Neolokal Istanbul

Neolokal sits on Bankalar Street. It holds a Michelin star, ranks at no. 50 on the 2024 La Liste, and sits at no. 90 on the 2024 The World's 50 Best Restaurants list. The room runs smart and elegant.

You choose Neolokal for its distance from the tourist crush. While the Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultanahmet Square, and the Basilica Cistern are each a twenty-minute walk away, the restaurant feels removed from the chaos of the historic peninsula. Most visitors to the city settle for the high-turnover spots clustered around those landmarks. By crossing the bridge to this side of the water, you trade the predictability of standard traditional menus for a creative, contemporary approach to Turkish ingredients. It is a more demanding experience than its neighbors, but it offers a vantage point of the city that is rarely found in the center.