Sefa Restaurant — Restaurant in Fatih

By far one of the cleanest, tastiest and most honest restaurant in this neighbourhood.

Brimming with locals and the ‘stumbled upon’ tourists, this place is a brilliant gem of a local Lokanta.

The steps are,

Turn up. Greet the staff. Walk up to counter. Choose your meal(s) Order desert Have tea Leave a good tip

Genuinely, a good balance of traditional meat and vegetarian dishes. Some staff speak English, or you can always resort to pointing.

I ordered the 5 hour roast lamb - Kuzu Tandir with seasoned Iç Pilav. Portions are not gladiator size (price reflects this) go for variation or simply order seconds.

Sultan Ahmet and Fatih visitors should definitely walk to this Lokanta...

A good experience eating authentic Turkish cuisine. It’s a solid 4 stars. I enjoyed the salmon (it does have some bones in it which is probably the norm in Turkey), the buckwheat rice, and chickpeas. The salmon was very tender and fell apart as you pulled on it. I liked all of it quite a bit. It was a bit confusing to figure out the whole process, but we were given a table, then went to the food and ordered there, but there isn’t anything to tell you what your ordering so it’s based on if it looks good or not. Then they bring it to your table and you eat and then pay at the register. Decent price for a lot of tasty food. If I could I’d give it a 4.5! They have a...

We were recommended this place by a local guide to avoid "turist traps", and we ended up paying 12Euros (about 550 TL) for a plate with vegetables and a bit of rice. It's hard to believe this is the price locals pay as well (there were actually locals that is why we first were very happy)- They didn't show us the menu so we couldn't really check and what the waiter said in the beginning was not in the bill ~ i seem to remember he said vegetable portion 220 lira and when we asked for explanation said like we received 1.5 portion?!.....). We ended up being very disappointed and suspicious of...