Tarihi Çeşme Restaurant — Restaurant in Fatih

TL;DR: Overall a nice experience, but not one I would repeat. The quality of the food is not worth the price.

-- I travel around the world for one reason, and one reason only: food. And I regret I spent my dinner here, today. The experience was not bad, it was quite nice mostly because of the service. But the food was not worth the price.

For starters, the soup of the day ("day of the soup" as it's indicated in the menu) was a lentils soup. As another reviewer said it, it was the worst lentil soup I've ever had. It was bland, almost watered down.

The kebab plate was ok. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't delicious either and it was certainly not worth 250₺. The tomatoes and the salad were ok, the meat was well cooked but could have been seasoned better, the rice was not good.

For those going because people suggested it as an affordable place, it's no longer the case. The prices in the menus posted by other visitors changed a lot since they posted it, and now it's way more expensive. There are way better restaurants in the area, with similar menus but better food. I hope this changes for them, or perhaps I should have tried their seafood or fishes. But what I tried was not it.

I would have been ok paying maybe 120-150₺ for that dish, and I wouldn't have paid for the soup. Instead, I paid 50₺

On the positive side, the service was impeccable. The waiter was super attentive, extremely polite, and the staff in the kitchen was equally as cordial. Also, I had the chance to explore the second floor a bit and the place is really nice. The bathroom and the entire restaurant were very clean and the music was relaxing and nice. So the experience and the ambiance was good, but the food should either improve, or they should lower their prices to match it.

I don't...

Update: OWNER IS RUDE!!!! DO NOT VISIT!!!!! THEY will deceive you!owner is still arguing thru Google. THEY WILL TOUCH your FOOD after they COUNTED CASH WITHOUT WASHING THEIR HANDS . INSTEAD OF IMPROVING YOUR SERVICE, FOOD AND ATTITUDE owner and management are arguing to me! You are loosing customers!

Owner or manager of this place provides horrible service! I don't recommend even sit there. Why? Because it's dirty ,they don't cleanor wipe a dust. Manager ( or possibly owner,tall guy in shirt ) does not care about you, he is not even honest about bill. He said bill wiil be 26.5 us dollars ,I gave him 40$ and he bring me less money. We started arguing and then he said it will be 33 instead of 26$. Food is average nothing fancy, they wiil touch your food with their fingers after counting cash....

Everything was excellent! It has the best price/quality ratio and portions are big. I liked it so much I ordered food to go after I finished my meal. They gave me free tea as I waited for the food. Service is so good and fast the food arrived before I could even start drinking the tea. I was curious as to why it's not qualified with 4.9 or 5 so I read all the reviews and found that most of the few bad reviews were fake, probably from jealous competitors.

El mejor restaurante que he probado en Turquía, excelente trato del personal y la mejor relación precio/calidad. Buenas porciones. Mucho mejor que muchos restaurantes de Sulthanamet.

Bestes Restaurant in Istanbul! Sehr empfehlenswert. Alles war perfekt, ich werde morgen sicher...