Hodja pasha fish &meat hous — Restaurant in Fatih

Warm, friendly welcome to this street side restaurant. We just arrived in Istanbul and wanted to see a little bit of the area. What a great find. We shared the mixed appetizer platter. They substituted the best mushrooms we’ve ever eaten for the shrimp that comes on the platter (shellfish allergy issues). The also brought us bread with olive and red pepper dips and finished our evening with baklava and hot tea.

A second meal here was just as perfect!! We had the flaming clay pot chicken stew, a beef stew and the shrimp casserole. All awesome!!

Now a third meal. We can’t bring ourselves to go anywhere else. Everything is delicious again!! A giant platter to share for dinner and another for dessert. The...

Best meal we had in Istanbul! My wife and I tried this restaurant on our last day in Istanbul, and my only regret is that we didn’t come here sooner! Everything was perfect from the very beginning, you can tell the workers truly care about you and your experience. We were greeted so warmly by our server, Ibrahim, who really took care of us.

We ordered the mixed platter, and it was more than enough for the two of us. The lamb chops were the best I have ever had, the chicken shish and adana were incredible, and the chicken wings were flavorful and absolutely perfect.

Whether you are visiting Istanbul or live here, this place is a must-visit. If we had just one more day here we would definitely be...

Waiter lured a table of 12 of us in, with a promise of a discount. The place was scruffy and freezing with awful rap music blaring out from a TV on the wall. I was charged £15 for a small mezze starter plate (normally £5 or less in this area if Istanbul) - so cold it was tasteless. My pide was burnt with hardly any topping - £13. Then the waiter added an unspecified tax’ to the bill which more than cancelled out any discount he offered. When I challenged this - he became aggressive. None of our party of 12 enjoyed their food. Many better places than this to eat...