Khalkedon Rakı & Balık Evi — Restaurant in Kadıköy

A catastrophe. The food was utterly forgettable. To make matters worse, the bill was a blatant scam, filled with hidden charges. As if that weren't enough, the staff openly bragged about their "success" in ripping us off, treating us as if we were invisible or as if we do not understand the vile things they are saying. The servers were rude and dismissive, adding another layer of misery to the whole ordeal. Avoid this place at all costs unless you enjoy bland food, nonexistent service, and...

Lovely restaurant with very lively atmosphere, reminding me of my Balkan 🙂 It's typical meze & raki place, and the whole culture is wrapped arround it: you order several meze and drink raki. Whole atmosphere of full streets of Kadiköy and every table of this place being full, just adds to the desire to have fun and drink. Menu is rich, with lot of varieties of sallads, meze with fish, but also main dishes from fish as well as classic Turkish...

Overall, the food was delicious and the service was good. Knowing about the local practices, we took a photo of the prices of the dishes we ordered. At the end, we were brought 2 desserts (which we didn't order) and we took it as a compliment. However, in the final bill, these 2 desserts were included. To avoid spoiling the atmosphere, we didn't argue, but there was a slight...