Rumelihisarı İskele Restaurant — Restaurant in Sarıyer

I’ve lived in this neighborhood since my childhood, so I know this place has always been mediocre. Today the weather was nice, so I decided to take my girlfriend here for the venue—nothing else. I knew the food would be mediocre. To my surprise, I saw Michelin logos for 2023, 2024, and 2025. That really shocked me, because the food has always been at or below average.

Anyway, we ordered our entrées and drinks: 35 cl rakı, white cheese, melon, grilled red peppers drizzled with olive oil, tomato salad with onions soaked in salt, and uskumru. The waiter, from the outskirts of Turkey and with no serving experience, first brought the uskumru—a red flag from the start. I asked him to take it back and serve the white cheese and melon first. He looked at me as if I were making an odd request. I brushed it off, excusing his illiteracy, which is unfortunately common in many restaurants in Turkey (though unacceptable in my view).

Moving on, I had asked the waiter if the melon was fresh, and he said it was tasty. The melon actually tasted like glue, which often means it isn’t fresh. The grilled red peppers had soaked in vinegar so long they were literally inedible. I called the waiter and told him we wanted to return the red peppers and the uskumru. He frowned but took them back.

That ended the...

Не советую посещать заведения использующие мошеннические приемы для завлечения клиентов и необоснованно раздувающие цены. Испортили День рождения. Забронировал столик у воды. Когда пришел, предложили в центре зала. Я же бронировал у воды. Да, но там надо было бронировать за два дня, говорят. Менять заведение, когда уже гости подъезжают не будешь. Дали меню: цен на основные блюда нет. Говорят, зависят от сезона и от цены продукции. После настойчивых просьб сообщить сколько в итоге будут стоить блюда, оказалось, что все по 400 лир. Это минимум в два раза дороже аналогичных блюд в Стамбуле. А гарнир будет? Конечно будет... Принесли на тарелке дольку помидора и половинку полусгнившей мелкой картошки. Заказали свежевыжатый сок. Сначала забыли его принести, Потом подали, в самом конце. Оставаться на десерт желания не было. Попросили счет. Добавлено 10% за обслуживание. Ну ладно чаевые не получат. Однако еще по 50 лир с человека за сервировку: стакан воды, кусочек хлеба и скатерть. Надо было наверное скатерть с собой унести :-) Короче, очень печальноMüşterileri cezbetmek ve makul olmayan şekilde fiyatları şişirmek için hileli teknikler kullanan işyerlerine gitmenizi tavsiye etmiyorum. Doğum gününü mahvettiler. Suyun kenarında bir masa ayırttım. Geldiğimde, salonun ortasında teklif ettiler. Su kenarında rezervasyon yaptırmıştım. Evet, ama orada iki gün önceden rezervasyon yaptırmanız gerektiğini söylediler. Konuklar gelmeden önce mekanı değiştirmeyeceksin. Menüyü verdiler: ana yemekler için fiyat yok. Mevsime ve ürünlerin fiyatına bağlı olduklarını söylüyorlar. Israrcı taleplerin sonunda yemeğin ne kadarına mal olacağını bildirdikten sonra, her şeyin 400 lira olduğu ortaya çıktı. Bu, İstanbul'da benzer yemeklerden en az iki kat daha pahalıdır. Garnitür var mı? Tabii ki olacak... Tabağa bir dilim domates ve yarı çürümüş küçük patateslerin yarısını getirdiler. Taze sıkılmış meyve suyu sipariş ettiler. Önce getirmeyi unuttuk, Sonra en sonunda dosyaladık. Tatlıya kalmak istemiyordu. Hesabı istediler. Servis başına% 10 eklendi. Pekala, bahşiş almayacak. Bununla birlikte, porsiyon başına kişi başı 50 lira daha: bir bardak su, bir dilim ekmek ve bir masa örtüsü. Muhtemelen masa örtüsünü yanınızda taşımam gerekiyordu :-) Kısacası, çok üzücüI do not advise visiting establishments that use fraudulent techniques to attract customers and unreasonably inflate prices. Ruined my birthday. Booked a table by the water. When I came, I was offered in the center of the hall. I booked by the water. Yes, but they had to book there two days in advance, they say. You will not change the establishment when guests are already arriving. They gave the menu: there are no prices for the main dishes. They say they depend on the season and on the price of products. After insistent requests to tell how much the dishes will cost in the end, it turned out that everything is 400 lire. This is at least twice as expensive as similar dishes in Istanbul. Will there be a side dish? Of course it will... They brought a slice of tomato and a half of half-rotted small potatoes on a plate. We ordered freshly squeezed juice. At first they forgot to bring it, Then they served it, at the very end. There was no desire to stay for dessert. They asked for an invoice. Added 10% for maintenance. Well, they won't get a tip. However, another 50 lire per person per serving: a glass of water, a piece of bread and a tablecloth. I probably should have taken the tablecloth with me :-) In...

Do not eat here, the manager and server (Ali) will try and scam you in your bill and charge you for items that were brought to the table on the servers accord. Ordered one calamari appetizer as a snack. The server (ali) brought bread, chopped lemons and water to the table, this was not requested by our party. When the bill came Ali had decided to charge us 3x what the calamari appetizer cost is displayed on the menu, stating that “there are three of you so we charge more”. When questioned about the bread, lemons and water he said “this is a restaurant and do not make a scene for our other customers”. Ali continued to argue with us saying that he will have that money taken out of his paycheck etc. this isn’t our fault or our issue. He remained hostile and argumentative. Avoid this restaurant. What should have cost us roughly $10 became almost $35, they upcharged on small items that the customer didn’t order neither should they have to pay for if the house brings it. It’s clear that they are scamming their customers. Not Michelin worthy...