Ispanak Cafe — Restaurant in Beyoğlu

Known as a cheap bar to visit. Word or warning. DO NOT USE CREDIT CARDS there. They will tell you can’t use Apple Pay or tap your card. That you have to insert it. It’s a lie. My credit card was copied once via this way in this bar. I had fraud charges on it for gym/ sports wear. Big hassle getting it replaced I went back again not sure it was them and used Apple Pay. No fraud. . No problems ( so they lied that the machine wasn’t able to last time ) just got back from another visit, they asked where I was from (they thought I was a tourist of course ) and told me that I had to slide my card in the machine. A lie. So I paid cash. There is some sorta shady business going on. There is a card reader in their machines and they hope they stupid tourists go home without knowing the fraud happened. Don’t trust them. I...

I go here all the time since the prices are low and the atmosphere is nice but the employees are getting more rude everyday, also the atmosphere is getting worse, the people who started to come is not people i want to be around. also I'm really sick of employees forcing us to change seats even when the whole place is obviously empty, it is also impossible to get their attention to order after the first time, they always seem to be bothered when you ask for something. I'm actually looking for a place that can replace here as my...

My boyfriend and I passed this bar a few times before deciding to go up the unassuming stairs labelled ‘Ispanak Pub’. We didn’t expect the upstairs to be as lively and vibrant as it was! It’s a big bar with great prices and we found the service to be great. There was always a waitor on the side of the bar waiting to...