IST TOO — Restaurant in Beşiktaş

Ist Too is located in the luxurious Shangri-la hotel but anyone can enjoy this international restaurant. It was a nice break from the Turkish flavors and the food was quite good. I had the IST TOO burger with fries. The fries were some of the best I have ever had, especially within turkey. Seasoned well and perfectly crispy. My sister is allergic to gluten (gluten free and celiac) so she ordered the beef tenderloin. The manager said that the mashed potatoes could have gluten in them so she could not have them. We asked for no side then but the potatoes were served on the plate anyways which is dangerous. She ate the beef and lucky it wasn’t touching the mashed potatoes so it was fine. The ravioli were great! The sauce was a tomato cream sauce and it was served with cheese to top the food on the side. The life was okay, I would not order it again. Go to one of the local Turkish places for one. Overall the food is good and the ambiance is beautiful as it is right on the water, they just were not as careful as we would have liked with our gluten free...

As I was guest at the hotel, I must say the daily breakfast there was really good, however, in my experience for the dinner things were not that great. To start the hostess was quite rude, and in a hurry. We arrived around 09:10pm and as we saw a buffet we just asked how it did worked. The hostess replied “- Buffet is closed”, so as the buffet was served I asked what was the closed time and she said 10pm (????). Ok, I ordered a pasta and my wife, a Pide. While we were waiting, the buffet was there served but empty, from one moment to another waiters started to take out all the cutlery and porcelain from the empty tables making noise and making clear they wanted to close the restaurant asap. They started to dismantle the buffet around 09:50pm so we would have time to have it, but… Anyway, pasta and Pide arrived. Pasta was really good. Pide came wrong but under all the pressure to leave the restaurant, we were afraid to ask to change it. But the flavor was good. I strongly recommend IST TOO for the breakfast but you should avoid it on...

This restaurant is totally worthy of 5 stars. Flawless... pure perfection! We went there for dinner and the waiters were so lovely and smiley, it was great first impression (btw, a note to the management: we were there from 6pm to around 7pm on the 27th of June. Please extend our thank yous to the waiters on duty then. They made our evening with their warm welcome and impeccable service).

The dishes were incredible. I'm a total foodie and I love dining out and trying new dishes. The falafel was fantastic, bread was beautiful and soft, lamb and steak were wonderful and the dessert, the choc finger cake was divine. I couldn't find any negative point.

We offered our compliments to the chefs and we left in such a wonderful mood. Thank you so much for such a lovely experience, we'll definitely be back! You've got a quality team there,...