Karaköy Lokantası

The experience

A Karaköy institution opened in 2000, instantly recognizable by its turquoise-tiled room. It works as a fast, bustling lunch lokanta by day and turns into one of the city's better meyhanes at night, with a long list of meze, seafood and rakı. Owner Oral Kurt is often working the floor.

Classic Istanbul meyhane cooking served in a room that has become a design icon.

What a membership adds.

Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.