Çiya Sofrası

The experience

Founded in 1998 in the heart of Kadıköy's market by chef Musa Dağdeviren, a culinary anthropologist who collects regional recipes from across Turkey. The menu changes constantly, with 20-plus dishes a day pulled from steam trays and a wood oven, and part of the bill is calculated by weight. It became internationally known after appearing on Netflix's Chef's Table.

A living museum of Anatolian home cooking you will not find on any standard Turkish menu.

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.