Waterfront dining in Yeniköy, Istanbul
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Yeniköy
Not curated for visitors. That's the point.
City Istanbul, Turkey
Tips 3
Best for Eating, drinking, doing nothing on the Bosphorus
Getting there Ferry from Beşiktaş or Eminönü, or bus along the shore

Yeniköy is a village on the European shore of the Bosphorus, about 20 kilometres north of the city centre. It hasn't been curated for visitors, which is exactly why you should go. The waterfront is lined with old wooden yalı houses, the fish is fresh, and the pace is different from anywhere else in Istanbul.

Come for raki and fish at the waterfront restaurant. Come in October for the bonito season. Come for coffee in the courtyard roastery. Stay longer than you planned.

Tips in Yeniköy

Arnavutköy Restaurant
Restaurant
Arnavutköy Restaurant
The holy grail. Raki-balık on the Bosphorus — fish, raki, and a view that earns the whole trip. Smoke-free kids cabin on the side. Don't skip the salad.
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Pero bar, Yeniköy
Bar
Pero
Waterfront cocktail bar. Terrazzo floors, good drinks, the Bosphorus right there. Arrive for one drink and leave several hours later. Consistently.
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Grea coffee, Yeniköy
Coffee
Grea
Courtyard roastery tucked into a Yeniköy side street. The kind of place you find by accident and then go back to on purpose every time you're in the neighbourhood.
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Yeniköy waterfront
The feel of the place
"Twenty kilometres from the city center and you have all the good Istanbul stuff minus the traffic and chaos."

Take the ferry up the Bosphorus — the journey itself is worth it. Yeniköy has the rhythm of a small fishing village that happens to be inside one of the world's great cities. Coffee at Grea in the morning, fish and raki at Arnavutköy in the evening, a drink at Pero when you're not ready to go home.

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