishes you may as well as get to taste 12-14 plates. They are very willing to switch out any dishes if you have dietary requirements with no fuss and every plate is presented and explained in detail. There were a couple of substitutions new that night so didn't match the menu. Highlights were the tomato salad, a new beetroot dish with sorrel sorbet, the calama-rakı (geddit?!) and asparagus with nectarines. Would be a nice touch if they could print off your own personalised menu which some restaurants do as a souvenir.
Service is so friendly and informed and at around £45 for one incl. optional service, a glass of wine and bottle of water it's a no brainer not to try it! Easily one of the best dining experiences in 20 trips to Istanbul.
O. F.
We went a bit early for a Friday dinner around 7 pm and without reservation, but were welcomed and seated without problems. The service is top! We tried the tasting menu and were amazed by every dish served, pure enjoyment for the next 2 hours. I don’t want to explain much, food is just great and worth every penny. The staff was attentive and friendly. Amazing experience. Only one small thing to criticize: Negroni was okay, but not excepcional.
R. P.
If you’re in Istanbul and want to have a very unique experience- this is it. The food is divine- I can’t put this into a 4/5 star rating and explain to you how mind blowing this experience was. One mezze to another, from the starters to the mains, this was quite simply- chef’s kiss!
A. T.
Great dinner experience here! Everyone speaks English and the dishes are shared style and delicious! We got the set menu and everything was very unique and yummy!
P. Z.
We had a pleasant experience today. The sweet lady with the blue hair helped us choose the best dishes. We enjoyed the cold sea bass and the mushrooms the most. The tomato salad was excellent as well as the chicken confit. Even though we did not order the revani for desert, we had the chance to taste it thanks to our waitress. It was delicious. Thank you for the good experience!
J. M.
Muhteşem, son zamanların en sevdiğim restoranlarından biri. Mükemmel tasarlanmış, mümkün olduğu kadar çok şeyi denemek için tadım menüsünü istemekten çekinmeyin. Kaliteli malzemeler, hepsi fikir ve tat ile birleştirildi. Harika kokteyller ve şarap. Personel bize çok iyi davrandılar ve gecenin yoğun saatlerinden önce bize rezervasyon yaptırmadan bir masa verme lütfunda bulundular. Deneyimlerime göre İstanbul'da bunun gibi çok az restoran var.
L. C.
Ziyaret etmeye değer bir restoran, önceden rezervasyon yaptırmanız tavsiye edilir.
Restoran güzelce dekore edilmiş ve servis çok profesyonel.İran pilavı ve kuzu omuz lezzetli ve genel yemek deneyimi iyi.Şarap eşleştirme ile kişi başı yaklaşık 1.000 lire Michelin denebilecek zarif bir akşam yemeğinin tadını çıkarabilirsiniz. Şiddetle tavsiye edilir!
M. C.
Amazing experience at this restaurant. The food was phenomenal, particularly the mushrooms and octopus.
Great cocktails and atmosphere, loved the exposed brick decor and the staff were very friendly. Will definitely be visiting again!
立.
Restoranın önünden geçtim ve yorumları okuduktan sonra içeri girdim ve bir bakmak istedim. Bu restoranın kesinlikle Türkiye'de yediğim en muhteşem restoranlardan biri olduğunu söylemeliyim. İçeri girer girmez bir kale yeraltı sarayı gibi evde olma hissinin yanı sıra yemekler de şaşırtıcı derecede lezzetli. Bir kişinin yaklaşık 1.000 NT$ yediğini ve şarapla gittiğini hatırlıyorum.Tayvan'da bu kesinlikle Michelin yıldızlı bir kalite ve uzun kuyruklar olacak. İstanbul'a gelmek için güçlü bir tavsiyeniz varsa önceden randevu almayı unutmayın, buna değer!
C. S.
I had an amazing and well-rounded tasting menu here! We popped in early and managed to snag a table without a reservation. Each course was a delight and perfect for sharing. This will definitely be my go-to spot the next time I’m in Istanbul.
Service was fantastic.
z. s.
Beautiful restaurant in a beautifully located area. Casual atmosphere, service delightful, food delicious. Highly recommend the seasonal mushrooms, dudi rice and meatballs. Portions are small however the quality is good. A nice selection of wine is available. Definitely a must try restaurant in Istanbul.
L.
Delicious food, brilliant wine and great service. I dined here alone and got the recommended plates as smaller portions so I could try a few. The Persian fried rice was complimented greatly by the zingy tomato salad and the wild Bodrum mushroom plate was just divine. Highly recommend.
L. P.
We enjoyed both our food and drinks. They make very good cocktails. Friendly staff as well. Overall value for money is 4/5, we felt this place was a bit overhyped.
B. W.
Delicious - everything was perfect with some really interesting dishes, loved the Persian rice and the mushroom dish that tasted just like BBQ kebabs.
Cocktails were great too!
Y. N. R.
I had trouble booking a reservation, so I called in when I was in the neighbourhood. The hostess had one table left and it is a blessing that I snagged it, because my entire experience at Aheste was wonderful! The food, service and atmosphere were outstanding. They definitely earned their Michelin star. Try not to miss it!
A. M.
A lovely experience through and through.
The restaurant is located in high-ceilling galeries of brick walled rooms which you wouldn't suspect from outside. This was surprising and awe-inspiring. The ambiance is a cosy and laidback one with charming low light and candles. You can even get a peek at the kitchen through glass windows. The service was immaculate and very attentive, with great introduction of the dishes. The food itself was tasty and tastful with re-interpretation of local dishes and smart plays on local and seasonal ingredients, in a simple and homey way. Cocktails were well balanced and generous. The dishware was beautiful as well.
Overall, everything you would expect from a Michelin star restaurant without the fuss of it and with added warmth and chill-factor.
A. O.
We stumbled across this place trying to decide on somewhere and saw it was busy, but the waitress kindly managed to squeeze us in as long as we were out before a booking - so recommend booking so you're not disappointed. All of the food we ordered was phenomenal. The staff were all very friendly and explained every aspect and flavour of the food. I highly recommend the lamb shoulder, it just melted in your mouth. High prices for Istanbul but it was top notch quality and worth it.
K. S.
Spectacular! This restaurant deserves three Michelin stars for inventive cuisine, fresh ingredients and incredibly service. Ekim, Tugce, and Idil we’re remarkably hospitable. I recommend the Negroni cocktail and the tasting menu!!!
T. G.
Tasting menu was very good. This was our most expensive meal in Istanbul so far, but it was a very good experience. Very friendly and fun service, although perhaps a little too fast for this kind of venue. Cocktails and wine were excellent.
B. S.
Extremely popular place so you better be either patient or lucky to get here. But trust me you will be rewarded.
The place itself is very cozy and relaxing with a nice interior.
Their specialty is meze and they are really good at it. If want to take a sample of everything you better some hungry. The food is very tasty and each dish has very unique flavor, you won’t be disappointed.
And of course the stuff. The stuff here is very helpful and kind. What’s important - they speak English perfectly.
I little pricy but totally worth its value
C. M.
A Michelin experience, hands down. The building is absolutely stunning, with exposed bricks everywhere. So much larger on the inside than it seemed. We decided to do a la carte, which did not disappoint. Our server went out of her way to help us choose our mezes and pair them accordingly. She was even honest and told us we were ordering too much. The pulpo was to die for, as was the semolina cake. The service was absolutely top notch.
M. Y.
The kind of restaurant I would call an experience and a trip in a matter of hours to many different places. The taste of absolutely every single meal was amazing, the flavours were balanced and we felt like each ingredient had its own imperious reason for being there. The lady who served us was very kind and the informations she gave us about dishes during each round were nice and precious. My coup de cœur was probably the mousse au chocolat at the end, or maybe another dish among the many I’m hesitating with, it’s hard to decide.
Not to mention that the atmosphere of the restaurant itself is unique, including the details such as the plates, which are actually not just a detail to me. I will come back, knowing that the menu changes according to the season I definitely will.
J. P.
Absolutely loved the food and cocktails and especially the atmosphere at Aheste. The service was very good. Went there on my birthday and got a very delicious mousse au chocolat with a candle in it on the house. Definitely recommending!
C. C. M.
I’m grateful to the staff that squeeze us in cause this is the best restaurant we’ve experienced in Istanbul. A modern Turkish and middle eastern meze(tapas) restaurant.
Read full blog here :
Www.chachamelissa foods.com
L. B.
We loved it. I definitely recommend their tasting menu. Tons of variety all super tasty.
I. S.
Pure joy! Service is nice and cocktails are perfect. Calmars and octopus is highly recommended. For the main course chicken is good. Afterwards a very cozy spot with a 1 Michelin star ⭐️
B. H.
Overall great experience. Amazing food and outstanding service. We had the menu with about eight courses, most of them vegetarian. We payed about 100€ per person including wine and longdrinks.
J. F.
Best food I’ve had in Turkey with service and ambiance to match! Every single item ordered was absolutely delicious and my server was friendly and knowledgeable. I accidentally ordered a very boozy drink and asked for a different one. I insisted that she leave it on the bill because there wasn’t anything wrong with it and it was my mistake but she took it off anyway. She even brought a complimentary dessert which was fantastic. I even want to mention their beautiful playlist… if it’s on Spotify, please share? :) Don’t miss this cute, little place. Truly top notch! Thank you!
김.
Soğuk yemek için levrek ve ana yemek için kuzu omuz yedim.
Ana iyiydi. Bas gelince, emin değilim. Tadı ve dokusu zor hahahaha
Ziyaret etmek için rezervasyon yaptırın. İç mekanın kendi duyguları var.
S. F.
We have visited Aheste last Saturday with a group of eight people. The food was authentic Turkish and delicious as hell! The staff has been overfriendly and kind.
Aheste will definitely be on my bucket list on my next Istanbul trip! Keep up the good work!
M. Z.
9.2/10. Great restaurant, very affordable. Do yourself a favor and get the tasting menu. Can definitely walk in on a weekday.
H. C.
go and get that taste menu. every piece of the meal is delicious, giving the feeling “I am eating good food”, as soon as you take a bite all the flavours are exploding in your mouth. excellent staff. definitely worth the money.
T. S.
Aheste is a real oasis for good food and a good service in Istanbuls Pera. The tasting menu was really interesting and the relation to Turkish / Persian cuisine is very good connected. Lamb heart ist a real delight and also the Sauce served with the Quince. Delicious.
Thank you very much
C. H.
The best dinner I had in Turkey, perhaps the best I’ve had anywhere? I came at the recommendation of a friend and was blown away. I wasn’t sure what to order and my server was very helpful in getting me a bit of everything - the flavor combinations (like zucchini with lavender and asparagus with lime cream) were out of this world. Paired with great service & one of their delicious wines this was a 10/10 experience all around. Definitely a must-try if you’re in Istanbul.
k. g.
Very nice venue and pretty good tasting menu . Was pretty leisurely service so could have added another small plate .
S.
We didn't reserve on a busy Saturday night. But they managed to find a seat for two at the end of the night. We had the vegetarian tasting menu. The food and service was fantastic!
T. H.
Impeccable quality. Friendly staff and cosy ambiance. Try ‘Too hot to handle’, the Farsi Rise, beetroot with goat cheese and the fish cakes.
Κ. Π.
The whole experience was the best I could have asked for!
When i made a reservation i made a note that I’m vegan, and as soon as we sat down, our waiter named Kerem (very friendly and amazing service ) asked who is vegan on the table. He explained all the options very thoroughly and he even mentioned which wines are vegan! My favourite dish is the okra!
My boyfriend had the tasting menu and he absolutely loved every single dish. The atmosphere was also amazing!
I would definitely be going back so I highly recommend this place!
J. L. L.
Not so much surprised by the food. Wide variety in the tasting menu but not at the level of the price they charge. The best thing is the place, no words for it... Alcohol is crazy expensive
L. P.
Sehr schöne Location, sehr leckeres Essen und freundliches Personal. Allein das die Teller für jedes Gericht speziell angefertigt wurden zeigt schon die Liebe mit welcher hier gearbeitet wird.
Ein Verbesserungsvorschlag: bitte lasst die Teller von jedem Gang bis zum Ende stehen. Es nervt sehr wenn jeder einzeln Teller mitten im Essen abgeräumt wird
T. M. C.
İyi hazırlanmış ve sunulan çeşitli yiyeceklerle romantik bir atmosfer. Yardımsever ve güler yüzlü personel. Rezervasyon tavsiye ederim. Harika yer. İstanbul'un en iyilerinden.
A. H.
Tek kelimeyle harika bir deneyim! Tadım menüsünü yedik, tüm yemekler güzeldi. Eski bir sarnıçta çok güzel tesisler. Hizmet de çok iyi, cana yakın ve profesyonel.
O. R.
Likely the best restaurant in Istandbul!
The service was super friendly - explained everything and ensured vegetarian options.
We enjoyed the tasting menu to the fullest - the combination of food and textures was impressive!
Highly highly recommend!
А.
İçi güzel ama mutfağı hiç beğenmedik, yemekler ekşiydi. bir set aldık
E. S.
Simply amazing experience! Would definitely recommend their tasting menu. They were very welcoming and fluent in English to recommended and introduce each tapas. Will come back for new dishes!
A. A.
Best fortunate discover in Istanbul. The atmosphere is great, authenticity at its best.
Food is great, shiitake, green salad with cheese... just go you'll love it.
T. R.
Hands down best restaurant in Istanbul. We accidentally came across this restaurant and it was incredible. Every dish, the ambience and service were impeccable. Better than a michelin rated restaurant we had eaten at the night before! This place will be famous soon if it keeps up the same quality.
U. S.
We were in Aheste for dinner. We ate dudi pilavi, salad with pear and octopus. They also invited oyster mushroom to us. The food’s taste was good. We drunk spicy margarita. This was also good. We were two people and we find a seat i. Cistern side of Aheste. The ambience was very good. They also brought a mousse for my birthday. Their jester made us happy. Also, I want to say that the restaurant is good located. You can reach so easily to Pera.
O. G.
Absolutely delicious! Best meal we had in Istanbul. Service was amazing, drinks were great. We had the tasting menu and everything was delicious
E.
First thing we did upon arrival in Istanbul was have dinner here. And I honestly had some of the best food of my life. Every dish of the chef's menu was a feast to the senses and I haven't tasted anything that I didn't enjoy. Friendly staff, great service. The decor (as an old water reservoir) is beautiful.
We had an excellent welcome to this wonderful city.
C. W.
We went for dinner here after reading glowing reviews online and have to say that all of the praise is well deserved. We were weighing up the a la carte and the tasting menu and ended up doing the tasting menu which was brilliant. I really like seafood and vegetarian food whereas my partner loves meat, and the tasting menu provides ample selections of both in unique ways. Honestly there was not one dish that we did not love! The restaurant serves a modern and creative Turkish culinary experience and is so beautifully presented. Drinks were great with a few simple cocktails and a selection of local wine and beer to choose from. The wait staff were absolutely lovely and explained each dish to us in perfect English. We would highly recommend to everyone traveling to Istanbul.
P. L.
Our best meal in Istanbul. Everything about our dining experience was fantastic- atmosphere, service, and inventive, delicious food. Special thanks to the lovely hostess who helped us secure a reservation after we accidentally hit her with the door while opening it!
А. С.
It has been our best dining experience in Istanbul! Great ambience, interior of the byzant cistern, outstanding service and delicious crafted food! We were truly impressed, and I can confirm why this place is advised by many guides. Just book in advance and enjoy your dinner.
W. O.
Authentically different , the meze’s are possibly the best we have ever had in Turkey. It’s a small intimate place , with a lovely atmosphere. The service was fantastic, Tugçe who was looking after us, was attentive , recommended amazing dishes and was careful about any allergy requirements. This is our new to go place for good quality food that is not a tourist trap.!
J. S. M.
In my opinion, this is the restaurant of the moment in Istanbul!
The staff was very friendly and with lots of personality. The location is very close to Galata tower, very romantic atmosphere inside a historic cistern. The food was delicious, light and full of flavour. It's a great place for mezze (Turkish tapas) and great value for money. We went for a romantic date while visiting Istanbul, and we shared vegetarian dishes, and each of them showed perfection in the execution of simple but mouth watering food.
C. d. S.
İnanılmaz yer altı mezarı benzeri ortam. Lezzetli ve çok orijinal Türk yemekleri, çok ince bir hazırlık ile bir dizi küçük tabakta mevcuttur. Hepimiz kuzu yüreğini tatmaya cesaret edemedik ama diğer yemekler lezzetli ve eşsizdi. Ayrıca çok iyi tatlılar ve çok dengeli kokteyller. Arkadaşlarla bir akşam için önerilir.
Z.
Such a beautiful atmosphere, be sure to ask to be seated in the back room for more privacy.
We had the tasting menu and our sever explained every dish wonderfully,
Elegant dishes, none too light or heavy.
The candle lit room really made the whole evening.
Thank you so much!
Xx
A.
Come back here every time I visit Istanbul and am always falling back in love with the place. The tasting menu is delicious and there is a good selection of wine. This restaurant is expensive for turkey standards but there is a reason for this and it is all about the quality of the food. The atmosphere is also wonderful and staff attentive and explain every dish.
S. S.
Visiting Aheste was one of the highlights of our stay in Istanbul. Food, atmosphere and service were impeccable, with particularly friendly staff. The wine recommendations were excellent, and the dishes, inspired by local flavours, were highly original, making for a truly delicious and unique meal. We’ll be back!
J. J. B.
Excellent service and amazing food! Definitely one of the top restaurant in Istanbul. All the mezze are so good! The lamb hearts with potatoes is worth a try! 🥰 All the staff were very accommodating for all our request.
P. D.
Waitstaff was super, and concept for restaurant is a good idea, but the small-plates weren’t anything special. Really not enough food for the quality of food. You could oven bake a chicken and it would come out like the confit chicken main dish. Good wine, but overall value:price ratio is way off. Maybe the tasting menu is different, but, meh.
B. O.
This is the best restaurant I ate at in İstanbul. Every dish and every cocktail here was perfect and delicious. The people are super nice and the service is fast and efficient. And really, everything we tasted was so delicious.
C. B.
Really cool restaurant, definitely deserving of recognition and a visit. The Almond Old Fashioned was one of the best cocktails I have ever had. A few of the food dishes didn't have enough flavor
L. O.
The best place for Turkish gastromie. We have tried and share the tasting menu with vege options, everything was delicious, the waitress was kind and spoke French with us. Perfect to celebrate a birthday with friends. The location is great and intimate and the staff are super professional. Must go for a good treat !
C. L.
Very very good and deserving of one if not two Michelin stars. Much better than the one starred place a few blocks away.
The creative interplay of flavors and textures juxtaposed against incredible restraint was marvelous.
H.
Very nice place with beautiful and authentic atmosphere inside. Food was also on a high level, very recommended.
A. B.
I was very excited about going to Aheste, but the food didn't really live up to our expectations. My daughter wanted chicken, so I asked for the tasting menu, while my husband and daughter chose from the menu. We were told that it's not possible for just one of us to have the menu. Most of the dishes tasted smokey and my daughter complained that the chicken confit had no flavour and the organic wine was not so good. It was the most expensive and the worst meal we had in istanbul. The staff were sweet though.
C. R.
Mükemmel restoran, Bib Gourmand ile çelişmeyen çok lezzetli yemekler!
Hizmet çok hoş ve bir bonus olarak, yemek seçiminde bize rehberlik etmek için çok iyi Fransızca konuşan bir garson. Turistler için restoranlar okyanusunda harika bir keşif.
İstanbul'da kaçırılmaması gereken.
A. C.
Very friendly staff and the style of the place was quite cool actually. The food was pretty good, but nothing out of this world.
The price for what we are was too high in my opinion (160€ for 2 people). We had dinner at Nusr-et the previous night and we paid exactly the same amount taking into account we had more beer/wine and had 1 stake and 1 tomahawk.
Besides the price, I enjoyed my time there.
J. R.
Delicious local food and ambience. It’s kind of hidden (we walked right by it a couple of times trying to find it), but it is definitely worth it. They have some house made dishes and sauces that are interesting twists but taste excellent.
A.
Great food! great service!
The menu is very original, it's really different from the typical mezze that we find everywhere in Istanbul.
Really well cooked, tasty, delicious. And served with a nice smile!
My congratulations to all the team.
T. B. N.
Harika bir restoran, uygun fiyatlı bir tadım menüsü ve yemeğin kendisi tatmin edici, ilginç, lezzetli ve özel. Restoranın atmosferi çok hoş ve personel, her zaman görmek için eğlenceli olan yüzlerinde bir gülümseme olan kadın ve erkeklerden oluşuyor. Bir sonraki ziyaretimizde buraya geleceğimize eminim
M.
The best restaurant in Istanbul? It’s not often that you go back for more. We are here and were so blown away with the quality and taste of the food, we came back the day after. The environment is electric, the place is buzzing, the staff are awesome, the drinks are yum and the food is sensational.
I highly recommend the meatballs, cheese starter and pudding for dessert. We also tried their set menu which goes for 150 per person.
Make sure to book because this place is getting hotter and hotter. The price is fair for the quality and taste.
If there’s one restaurant to try in Istanbul. It’s Aheste!
V. U.
Güzel sessiz oldukça sofistike ama iddialı bir yer değil! Akşam yemeği için oradaydı. Tüm yemekler lezzetli, yerel sokak yemeklerinden uzak. Dört çeşit pirinçten oluşan bir tabak mükemmeldi. Marine edilmiş enginarlar zengin ama tuzlu değil ve çok lezzetli. Izgara bamya da mükemmeldi.
Vişne soslu kebap, beklenmedik ve hoş bir tat kombinasyonu ile çok hoş bir sürpriz oldu. Harika tatlı çikolatalı mus vişneli baharatlı sos yerel olmayan orta derecede tatlı, ki bu iyi. Yerel Shizar şarabı, derinliği ve zenginliği ile bizi hoş bir şekilde şaşırttı.
Ama burası hakkında en iyi şey hizmettir! ! ! Garson tüm menüyü ezbere biliyordu! Hazırlama detayları da dahil olmak üzere tüm yemeklerin en küçük ayrıntısına kadar bileşimi. Alerjilerime göre yemek seçmeme yardımcı oldu (doğu mutfağında çok yaygın olan 5 malzemenin listesi).
Sipariş sırasında garson, yiyebileceğimizden daha fazla sipariş verip vermediğimiz konusunda çok sempatikti ve kesinlikle haklıydı.
Ekmeğin içinde bir çeşit tahıl hayal ettim, bu yüzden sadece ekmekle değiştirilmedik, menüde olmayan bir tatlıyı da özür olarak ikram ettiler.
Fiyat kategorisi ortalamanın üzerinde ama buna değer, zaten faturada bulunan %10'luk bahşiş için %10'luk bir bahşiş daha ödemek istiyorum.
Burası herkese tavsiye ederim.
T. D.
Olağandışı kuruluş. Bir tatma seti, birçok ilginç kombinasyon ve tat aldık. Güzel sunum. Kuruluştaki atmosfer hoş ve hatta romantik. Hepsi beğendi!
A. B.
İstanbul da İstanbul dışı da bu şehir için çok havalı bir yer. Son zamanlarda denediğim en lezzetli yemek olan fırında enginarlı kuzu kalpleri mutlaka deneyin. Kül içinde fırında patates sevenler için)
A. M.
Very small and interesting restaurant to visit 😍
Book in advance is necessary because they host few people, more or less 30. The restaurant is small and cozy.
We started with olive oil, garlic and thyme, as starter hummus and Persian rice (delicious!!!), the main course was fish and lamb and both were good. Dessert were ok, nothing impressive.
👥 With few table, the staff is attentive but at the end of dinner a little bit distracted with phones and we tried to have got the bill 3 times.
💶 Price was around 30€ per person with water and 1 glass of wine is super🍷
T. H.
Absolutely loved this place. Cosy ambiance with brick walls and candles, helpful and friendly staff and the food - we were speechless. My friend and I shared the tasting meze and were blown away with the flavours. One of the most incredible meals I’ve had to date. Our stand out favourites were the lamb and the sea bass, as well as the ‘too hot to handle’ dip.
C. B.
Önemsiz olmayan gastronomik öneriler, özenli hizmet, paranın makul değeri, özellikle de birçok yerde orantısız ve uygunsuz olan şarapların fiyatlandırılmasıyla ilgili olarak.
Kesinlikle denenmesi gereken bir yer.
P. V.
Fantastic restaurant. Behind the small entrance the main room is actually a beautiful brick cellar. We went for the tasting menu that was excellent and perfect quantities. The staff was also very nice!
u. b.
Great atmospbere. Beauty service. Food was good but few dishes and the desserts werent good for my taste. Also the wine wasnt good choice although recommended by waiter. Bit pricy.
C. A.
No bad reviews anywhere thats why i give 5 stars but coming to the point:
- Cocktails were amazing, all of three ordered where on point
- Food was tasty, not mindblowing like some other places in Istanbul
- The size of the food is really small and i really mean small ! Don’t come here hungry otherwise you need to look for a kebab outside ;)
- the main course - levrek / seabass - was nothing special the other courses were good
- For what you get it is very expensive even for europeans it is very expensive
- working staff is hip and friendly, you need to work for it to get a smile from some of them
- Interior is very nice, well done
All in one a good restaurant - would i go again ?
200€ no wine, three cocktails, water, softdrink, lemonade, 6 meze and 1 main course
A. N.
Absolutely phenomenal! And hands down - my best meal of 2019. We ordered the tasting menu and were blown away by every dish. The portions are generous and just right - go hungry! And don’t snack before like I did, it will just ruin the experience. Turkish with a twist cuisine in a cosy atmosphere on a hip street of Istanbul.
MUST VISIT WHEN IN ISTANBUL
C. J.
Amazing cocktails, food and service. Absolutely loved it.
Avoid the desserts and coffee, they were the only disappointment.
C. P.
One of the best restaurant in Istanbul. The food is beyond amazing. Very fair prices.
I recommande to ask for a table in the room. In the back you have a romantic x chill atmosphere a wonderful ceiling and a view to the kitchen.
S. P.
Nice contemporary local food. Small potions tapas to share. The tasting menu was good. But i would definitely recommend the meat dishes. The cocktail and wine menus were nice and not extremely expensive.
N. T.
This is one of the best restaurants we have eaten at in Istanbul do far. Smoked eggplant with cheese sounds ordinary but is not, fish patë with a local greens, rice with barberries and fried onions, fish cakes and to crown it all, Kokoreç, grilled lamb intestines, crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. They do offer a prix fixe menu as well as the a la carte. Restaurant is beautiful, with brick walls. Service impeccable. A must try. Space is small so make reservations.
P.
Çok zengin. Genelde bu tür restoranlara gitmem ama yanlarından geçip menüyü gördüm ve denemek için girdim. Tadım menüsünü sipariş ettim (bir şişe su ile yaklaşık 25 dolar) ve gerçek şu ki bu bir başarıydı. Her şeyden biraz denersiniz ve her şey lezzetlidir. Önce biraz soğuk tapas, sonra biraz balık, sonra iki et (ne kadar çılgınca) ve tatlı 🤤 getiriyoruz. Harika bir yer ve garsonlar süper özenli ve sevecen. Partnerinizle gelirseniz, bütün kazanırsınız ve her zaman iyi görünürsünüz 😁
R. G.
It was very nice atmosphere and kitchen and dishes was amazing, not too expensive, it’s sad that it’s open only for 6 hours a day, it has great stuff Baturay made me remember his name because of his great appearance as member of the stuff and not only him ❤️
J. M.
Aheste – * NEW Update (Mar 2023):
If you followed my previous reports, then you know we had a “bad day” with the service and the manager’s sincere apology brought us back.
We must say that our recent visit to Aheste has reaffirmed its position in the Michelin Guide with Bib Gourmand. We cannot help but commend Sara Tabrizi for consistently delivering impressive dishes. Despite a previous experience with subpar service, we are happy to report that the staff has certainly redeemed themselves and our recent visit has left us thoroughly satisfied.
This time around, we were fortunate to be seated in the new cistern room, which provided an intimate atmosphere that was more our style. From the moment we were seated, the staff, especially our server, Merve, displayed impeccable professionalism and attentiveness. Every little detail was taken care of, and I couldn't help but notice how effortless it all seemed.
As someone who has been fortunate enough to live in Paris for many years and dine in Michelin-starred restaurants, I can attest to the quality of Aheste. When something is done right, it should be acknowledged, and Aheste certainly deserves all the praise it gets. Kudos to the entire team for a job well done. "Chapeau!"
D. M.
Would recommend.
We showed up without a reservation, and the place was packed. We were lucky to get a table as we showed up as someone left (the poor chap who told us the was no room ran after us as we left to apologise and let us know there was a table).
Our waitress was attentive, happy to give a helpful opinion, and was on hand but not intrusive.
The food was good. Served in a timely manner. Decent portions.
The restaurant certainly knows how to squeeze as many customers in as possible. This isn't a bad thing, it added to the atmosphere - especially when packed - and gave it a cozy feel.
M. J. G.
Great modernTurkishfood: steak tartar, blue cheese and pear salad, persian rice, lamb neck with figs on aubergine puree and lamb liver. Planning on going again!
D. V.
My wife and I were recommended Aheste by our hotel and it did not disappoint. The atmosphere was cozy and intimate, and the decor fit well with the modern-Turkish menu. We had the tasting menu and it was absolutely fantastic, would highly recommend. The staff were really helpful explaining what everything was and making suggestions. They had a great selection of Turkish beer and wine and the service overall was excellent.
M. Z.
The place is very nice and the service excellent... the food unfortunately is not up to the standards and on these price range there are definitely better places to visit...
M. V.
A must eat here stop!
We are so glad we found this place. We found it on the weekend when they serve breakfast. They recommended we come back for their dinner mezes. We did and it’s by far our best meal in Istanbul. The beetroot patties, meatballs, calamari were unbelievably delicious. Breakfast was also great. A good healthy spot with modern Turkish Persian cuisine. Go here!
I. P.
Better to book a table in advance but we were lucky to get a table for 2h without reservation. Stuff was so pleasant and nice and helped to choose dishes. Starters very unusual, interesting and tasty. Main dish comes in a big portion so be careful with lots of starters. Desert with pistachio was amazing too. Very tasty, atmosphere is great and beautiful place with amazing people. It was a perfect dinner for the last night in Istanbul.
F. G. R.
Highly recommended!! Food of great quality, fantastic taste. Water in glass bottle (as it should be in a proper restaurant), great cocktails ... nice atmosphere. Flavours I had never tasted before. We paid about 70 euros , two people with starters, main course (fish cooked to perfection) desserts, water, beers, and a lovely cocktail. Of course in Istanbul you can eat much cheaper but not with this quality!!!!!
G. V.
Muhteşem, ideal bir atmosfer, mükemmel hizmet, personelin güleryüzlülüğü, her şey. Tatma menüsünü denedik ve çok, çok iyi bulduk. Tamamen tavsiye edilir.
S. C.
I don't easily give 5 star reviews, but giving Aheste anything less than that I feel would be a disservice to the quality and experience on offer. We had some cold and hot mezze to sample and the cold mezze in particular were just incredible.
A. Ö.
This place is amazing! The food is absolutely delicious. I have been there twice and the menu was different each time. They serve fusion Turkish, middle eastern food where you can stumble upon interesting combinations of food and flavors. The atmosphere is also nice it’s dark and cosy. The staff is also very friendly. Their cocktails are very good as well. Definitely recommend this place. You should make a reservation before hand since its hard to find a spot.
J. M.
Had a truly delicious meal here, the Persian rice is outstanding, you HAVE to order it. Apparently it’s been on the menu the full 8 years so that tells you how good it is.
Shout out to our waiter who gave us the tomato/walnut salad on the house as it would match perfectly with the other meze we ordered. We really enjoyed the tomato salad, the ‘too hot to handle’ aubergine dip, the meatballs, the asparagus and the chicken. Also stand out was the amazing homemade butter served with house bread, it’s smoky aubergine and garlic infused. Wow.
Attentive service, well priced and in a nice setting (spend about 1600 TL for 2 people having a cocktail each, a glass of wine each and the above 6 meze). An excellent choice.
A. P.
After finding this place for brunch we came back immediately the next morning and we would have kept coming back if they served brunch on weekdays. By far the most amazing food we had in Istanbul. Every part of their breakfast is fresh, every flavor distinct. A meal we'll remember and be back for again!
M. T. M. L.
Was here after seeing excellent reviews! Friendly staff, great menu - would highly recommend the tasting menu. Very affordable and the quality of dishes are superb
D. D.
Delicious and good value tasting menu, reasonable portions so left quite full. Make sure to book in advance as we couldn’t get a reservation at the weekend.
C. L.
Zarif ama gayri resmi ortam, paylaşılacak mükemmel meze mutfağı, lezzet kombinasyonlarında çok orijinal yemekler, bol ve şehir ortalamasının biraz üzerinde fiyatlar.
m. c.
Delayed arrival flight, lost bags and stuck in a traffic jam on the way from airport... It was a good thing I booked us a table at the fantastic Aheste restaurant. We had a lovely dinner which included a great introduction to Turkish wines. The super friendly staff looked after us ( in our dishevelled state) with great service.
A perfect place to start (first night dinner) your Istanbul adventure.
A.
Great service, the food was delicious. Much better than other higher priced tasting menus in the area.
S.
Mükemmel bir akşam yemeği, bizim için yeni lezzet kombinasyonları, gerçekten güzel bir yer ve iyi personel. Önerilen!
E. K.
Great dinner with mezes and excellent white wine Sauvignon blanc. Very good service in English. High prised for locals
K. L.
Beautiful place with great food & ambiance . Great wine and tasting menu is top! Loved it!
J. C. (. W.
Dieses Restaurant werde ich bei meiner nächsten Istanbul-Reise wieder besuchen. Bedienung auch sehr freundlich und die Qualität des Essens einfach phänomenal. Hier kann man nichts falsch machen.
J. V.
If you want great tasting Turkish dishes?! This place should be on your bucket list while in Istanbul. ❤
N. M.
Delicious food, chic decor and an amazing wine/cocktail list
A.
There are few places in Turkey that can compete with the quality, creativity and consistency of the menu. Exquisite, sophisticated and diverse in the creation of all their dishes - there is a tasting and an a la carte menu. And the cocktails all have a twist.
And the staff are polite and professional.
Warning: reserve three weeks ahead of time especially during the high season! I screwed up on my reservation, and yet the host found a way to serve us cocktails and ultimately found us seats.
J. C.
One of the best meals of my life. Tasting menu. And I've lived in San Francisco, CA 36 years. I don't take pictures of my food but it was a perfect, Minimalist delight. Every bite full of flavor and every bite different. Wow!
P. G.
Very tasty choices. Friendly service. We ordered the 'tasting menu' which offers appetizers, main meal and dessert, also you may ask for additional portions from the dishes you like for free. At the end of the night we felt that we ate a bit too much, but all of us enjoyed the food very much.
P. H.
This place really deserves more than 5 stars. My favourite dining experience in Istanbul. Started off amazingly with the best spicy margarita I've ever had. Followed by the tasting menu which was exquisite. The staff were really friendly and attentive, which was the cherry on top of a great evening.
L. S.
4,5 yıldızı tercih ederdim ama 4 ile 5 arasında kesinlikle 5'ten fazla. İyi yemek, mükemmel servis. Belki biraz pahalı ama her zaman dolu, onlar için çok iyi. 3 başlangıç ve ikinci artı su ve bira için 70 €.
J. M.
Phenomenally good food. Worth booking ahead to ensure you can get in. Probably the best food we had in Istanbul. Their rice is amazing, as are the meatballs and the caramelised eggplant.
s. m.
Hands down, best dining experience in Istanbul. Excellent price, phenomenal food, stunning style and ambience. Service was also perfect!!
A. A.
The tester menu was FANTASTIC. The staff were very nice and helpful. Will definitely be coming back next time I'm in Istanbul! 10/10. However a little pricy, 1,000 TL per person
S. G.
Geleneksel Türk mutfağına harika bir bakış. Yeni kombinasyonlara cüret ederek geleneksel tatlar ve malzemelerle ustaca oynuyorlar. Taze ve eğlenceli hizmet, çevre modern, sıcak ve bakımlı.
S. A.
Oh my god. Must visit place. Great vegan and vegetarian selection of small plates. Most friendly and welcoming staff. Make a reservation or come in early for a dinner.
R. K.
I came here alone a couple weeks ago and my experience was so great, from start to finish.
I had an amazing server. She was so helpful guiding me through each dish and wine (or negroni) for the tasting menu pairing :)
I very much intended to return here for brunch, but ended up leaving the city to see more of the Turkish countryside.
To the staff: Thank you for feeding me so well. I'll definitely return here if I come back to Istanbul!
Do try the tasting menu. And prepare to be well fed :)
S. F.
Delightful dishes, cozy ambiance, and attentive service. We had a full day of walking around Istanbul and were lucky to just walk in and get a table. The staff was very quick and attentive and were very helpful with the recommendations. Highly recommend for a relaxed cozy dinner.
M. T.
Aheste'de bir arkadaşımızın doğum günü vardı ve tadım menüsü mükemmeldi. Harika zaman geçirdik ve yer çok güzel
F. X.
Atmosphere and food were amazing for these I give 5 stars. The food is probably the best I tried in Istanbul, for the service, I give 4 stars. We were a little bit rushed and I do not like that feeling.
A. M.
Amazingly tasty food small portions but enough. Nice service. Good atmosphere.
E. R.
Great food (upscale mezes and other sharing dishes) and great service!
B. T.
Food & drink: 8/10
Service: 8/10
Decor & atmosphere: 8/10
Service speed: 8/10
Cost: 7/10
The best: The hot mezze!
The worst: Mains aren't as good as the mezze.
Lowdown: Great modern Turkish food in a beautiful setting. If you choose not to go with the tasting menu I wod suggest to go with the mezze options as the mains were nice but nothing amazing.
Insta: @bmjteh
A. L.
Great atmosphere, good food. Tasting menu is definitely worth it with limitless mezes. It was a bit too crowded so the service was slow. Cocktails were nothing special and overpriced. If not for that would give it 5 star.
“. A. K.
We ordered different hot and cold mezza dishes. They were all tasty and delicious and the way they served the food was nice.
Cocktails were great. I ordered Mezcal drink and they had a bottle of great mezcal at the bar.
Everything was great. The only thing that can be improved is the service. We felt that our waitress was in rush and I believe she could spend more time with us to go over the menu items. Initially we ordered multiple dishes for 3 people, but She recommended us to order more, which it was not necessary. Because the initial amount of order was perfectly enough.
My favorite dish: lamb heart ❤️
D. M.
My husband and I had a wonderful experience here. I was a little nervous to try some of the dishes but everything turned out to be far better than I expected. The waitress patiently explained all of the menu options and was very helpful in recommending things for us that I wouldn’t normally try myself. If you want to come here, I would strongly recommend a reservation as this place is nearly impossible to get into without a reservation booked in advance (and after last night, it’s easy to see why).
T. d. G.
Lovely restaurant in a wonderful location (an old cistern). Highly recommend the tasting menu, it was really good. It was not a problem to make a pescitarian version for me and a regular one for my partner. The only downside was that they served the different rounds very quickly. We weren't finished with the first round and the second one was already on the table. It was not to hurry us away, since there was no booking after us.
Y.
I would like to mention the service, from the first call of the booking to the courteous waiters who understand you without words, who made the evening unforgettable and immortal impressions of Turkey.
The best wine I've had in Istanbul.
The tender lambs neck meat with mash was amazing, as was the tomato salad.
You will find here the home in the middle of Istanbul's most touristic area.
Thanks!
E. B.
Just delicious! And the service was amazing. They explained us everything perfectly: the ingredients, how it was made and gave us really good advices on what to order! We definitely recommend it!
D.
Olağanüstü keşif!
Geleneksel Türk mutfağının mükemmel yorumu.
Çağdaş ve patlayıcı kombinasyonlarla birleştirilmiş geleneksel tatların ve bileşenlerin ustalığı ve mükemmel ustalığı.
Gerçek bir Fransız bistrosuna layık kusursuz hizmet.
Sıcak ve otantik ortam ve hoş geldiniz.
İstanbul'a döner dönmez zorunlu geçiş!
Duyuların bu harika yolculuğu için teşekkürler....
П. А.
💥Yemekleri çok güzel olan bir yer.
Kuzu harikaydı 😋
Not: aheste Türkçe'de "sessiz" anlamına gelir🙊
D. B. C.
We came without a reservation and we’re lucky to get a table (there weren’t any free tables left). The food was unique and delicious and the service flow less. a great place to have dinner in Istanbul
J. B.
Lovely restraunt and staff. Food order was messed up. Then main meal came out cold... the waiter did his best to apologies. No manager came over to see if we were OK. Quiet exspensive. Maybe we were unlucky. Pity had a recommendation from some people to go.... couldn't pass a recommendation on unfortunately. Go and make your own mind up. Sad...
D. S.
My favorite restaurant in Istanbul! I highly recommend the duck confit and tomato salad.
I. S.
Tasting menu was okay. Not great, not terrible, mixed. Near the end a few nice dishes but overall heavily heavily acidic and lacking balance and finesse. Left kinda hungry, since I can’t eat too much of very sweet desserts.
Mushrooms were a low point - sloppy and acidic. Gross. But a few other dishes I also couldn’t eat because they were drowned in lemon juice or were a bit gross.
Calamari was delish but although nominally ‘cooked’ it was raw (seems like a Turkish thing to serve seafood raw).
Desserts were 100% great but too much sugar for me. The pumpkin tahini dessert has the potential to be mind-blowing.
I enjoyed the fried fish bits (think SF west coast fish tacos without the taco) and the lambs neck with potatoe was excellent (the star of the savory) but the portion size was much too small.
Maybe try their main dishes and avoid the tasting menu. They have a good wine selection, truly excellent service, and a good table set-up. But better restaurants in the area. Very surprised by the other reviews.
G. R.
Full of flavour and super friendly service. Try to get a table in the back room, which looks really dramatic
S. P.
Went there tonight following the great reviews.
The food was indeed very nice but not really Turkish we found (or maybe it is modern Turkish?). The service is amazing and the atmosphere superbe.
We however found the price range to be very steep.. We sow a photo of their menu here in Google review with the tasting menu costing 190 lira, maybe it was a very old version of the menu because it now cost 480 lira.. So not quite the price range we were expecting. But still a nice experience
F. G.
Having been to Aheste in 2019, I thought it tried hard but mostly failed to live up to the expectations that they create.
Three years later this is completely different. First the place has expanded and is much bigger, but more importantly the dining experience is excellent. The food was perfect, and service was professional, helpful and knowledgeable.
P. F.
One of the best dinner we had in istanbul. The food, location, ambiance, staff, drinks.... everything was perfect
Y. C.
Most delicious restaurant we had in Istanbul. Both food and service are exquisite!
We came early with no reservation and we were squeezed in so nicely.
Definitely recommending!
C. H.
Serendipitously found this gem and couldn’t be more grateful. Ordered the tasting menu and thoroughly enjoyed the ambiance (set in an old mansion), food, wine, and service. Highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend
Y.
Very romantic restaurant with mediocre and relatively overpriced food. Service is okay.
B. K.
A Sultry ambiance sets the tone of this wonderful restaurant. Unbeknowst from the street theres different seating areas. Crisp White table clothes. I enjoyed the pulled lamb. On my next visit I'll order alacarte as there were many portions although all deliciois. In July 2022 theh seem fully booked a week in advance so make your reservation early.
S. S.
Amazing grilled seabass with mixed lentils and capers. Melts in your mouth.
Also I loved the asparagus with heated apricots and toasted almonds. Super delicious.
I dined here 3 times!
K. K.
Food was good. The place is a bit fancy and pricey. Don't go there expecting to get full haha we all went there and spent slitly more than normal restaurants but had to eat something else after.
M. K.
Great experience here. Food was amazing! Lara was a great waitress. Her English and turkish was perfect. Very detailed explanation of the food. Made for an amazing experience.
Thank you Aheste and your fantastic team (both back of house and front of house)
C. H.
Comparable to the likes of Mikla albeit with a casual atmosphere. No doubt they earned their spot on World’s 50 Best “Discovery” List for Istanbul.
Exceptional service both in Turkish and English. The wait staff is very knowledgeable and are able to explain every detail.
Mix of local and regional cuisine with ingredients that will surprise you. The Dudi Rice was very good with the fried onions. Seabass with yuzu and red cabbage were some of the other favorites. Everything is shareable so don’t hesitate to ask for a customized recommendations for your table.
Very warm and casual atmosphere. Not loud and definitely not a showroom. I saw less than 10 tables so better reserve in advance.
B. B. S. (.
Best meal in town, sophisticated flavors in a various of surprising mezze. Take the Tasting menu without hesitation. Long time I didn’t eat that well. Bravo team Aheste!
C. W.
Wonderful experience!
We went there for my birthday dinner and it did not disappoint. The service was absolutely outstanding and so smooth and discrete, I was amazed. For food, we shared some hot and cold mezzes and all were very tasty and high quality and also very nice wines on the menu. Try the spicy Margarita!
V. F.
Amazing food! Nice and friendly staff. But definitely expect Western European (or slightly higher) prices. It‘s worth it.
I. S.
Rezervasyonsuz geldik ama bizim için bir masa buldular. Önceden rezervasyon yaptırmanızı ve giyinmenizi tavsiye ederim, yoksa sweatshirtlerde pek uygun bulmadık. Yer çok atmosferik ve şık. Kesinlikle görülmeye değer. Fiyatlar uygun, bir kadeh şarapla iki kişilik akşam yemeği 850 lira, başlangıç ve sıcak sipariş ettik. Lezzetli
V. G.
1. Güzel personel
2. Restoranın derinliklerinde hoş iç mekan, otantik kalıntılar arasında olduğunuz hissi. Restoranın girişindeki ön salonda, iç mekan sıkıcı ve hayır
3. Yiyecek. Belki şanssızdım ve ihtiyacım olanı seçmedim, ama benim için işe yaramadı. Pilavlı tavuk, hiçbir şey değildi, tatsız, yani aptalca pişmiş tavuk ve aptalca haşlanmış pirinç.
4. "Yeşil Salata" nın bileşimi, alerjim olan bir bileşen (roka) olduğu ortaya çıktı. Garson alerjim olup olmadığını sormadı bile.
5. 4 çeşit pirinç ve sarımsaklı meze de kötü düşünülmüş bir yemek izlenimi bırakıyor, yani yine kızarmış sarımsak tadında mayasız pilav
Bir restoranda en önemli şey yemektir. Bu restoranın neden bu kadar ilgi gördüğünü anlamıyorum.
C. Å.
Amazing food with great service. I would recommend the tasting menu, a wonderful gourmet journey through Istanbul’s eclectic cousine..
F. S.
Best restaurant I've been in Turkey - and I've done lots of fine dining. Interesting, varied menu, great atmosphere and good service. For a very honest price. Blew me away.
M. I.
Super delicious food and very friendly staff always eager to please. Make sure that you make a reservation for dinner.
L. Y.
60 Euro per person, but the food and service is totally worth it
E. A.
Aheste is one the best restaurants in the neighborhood. Amazing food cocktails service and atmosphere.
I. M.
The environment is perfect and the tasting menu absolutely delicious! Best dinner/ experience in Istanbul. I really recommend the spicy margarita!
G. P.
Spectacular food in an elegant setting. Be sure to ask for a table in the room at the back, where the high ceiling and brick walls really add to the experience.
All of the food was excellent but we particularly enjoyed the grilled carrots, lamb’s heart and octopus confit from the hot mezze, as well as the lamb shoulder and confit chicken for our main course.
Extensive wine list with a helpful guide to the profiles of key Turkish wines.
A memorable dinner for our last night in the city. 10/10
E. W.
Had the vegetarian tasting menu which was quite lack lustre. Most of the dishes were cold and quite bland. It might be a better experience for meat eaters. Service and drinks were good though.
P. M.
A gorgeous space with gracious servers and some fun cocktails. What we found a little lacking though was the balance of textures and flavor profiles in most of the dishes on the tasting menu. Some, like the pilaf were a bit on the bland side, while a marinated/cured fish had its texture disrupted by a dusty and dry bread crumb. The one notable exception were the deserts, which were stellar!
P. P.
We had the tasting menu and asked the for a wine pairing. Phenomenal!
K. C.
Best restaurant in Istanbul. We absolutely loved everything about this meal, the food, the ambience, the service.. don’t miss this
O. R. Z.
Michelin yıldızı hemen! Bakımlı mutfak avangart restoran. İlahi akşam yemeği.
f. c. d. o. r.
Hem mutfağı hem de servisiyle mükemmel bir restoran.Çok güzel dekorasyon ve göz alıcı müşteri.
t. s.
Kesinlikle harika bir deneyim, otantikliği seviyorsanız muhteşem bir ortam, söyleyecek bir şey yok, sadece teşekkür ederim! Gıda kesinlikle ilahi, oda servisi birinci sınıf.
Açıklama Türkçe, İngilizce ve hatta Fransızca.
Dahası!?
Şiddetle tavsiye ediyorum !!
Deneyim harikaydı, vibe ve atmosfer çok otantik!
Yemek kesinlikle muhteşem ve çok lezzetliydi.
Menüyü Türkçe, İngilizce ve ayrıca Fransızca olarak açıklayabilecek harika garsonlarla çevrili, çok güzel zaman geçirdik.
Başka ne isteyebiliriz ki??
Hepinize teşekkürler.
Burayı şiddetle tavsiye ediyorum ve kesinlikle bir sonraki İstanbul ziyaretimde geri geleceğim.
D. -.
Delicious food, everything was cooked to perfection. Our waitress took her time, very good service. Will return next time I am in Istanbul.
A. S.
Delicious tasting menu. Come hungry. Also the street facade is very subtle, we got lost finding it.
F. N.
We we're lucky enough to be amongst the first guests after the Covid lockdown measures. The tasting menu was an absolute hit and there was not a single dish, that was not delicious (especially the rice and the lamb heart were devine!). The whole staff was extremely welcoming and we felt very well cared for throughout our whole meal. While there is no official wine pairing to go with the tasting menu, Aheste has a whole range of Turkish wines and they were more than happy to give us recommendations. We'll definitely be back!
B. M.
İstanbul'un tartışmasız en iyi restoranı. Yemekler çok lezzetliydi, personel çok cana yakın ve büyüleyici bir yer.
M. C.
Unfaultable, delicious food! Great atmosphere - perfectly complimented by the outstanding service and recommendations from our waitress Ceren. Difficult to choose a highlight but would choose the 'too hot to handle' and the 'grilled okra'. Would highly recommend!! Book in advance is a must.
I. B.
Nice selection of mezzes, many of them excellent, and nicely tweaked for texture, flavour and appearance. Turkish wine we had was a young light fairly acid red that was ideal with the food. This was a nice change from a lot of the overly fruity Turkish wines we seem to run across. Great service. Recommend reservation. Can be noisy.
C. D.
One of the best places to eat in istanbul. Lovely staff, amazing venue. Delicious food. Everything we ordered was so good. Thank you for the nice experience. Will come very soon again.
D. M. (.
Very cool vibe in this restaurant. I had an amazing culinary experience at aheste and it’s in a very nice location near the gelata
B. B.
Harika!!! Akdeniz mutfağı çok iyi hazırlanmış, bu da sizi beş duyu ile yemek yemenizi sağlıyor. Geri geleceğiz ve kesinlikle tavsiye edeceğiz. Çok çekici bir site.
R. A.
Divine! Highly recommend dining at this fantastic restaurant. Many complements to their chef!!!
R. L.
Incredible food in a magical setting. We had the tasting menu and it was lovely. The staff was extremely nice!
N. D.
Located in a lively neighborhood. Place was full and booked but managed to find table after a cancelation and some minutes waiting. It surely worth it as it was one of the best foods of the trip. Atmosphere and service were also great.
I. M.
This place is wonderful. The staff really care about you, the restaurant, and your meal. The food is excellent. The Turkish-only wine list is fantastic and a great way to discover this nation’s wonderful wine. Have the tasting menu, if possible: it’s delicious.
S. G.
Absolut fantastisch und jedem der großartige zubereitete Speisen zu schätzen weis zu empfehlen. 👌 …
R. H.
Richtig tolles Lokal! Unbedingt das Tasting Menu wählen, man bekommt viele verschiedene Dinge zum probieren, eine kulinarische Reise! Der Service ist ebenfalls hervorzuheben, sehr zuvorkommend und freundlich. Unbedingt vorher reservieren!
E. E.
Definitely recommend this place. Good food, good price/quality/quantity ratio. The drinks are good, however a bit (too) expensive: a bottle of nice Turkish wine costs at least 40€. Very nice and professional staff. Ambience is good as well. I would definitely go here again!
G. C.
Lovely place, delish food Turkish & Persian dishes. The staff was very friendly & professional. Hope to go again.
S. A.
If you want to try something new and different types of tastes, you should definitely come over here.
We chose tasting menu and most of them was very delicious.
Ambiance and servise was fabulous .
One more tip is that "Prototip Rakı" is the best rakı I have ever drink.
N. H.
Great restaurant. We tried a few famous restaurants in Istanbul. And we can confidently say that it's our number one place so far... First of all the food is delicious. Very high standards ingredients. The staff is very kind and welcoming. (great English speakers as well. The space is chill and relaxing. Not Good for groups. Recommend for couples or 3 friends. But... The prices are little bit expensive we paid 550 tl for 6 meze and a bottle of a wine. But after all its worth it.
W. B.
My wife and I were stuck for a place to go on a Sunday night and we also wanted to try a tasting menu while in Istanbul so we searched online and came across Aheste Pera. It is beautiful, chic and cosy inside. While the tasting menu was slightly different in its format to many it was nonetheless fantastic. The selection of starters had enormous depth of flavour and the liver was to die for. The staff were excellent - both attentive and friendly. This is definitely worth a visit!
E. B.
Both veg and non-veg tasting menus are amazing. Staff is friendly and the bartender has skill. We'll come here each time we're in Istanbul.
O. L.
Great food and drinks! Both the meze and the main dishes was really good with a lot of great vegetarian options!
The cocktails are among the best in Istanbul. If you like amazing cocktail, but you don't want to visit an overpriced stiff cocktail bar, this is the place. Unfortunately, they don't have any options to just get a drink in the bar. Only for eating guests.
I really recommend this place. Book in advance!
A. P.
Modern meze restaurant with pleasant atmosphere and tastes. A good place even for drinks! Reccomended for tourists!
H. H.
Can’t say enough good things! We had the tasting menu which was delicious and incredibly well priced. The broad bean paste, too hot to handle, burnt aubergine and calamari were amongst the highlights but would have happily eaten more of everything. Great Turkish wine, good service and very cosy and relaxed atmosphere. Definitely recommend and one worth returning to.
A. G.
Kleine aber feine Speisekarte. Tolles Ambiente, super Essen und der von uns bestellte Wein war sehr gut. Die Kellner waren sehr freundlich, hilfsbereit bei der Auswahl, sehr umsichtig aber nicht aufdringlich. Reservierung ist zu empfehlen.
M. B.
Muhtemelen İstanbul'daki en iyi restoran. Bu an için çok teşekkür ederim
S. A.
I have been eating here regularly for more than four years. It is a shame I didn’t write a review about them. I am sorry 😞 Aheste’s menu constantly changes but I have never had a mediocre dish. Everything I tried so far were really good. In addition to their food; aheste’s staffs are arguably the most friendly people in this business. Thank you for everything 🥂
V.
Every dish was done with great care and presented beautifully.
The aubergine and pea fritters being particular highlights.
The service was fairly quick and everything arrived at once to allow you to combine the different flavours.
For a first meal in Istanbul, will be hard to beat
S. S.
Fantastik lezzetli. Rahat. Yemekler hızlı servis ediliyor. Şiddetle tavsiye ederim.
E. C.
Such a great experience. The waitress was so friendly and helpful. The food was amazing, I would recommend the meatballs... and if you’re feeling adventurous the sheep intestines to try a local delicacy. The cocktails were also incredible. I have nothing short of amazing to say about this place.
S. F.
Excellent service and food! Took a tasting set and a bottle of local wine, the best food experience that i had in Istanbul so far.
A. V.
Very small portions in the tastings menu. They said it will be good for 2 hungry people but it was ridiculously small. The food was mostly good but not everything. We asked for extra bread because they bring 2 small slices for a couple, 1 slice for each. LOL! For this price you can be more generous. Nice atmosphere, good and patient service. Take in mind they add 10% service fee to the bill.
R. v. M.
6 star experience!
Service: the best we’ve had in years
Food: amazing combinations of flavor and well-sized portions
Atmosphere: the beautiful authentic brick structure of the building is complemented by the light furniture.
V. V.
Bu samimi restoranda lezzetli bir zaman geçirdik ve sadece oraya gitmenizi tavsiye edebiliriz! İstanbul'da favorimiz, yemekleri lezzetli, Türk tarifleri Avrupai tarzda tweet atılıyor, çok başarılı! Aşırıya kaçmadan büyük özen gösteren tüm ekibe tebrikler ve teşekkürler! Bir gün geri dönmeyi umuyoruz!
K. H.
Amazing, amazing and amazing. This is the kind of place, if I ran a restaurant, I'd like to run. A narrow sub-street level room with tables packed densely together, conversation flowing as freely as the wine, and cocktails mixed to chilled-out music. The menu has a separation between meze and main courses but it's really all small plates - the distinction serves to tell you the order they will be served. Absolute highlights for me were the grilled and mashed aubergine/eggplant with spritzy pomegranate seeds on top, and the fish pate with samphire. Sadly I didn't take a note of the Turkish Shiraz I drank a bottle of, but suffice to say it complemented the food well with a fruit-forward but elegant quality.
Service was effortless and casually efficient. Very, very much recommended in the area. Reservations a must.
H. S.
Go to this place now! It is phenomenal! My wife and I have been traveling for 3 straight months and this was the best meal we’ve had in that entire time!!! Everything we had was better than expected and our waitresses recommendations were amazing. This experience really brightened our perspective on Turkey and Istanbul overall. If highly recommend it!
T. N.
Tasting menu a must! Went to Aheste after hearing about it from friends and walking by it a million times. What a fabulous meal we had last night. They have a cool concept where you can have 2 flights of mezze - one cold and one warm and then a dessert. What is cool is lots of the items on the tasting menu are available a la carte, so when I return (definitely I will) you can order larger portions of what you loved from the tasting menu or just stick with the tasting menu. We loved all the food especially the stuffed eggplant and liver! Wine list was good, but I was unfamiliar with many of them. Definitely recommend this place. Atmosphere is fabulous for a date too. Very friendly and patient team working there too. Thumbs up!
S. T.
Certainly the best meal we had over the period of a five day visit to Istanbul. We did not order the tasting menu but we loved each and very dish that we ordered. Extraordinary interpretation of Turkish cuisine.
R. P.
The tasting menu (modern Turkish) is simply amazing, you just need to be hungry enough to be able to finish it. The wine selection is outstanding, the best local wines list I have found in Turkey. The restaurant makes you feel like you're in London rather than in Istanbul, so don't expect a traditional cuisine nor a typical Turkish restaurant vibe. However the food is first class and Aheste is the place to go when you'll be fed up with reheated mezes and poor house wines. Reservation needed on the weekends.
S. v. R.
Amazing! The food was incredibly good. I enjoyed every dish. Also the cocktails were great. Thank you for the lovely evening and your good service.
M. A.
Amazing atmosphere, great wine and a great value for money degustation which was excellent! Try the Promod 2016 wine if you do go and the degustation
a.
Very nice atmosphere and a cosy place. The restaurant is specialized in cold and hot mezze and a has a great selection of wine. The mezzes are out of this world, tastiest food I've tried in Istanbul so far. The staff is really friendly and takes the time to explain to you everything about the restaurant and the menu. We recommend trying the "tasting menu" which is a wide selection of their greatest cold/hot mezze and desert.
Definitely would visit again.
D. S.
Harika bir yemek deneyimi. Bir grup arkadaşla tadım menüsünü seçtik. Yemeklerin her biri inanılmaz derecede rafine edildi ve lezzet bileşimleri genellikle bizi şaşırttı.
A. F.
Great location and amazing food with a contemporary twist. Staff is young and speaks English. 100% recommended!
A. E.
Great tasting menu with an interesting twist on the Turkish meze experience. Would recommend to anyone visiting Istanbul!
E. H.
Best meal we had in Istanbul. The tasting menu was delicious and a great selection of wine and cocktail if you wanted them. Amazing service and a very nice, local atmosphere. Go here!!
R. R.
The best food we ate in Istanbul. I’ve now eaten breakfast, lunch and dinner at Aheste and the quality of the food and service was exemplary every time. The prices are very reasonable given the standard of food being served. The restaurant itself has a lovely fitout and warm moody lighting. The hot and cold mezes on the dinner menu were incredible and adequately sized for a group of four to have a portion of each. We stopped short of licking the plate. And the staff were great, highly professional but also warm and friendly. Thank you for having us!
M. Z. Z.
We've eaten here during week long holiday in Istanbul and decided without any doubt it was our favorite place. We've started with great cocktails, then moved to tasting menu accompanied by some glasses of beautiful Turkish wine. Everything was exquisite including the service. We'll be back!
y. y.
Hallo erst mal...
Als erstes muss ich sagen das ich gern in Restaurants esse .
Dieses wurde mir von einem Bekannten empfohlen.
Wir kammen an und hatten Glück da man vorbestellen sollte.
Als erstes kamm die Vorspeise...ich weiß nicht was genau ich sagen sollte ohne das man sagt ..."Ach der arbeitet da...oder so.."
Ohne zu übertreiben kann ich sagen das eins leckere war als das andere. Die Gewürze waren super abgestimmt. .
Ich persönlich kann dieses Restaurant jeden nur empfehlen.
Top Essen
Top Service
M. G.
Good quality food, friendly staff and lovely jazzy music.
К. К.
Çatı katı tarzında şık bir yer. Toplam 8 masa var. Ev sahiplerini ağırlamak. Menü küçük ve anlaşılmaz. Ana yemeklerden sadece 5 tanesi: tavuk, tavuk, falafel, kuzu kaburga ve balık. Neyin dahil olduğuna dair resim veya açıklama yok. Fiyatlar yüksek. Şarap listesi var
C. T.
The dishes are good and good wine too
But staffs are a cold, maybe they are too busy
J. J.
Absolutely spot on. Service was kind and attentive. And the food was incredible. Perfect menu composition, technique was world class, balance of flavour and seasoning incredible. Very very grateful we decided to go to Aheste.
N. I.
Every dish was absolutely delicious. Lamb neck and octopus were full of flavour; tomato salad absolutely delicious. The only pity was that the tasting menu requires a minimum of two people 😢 …
B. O.
one of the greatest restaurants in istanbul. Must try and come again every season to try new seasonal dishes
P. C.
Süesses, kleines gemütliches Restaurant. Ich hatte das Tasting Menue und konnte verschiedene Mezes ausprobieren. War sehr lecker.
I.
Great food, the wait staff were very polite and gave us a great wine recommendation! Definitely recommend
D. L.
Fabulous atmosphere, service, food and a seriously good wine list. Fish cakes, meatballs, tomato and walnut salad and persian rice were a stand-out. World class restaurant that should be a must any time you’re in Istanbul ... booking is a must.
T. S.
Perfect place, small, not crowded, great quality and super friendly
J. F.
Great little spot. Lots of interesting and different meze option, we didn't manage to get to the mains. Highly recommend too hot to handle and the fish pate. They also have great cocktails and they reccomended a great urkish wine for us.
J. H.
Amazing food and very friendly staff. Highly recommend for anyone visiting Istanbul.
D.
If you are in Istanbul... GO HERE!!
Delicious food and probably the best cocktails we tried in istanbul. No half nips here...
If u don't have a reservation it could be tricky to get a table but the staff here are amazing and will do their best to fit you in. It was a month ago now but I'm still having dreams about that aubergine!!
L. A.
Çok iyi restoran! Türk modern mutfağı. Tadım menüsünü tavsiye ederim. Çok güzel personel.
C. T.
A good modern twist from the usual kebab stores of Turkey. We really liked the Persian rice and meatball mezze. Choice of mains were a bit limited so would recommend ordering more mezzes to share. Reservations are highly recommended although we managed to walk in and get a table at 9.30pm.
Cocktails were good and well priced. Servers were friendly and authentic.
Probably our best meal in Istanbul (preferred it to the stuffiness of Mikla).
A. S.
Excellent modern eclectic place! The tasting menu was great, specially loved the rice one. Good drinks and cocktail menu, and they will customize the cocktails. The staff was very nice. Will absolutely go again!!
J. K.
I found this spot through the Google reviews. I jumped on their website to make reservations and thank goodness I did. We arrived just after 20:30 on a Sunday night and sat near the front of the restaurant. The location is in Beyoglu which is about 5 minutes from Galata Tower where we were staying. By 21:00 the place was full. We both had the tasting menu and each dish was prepare with fresh ingredients. Some of my favorites: Cretan mash the fried beetroot, the grilled okra, dudi (persian rice), abuergine, and meatballs. The spreads were all tasty and the meatballs were not overcooked. We also ordered a bottle of wine. We are so happy with the service, the food presentation and taste that we are retuning the following weekend with the rest of our family. Their playlist set the mood for an intimate but still lively ambiance. The staff was attentive but not overly and answered questions about each of the dishes served.
W. I.
Absolutely delicious. If you are 2, I Recommend the tasting menu for 1 person and then a main dish. The tasting menu was just fantastic. Would definitely go back. Great service, nice atmosphere.
K. R.
Super yummy really paid attention to the flavor. A bit pricey but well worth it. The starting portions were small , but the hot meals are a good size. Make sure you reserve and funky interior
f. s.
We loved the food and ambiance but it would have not been a perfect night without kindness of Lara, she was so friendly and helpful, we felt at home❤️
We will definitely recommend Aheste to our friends and family and we will come to aheste next time we are in town for sure😍😍😍
K. S.
Amazing food. The best tasting menu. Fabulous cocktails. Must have Chilli margarita !!
X. K.
It was a perfect experience! Very Very good turkish food,in a little more modern option,very beautiful restaurant and the stuff very helpful and kind!! No words,just perfect!!
M. B.
What an incredible restaurant! Fantastic food, great wine selection and cocktails are amazing. A bit expensive but totally worth going. Choose the set menu...it's simply mouth-watering
M. P.
First time here, but definitely committing this one to memory. We had four mezes, all of which were great, and each served on its own style of plate. The leek patties with smoked yoghurt look huge, but were very crispy and a lot fluffier than, say, onion bajjis. The broad bean mash with beetroot delicately balanced with dill and vanished in a jiffy. Each dish left us wanting more. Atmosphere is friendly and casual, and staff spoke excellent English and happily explained the different dishes. Cocktails was also top notch. Recommended to couples and small groups (the place isn't very big) who want to experience Turkish cuisine beyond köfte and kebap.
R. A.
the neighbourhood is calm and full of life, the staff are kind and professional. the good is just amazing, well done, and well presented.
They offered us a multiple items for free, drinks and food.
the music is just so good, they have such a nice playlist.
Everything is clean, tidy and beautiful.
Amazing experience.
D. S.
Fabulous dinner with excellent vegetarian options and well catered for vegans. Service was impeccable throughout the evening
C. W.
A friend of ours gave us a single recommendation for visiting Istanbul which was to come to this restaurant. And if I could give you a single recommendation, it would also simply be to go to this restaurant!
p.
Portekizli arkadaşların da tavsiye ettiği Aheste'ye gittik. Restoran küçük, sıkışık, servis çok hızlı değil, yani her şeyi (Türk yemeği) tattığımız ve istediğimizi tekrarlayabileceğimiz bir tadım menüsü. Müzik iyiydi, atmosfer de rahattı, yemekler bizi çok fazla doldurmadı. Deneyime değer! Ve müzik için 😊
L. D.
Çok iyi servis ve özgün menü, Türk özünden vazgeçmeyen yemekler. Yoğun bir günün ardından dinlenmek için ideal, samimi ve konuksever bir huzur cenneti. Tadım menüsünü seçtik ve özellikle mezelere bayıldık.
A. H.
Good, but probably overrated and overpriced in comparison to other strong Istanbul restaurants.
Could be the location by Istiklal pushing the price up.
E. B.
Best margarita I’ve ever had and the veggie food was just incredible (particularly the mushroom). Such good service and a beautiful atmosphere!
B.
Cold mezze's in the tasting menu were out of this world, especially the smoked fish, salad, spicy dish (forgot name) and fried okra. The restaurant was predominantly speaking English, so seemed more for tourists but still great non the less!
M.
Great place. Do try the ceviche, roasted aubergine, and Persian rice.
R. h.
Was für ein toller Laden! Wegen solchen Restaurants bin ich stolz meine Wurzeln in Türkei zu haben. Erster Svend in Istanbul und gleich beim Vorbeigehen ein Volltreffer! Essen schmeckt unglaublich lecker, Service unfassbar gut. Preisleistungsverhältnis einfach Meeega.
Wir hatten das Probiermenu, danach weiß man wie Türkei schmeckt. Maşallah wir kommen wieder, das steht fest! Bravo
S. H.
Çok güzel bir restoran, küçük, samimi, rahat. Personel misafirperver, güler yüzlü ve birkaç dil biliyor. Birbirinden lezzetli mezelerin olduğu tadım menüsüne mutlaka katılın. Çok çeşitli iyi Türk şarapları. İstanbul'da çok güzel bir adres.
I. I.
Walking up to the hill to visit Galata Tower You find a classy neighborhood and specifically Pera street, where Pera Palace Hotel is located, a few steps from there Aheste (slowly) it's a fantastic modern touch turquish cuisine.
A. A.
A creative menu and matchless taste. Congrats!
R. P.
Fantastic food, no question one of the best restaurants in Istanbul!
A. W.
Such a great spot with delish food. Be sure to do the tasting menu. A few faves were the octopus, tartare, hummus, too hot to handle.
J. S.
We had the tasting menu. The dishes are very interesting, some new experiences for us. Good service. We're glad that we made the reservation earlier, it's very popular.
E. N.
Excellent and original turkish cuisine. Wide choice of meze, all freshly prepared and very tasty, in a nice setting in one of Istanbul most lively neighbourhoods. I would definitely go back.
s. y.
Great ambient
Great service, amazing staff ( they are smart, kind and speak fluent english)
Food is delicious and interesting
J. M.
Amazing experience…food, service, music! You need to try the tasting menu
N. Y.
Pahalı, ama buna değer. Michelin'i hak ediyorlar. Ben tavsiye ediyorum.
A. K.
We had the tasting menu, and that was hands down one of the best meals we’ve ever had in our life. Incredible flavours, very veggie focused (which we love!), and so much food!!
A. C.
Harika bir keşif!
Arka odada oturuyorduk: çok samimi ve şehrin karmaşasından uzakta.
Yaratıcı, mükemmel yemekler!!
Şiddetle tavsiye ederim
J. H.
Beautiful restaurant. Service was a bit rushed but all the dishes were delicious!