Sortie — Restaurant in Beşiktaş

WARNING: All the good reviews for this place are FAKE or PAID Top Istanbul Scam

This place is the king of all scammers. I am sorry for you if you go this place as I am for myself.

All the food is below average and they will steal your money.

We had Sea Bass 1300 g to share they charged us 520 TR / 90 USD

For 6 of what they claim to be jumbo shrimps they charged 720 TR / 123 USD

In the menu they don’t show you prices for these items and this is how they scam you.

To top this they added a service cover for 250 TR which is 43 USD

Ofourse we ordered a couple of small appetisers which they show you in a tray to select from.

The total bill came to 1960 TR which is 335 USD approx that’s for 2 people who shared the main course which is a medium sizes sea bass.

The day before I had a much better similar meal in Beşiktaş in one of the good restaurants there for less than 10% of this price and much much better portions and quality.

Lucky I still have the receipt and unless the owners are willing to compensate this catastrophe I will work to report this to consumer protection. I am a tv producer so will also work to get this to local news stations about top istanbul scams if I...

Don’t make reservations from abroad and generally don’t pay in advance. A club with proper reputation should have an official website allowing safe reservations online and should not force people making suspicious money transfers using bank details with unclear instructions.

We wanted to make a reservation in advance for New Year’s Eve to make sure we can enter - we followed instructions for money transfer to the club’s account. Despite my bank confirmation (Germany), the club said they didn’t get the money and we won’t be able to enter. We made a bank transfer of about 400€ for two persons incl. transaction fees, showed confirmation - still the lady was yelling at me on the phone stating they didn’t receive the money although the money was gone and my bank confirmed that the club received it. I had to claim money back upon return to Germany and I could get only a part of it since the club kept some amount and refused to return it. All in all we lost a lot of money and didn’t even get to this club. Not safe for foreigners and no adequate means...

I definitely was pretty mistaken when going this place: I was expecting a cool easy going place to enjoy a Saturday night. But instead I ended up in a posh disco, full of snobs, new riches and young women expecting to catch rich men, with unpleasant barmans and super rude security staff, where, if you don't pay for a table, you have to be by the bar counter, with little to none space to dance. I was not at all informed of this when entering. And later I was abruptly expelled from the table I was standing by, because a group had just ridiculously paid 10.000 TL for it! But when I went there nobody told me a thing. Anyway, all the drinks are too pricey and there are not even good. The DJ set was good but only average. If you are foreign and you go alone as me and you don't like wannabes, I can only advise you to avoid this ridiculously over-rated place! You can find million better and less costly options in...